Daily Trivia
In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it.
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Friday, December 18, 2009
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: Bill Cosby.
Today’s question: How much was poet John Milton paid for his epic poem Paradise Lost, which was first published in 1667?
Monday, December 14, 2009
Daily Trivia
Friday’s answer: He said, “This is a movie, not a lifeboat.” I guess it’s a good thing he wasn’t in Lifeboat.
Today’s question: What is the name of Babar the elephant’s wife?
Friday, December 04, 2009
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: Roy Acuff. All the World War II movies I have seen, all the documentaries on the History Channel, all the books I’ve read, music of the era that I’ve listened to, and that is a complete stumper to me. I would not have guessed Roy Acuff in a million years.
Today’s question: Lolly Willowes, a novel about a spinster who realizes her vocation as a witch, won what unique honor when it was published in 1926?
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: Sailing.
Today’s question: What was the first career girl comic strip?
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: Boris Karloff.
Today’s question: What river did artist Emanuel Leutze use as a model for the Delaware when he painted his famous historical work “Washington Crossing the Delaware” in 1851? I wasn’t aware that artists needed models for rivers.
