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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Monday, December 07, 2009
Daily Trivia
Friday’s answer: Bet was damn close; Lolly Willowes was the first Book of the Month Club suggestion.
Today’s question: What famous words did Francis Bellamy write to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Columbus’s discovery of America?
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?
Thursday, December 03, 2009
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: It was derived from Caesar, for Julius Caesar, as was kaiser in German and qaysar in the Islamic world.
Today’s question: Who beat out Frank Sinatra as favorite singer of American servicemen in Europe in a poll taken during World War II?
Wednesday, December 02, 2009
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: Maynard G. Krebs on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, a show in which I have utterly failed to find any charm. Bet, I could swear I have heard Lurch speak actual lines, even just “Yesssss sirrrrr” or something, but no specific episode or scene comes to mind.
Today’s question: What is the origin of the Russian title czar for ruler?
Tuesday, December 01, 2009
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: Buffalo Bill Cody’s buffalo gun was named Lucrezia Borgia.
Today’s question: “You rang?” were the only words spoken by Lurch, the 7-foot-tall butler on TV’s The Addams Family. What other TV sitcom character also popularized the phrase? Incidentally, I have no empirical data to back this up, but I don’t know that those were the only words Lurch ever spoke. Seems to me he said more than that, but I can’t give a concrete example. Bonus points to anyone who can.
