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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Thursday, August 28, 2008
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: Eugene O’Neill. He was expelled for throwing a bottle of beer through Wilson’s office window.
Today’s question: What country was the first to impose a general income tax?
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: the American Civil War.
Today’s question: What future playwright was expelled from Princeton University by Woodrow Wilson when the American president-to-be was president of the university?
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: In a Roman bath. The third of the three chambers in a Roman bath—it’s the cold one. There’s also the caldarium (hot water bath) and the tepidarium (warm water).
Today’s question: What was the first war in which soldiers wore machine-made uniforms?
Monday, August 25, 2008
Daily Trivia
Friday’s answer: Lily got it—count the rings on the horns.
Today’s question: Where in ancient Rome would you find a frigidarium?
Friday, August 22, 2008
Daily Trivia
Yesterday’s answer: Gary Cooper.
Today’s question: How can you tell the age of a mountain goat?
