No time like the present. What Pulitzer-prize winning conservative columnist and pundit (and Harvard trained psychiatrist) died this week at the age of 68? What U.S. brand is most closely associated with the company that just replaced General Electric as … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
I was going to do another round of LGBT+ trivia on Friday to close out Pride Month, but there was a minor dust up at Learned League yesterday over a temporarily rainbowfied version of the usual logo, and that inspired … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: LGBT+
I’ll take domestic hydrological geography for $600, Alex. The Ohio river forms a significant part of the northern border of two U.S. states. Name either. Name any of the three tributaries that form the headwaters of the Missouri River. These … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: American Rivers
As long as stuff continues to happen I’ll keep asking questions about it. What is the most recent entry in the following (ordered but incomplete) sequence: Sir Barton, Whirlaway, Citation, Affirmed? Per a June 2018 agreement to end a long … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
This is not about the controversial 1915 D.W. Griffith picture or any of the more recent films that share that title. Instead, it is about events related to the “births” of various extant sovereign nations. This island nation gained its … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Birth of a Nation
This would make more sense closer to Bastille Day, but I was reading about it last night and I want to strike while the mental iron is hot. What sartorial name was given to the class of revolution minded commoners … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: The French Revolution
Sorry for being AWOL recently. It’s been a weird week both trivia-wise and life-wise. Next week will also probably see only a couple postings. Here’s a round based on cats, but not really. The musical Cats is based on a … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Cats
I should do at least one of these during Pride month; maybe I’ll do more. Jughead Jones, comics most prominent asexual, has a younger sister with what deliciously ridiculous nickname? The (slightly redacted) lyrics below are taken from a what … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: LGBT+
One of my worst categories, defined fairly broadly per Learned League conventions. The work commonly known as the Enigma Variations was composed by what Englishman who is better known for a piece that has become synonymous with graduation ceremonies? Of … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Classical Music
Such as they are. It was announced this week that Microsoft is acquiring what software development and version control platform that is widely used by the open source community? What European nation just saw its Prime Minister ousted following a … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
It’s time for another asexuality thread. It hasn’t been quite a month, but I was kind of eager to do another one, so here we are. In the future I’ll shoot for the first Wednesday of each month unless there … Continue reading Asexuality Thread
It’s time for a sports category but I don’t feel like wading in up to my neck with any particular sport. In recent years, both Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid have been described with what three word phrase that casts … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Sportsball
For a fairly self-indulgent trivia related (and not, as you might assume, sexual) reason, the theme today is 96. The single “96 Tears” was originally recorded in 1966 by what puzzling group that features neither Kenny McCormick nor his alter … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: 96
First day of the new Learned League season. Haven’t looked at the questions yet, but it’s probably time to dig back in to my weak spots. What country is pictured below? From 1971 to 1997 the country currently known as … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Africa
Sorry for the extra long weekend. Once more unto the breach! What is the name of this woman, a former Obama aide and the subject of recent controversial tweet? What city will be home to the 26th expansion team of … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
In a hurry today, and math is a low research area for me, so…. Name either of the two mathematicians (one German, one English) generally credited with discovering calculus. The mathematical structure shown below is named for what 17th century … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Math
Weirdly, I almost did this category last Thursday and then got a Lovecraft question at trivia that night. The plaque seen below can be found in what US city? Graboids, which bear more than a passing resemblance to Brian Lumley’s … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: The Cthulhu Mythos
Same as it ever was. What African nation recently applied to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations (aka the British Commonwealth) after leaving in 2003? Prior to the Las Vegas Golden Knights, what was the last NHL expansion team to reach … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
The academic subject, not the lifestyle store. Louis, Mary, and Richard are three famed paleoanthropologists who did much of their work studying human origins in east Africa. What is their last name? What word has been redacted from the title … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Anthropology
People seem to like the art rounds, and it’s been a while. The house of worship pictured below is named for what Russian-born abstract expressionist painter? “A Waterloo” and “A Friend in Need” are the titles of two works by … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Art
Mostly the video games, but also some other stuff. What is the name of this iconic mascot? The unit known as the curie is equal to the radioactivity of one gram of what substance? The soundtrack for Fallout: New Vegas … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Fallout
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