Pub trivia style series by Gaufqwi featuring a variety of subjects
And we’re back. Now that I have some time on my hands I’m going to start doing these again “regularly”. Whether that means daily, weekly, or somewhere in between remains to be seen. I guess he knew something. Dr. John … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Disease
Slightly different format this time, mostly because I’m recycling a round I used Thursday night. Every answer is a rhyming phrase. An amoral insect that destroys cotton What Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Derek Jeter all use to blow their … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Rhyme Time
Don’t be doomed to repeat it. Who was the only US President whose first language was not English? The clip below is from a song describing (and named for) what event that took place approximately two weeks after the signing … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: US History
News you can use. It was recently announced that what hardy species of a earth-native animal may be alive on the moon thanks to a satellite that crashed in April? Name the woman seen in here in the process of … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
A round of questions inspired by a recent visit to Shoeless Brewing in Greenville, SC. What 2002 video game sees a vacationing Italian plumber forced to clean up graffiti created by a shadowy doppelganger on the tropical Isle Delfino? Current … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: So Meta
Sorry it’s been a while. Travel, negotiating a career change, and most recently broken air conditioning have been occupying my time and thoughts. But they are upstairs working on the new AC now, so in honor of that let’s do … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Cool
Chew on this. The Documentary Now episode “Juan Likes Rice and Chicken” is a parody of what 2011 film about a perfectionist Tokyo chef and his relationship with his sons? In Indian cuisine, the word “aloo”, as in aloo gobi, … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Food
News you can use. Alexander Acosta is resigning from what cabinet post in response to criticism of a lenient plea deal for Jeffery Epstein that he approved of as the US Attorney for Southern Florida? What heroic World War II … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
enclave (n): A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another What is the only country to completely surround two separate independent states? The image below is a mathematical representation of the bridges of … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Enclaves
This started off as just a monkey round, but the first two questions I thought of were music related, so here we are. “Code Monkey” is a song about a lovelorn programmer written by what geek-friendly troubadour who also wrote … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Musical Monkeys
Inspired by a friend’s Facebook post about the answer to number one. Name the woman pictured below. She recently became the first actress who uses a wheelchair to win a Tony award, for the revival of Oklahoma! The hit musical … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Theater
A Wednesday tradition. Name either the California congressman who just exited the race for the Democratic presidential nomination or the impeachment-happy billionaire who just entered it. What outspoken member of the US women’s national soccer team won the Golden Ball … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
In honor of the USWNT. The United States has won the FIFA Women’s World Cup tournament four times. Germany has won twice. Name either of the other two countries that have won the tournament, each only once. The individual on … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Four-peats
Alright. I’ve been back for a week. Time to get into this again. Though often referred to by his Latinized name Carolus Linnæus, the man known as the “father of modern taxonomy” was actually a native of what country? Illustrating … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Biology
In honor of some upcoming travels. Which, incidentally, is why so shortly after its return this feature is going back on hiatus for another little while. I hope to post a couple of times while I’m gone, but it won’t … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Central Europe
Can’t let Pride Month pass without a round of LGBT+ trivia. Which US President is judged by some historians to have likely been gay based on his lifelong bachelorhood and long and intimate friendship with Alabama senator turned Vice President … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: LGBT+
This would be a good time to do a round on sesquicentennials (it’s my 150th one of these) but current events is a Wednesday tradition and there is one question I really want to ask today. Since it’s been a … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
Another deep dive into a category I’m pretty bad at. Everybody did fine with this yesterday, but just a friendly reminder to use spoiler tags if you play along in the comments. What is the English translation of the Russian … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Classical Music
And we’re back. With school out, I’m going to try to resume posting these semi-regularly, at least when I’m not traveling. These are hard. Sorry. I’m trying to dig deep into some of my weaker categories. What nine volume novel … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: World Literature
Five questions for the calm before the storm. Insiders know that the invention of the popular hurricane cocktail is credited to what New Orleans tavern owner? What is the name of the 14th century Boccaccio work in which ten youths … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Hurricane Florence
I was tempted to do something Florence-themed (maybe tomorrow), but for today let’s return to a popular category that has actually helped me some on Learned League. Swimming pools and naked men are common themes for what British artist? A … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Art
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