Pub trivia style series by Gaufqwi featuring a variety of subjects
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 Weird Al song with a three letter title, a White Stripes pastiche though not a direct song parody? *redacted* won the Tour de France with two flat tires and a missing chain He trained a rattlesnake to do his laundry, I’m telling you the man was insane He could rip out your beating heart, and show it to you before … 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 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
The world may be post-truth, but it’ll never be post-trivia. James Harrison, known as “the man with the golden arm”, is an 81 year old Australian recently ended a record setting streak of what activity? What region on the border … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
The triumphant return of Learned League after a couple of weeks of downtime is the inspiration for today’s round. Botticelli’s The Birth of Venus and Da Vinci’s Adoration of the Magi are among the many important Renaissance work’s on display … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: The Renaissance
We lost at trivia last night thanks to a question about the ten US states with an average elevation of greater than 3000 feet. As sort of a hair shirt for that failure, today’s questions are about some of those … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Elevated States
One day I’m going to do a current events round and it’s going to be all about electricity. Today is not that day. The Nobel Academy announced that due to an ongoing sex scandal involving members on the panel, the … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events
These questions are among those I asked for Computer Science Education Week when I was teaching full time. CSED week is in December, so there is no particular reason why I’m using these questions today other than I just remembered … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Middle School CS
Try not to make any huge mistakes. Brothers Jim, Chad, Matt, Ben and Tyler Murrell are all still involved in the day to day running of what Virginia-based restaurant chain founded by their parents in 1986? 4 Non Blondes’ 1992 … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Cinco de Cuatro
Come for the beer, stay for the capitalized nouns. What power ballad by the Scorpions that celebrates the fall of the Soviet Union is the all-time best-selling song in Germany? In Goethe’s Faust, what is the name of the demon … Continue reading Shoeles Trivia: Germany
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