Stuff happens. Harry Anderson, who died this week, spent nine seasons playing judge Harry T. Stone and four seasons playing a fictionalized version of what humor columnist? SpaceX’s massive next generation launch vehicle, capable of transporting humans to Mars, is … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events

We’ll bring you the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat, and because we’ve got soccer highlights, the sheer pointlessness of a zero-zero tie. — Dan Rydell What is name of Chicago’s MLS club? It might be considered to … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Soccer

Americans have the best words. Our literature is YUGE. NB: For fill in the blanks, the number of underscores does not necessarily correspond with the number of letters in the answer. The structure seen below, the titular setting of an … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: American Lit

All about Central Asia, except the parts that aren’t. Unless the trivia muse grabs me by the neck and shakes me like a Polaroid of a crying baby, I don’t expect to post over the weekend. Liechtenstein is one of … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: The Stans

After wading through a Facebook feed full of fecund families on Tuesday, I’m happy to note that it’s National Only Child Day today, when we celebrate the true heroes. What is the English translation for the name of landmark indicated … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Only Children

This is kind of a bummer of a round. Don’t blame me; blame the news. On April 7, the Syrian Army conducted a chemical weapons against a rebel faction based in what city? A measure providing for medically assisted suicide … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events

This one is dedicated to my high school chemistry teacher, Mrs. Carol Bowers. Muriatic acid is the industrial name of an acid with what chemical formula? What New Zealand-born British chemist won the 1908 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for “investigations … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Chemistry

Witness the triumphant return of Shoeless Trivia. I plan on resuming posting daily but I find myself increasingly employed these days so I may have to cut back if the time monster comes nipping at my heels. I could dive … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: TV Doctors

I’m taking a week or so off from Shoeless Trivia. I have a bunch of questions to write for a pub quiz plus a number of other non-trivia priorities to attend to this week. But I shall return. In the … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Brief Hiatus

I try to keep things thematic here, but it won’t kill me to do a grab bag category every once in a while. The Parent Trap, Disney’s 1998 film about mistaken identity set at a summer camp, was loosely based … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Potpourri

This is the 87th one of these I’ve written, so how about a round on 1987? In Planes, Trains, and Automobiles, John Candy’s Del Griffith was a salesman for what specific product? W-w-w-what dystopian sci-fi series set “20 minutes into … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: 1987

A brief moment of personal privilege: Yesterday was the last day of the Learned League season, and I managed (just barely) to finish high enough in my rundle to earn promotion to the next one. So I’m happy about that. … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Garrett

It was going to be 2017 films but then I decided I wanted to hit the first part of 2018. Let’s just say last year or so. What is the only 2017 Best Picture nominee not to earn any nominations … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Recent Films

A Wednesday tradition. What technology company known for its gaming oriented graphics chips has suspended all autonomous vehicle testing in the wake a of fatal accident involving a self driving Uber vehicle? Whose turn as Dr. Smolder Bravestone earned him … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events

Enjoy the following groovy round of trivia. Who is the man pictured here? In addition to the accomplishments alluded to in the image, he was also one of the people who subdued Robert Kennedy’s assassin. A 1965 work of conceptual … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: The 1960s

Why Norway? Why not? It’s no joke: In 1947 five Norwegians, a Swede, and a parrot traveled nearly 7000 miles from Peru to the Tuamotu Archipelago in a balsa wood raft. What was the name of the raft? Name this … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Norway

Here’s a round inspired by and celebrating the success of John Oliver’s genuinely nice children’s book / epic Mike Pence troll, A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo. Marlon Brando was nominated twice (and won once) during the 1990s … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo

If you’re sick of trivia the only treatment is hair of the dog. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy, better known as “mad cow disease”, is caused not by bacteria or viruses but instead by a kind of misfolded protein known as a … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Diseases

In honor of the sturm und drang generated over at Learned League by a couple of tasty questions this week, let’s chow down on some fast food trivia. Who was the first actor to play Ronald McDonald? Rain or shine, … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Fast Food

Let’s trod the boards and answer some theater questions. Accused murderers Beulah Annan and Belva Gaertner were the inspiration for two of the main characters in a long running musical. Name either character. The montage below shows three different actors … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Theater