A fairly tough round, I think.  Margaretha Zelle, who was executed via firing squad in France in 1917, was better known as what? Though though she often claimed to be a Javanese princess, her parents were actually Dutch. Holy Roman … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: European History

Some classical music trivia to make your day classier. The pop song featured in the clip below is named for the genuinely fanatical adulation showered on what Hungarian composer in the 1840s? An old joke defines an intellectual as “a … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Classical Music

Here’s one we haven’t done before: The first seven questions are general knowledge. Then question eight is to name the theme that ties all the previous answers together. Easy peasy. What still popular game show was hosted by Chuck Woolery … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Mystery Round

As I mentioned when I started posting, I began this project with the idea of writing rounds on topics that I’m not good at to force myself to learn and study. That’s one reason a lot of the questions thus … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: You’re Going to Need a Bigger Butte

This is the 51st entry of these I have posted on my personal blog, so I thought 51 ⇒ Area 51 ⇒ Aliens. What ABC sitcom about aliens living beside humans in the New Jersey suburbs featured characters named Larry … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Aliens

Sorry for the late posting. It was a busy day. Also, your humble trivia poster has a Jeopardy audition tomorrow, so wish me luck. What young singer, songwriter, and sometimes actor from Gold Coast, Australia was discovered via covers of … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Gold

No old round today. Cyril Ramaphosa took office on February 15 as the President of what country? His predecessor resigned following years of legal battles and accusations of corruption. Who just became the oldest woman ever (at age 33) to … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Current Events

I wouldn’t say there was a groundswell of support for this feature, but the people who commented seemed to like it, so I’ll keep it up. Once again I’ll post the round I wrote for today along an oldie. The … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Literature+

I like trivia a lot. Pub trivia, Sporcle, Learned League – I’m crazy for it all. A couple of months ago I started writing five (sometimes more) questions a day and posting them on my personal blog. The original goal … Continue reading Shoeless Trivia: Basketball+