Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
One of my favorite faculty members at UC Davis is an art history professor named Hegnar Watenpaugh. She and I met with a couple of her colleagues this morning to talk about the sustained and sustaining importance of art and art history to Art History majors at UC Davis, and too many other undergraduates. The conversation was so enjoyable and so lengthy, that I barely have had time today to share with you the hints for tonight’s Pub Quiz.
I added a Picasso question in honor of my friend Hegnar. Expect also questions about money, bread, sandboxes, four, Eurodance, and young NBA stars. Expect also questions about grandiloquence, food measurements, nitrogen, drama, and champagne. Many people like reggae, if they give it a chance. And everyone appreciates inspiring quotations, even skeptical hipsters who mock them. Tonight you will find questions about elderly bigots, Flying, Thomas Edison, and presidents of the United States. Every month is poetry month for me, but tonight we will also talk about theater, British politics, faraway national parks, and moose. If you have been listening to National Public Radio this week, and reading all of the most sophisticated magazines, journals, and blogs, I’m sure that you will do well on tonight’s pub quiz. I have not yet written the Shakespeare question.
See you tonight!
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Here are five questions from last week’s quiz:
- Newspaper Headlines. As you may have heard, fire has broken out on Colossus roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain, destroying part of the roller coaster at its crest. North of Los Angeles, what V city is home to the still smoldering ride?
- Police Officers. Inspector Abbeline, a real-life policeman who has been played by Michael Caine, Johnny Depp, and Hugo Weaving, most famously tried to catch a man named Aaron Kosminski. By what name is Kosminski better known?
- Four for Four. Which of the following, if any, are among the top four most popular boy names in the United States? James, John, Matthew, William.
- Pop Culture – Music. Brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence are the lead singers behind the English electronic music duo who had a hit with the song “Latch.” Please disclose to me their name.
- Science. What R word do we use for the hydrocarbon secretion of many plants, particularly coniferous trees?
P.S. Poetry Night takes place this coming Thursday. I hope you can join us at the John Natsoulas Gallery at 8!
Madame X by John Singer Sargent