Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
Today’s Pub Quiz newsletter arrives early, for I am starting the day early myself, having already packed for a big trip. Although I am waking up in Davis this morning, I will spend an hour or so in Atlanta this evening, and sleep tonight in our nation’s capital. I do all this in the name of science. Science! You see, doctors and researchers at the National Institutes of Health have always been curious about my son Jukie, so once or twice a year somebody’s grant money flies the two of us back to my childhood home to see what about Autism and Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome can be learned from my son’s childhood challenges and discoveries. I will get to see my Mom and a few friends, though this week I will miss the friends whose company I enjoy on Monday evenings. Standing in for me tonight will be Chuck Snipes, captain of the winningest team in the history of the Pub Quiz, Portraits of Mohammed. POM members will attend tonight to cheer Chuck on in his guest-host role, but they won’t be competing. This means, of course, that we can be sure that another team – perhaps the Penetrators, the Newsteam, the Ice Cream Socialists, In Vino Veritas, or your team – will take first prize and all the glory. I hope you will gather a group of competitors to take advantage of this opportunity, and to see how another Pub Quiz stalwart interprets the boisterous duties of the Quizmaster. Spring break fun!
Not only has Chuck agreed to guest-host, but he has also shared with me a number of questions that will appear on tonight’s Pub Quiz. I’m gathering from his question suggestions that Chuck is more of a sports aficionado than I am, and that he watches more sitcoms than I do. Other questions will consider Japan, Glen Beck, Ernest Hemingway, sociology, Canada, college football, Asian American culture, Medieval Europe, country music (thanks, Chuck, for taking that on while I am away), purity, Scotsmen, American colleges and universities, monsters, Colorado and other American states, guitarists, Charlie Sheen (thanks again, Chuck), obituaries, cutlets, world leaders, rich people, fat people, racist people, Ancient Greece, The RMS Titanic, Manga, origins, western Asian nations, Margaritaville, beloved animals, Shakespeare, and the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Whew! I hope I haven’t given away too much.
I will have stories to share upon my return, and I hope to hear some of yours when I return for the March 28th edition of the Pub Quiz. Meanwhile, I hope you can join the fun this evening, and go home with an excellent prize.
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Here are five questions from last week’s quiz:
8. Sports. The Dallas NHL team was founded in 1967 and plays at the American Airlines Center. Name the team.
9. Science. Hot air balloons are flown by heating the air inside the balloon using a burner which ignites a liquid gas. This gas is made up of what three-carbon alkane?
10. Great American States. In what American colony was the shot fired that was heard around the world?
11. Unusual Words. The name of what genus of strongly scented evergreen subshrubs can also be defined as a word meaning “To feel regret, remorse, or sorrow”?
12. Another Music Question. The best selling Australian Rock and Roll band of all time (some would call them heavy metal) has been performing from 1973 to the present. Name the band.
Friends of the Pub Quiz, and those curious about all the fun and fuss associated with the Pub Quiz, should come to de Vere’s Irish Pub in Davis (217 E Street), the highly esteemed pub and restaurant that fills up every night because of the superb quality of food, drink and company that can be found there. The de Vere’s Irish Pub Pub Quiz takes place every Monday at 7pm, though players are encouraged to arrive early to claim a table. As always, find out more about the Pub Quiz by visiting https://www.yourquizmaster.com. For more on de Vere’s Irish Pub, visit http://deverespub.com/.