Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
The last time I checked, we had about five tables left for you and your teams. Have you made a reservation yet to join us at tonight’s Pub Quiz?
As someone who has taught college classes for 20 years (starting 20 years ago this month), I always find the first day of class to be so exciting. In those early years, I remember being filled with trepidation, while today I recognize that the opportunity to make a first impression appeals to the theatrical proclivities of any teacher. As I looked upon the flushed faces of my bicycle-commuter students on this day of record-breaking heat, I remembered what Abbie Hoffman said about the First Amendment: “Free speech means the right to shout ‘theatre’ in a crowded fire.” I met Abbie Hoffman in Boston when I was an undergraduate at Boston University. He was about to give a (free) speech before a crowd protesting Boston University’s refusal (at that time) to divest from apartheid-era South Africa. The air was electric before Hoffman came out, almost what in the 19th century we would have called diamagnetic! Although he looked a lot different from the radical leader we knew from 1968 pictures and newsreels – some say that he had had plastic surgery in order to hide from tax collectors – it was clear from his demeanor and rhetoric that he still considered himself the patron saint of the free speech movement, and that he had only just begun to fight, and we were all grateful to History professor Howard Zinn for bringing such a zany and principled character to BU. Sadly, Hoffman died by his own hand just a month or so before I graduated from college and moved to California.
I hope you will join us at the Pub Quiz this evening. We’ll have questions about kids TV, inventors, healthy diets, Star Wars, the people of Africa, Indiana, favorite old songs, basketball, famous physicists, people named George, the Revolutionary War, making excuses, long-ish words that start with the letter E, films starring four (eventually) Academy-award winning actors, Shakespeare’s histories, Ronald Reagan projects, unlikely cinematic couples, Broadway musicals, World Series baseball, seasoned athletes, and more Shakespeare. No Milton this week.
And below find five questions from last week’s quiz. See you soon!
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9. Science – Name the Species. The males of what species are called bucks, boomers, jacks, or old men; while the females are called does, flyers, or jills? Hint: The collective noun for these creatures is a mob, troop, or court.
10. Great Americans. Four men were President of the US in the 1920s. Name three of them.
11. Unusual Words. What five-letter one-syllable adjective that begins with the letter “A” means “cunning, crafty, and/or sly”? Hint: This word has a much more recognizable meaning as a noun.
12. Another Music Question. The #1 hit single on this week’s Billboard Top 100 Chart, “Teenage Dream,” is sung by the 25 year old who will play the voice of Smurfette in the 2011 film The Smurfs. Name the performer.
13. Pop Culture – Television. What American teen drama television that premiered on The CW on September 19, 2007, features an omniscient yet unseen blogger voiced by Kristen Bell, and revolves around the lives of privileged young adults on Manhattan’s Upper East Side in New York City? In its run so far, it has won 14 Teen Choice Awards.
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/.