Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
Welcome to the final Pub Quiz Newsletter of 2010! Over the course of the past several months, I have enjoyed sharing with you my sidebar thoughts about a variety of topics as they occur to me on Monday afternoons. Despite some of your wry comments about their inscrutability, I will continue to offer you hints about upcoming Pub Quiz comments on a weekly basis, as well as invite your questions and comments about the Quiz. I’ve been trying to think like a journalist in the last couple weeks, for I will be teaching the UC Davis University Writing Program’s journalism class for the first time next quarter. I’ve been debating with my friends whether my decade of work as a radio talk show host on KDVS counts as journalism, or just an opportunity for me to talk to new and favorite poets and other creative professionals on a weekly basis. The Pub Quiz has forced me to be a researcher of journalism, for I’ve tried my best to review with you (Socratically, one might say) some of the most important and compelling news stories from the previous week. I also include some fluff, the sort of news stories that my brother scoops as a reporter at People Magazine, for not everyone spends time reading The New Yorker and The Economist.
The year’s last Pub Quiz will include questions about sports dreams, materialism, the US Census, young people and their cell phones, holiday films, Kentucky, Christmas tourism, Lisa Marie Presley, baseball, sound energy, African American actors, chivalry, ABC, famous Russians, the Grammys, Spain, football (x2), Martin Luther King, Great Britain, Rolling Stone, famous novelists, big budget flops, Africa, American wars, migration, ballet, American Samurais, famous aviators, and Shakespeare.
I appreciate your subscribing to this newsletter, and your participation in the Pub Quiz in 2010. I look forward to bringing you another year of thought-provoking entertainment and opportunities for camaraderie in 2011. Happy New Year to you and your friends!
Best,
Your Quizmaster
https://www.yourquizmaster.com
P.S. Here are five questions from last week’s Quiz:
21. Books and Authors of the Year. The title of Jonathan Franzen’s latest novel is a one-word abstract noun beginning with the letter F. What’s the title?
22. Film. Who plays the title role in the 2011 film The Green Hornet?
23. Name the State. What US state is known as the “Volunteer State,” a nickname earned during the War of 1812 because of the prominent role played by volunteer soldiers from this state, especially during the Battle of New Orleans?
24. Countries of the World. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics, there were 13,421,000 Jews worldwide in 2010. What country is home to the largest percentage of them?
25. Obituaries. What director of Breakfast at Tiffany’s and the original Pink Panther movies died this past Thursday at the age of 88?
P.P.S. To see the web site that I am building for my weekly radio show on KDVS, visit http://www.poetrytechnology.com.
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/.