Do we have unclaimed tables left for tonight? Yes we do!
Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
Did you see the Bike Parade yesterday? From what I saw, hundreds of Davisites pedaled Downtown to show off for the photographers and officials from the Guinness Book of World Records. The last time I wanted to participate in such a record-breaking event, it was March of 1986 and Hands Across America, a chain of seven million Americans that crisscrossed much of the country with the exception of the Pacific Northwest and of New England, where I was attending college. Celebrities that participated included Emmanuel Lewis, Tip O’Neill, Tony Danza and R2D2 (all my favorites), and millions of dollars was raised for charities addressing hunger and poverty in the US and in Africa. Soon after the event, The Ramones parodied the event with their music video for the song “Something to Believe in” with an event titled “Hands Across Your Face.” Needless to say, it wasn’t a number one hit. Of course, Phish and Harry Connick Jr. never had number one hits, either.
ABBA struck rock gold with “Dancing Queen,” and you can still the played in my house. Repeatedly. Other topics that you might hear discussed in my house (and which will appear in some form on tonight’s Pub Quiz) include Shakespeare plays, our favorite tech companies, Bob Marley, the Supreme Court, South American cities and culture, action movies, the Olympics, onetime starlets whom you can’t believe are still alive, Billy Joel, muppets, world religions, young adult fiction, Abraham Lincoln, songbirds, US states, Athens, and Arlington Cemetery. We actually don’t discuss fuel additives, the SF Giants, or Christine O’Donnell (for we are kind). Sometimes we discuss deep-sea fish, such as the ones you can find in this Dorine Jennette poem:
To The Rescue Crew
Open me up
with the jaws of life,
you’ll find I’m full
of fish: the deep-
sea kind, whose
dewlaps dredge a trench.
Minding their veils
of milk silt and slime,
my bulge-eyed denizens
sound their scales.
It’s the pressure
does it, and the dark.
Dorine will be performing her work at Wednesday night at 8. Details at http://www.poetryindavis.com.
I hope you can join us tonight at the Pub Quiz. We start at 8!
Your Quizmaster
P.S. Here are five questions from last week’s quiz:
21. Books and Authors. What was the name of the Woodland realm elf played by Orlando Bloom in Peter Jackson’s live-action version of the book The Lord of the Rings?
22. Film. What 1970s film that won three Oscars includes this line of dialogue? “I think we make a real sharp couple of coconuts – I’m dumb, you’re shy, whaddaya think, huh?”
23. Musical Theatre. What is the most successful Broadway musical to take place in a shtetl?
24. Countries of the World. The country with the largest number of troops per capita (418.9 per 1,000) has more total troops (about 9.5 million) than every other country in the world but Russia’s 21 million. Name the country.
26. Science – Astronomy. Triton and Nereid are the names of two of the 13 moons orbiting what planet?
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/.