Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
It’s almost mid-December, a time in my childhood home of Washington DC when we would rush through storms and the frigid wind to see friends in cafes or in their homes, anyplace where a warm drink could be found. Bundled like double-cones, sometimes we would need minutes to disentangle ourselves from scarves and sweaters and other various layers, only to huddle around radiators, space-heaters and an occasional fireplace. Contrast that with our attendance at Saturday’s holiday / Christmas parade in Woodland. After walking half a block with our winter coats, my boys and I returned all those layers to the car so we could watch the drummers, the cantering horses, and the motorized Shriners in our shirtsleeves. If our globe continues to warm, my future grandchildren will enjoy tropical Mexican weather when they bring their kids to that same parade in 50 years, all of them wearing layers of sunscreen instead of sweaters. When I tweeted to a Woodlander music professor I know that we were enjoying seeing the American Legion march down Main Street on a warm Saturday morning, he wrote back that in Woodland “the American Legion parades past the corner of 3rd and Main EVERY DAY at 10am.” Obviously we should venture out of town more often.
Topics on tonight’s Pub Quiz will include board games, California’s favorite technology company, dangerous New York drivers, someone with an unironic name of “Billy,” grandparents, people who appear in Vogue, Michael Bolton (really!), ballet, Usher, the NFL, human anatomy, Carrie Fisher, New Jersey, Scotland, The Beatles, Star Trek, Sober Vikings, Irish industry, Mice, world capitals, children’s literature, Jim Carey, Oscar-winning actresses, executions, short stories, French Canadians, Shakespeare, and the history of Christmas.
At publication time, more than a dozen tables have been claimed for tonight’s Pub Quiz. I hope you will grab one of the remaining ones and join us tonight. Teams of first-time players get special holiday treats, so tell your friends who have returned to Davis for a long winter’s visit to bring the reunion to everyone’s favorite pub quiz. The cowbell will sound at 9 PM.
Your Quizmaster
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P.S. Here are five questions from last week’s quiz.
9. Science. What chemical element that has the symbol As, atomic number 33 and relative atomic mass 74.92?
10. Great Americans. The square where one finds the Oakland Amtrak station is named after what great American author?
11. Unusual Words. What two-syllable word beginning with the letter I and has a G can be defined as “To arouse or excite feelings and passions”?
12. Another Music Question. Released in October of this year, the song “Raise Your Glass” peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, becoming what singer-songwriter’s second solo number-one single and her third overall?
13. Pop Culture – Television. What Canadian-born actor plays the voice of the title character in the animated PBS television show “The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That!”?
P.S. Anara Guard and Bill Gainer will be performing their poetry at the John Natsoulas Gallery Thursday night. Join us! http://bit.ly/guardgainer
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/.