Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
Welcome to the second week of June (almost), and the end of winter in Davis, California! My family and I biked downtown yesterday to catch a movie (or, in our case, two movies). While I got to accompany the three kids at a viewing of Kung Fu Panda II, my wife got to see the latest X-Men movie. Back when I ran the Manly Man Movie Club of Davis, I would see all the superhero movies first, but now with my Pub Quiz, poetry, and parenting responsibilities, I enter theatres (mostly the Varsity) to see date movies. Always alert to possible Pub Quiz question topics, I can promise that you’ll hear a question about pandas, mutants, or Cameron Diaz if you join us tonight, and that I will catch you up on those other two unused topics later in June. Now that Gary Oldman has played a villain (of course) in the latest Kung Fun Panda film, I’ve been able to point him out to my daughter (who would not have an occasion to see most of Mr. Oldman’s villains). So many films, actors, and comedians to keep track of! I will test you on several of film actors and characters this evening. I hope you can join us.
Tonight expect questions on Olympic mottos, flimsier cotton, Geronimo, Davis streets, the final frontier, Bill Clinton, college basketball, songs about places (can you think of one that you would like to sing?), compromises in the US Congress, luminescence, the psychology of exhaustion, televised controversies, Muppets, people who actually shouldn’t be celebrities, people whose parents were born in Egypt, people who might be Chevy Chase or Margaret Cho (but aren’t), policemen with pretty girls, petty things, comedians, baseball, US Naval History, Black English Vernacular, popular authors with the children, France, football, gifted children, gardens, three-syllable cities, snake eyes, assigned biology, firearms, pirates, and Shakespeare’s Hamlet (which you might re-read between now and 9pm).
Reserve a table now so we can call you a “regular” when the crowds arrive after graduation. See you tonight!
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Here are five questions from last week’s quiz:
1. Mottos and Slogans. What company promises that is products are “made from the best stuff on earth”?
2. Internet Culture. What four-letter word appears in the titles of the first and second best-selling video games for the X-Box?
3. Newspaper Headlines. What New England city of 105 thousand people last week was named by Amazon.com to be the “best read city in America”?
4. Four for Four. Which of the following birds, if any, are members of the Phasianidae or pheasant family? The Dove, the Partridge, the Quail, the Snowcock.
5. Food and Drink – Grains. In any order, name the two grains that have the highest worldwide production.
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/.