Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
As many of you know, while I get to play Quizmaster every Monday night, I wear a great number of other hats. This week I’ve been wearing my poet hat, and have had an opportunity to give readings in support of the causes support. Friday, for instance, the PTA at the Two Rivers Elementary School invited me to perform before 600 of its students at a morning assembly. I was charged with helping to inspire the collected students and their parents read for one million minutes during the month of February. Poems are more fun to read than most other choices students had, I argued, as well as being short, and usually free. I recited and rapped some examples, and then read them my famous rubber duck poem before reminding them to start drafting poems for the Two Rivers Elementary poetry contest, and to keep up with their minutes. You can track their progress, and discover reasons to consider supporting the Two Rivers Elementary PTA by visiting http://www.natomas.k12.ca.us/15172011702238840/blank/browse.asp?A=383&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=60356.
And tonight before rushing over to the Pub Quiz, I get to participate in an evening of poetry in support of Autism research and treatment. At the Sacramento Poetry Center tonight I’ll be reading with three terrific poets: Rebecca Foust, Connie Post, Michelle Bitting. All of their lives have been touched by loved ones with autism. The UC Davis Mind Institute and the Odyssey Learning Center will benefit from this evening of food and poetry. Although I don’t expect you to join us in Sacramento tonight at 7, I invite you to find out more about the work of the UC Davis Mind Institute at http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/mindinstitute/. We are lucky to have such a local resource to support research into autism, the fastest growing developmental disability in the U.S. today.
Tonight at the Pub Quiz we will hear questions about film and more film, beer, Katie Couric, Tulsa and Memphis, film sequels you may have seen, coal, southern states, baseball, insects, Thomas Jefferson, one of Shakespeare’s more famous sonnets, debt, being blunt, the Academy Awards, muskrats, superheroes, Canadian performers, Batman, the rickshaw, colors that are also foods, favorite actresses, languages and letters (x3), literary villains, chemistry, Republican statesmen, football and Shakespeare.
If all this talk of poetry has left you craving an event for you to enjoy, I invite you to return this coming Wednesday night at 8 to see Chana Bloch read. The subject of an entire panel at the most recent meeting of the Modern Language Association, Chana Bloch is the author of four books of poems: The Secrets of the Tribe, The Past Keeps Changing, Mrs. Dumpty, and Blood Honey. She is co-translator of the biblical Song of Songs and six books of contemporary Israeli poetry, including The Selected Poetry of Yehuda Amichai and his magnum opus, Open Closed Open, and Hovering at a Low Altitude: The Collected Poetry of Dahlia Ravikovitch. Find out more at http://www.poetryindavis.com.
When last I talked to Bistro 33, 14 tables had been reserved for tonight’s Pub Quiz, which means that we still have room for your team if you call now. I hope you will join us tonight for the Pub Quiz!
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Here are five questions from last week’s quiz:
22. Film. What actress who played a leading role in the HBO television series Big Love, for which she received a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress in 2010, also appeared in the films Boys Don’t Cry, American Psycho, and Zodiac?
23. Zookeepers. What is the name of the American zookeeper who is the Director Emeritus of the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium?
24. Mountains of the World. The highest mountain in the Alps, covered with snow at almost 16 thousand feet, is found on the Italian–French border. What is its name?
25. Actors and Actresses. Anne Hathaway has been cast to play Selina Kyle in one of the most anticipated films of 2012. By what name do fans of this film franchise better know Selina Kyle?
26. Science. Pangaea was the name of the supercontinent that existed during the Paleozoic and Mesozoic eras, before the component continents were separated into their current configuration. Which of the following numbers of years is closest to the dating of that era? 2,500 years, 250,000 years, 250 million years, or 250 billion years?
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/.