Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
It’s strange being the father of a teenager. My daughter Geneva turned 13 yesterday, and now she and I can more responsibly watch PG-13 films. I suppose mostly that means old superhero films, such as Iron Man and the X-Men films. As she is a black belt in Tae Kwon Do, I’m eager for the day that she is old enough to watch Enter the Dragon and other classic kung-fu films. Maybe she’ll be inspired to scream even louder when she kicks the bag in the dojo, and to take up the nunchaku. She’s also a poet, so I bet she’ll especially like Bruce Lee quotation: “All fixed set patterns are incapable of adaptability or pliability. The truth is outside of all fixed patterns.” He systematized this concept with his fighting system which he named Jeet Kune Do, which he sometimes referred to as “The art of expressing the human body.” Do you have a system? What might your system be called?
Tonight’s Quiz will include questions about insecticides, Twitter, the United Nations, a long-serving British Poet Laureate, expensive election campaigns, Romaine, early Rock and Roll, the Grateful Dead, rocks, Presidents of the US, news shows, Tennessee, European capitals, a Governor of California, famous children’s books, Amy Sedaris films, wine, Africa, musical television, goats, acres in Russia, Forbes, basketball, Shakespeare, and the US mail.
We will have room for you and your team tonight. Furthermore, if you recruit a team of newbies, both your team and the newbies will enjoy a complimentary bottle of wine. Tell your friends, and I look forward to seeing you tonight.
Best,
Your Quizmaster
https://www.yourquizmaster.com
P.S. Here are five questions from last week’s Pub Quiz.
9. Science. In the United States and Canada, extensive underground beds of halite extend from the Appalachian basin of western New York through parts of Ontario and under much of the Michigan Basin. By what common name do we know this mineral?
10. Great Americans. The Seward of “Seward’s Folly” was William Henry Seward, Sr., the 12th Governor of New York, a United States Senator, and the United States Secretary of State under Abraham Lincoln and Andrew Johnson. “Seward’s Folly” refers to Seward’s orchestrating the purchase of what?
11. Unusual Words. What two-syllable word beginning with the letter “A” and containing a double letter (two of the same letter next to each other) means “to cause fear in” or “to frighten”?
12. Another Music Question. What is the three-letter name of the British singer-songwriter and rapper of Sri Lankan descent who had 2008 hits with the songs “Boyz” and “Paper Planes”?
13. Pop Culture – Television. The name of what Grammy award winning New Zealand-based comedy duo composed of Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement is also a TV show?
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/.