Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
My wife bought an electric-assisted bicycle last week, and she just loves it. Push the pedal, and the bike’s electric motor gives it a bit more of a push. Soon the complementary momentum propels you happily and speedily (but not sweatily) to your Davis destination. The price of gas will come down soon, the prognosticators say (do we thank the Navy Seals for that, too?), so it may take longer than she expected for the bike to pay for itself. Almost daily she hauls a ride-along bike with my five-year old, he being part of the justification for the purchase. He loves the speed – he was bravest of the three who visited Disneyland earlier this year – but may wonder why he’ll be biking in slow motion when he finally gets a training-wheel-free bike of his own. Like most of his clothes, his next bike will most likely be a hand-me-down, for now we have about twice as many bicycles in the garage as we have family members (if you count the hamster). My grandfather (whose father worked with Henry Ford) once told me that a successful man bought a new GM car every year. I wouldn’t be comfortable with that, but I do know that B&L Bikes has learned to time their sales for about when we receive our income tax refunds, and we seem never to disappoint them. What is your guilty consumerist pleasure?
Tonight’s Pub Quiz will feature sports questions. Don’t say I didn’t warn you. Also expect questions on soft drink slogans, consumer electronics, Google and other giants of network industry, navy seals, Anchormen, archipelagos, favorite oceans, skin color, Billy Joel (can you sing a Billy Joel song?), Valentine’s Day, people who call themselves “Bobby,” performance-enhancing drugs, isotopes, young governors, five-syllable words that start with the letter C (and which never come up in conversation), aliens, the hope that remains, the Academy Awards, The New York Times, Brazil, Bruce Jenner, American patriots, late Shakespeare sonnets, Giles, breezes that blow, the busts of poets, Freakanomics and other best-selling works of non-fiction, Italians, Ireland, novels that you might be embarrassed to have some people spot on your bookshelf, detectives, birds and sharks, and Shakespeare plays that you haven’t seen on stage (but may have heard of).
I hope you can join us tonight. We have more fun when you do.
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Here are five questions from last week’s quiz:
1. Mottos and Slogans. What cosmetics company uses the slogan “Because you are worth it”?
2. Internet Culture. The third most visited website is not Google or Facebook; nor is it Yahoo or Blogger, for those are numbers one, two, four and five. Hint: It’s also not Wikipedia, Twitter, or Amazon.com. What is number three?
3. Newspaper Headlines. Last Wednesday we learned that severe storms and tornadoes moved through the U.S. Southeast, and knocked out three TVA nuclear reactors. What do the letters in the acronym TVA stand for?
4. Four for Four. Which of the following, if any, are historical reasons to celebrate Cinqo de Mayo? The Battle of Puebla, The leadership of General Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín, Mexican independence, A military victory over the French.
5. Food and Drink. What is the name of the second most popular soft drink in the United States in 2011?
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/.