Dear Friends of the Pub Quiz,
I really hope you can join me for the Pub Quiz tonight, for it’ll be one big party. A couple dozen friends will be stopping by right after the Quiz to wish me a happy birthday starting at 9:15 or so), and to hear the UC Davis all-female a cappella group The Spokes perform at 10. I would relish the chance to introduce you to some of these folks.
A different group of culture-lovers will be congregating at International House Thursday night starting at 6:30 in order to hear poems in multiple languages for International Poetry Night. One of my favorite local poets, Francisco Alarcon, will be performing works from his new book. Sick Spits will also be performing a few pieces.
Then Saturday the 14th I will be hosting a bonus Pub Quiz for charity titled The Rotary Trivia Challenge. All the money raised goes to the different charities that individual teams decide to play for, as well as to support the good work of the Rotarians. Food and drink will be provided.
And then the following Thursday (March 19th) Joshua Clover will be reading at the John Natsoulas Gallery. Clover has a new book out, Red Epic. Often in the news, Clover is a professor of English at UC Davis, and an author in multiple genres.
Aren’t we lucky to live in Davis? I hope to see you at two or more of these events, starting tonight with my birthday party. The only present I need is your presence.
Tonight’s Pub Quiz will feature questions on bridges, suburbs, counties, states, countries, flags, famous progeny, cities that beat out Davis, luddites foiling government investigators, Bucks, Nobel Prizes, clay, US presidents, male solo artists, male duet artists, clerks, coaches, natural life, American poets, American heroes, shields, sent money, comedy, parody, networks, sweetness, unfortunate movie choices, famous days, representatives, pop stars from a long time ago, contradictions, wildness, Celts, enterprises, tinkerers, baseball, basketball, and Shakespeare. You will not be asked five questions on me or my birthday, for that would unfairly advantage the people who travel with me to de Vere’s Irish Pub on Monday nights.
See you this evening!
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Here are five questions from last week’s quiz:
- Mottos and Slogans. What brand of candy has asked us repeatedly, “Isn’t Life Juicy”?
- Internet Culture. Warren Buffett was born in a year ending with a zero. What was that year? That had
- Newspaper Headlines. US Senator Barbara Mikulski today announced her planned retirement from representing the state with the highest per capita income, and the oldest state capitol still in continuous legislative use. Name this densely-populated state.
- Actors and Actresses. Born in 1981, what actor named Chris has appeared in movies that have grossed more than any other actor named Chris (in major roles, not counting cameos or bit parts).
- Pop Culture – Music. What is the five-letter name of the most prominent genre of electronic dance music that originated in Chicago in the early 1980s?