Dear Friends of the de Vere’s Irish Pub Pub Quiz,
Overworked and exhausted, I’m really looking forward to tonight’s Pub Quiz. As a friend told me today, it’s hard to be relaxed while screaming. As someone who doesn’t use caffeine or (much) sugar, I sometimes need a good scream or two to wake myself up and reconnect with the vital. As the artist Christo says, “The work of art is a scream of freedom.”
Tonight I will be screaming about Latin phrases, computer basics, New York, rivers, large-hearted people, schemers, people who were born the year I got married, snakes, demolitions, mature cells, towers, things that are “whack,” flowers, the deaths of ageless people, just behind Tolkien), Romans, sipping anger, wars, big numbers, NBA, Phoenix, favorite books, Scots, the iconic Dutch, six-syllable words, productive authors (e.g., Stephen King), Ted, Spaniards, a newspaper from 1997, and Shakespeare.
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Your Quizmaster
P.S. Five Questions from last week:
10. Great Americans. Who before George H.W. Bush was the most recent vice-president to serve two full terms as vice-president (that is, 2,922 days)?
11. Unusual Words. “Hoist” and “Fly” are two of the most common terms in the nomenclature of vexillology, which is the study of WHAT?
12. Name the Decade. In what decade was The Great Gatsby written?
13. Pop Culture – Television. Who has NBC chosen to replace Jimmy Fallon as host of Late Night, the talk show that follows The Tonight Show at 12:35 a.m.?
14. Pixar. In what city is Nemo found?
15. Anagram. Only one popular song stayed at #1 for five weeks during 1985. Its title is an anagram for the common phrase “LOWERED WREATH.” Name the song.