Below are six trivia questions I’ve written. Feel free to reach out to me with your guesses by replying to this post (or whatever method you prefer). Like most trivia, the answers can be readily found via Google, so you’re on the honor system. The SIXTH question of each set is designed to be a question that cannot be easily Googled, so correct answers to those will be tracked and recognized in the next newsletter. The answers, and the next set of questions, will be published every Monday and Thursday.
1) What event took place at Madison Square Garden on August 24 and 25 of 1979 and featured persons such as Richie Havens, Elliott Randall, and Paul Butterfield? Advertisements for the event didn’t bill its name, instead merely identifying the event as “Celebration: Ten Years Later.”
2) Name the American fast-casual restaurant chain that is headquartered in a suburb of St. Louis and has over 2,000 locations (all of which are in the U.S. and Canada). In 2007, it was the largest provider of wi-fi hotspots in the United States; in October 2020, they added pizza to the menu.
3) In November and December of 2004, the U.S. military fought a battle in what Iraqi city, which ultimately was the bloodiest conflict for the American military since Vietnam? The city is known in Iraq as the "city of mosques" for the more than 200 mosques found in the city and the surrounding villages.
4) What is the two-word alliterative term that has been used to describe, typically in the NFL but occasionally in other sports, extraordinary plays by receivers requiring great effort, such as by Odell Beckham Jr. or Julio Jones? The term was first used in 1893, according to Merriam-Webster—perhaps people more commonly saw these in their literal context back then.
5) There are two American cities in the Eastern Time Zone that have five-letter names and more than 250,000 people. Name both cities.
6) What unusual distinction is shared by each of these films (and many others)? On Her Majesty’s Secret Service (1969), Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986), Goodfellas (1990), High Fidelity (2000), Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003), Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004), Lord of War (2005), Kiss Kiss Bang Bang (2005), Wanted (2008), The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).
Welp most of these are just gonna be random guesses but here goes:
1. Some sort of Woodstock event
2. Panera
3. Baghdad, which I’m sure is wrong
4. Flea-flicker
5. Miami and…. ?
6. The destruction of very nice cars?