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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 118 (Africa)
First day of the new Learned League season. Haven't looked at the questions yet, but it's probably time to dig back in to my weak spots. What country is pictured…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 117 (Current Events)
Sorry for the extra long weekend. Once more unto the breach! What is the name of this woman, a former Obama aide and the subject of recent controversial tweet? What…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 116 (Math)
In a hurry today, and math is a low research area for me, so.... Name either of the two mathematicians (one German, one English) generally credited with discovering calculus. The…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 115 (The Cthulhu Mythos)
Weirdly, I almost did this category last Thursday and then got a Lovecraft question at trivia that night. The plaque seen below can be found in what US city? Graboids,…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 114 (Current Events)
Same as it ever was. What African nation recently applied to rejoin the Commonwealth of Nations (aka the British Commonwealth) after leaving in 2003? Prior to the Las Vegas Golden…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 113 (Anthropology)
The academic subject, not the lifestyle store. Louis, Mary, and Richard are three famed paleoanthropologists who did much of their work studying human origins in east Africa. What is their…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 112 (Art)
People seem to like the art rounds, and it's been a while. The house of worship pictured below is named for what Russian-born abstract expressionist painter? "A Waterloo" and "A…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 111 (Fallout)
Mostly the video games, but also some other stuff. What is the name of this iconic mascot? The unit known as the curie is equal to the radioactivity of one…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 110 (Current Events)
The world may be post-truth, but it'll never be post-trivia. James Harrison, known as "the man with the golden arm", is an 81 year old Australian recently ended a record…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 109 (The Renaissance)
The triumphant return of Learned League after a couple of weeks of downtime is the inspiration for today's round. Botticelli's The Birth of Venus and Da Vinci's Adoration of the…