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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 192 (Reversals of Fortune)
The most recent season of Learned League just concluded, and after winning 9 of my first 13 matches and being on track to set a number of personal records, the…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 191 (Deserts)
I realize the first part of this week has been a trivia desert, so here's some desert trivia. What demonym is usually associated with the cryptozoological "death worm" that is…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 190 (Art)
These are always fun. What 17th century pope is depicted in the two portraits seen below, one by Diego Velázquez, the other by Francis Bacon? What titular fruit has been…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 189 (SCOTUS)
In honor of yesterday's Bostock decision. Who was the first Jewish justice to serve on the Supreme Court? Though he was born in Kentucky, he attended Harvard and ultimately established…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 188 (Food)
Since trivia is like food for your mind. What protein source is generally associated with the tomato-based Mediterranean dish known as shakshouka? Dogfish Head's Beer For Breakfast is brewed with…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 187 (Rivers)
Wet and wild. The Dancing Girl statue, seen below, is an artifact on the ancient civilization associated with what river? Though it was found by a British archaeologist in 1926,…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 186 (Theater)
The play's the thing. What Tony winning musical that premiered on Broadway in 1992 (and had a 2016 revival) ends with a bar mitzvah in a hospital room? What American…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 185 (Black History)
I hope that this topic will not be seen as trivializing (no pun intended) what is going on in the United States right now. To my shame, I just realized…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 184 (LGBT+)
Pride month means it's time for more LGBT+ trivia. Dreamer (secret identity: Nia Nal) is a transgender hero who appears on what TV series? There are currently three openly gay…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 183 (Saints)
Because you can't spell "Vatican darling" without T-R-I-V-I-A. St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital was founded by what Lebanese-American comedian and actor whose long running eponymous sitcom was originally titled Make…