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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 166 (Disease)
And we're back. Now that I have some time on my hands I'm going to start doing these again "regularly". Whether that means daily, weekly, or somewhere in between remains…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 125 (The French Revolution)
This would make more sense closer to Bastille Day, but I was reading about it last night and I want to strike while the mental iron is hot. What sartorial…
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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…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 72 (Fin de Siècle Miscellany)
Let's close out the week with a few more trivia questions from the late 19th century. This is mostly an excuse to empty the old brain bucket of detritus I…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 71 (The Gilded Age)
For what it's worth, my definition of the Gilded Age here is a little bit broad, extending up until the turn of the century. The two monuments pictured below commemorate…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 69 (Victorian England)
Day two of "late 19th century history around the world" trivia takes us to merry old England. Queen Victorian ruled for a loooong time; these questions are focused on the…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 58 (The Hamilton Polka)
Weird Al's "The Hamilton Polka" dropped today, inspiring this round of trivia. Before Hamilton, Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote music and lyrics for and starred in what Tony award winning musical set…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 55 (European History)
Missed a history-ish geography question on LL today, so here we are. Margaretha Zelle, who was executed via firing squad in France in 1917, was better known as what? Though…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 30 (The Civil War)
It's a thing that happened; I should probably do some questions about it. What US Naval officer, the first ever to hold the rank of rear admiral, is credited with…
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Shoeless Trivia: Episode 20 (Civil Rights Leaders)
The topic seems timely. And not just because it's promised to be a category at Geeks Who Drink trivia tonight. Within the the I-285 perimeter of of Atlanta, I-20 is…