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mighty fine trivia by James Callan

27-June-12
by James Callan
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This week’s theme: Knitting.

Name the movie: In the final scene, a mother of two reveals that she’s pregnant again when she unveils a hand-knit, three-legged baby outfit.

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26-June-12
by James Callan
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This week’s theme: Knitting.

Tricoteuses were women who would knit while sitting and watching what macabre machine do its work?

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25-June-12
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This week’s theme: Knitting.

What nonprofit organization recently sent a cease-and-desist notice to Ravelry.com when they noticed that the site’s annual competition included events like the “afghan marathon”?

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16-February-12
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This week’s theme: Hearts.

What literary transplant recipient made a full recovery after receiving a donor heart “made entirely of silk and stuffed with sawdust”?

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15-February-12
by James Callan
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This week’s theme: Hearts.

Which Nirvana song inspired the name of Joe Hill’s debut novel, in which a rock star buys a haunted suit that comes in an unusual package?

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14-February-12
by James Callan
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This week’s theme: Hearts.

According to the first line of his untitled poem, where did Stephen Crane come across a “naked, bestial” creature eating its own heart? And how did it taste?

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13-February-12
by James Callan
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This week’s theme: Hearts.

In what early ’90s sitcom did Markie Post and John Ritter fall in love in D.C., get married, and move to a small southern town in the second season?

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13-February-12
by James Callan
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This week’s theme: Hearts

If you’re playing Hearts according to Hoyle, what card is worth 13 points if you take it in a trick?

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9-February-12
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In Ed McBain’s novels about the police of the 87th Precinct, the island of Isola is a fictionalized version of what real-world island?

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8-February-12
by James Callan
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In the early ’80s, Wayne Isham was the lucky guy who had to scrape up all the wax after the video shoot for what song?

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