What 2006 horror remake replaced Edward Woodward with Nicolas Cage, and spawned the meme known as “not the bees”? What 2007 drama was the first film directed by Paul Haggis after Crash, and tells the story of a veteran played…
Baby Boomer, Silver Screen, and All-Star Sports were the first three spinoff editions of what game? Of these four celebrities, who has won the most money on Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? Dean Cain, Kathy Ireland, Larry the Cable…
What activity is undertaken by Jason in the eighth Friday the 13th movie and the Muppets in their third movie, according to the titles? What kind of lycanthrope was played by Nastassja Kinski in a remake of a classic movie…
A quiz about eponymous laws — those that are named after someone. Mike Godwin observed in 1990 that as a Usenet discussion grows longer, someone will eventually make an analogy that invokes one of two proper nouns. Name those words…
(This set of questions comes from quiz night at the 418 Public House in Seattle, and was read on March 18. Keep that in mind when defining “current” events.) QUESTIONS What kind of event did Guinness, Heineken, and Sam Adams…
“Jeopardy! is the bane of all quiz shows,” declared Ophira Eisenberg on the fantastic NPR quiz show Ask Me Another. Why? Because its schtick infects contestants on other shows, who sometimes give answers in the form of a question. (If…
Brand-new thing for November 2013: A Question a Day via email. Every weekday, I’ll send you one trivia question. Don’t worry, you get the answer, too — but in the next email, along with a brand new question. It’s a…
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. Show ▼ The Addams Family And in the next movie: Pubert! Who…
Tricoteuses were women who would sit and knit while sitting near what macabre machine?
Eulogy for a Quiz Night: Thoughts on the end of trivia at the Old Pequliar
“Question one: What’s the longest river in Japan?” It was May 23, 2006, when I looked out on a bar mostly full of strangers and asked them all that question. And then I repeated it, because that’s what quizmasters do….