Category Archives: Question of the Week

Question of the Week

Keith Richards named one of his guitars after this character in David Copperfield based on Charles Dickens’s father. Who is that character?

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Only one player has ever won Super Bowl MVP while playing for the losing team. Who was it?

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What was the original name of Austin, Texas?

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Last night I spent a couple of minutes chatting with a homeless guy named Moses outside of Old Nelson. In the course of conversation he stumped me with a damn good question I thought would make for a solid question of the week: What is the creature with the binomial name turritopsis nutricula better known as?

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What shortlived band did David Bowie found in 1971, releasing a single called Moonage Daydream? (question submitted by Ray)

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What 1933 film was shot in Alaska and starred actor Ray Mala?

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Certainly our biggest loss in 2011 was Kim Jong-il, the greatest golfer in world history. In 1994, while playing golf for the first time, he hit how many hole-in-ones?

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He starred as young George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life, and in 1993 was a production assistant in the Dennis Rodman vehicle, Demolition Man.

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This video game, released in 2007, it puts the player in the role of Jack, a plane crash survivor who must explore the underwater city of Rapture.

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This former Japanese army intelligence officer fought in World War II, and refused to surrender until 1974, when he was discovered in the Phillipines.

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Cynthia Albritton was a rock groupie with a rather unusual hobby. What KISS song commemorated her talents?

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Baby kangaroos are joeys. Baby cats are kittens. What are baby turkies referred to as?

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This Greek resistance leader became known as the Man with the Carnation, and his controversial trial and execution made him a martyr in Greece. Who was he?

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What is Ethiopian honey wine called?