Question of the Week

In 1954, Milan High School won the Indiana State championship, and their story formed the basis of the film Hoosiers. A year later, the great Oscar Robertson led this high school to an Indiana state championship, the first one ever won in Indiana by an all-black school. What was the name of that high school?

Question of the Week

The first one of these was created on March 6th, 1912, in the Chelsea District of NYC.

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Thanks to a clerical error, a ghost word appeared in the 1934 edition of the Merriam Dictionary, and had a definition of “density”. What was this nonsense word, which was removed upon its discovery a few years later?

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What playwright wrote The Bald Soprano in 1950? (Answer can be found in my Philly Post story this week.)

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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)

Question of the Week

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