Toughest Questions From Last Week

Oklahoma’s favorite son found fame and fortune while appearing in the Ziegfield Follies starting in 1916.
In the 19th century it was known as the Pirate Coast. In the early 20th century it was known as Trucial Oman. What is it known as now?
Elizabeth Short was last seen alive on this date in 1947. What was she better known as after her murder?
The oldest city in the United States is in Florida, having been settled in 1565 by the Spanish. What is it?
The Brits call them pushpins. What do we call them?
In 1540, this Spanish conquistador began exploring much of modern day New Mexico.
Thanks to the Simpsons, what is the name of Albequerque’s minor league baseball team?
For what sporting event does the winner get the Claret Jug?
What is the most populous state without a major league sports team?
What three letter acronym replaced CQD in 1906?

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Super Bowling January 24th

Hey kids, we’re going to have a Super Bowling Party on January 24th at St. Monica’s Lanes at 16th and Shunk, from 7-11 p.m. It is all you can drink and all you can bowl for $20, and all of the proceeds will go toward the basketball and tutoring program I help with at the Marian Anderson Center. No, this is no bowlizzo, just good old fashioned bowling. Should be a lot of fun. Oh, and garish bowling outfits are highly encouraged. Ugliest bowling outfit wins a prize. I will have tickets for sale all next week at quizzo.

Question of the Week

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19th, 1809. In what city was he born?

Hurtin’ Bombs Win at Bards

This Eagle wide receiver, who played his college football at Georgia, turns 28 today.

Jams Win

The man above was born on this date in 1934.

Hurtin’ Bombs Win at Bards

This actress became the first former female cast member to return as host of Saturday Night Live when she hosted in 2006, over 20 years after she was a cast member. She was born on this date in 1961.

Dork Sided Wins at O’Neals

The man who played Bull on Night Court turns 66 today. Who is he?

Pics of last week’s winners

Alright, gonna post pics of last weeks winners along with questions about people celebrating birthdays today. One guess per person. Cheya.

New York Mets: The Dominoes Pizza of Baseball

Both the Yankees and Mets are moving into new stadiums this year, so both have added special patches to the sleeves of their jerseys. The Yankees patch looks great. The Mets patch looks like a hotel key card at Howard Johnson’s. Here’s what uni-watch says: So let’s skip the metaphors and jokes and just proceed straight to the simple, declarative truth: This is the worst sleeve patch in MLB history.

By the Time the Eagles Get to Arizona.

There is also a song called By the Time I get to Phoenix, that I think served as the inspiration for the title of the PE song, but it’s not as good of a song. And it doesn’t promote assassinating a public official, like the PE song does.