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Trivia Thursday

Trivia Thursday

I’ve always been a sucker for pub trivia, and I almost like creating trivia quizzes more than competing in them. The answers to the first nine questions are all connected by a theme, and the tenth is the theme. Feel free to share this quiz, and no Googling when you’re trying it! (What’s the fun in that?) Answers will be posted next week with the newest quiz. Where the Dodgers used to be before moving to L.A. This city in Morocco could mean “White House.” Deep Dish Pizza is as

Trivia Thursday

Trivia Thursday

I’ve always been a sucker for pub trivia, and I almost like creating trivia quizzes more than competing in them. The answers to the first nine questions are all connected by a theme, and the tenth is the theme. Feel free to share this quiz, and no Googling when you’re trying it! (What’s the fun in that?) Answers will be posted next week with the newest quiz. Your feline friends. This comes in aerosol form and is meant to keep the most elaborate of coiffures in place. One of t

Trivia Thursday

Trivia Thursday

I’ve always been a sucker for pub trivia, and I almost like creating trivia quizzes more than competing in them. The answers to the first nine questions are all connected by a theme, and the tenth is the theme. Feel free to share this quiz, and no Googling when you’re trying it! (What’s the fun in that?) Answers will be posted next week with the newest quiz. “What’s in a name? That which we call a ________ by any other word would smell as sweet.” Calf, kid, cub are all exampl

Sundays at Videotheque

Sundays at Videotheque

Videotheque in South Pasadena, CA was my film school post-college. Even though I live far away now, I still make it out almost every Sunday to check out movies that I have no luck finding online, for money or otherwise. In this ongoing series, I will give my brief impressions about my rentals from the past week. Shanghai Express (1932) dir. Josef von Sternberg, starring Marlene Dietrich, Anna May Wong, Clive Brook Josef von Sternberg is quickly becoming one of my favorite dir

Trivia Thursday

Trivia Thursday

I’ve always been a sucker for pub trivia, and I almost like creating trivia quizzes more than competing in them. The answers to the first nine questions are all connected by a theme, and the tenth is the theme. Feel free to share this quiz, and no Googling when you’re trying it! (What’s the fun in that?) Answers will be posted next week with the newest quiz. Sam Wilson of the Avengers An object of interest for both Dr. Henry Jones and the heir of Uther Pendragon. The same wor

Sundays at Videotheque

Sundays at Videotheque

Videotheque in South Pasadena, CA was my film school post-college. Even though I live far away now, I still make it out almost every Sunday to check out movies that I have no luck finding online, for money or otherwise. In this ongoing series, I will give my brief impressions about my rentals from the past week. A Page of Madness (1926) dir. Teinosuke Kinugasa Even at the beginning of cinema, some artists could already grasp the potential of the medium to tap into the unknowa

Trivia Thursday

Trivia Thursday

I’ve always been a sucker for pub trivia, and I almost like creating trivia quizzes more than competing in them. The answers to the first nine questions are all connected by a theme, and the tenth is the theme. Feel free to share this quiz, and no Googling when you’re trying it! (What’s the fun in that?) Answers will be posted next week with the newest quiz. This diminutive of the name Katherine or Katarina can also describe a familiar household pet. (Must fit theme) In chess

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