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Building On The Line

Thu, February 1, 2018 Dr PaulTriviaLeave a Comment on Building On The Line

They’ve got a building over in USA/Canada which was deliberately built on the border between the two countries. It’s a library and an opera house. You can read about it on your friend and my God: Wikipedia. For cheats and…

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Favourite Deaths, Part 1

Tue, January 2, 2018 Dr PaulDr Paul's Blog, TriviaLeave a Comment on Favourite Deaths, Part 1

One of my favourite deaths is that of the Greek playwright Aeschylus back in the good old days of the 5th century BC. Aeschylus was visiting Sicily and was outside, situated away from trees, cliffs etc. He did this a…

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Why Is Craps Called Craps

Wed, April 26, 2017 Dr PaulDr Paul's Blog, Facts, TriviaLeave a Comment on Why Is Craps Called Craps

How come casino dice game is , effectively, called “shits”? Gus from team Thelma and Louise was asking me this recently when a question about Craps featured in a double-or-bust round at the Safari Lounge. Craps traces its roots back…

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Stuff I Learned At The Quiz This Week

Tue, April 11, 2017 Dr PaulDr Paul's Blog, Man In A Pub Facts, Team Names, TriviaLeave a Comment on Stuff I Learned At The Quiz This Week

Maggie told me at the Joker & The Thief that a man in the USA died from choking on a donut during a donut eating challenge. This turns out to be true. Detail: The donut was a half-pounder and the…

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Fact Clearup: Snakes and Bridges

Tue, January 10, 2017Tue, January 10, 2017 Dr PaulBad Answers, Dr Paul's Blog, TriviaLeave a Comment on Fact Clearup: Snakes and Bridges

A couple of points of order raised by quizzers over the last week or so: Anaconda versus Pygmy Hippo Who is the heaviest? Everyone went for anaconda but the Wiki pages are clear. Heaviest verified anaconda weighed 97.5kg while the…

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This Cartoon Fails To Understand Quizmasters

Tue, September 6, 2011Tue, September 6, 2011 Dr PaulDr Paul's Blog, TriviaLeave a Comment on This Cartoon Fails To Understand Quizmasters

This cartoon was in the Guardian last week: But the thing is, regime change = new questions. Already at the quiz recently I’ve used these anagrams… ANGELIC OFFLOAD* BASEBALL DEATH MIRAGE** …and the change means I can write some new…

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Awesome business idea: You pay…

Fri, May 27, 2011Fri, May 27, 2011 Dr PaulTriviaLeave a Comment on Awesome business idea: You pay…

Awesome business idea: You pay £30 for a shirt and have no idea what it looks like until it is delivered: http://www.shiteshirts.com/

SOUTH AFRICA: bloke set on tor…

Fri, May 27, 2011Fri, May 27, 2011 Dr PaulTriviaLeave a Comment on SOUTH AFRICA: bloke set on tor…

SOUTH AFRICA: bloke set on torched and killed after magic penis accusation, wife turned into a snail. http://tinyurl.com/3pvzxtc For cheats and hints to win Dr Paul quizzes in Edinburgh, get the weekly email.

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I tried the hundred days thing last year - tried t I tried the hundred days thing last year - tried to do an illustrated fact every day for a hundred days. Faltered round about #60. Posting a few now and I'm going to see if I can finish it off this year - it should be coming around soon.
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1. Which American newspaper won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for it's reporting of the Watergate story?

2. Clark Kent, the mild-mannered alter-ego of comic book hero Superman, works on which newspaper?

3. In "Spiderman", what is the name of the newspaper where Peter Parker works?

4. In which year did the UK newspaper 'The Sun' stop publishing pictures of topless female models as a regular feature on page 3? Get within 3 years for the points.

5. In which country is the headquarters of 'The Straits Times' the highest selling newspaper in that country as well as a big-seller in neighbouring Malaysia?
WINE QUIZ 1. Which micro-organism is used in the WINE QUIZ

1. Which micro-organism is used in the production of wine, beer and Marmite?

2. What country does Jacob's Creek wine come from?

3. Which wine region of France includes the areas Maconnais and Chablis? Clue: answer starts with the letter B.

4. What is the most widely planted wine grape in the world?

5. As it ages, does white wine get darker or lighter?
That's me on the right. Not technically old enough That's me on the right. Not technically old enough to know any answers to quiz questions at this point, let alone able to ask any. This is either 1978 or 1979.
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Friday quiz is also now at 9pm Friday quiz is also now at 9pm
Mad Wikipedia paragraph of the day: "Reeve went t Mad Wikipedia paragraph of the day:

"Reeve went through inner anguish in the ICU, particularly when he was alone during the night. His approaching operation to reattach his skull to his spine in June 1995 "was frightening to contemplate. ... I already knew that I had only a fifty-fifty chance of surviving the surgery. ... Then, at an especially bleak moment, the door flew open and in hurried a squat fellow with a blue scrub hat and a yellow surgical gown and glasses, speaking in a Russian accent." The man announced that he was a proctologist and was going to perform a rectal exam on Reeve. It was Robin Williams, reprising his character from the film Nine Months.
FLASHBACK TO THE PUB. Quizzing it up in the Joker, FLASHBACK TO THE PUB. Quizzing it up in the Joker, pre-Covid Wednesday nights
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