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  • The Day the Music Died

    The Day the Music Died
    2026/02/03
    Question 1: On February 3, 1959, a small plane went down near Clear Lake, Iowa during the Winter Dance Party tour, an event later memorialized as the day the music died. Name all three rock-and-roll musicians who lost their lives in that crash.

    Question 2: Broadcast to an estimated 73 million viewers, which 1964 U.S. television appearance by a British band is widely credited with launching the British Invasion and transforming American pop culture?

    Question 3: At which festival and in what year did Bob Dylan plug in an electric guitar, stunning folk purists and marking a turning point for rock and singer-songwriter music?

    Question 4: When MTV debuted on August 1, 1981, what was the very first music video it aired, a cheeky choice that symbolized the coming era of video-driven pop?

    Question 5: Which album toppled Michael Jackson’s Dangerous from No. 1 on the Billboard 200 in January 1992, heralding grunge’s mainstream breakthrough?


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  • Groundhog Day

    Groundhog Day
    2026/02/02
    Question 1: Which Christian feast day, observed on February 2 and traditionally marked by the blessing of candles, carried weather proverbs that helped inspire the later U.S. Groundhog Day?

    Question 2: In which Pennsylvania town do crowds gather at Gobbler’s Knob each February to watch Punxsutawney Phil issue his spring forecast?

    Question 3: According to Groundhog Day folklore, what does it mean if the groundhog emerges and sees its shadow on February 2?

    Question 4: Based on analyses by climatologists and weather services, roughly how accurate have Punxsutawney Phil’s predictions been over the long term?

    Question 5: Before groundhogs took center stage in Pennsylvania, which animal in German folk tradition served as the weather prophet at Candlemas, later inspiring the American custom?


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  • Clark Gable

    Clark Gable
    2026/02/01
    Question 1: Marking Clark Gable’s birthday, on what exact date was the Hollywood icon born?

    Question 2: Clark Gable won his only Academy Award for Best Actor for which 1934 romantic comedy opposite Claudette Colbert?

    Question 3: As Rhett Butler in Gone with the Wind, what famous closing line does Clark Gable deliver to Scarlett O’Hara?

    Question 4: Who was the independent producer who shepherded Gone with the Wind to the screen, coordinating its massive production and winning Best Picture?

    Question 5: Which member of the Gone with the Wind cast became the first African American to win an Academy Award, and for which role?


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  • Space Exploration

    Space Exploration
    2026/01/31
    Question 1: Explorer 1, America’s first satellite, revealed a hidden feature of Earth’s near-space environment soon after its 1958 launch. What major scientific discovery did it make, and which onboard instrument recorded the telltale data?

    Question 2: Apollo 14 aimed to complete the geological objectives missed by Apollo 13. Which lunar region did the crew explore, and what hand-pulled device helped them lug tools and samples across the Moon’s rugged terrain?

    Question 3: Marking the United States’ entry into the space age, on what date and atop which rocket was Explorer 1 launched into orbit as the nation’s first satellite?

    Question 4: A playful moment on the lunar surface made Apollo 14 famous beyond science. Which astronaut swung a makeshift golf club on the Moon, and roughly how far did his best shot travel?

    Question 5: Among the most iconic images from space, which mission captured the “Earthrise” photograph while orbiting the Moon in 1968, reshaping public views of our planet’s fragility?


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  • Christian Bale

    Christian Bale
    2026/01/30
    Question 1: Christian Bale’s fans celebrate his birthday at the end of January each year. On what exact date and year was he born?

    Question 2: Christian Bale’s brooding Bruce Wayne redefined Batman for a new generation. Which filmmaker directed the Dark Knight trilogy in which Bale starred?

    Question 3: In American Psycho (2000), Bale delivered a chilling turn as a status-obsessed Wall Street figure. What is the name of the character he plays?

    Question 4: Before donning the cape in Batman Begins, Bale underwent one of cinema’s most extreme physical transformations, appearing emaciated in a 2004 psychological thriller. What is the title of that film?

    Question 5: Bale is famed for disappearing into real-life figures as well. In which 2018 biographical film did he transform into former U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney?


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  • National Puzzle Day

    National Puzzle Day
    2026/01/29
    Question 1: On National Puzzle Day we tip our hat to crosswords: Which newspaper debuted the first modern crossword puzzle, in what year, and who designed it?

    Question 2: The name “Sudoku” is a Japanese abbreviation—what longer phrase does it shorten, and what does that phrase mean?

    Question 3: In the classic Tower of Hanoi brainteaser, what is the formula for the minimum number of moves required to transfer a stack of n disks from one peg to another following the rules?

    Question 4: Tangrams are a timeless geometric puzzle: How many pieces make up a traditional tangram, and what shapes are they?

    Question 5: In the classic river-crossing puzzle featuring a farmer, a wolf, a goat, and a cabbage, which pairs cannot be left together unsupervised on either bank?


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  • Elijah Wood

    Elijah Wood
    2026/01/28
    Elijah Wood's birthday: From Frodo to film - celebrating The Lord of the Rings and fantasy epics.

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  • Mozart

    Mozart
    2026/01/27
    Mozart's birthday and the world of classical music.

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