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> It was May 4, 1984 and Pope John Paul II was visiting Sorok Island off South Korea, a one-time leper colony where several hundred people with the disfiguring disease were receiving care.

> "He touched them with his hands, caressed them, kissed each one," Mari said. "Eight hundred lepers, one by one. One by one!"

I read about this fact in the book 'The Second Book of General Ignorance'.

I practiced the "cross your hands in front of you, hanging down" strategy from the one guy who wrote the book. But a few questions into the actual game I gave up on it. Hands hanging down was harder to deal with than it had been in practice.

ETA: the book I was thinking of was Secrets of the Buzzer by Fritz Holznagel: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B014OI84CE/ref=cm_sw_r_other_apa_i_nPa3DbWPYNVFA

Fiasco is the Italian word for flask. Glass blowing is a delicate art form and if a glassblower was attempting to make a bottle (or whatever) and made a mistake, it would become a common drinking flask, or fiasco.

OK comes from the Civil War when the field commanders would be tallying up the deaths from the day. For instance they would mark 3K for 3 killed or 0K for zero people killed, which made it an OK day.

Source: this book, which is full of these sorts of things: http://www.amazon.com/Why-Do-We-Say-Expressions/dp/1555210104

Edit: people are saying OK is wrong and linking me to a wikipedia page where the main page doesn't list the explanation from the book. It's located in one of the alternative possible etymologies linked from the main page.

Thanks for doing this and no need to tip me. I am commenting for a different reason.

Well, I am an independent author. My InQUIZitive series is doing reasonably well on Amazon. All the books in the series have an average of over 4.5 / 5.0 stars rating. Links to the books:

• Volume I
  
  
• Volume II
  
  
• Volume III
  
  
• Omnibus
  
  Was wondering if I can list my books on your site?

20 Question Trivia - Week of 9/16/2019

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1. Television: Announced on July 16th of this year and set to be awarded at a ceremony on September 22, 2019, at the Microsoft Theater in Downtown Los Angeles, California, what series received 14 Emmy nominations in major categories, 3 more than any other series?

2. Music: What 1991 album, the second studio album by the act, which has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, and whose cover features Spencer Elden (currently age 29 and living in Los Angeles), is, according to "Rolling Stone", the #1 album of the 1990s?

3. Current Events: On September 9, 2019, President Donald Trump asked for the resignation of John Bolton, a former Fox News Channel commentator and Ambassador to the United Nations under George W. Bush, who held what role in the Trump administration?

4. Economics/Geography: What city, founded circa 600BC by Celtic Insubres, at one time the capital of the Western Roman Empire, is considered one of the "Four Motors for Europe", and has the third largest GDP for a metro area on the continent, trailing only London and Paris?

5. Tennis: At the U.S. Open in 1987, a diamond line bracelet fell off the arm of what winner of eighteen Grand Slam titles, about which she said, "I dropped my tennis bracelet"? This is the origin of the term "tennis bracelet" for line bracelets of diamonds or other gems.

6. Movies: According to BoxOfficeMojo.com, what film series, based on a cartoon series which ran for four seasons from 1984 through 1987, occupies the #1 spot on the list of highest grossing movies based on TV cartoons? It also occupies spots #2, #3, and #4.

7. History: What New York City printer, who published The New York Weekly Journal which voiced opinions critical of the colonial governor, William Cosby, was arrested and accused of libel in 1734, then acquitted, becoming a colonial symbol of freedom of the press?

8. Chemistry/Jewelry: Rose gold, an alloy popular in early nineteenth century Russia, which has regained popularity this century, combines 75% gold, 2.75% silver, and 22.25% of what other element which gives it its color? This element is also in red and pink gold alloys.

9. Business: What brand icon, who first appeared on October 30, 1988 and was a direct parody of a competitor's mascot, has appeared in commercials for "Sitagin Hemorrhoid Remedy", "Nasotine Sinus Relief", and "TresCafe Coffee"?

10. Literature: What 1959 Hugo Award winning short story from Daniel Keyes, which was adapted into a novel released in 1966, and was the basis for the 1968 Oscar winning film "Charly", is a story about a laboratory mouse who has undergone surgery to increase his intelligence?

11. Television: What show, which began airing in 1982, centered on a field agent of the Foundation for Law and Government (FLAG), a modern-day crime fighter typically shown assisting average citizens or ethical corporate leaders who were being bullied by criminals?

12. World Politics: The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, an agreement reached in Vienna in 2015 between the P5+1 (the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, plus Germany), along with the EU, concerns what world situation?

13. Movies/Music: What patriotic 1985 film contains songs on its soundtrack featuring the lyrics "Two worlds collide, Rival nations", "Rules and regulations have no meaning anymore", and "You may not be looking for the promised land, But you might find it anyway"?

14. Geography/Travel: What tiny European territory is so small that the runway at its only International Airport intersects its main roads, such that the road must be closed to traffic whenever a plane, often a Monarch Airlines flight, takes off or lands?

15. MLB: What left fielder and first baseman, who played for 23 years, and who took home the MVP the year he also won the Triple Crown, played 3,308 games in total, all for one franchise? His total is more than anyone else has played for a single team in their career.

16. Mythology: In Hesiod's "Theogony", what mythical creatures, which Zeus frees from the dark pit of Tartarus, provides him with his epic thunderbolt, as well as Hades' "helmet of darkness" and Poseidon's trident, which the gods then use to defeat the Titans?

17. Stage/Screen: Mr. Bojangles, an American tap dancer and actor, the best known and most highly paid African-American entertainer in the first half of the twentieth century, was the name given to what entertainer due to his happy-go-lucky energy?

18. History: In England and Normandy, the period between 1135 and 1153, during the succession crisis between Henry I's death and the Treaty of Wallingford in which his grandson ascended to the throne as Henry II, typically goes by what name?

19. Technology: What programming language, developed by John Backus at IBM, which was developed in the 1950s for scientific and engineering applications, dominated this area of programming early on and has been in continuous use for over six decades?

20. Writing: A protagonist, from the Ancient Greek meaning 'one who plays the first part, chief actor', is the main character of a story. What name, also derived from Ancient Greek, is given to the next most important character in a story after the protagonist?

 

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The Prince of Wales in Highgate on a Tuesday night is quite well known for their quiz. There's even a book about it.

If you are interested at all in the rules and officiating side, I highly recommend this book

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He's incredible to watch, usually I hate runaway games but he makes it fascinating. He even studied how to buzz in first.

I would recommend these:

• The Economic Naturalist by Robert H. Frank. It's a collection of explanations about microeconomics and industrial production (for example: why are milk cartons rectangular while cans are cylindrical? why do DVDs and CDs have different kinds of cases? why are supermodels paid so much?).
  
  
• The New Book of Lists by David Wallechinsky and Amy Wallace. Many lists feature short anecdotes you might enjoy.
  
  
• Schott's Original Miscellany by Ben Schott. It's not properly a "trivia book", it's a hodgepodge of charts, tables and lists that cover pretty much every possible topic, from the types of clouds to the slang used by the British gay subculture to the flag of Guadeloupe. By the way, every book by Schott is worth reading.
  
  Surely, there are others I've read and I don't remember at the moment.

Thank you very much for these

For UK readers here are the same books on Amazon UK

Volume I

Volume II

Volume III

Volume IV

Schott's Original Miscellany

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https://www.amazon.com/Harry-Potter-Complete-Quiz-Book/dp/1783337303/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1511285951&sr=8-2&keywords=harry+potter+trivia+book

This is ok. I used it to come up with questions for a trivia night. But it's not a game, so you'd have to create your own trivial pursuit cards or something.

Probably Schott's Miscellany.

I have a lot of me time at the moment, but my real perfect night at the moment would include my SO, because we are long distance for the next year, and it's already a bit tough. I'd love to make a comfy blanket fort, watch some Game of Thrones or Doctor Who, toast marshmallows on candles, drink some wine, and talk about absolutely anything. I'd probably even crack out a quiz book like this because we would end up debating it all and having a good laugh :p

Of course

Agreed, loved Rivers of London. I've read the sequel Moon Over Soho as well. I think I liked the first one better bit it was still good :). Pick up a signed copy from the Waterstones in Covent Garden, that's where the author works / worked. Their London book section is quite good as well.

I happen to collect Londony books, way hey!

Mark Mason's Walk the Lines is pretty great. Guy takes on the task of walking the Underground routes overground. The book has lots of Underground and general London facts and stories.

Paul Talling's London's Lost Rivers and Derelict London are nice to just pick and look through every now and then.

Ackroyd's Biography is great, but for something a bit lighter there's I Never Knew That About London.

I found this book at a library used bookstore and it's just a collection of useless info.

http://www.amazon.com/Schotts-Original-Miscellany-Ben-Schott/dp/1582343497

Heeey, you've got MY collection of Hitchhiker's Guide books...

I love that book company (Picador), they also published a very affordable collection of some writings of Hunter S. Thompson, which is awesome. I think the art on the Hitchhiker books are bomb-ass as all hell.