<![CDATA[School of Trivia]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.comhttps://s3.amazonaws.com/revue/profiles/images/000/387/140/thumb/schooloftriv.png?1640547277School of Triviahttps://schooloftrivia.substack.comSubstackTue, 02 Jun 2026 23:36:46 GMT<![CDATA[Season 31 last call + scheduling]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-last-call-schedulinghttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-last-call-schedulingMon, 16 Jun 2025 22:01:04 GMTHi everyone,

Really sorry I haven’t been able to run the league at the pace I envisioned and promised. I’ve added a free 90 days to your subscriptions and paused billing for now. I’m going to take som…

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]]><![CDATA[The Answer Key - Season 31, Day 20]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-20https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-20Fri, 02 May 2025 22:01:42 GMTSTOP! If you’re playing in the league and haven’t submitted your Day 20 quiz yet, close this email so you don’t get spoiled!! To unsubscribe from The Answer Key, click unsubscribe at the bottom of th…

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]]><![CDATA[Season 31, Day 20 - "Billy the Quiz"]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-20-billy-the-quizhttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-20-billy-the-quizFri, 02 May 2025 22:01:34 GMTHey everyone, apologies again for the delay in finishing up this season. I’ve comped everyone 30 free days to make up for it and I will get the scores updated as soon as I can. You probably have unti…

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]]><![CDATA[The Answer Key - Season 31, Day 19]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-19https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-19Wed, 09 Apr 2025 16:04:35 GMTSTOP! If you’re playing in the league and haven’t submitted your Day 19 quiz yet, close this email so you don’t get spoiled!! To unsubscribe from The Answer Key, click unsubscribe at the bottom of th…

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]]><![CDATA[Season 31, Day 19 - "Shady Business"]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-19-shady-businesshttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-19-shady-businessWed, 09 Apr 2025 16:00:43 GMT

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Roy Orbison

“Early rock singer whose near-operatic voice and dark, broken-hearted songs influenced a generation of artists.”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: none

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: “Crying” [later a duet w/ k.d. lang], “Oh, Pretty Woman”, “Only the Lonely”, “In Dreams”

Billboard #1 hits: “Running Scared” (1961), “Oh, Pretty Woman” (1964)

Spotify top 5:

  1. “Oh, Pretty Woman”

  2. “You Got It” [posthumous release]

  3. “Only the Lonely” (“…know the way I feel tonight”)

  4. “In Dreams”

  5. “Crying”

Other notable titles: “Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)”, “Blue Bayou” [famously covered by Linda Ronstadt]

Miscellaneous trivia:

  • member of the Traveling Wilburys with Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, George Harrison, and Jeff Lynne

  • trademark dark sunglasses

Season 31, Day 19 - "Shady Business"

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]]><![CDATA[The Answer Key - Season 31, Day 18]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-18https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-18Mon, 31 Mar 2025 21:01:52 GMTSTOP! If you’re playing in the league and haven’t submitted your Day 18 quiz yet, close this email so you don’t get spoiled!! To unsubscribe from The Answer Key, click unsubscribe at the bottom of th…

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]]><![CDATA[Season 31, Day 18 - "Fool Me Five Times"]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-18-fool-me-five-timeshttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-18-fool-me-five-timesMon, 31 Mar 2025 21:01:35 GMT

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Ricky Nelson

“A 1950s teen idol, rockabilly singer, and TV actor who later helped pioneer country-rock.”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: none

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: none

Billboard #1 hits: “Poor Little Fool” (1958), “Travelin’ Man” (1961)

Spotify top 5:

  1. “Lonesome Town”

  2. “Travelin’ Man”

  3. “Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Heart”

  4. “I Will Follow You”

  5. “Poor Little Fool”

Other notable titles: “Garden Party”, “I’m Walkin’” [Fats Domino cover]

Miscellaneous trivia:

  • co-starred with parents Ozzie and Harriet Nelson on popular family sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet from 1952 to 1966

  • twin sons Gunnar and Matthew had a #1 hit song as the band Nelson

Season 31, Day 18 - "Fool Me Five Times"

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]]><![CDATA[The Answer Key - Season 31, Day 17]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-17https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-17Wed, 26 Mar 2025 04:01:41 GMTSTOP! If you’re playing in the league and haven’t submitted your Day 17 quiz yet, close this email so you don’t get spoiled!! To unsubscribe from The Answer Key, click unsubscribe at the bottom of th…

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]]><![CDATA[Season 31, Day 17 - "B.B. Thing"]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-17-bb-thinghttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-17-bb-thingWed, 26 Mar 2025 04:01:04 GMT

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B.B. King

B.B. Dies at 89: Remembering the Blues Legend | Vanity Fair

“One of the most important electric guitarists in history, whose bent notes and staccato picking style influenced legions to come.”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: Live at the Regal

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: “The Thrill Is Gone”

Billboard #1 hits: none

Spotify top 5:

  1. “The Thrill Is Gone”

  2. “Riding with the King”

  3. “We Are the World” [w/ Pavarotti & Friends]

  4. “When Love Comes to Town”

  5. “Chains and Things”

Miscellaneous trivia:

  • originally known as the “Beale Street Blues Boy”, shortened to “Blues Boy” and then “B.B.”

  • named his guitars “Lucille” in honor of a woman who inspired a bar fight

  • born in Mississippi, where his namesake museum opened in 2008

  • nicknamed “King of the Blues”

  • won a Grammy for Best Traditional Blues Album at age 83

Season 31, Day 17 - "B.B. Thing"

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]]><![CDATA[The Standings Report - Season 30 results]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-standings-report-season-30-resultshttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-standings-report-season-30-resultsMon, 24 Mar 2025 17:02:00 GMTHey everyone, my apologies for the recent pause in Season 31 — I’ve added 30 free days for all paid subscribers and the season will resume with Day 17 tomorrow.

Season 30 is officially in the books an…

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]]><![CDATA[The Answer Key - Season 31, Day 16]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-16https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-16Thu, 06 Mar 2025 05:01:52 GMTSTOP! If you’re playing in the league and haven’t submitted your Day 16 quiz yet, close this email so you don’t get spoiled!! To unsubscribe from The Answer Key, click unsubscribe at the bottom of th…

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]]><![CDATA[Season 31, Day 16 - "On the Clock"]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-16-on-the-clockhttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-16-on-the-clockThu, 06 Mar 2025 05:01:34 GMT

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Bill Haley

“Singer and guitarist whose "Rock Around the Clock" signaled the beginning of the rock & roll era.”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: none

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock”

Billboard #1 hits: “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock” (1955)

Spotify top 5:

  1. “(We’re Gonna) Rock Around the Clock”

  2. “Shake, Rattle and Roll”

  3. “See You Later, Alligator”

  4. “Rip It Up”

  5. “Rock the Joint”

Miscellaneous trivia:

  • frontman of Bill Haley & His Comets

  • “Rock Around the Clock” served as the theme for the Glenn Ford movie Blackboard Jungle and the sitcom Happy Days during its first two seasons

Season 31, Day 16 - "On the Clock"

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]]><![CDATA[The Answer Key - Season 31, Day 15]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-15https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-15Tue, 04 Mar 2025 05:01:44 GMTSTOP! If you’re playing in the league and haven’t submitted your Day 15 quiz yet, close this email so you don’t get spoiled!! To unsubscribe from The Answer Key, click unsubscribe at the bottom of th…

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]]><![CDATA[Season 31, Day 15 - "Have Some Mercy"]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-15-have-some-mercyhttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-15-have-some-mercyTue, 04 Mar 2025 05:01:15 GMT

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Marvin Gaye

“Monumentally influential soul/R&B vocalist whose music incorporated socio-political issues, atmospheric arrangements, and unified album themes.”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: What’s Going On, Let’s Get It On, Here, My Dear

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: “What’s Going On”, “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”, “Let’s Get It On”, “Sexual Healing”

Billboard #1 hits: “I Heard It Through the Grapevine” (1968), “Let’s Get It On” (1969), “Got to Give It Up” (1977)

Spotify top 5:

  1. “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough” [duet w/ Tammi Terrell]

  2. “Sexual Healing”

  3. “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”

  4. “Let’s Get It On”

  5. “What’s Going On”

Other notable titles: “Mercy, Mercy Me”, “How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)”

Miscellaneous trivia:

  • Motown star

  • shot dead by his own father in 1984

  • family awarded $7.4 million following a ruling that Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” borrowed from his song “Got to Give It Up”

Season 31, Day 15 - "Have Some Mercy"

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]]><![CDATA[The Answer Key - Season 31, Day 14]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-14https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-14Thu, 27 Feb 2025 05:01:46 GMTSTOP! If you’re playing in the league and haven’t submitted your Day 14 quiz yet, close this email so you don’t get spoiled!! To unsubscribe from The Answer Key, click unsubscribe at the bottom of th…

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]]><![CDATA[Season 31, Day 14 - "R-E-S-P-E-C-T"]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-14-r-e-s-p-e-c-thttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-14-r-e-s-p-e-c-tThu, 27 Feb 2025 05:01:11 GMT

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Aretha Franklin

“The undisputed Queen of Soul, her gospel-tinged R&B displays one of the greatest voices in recording history.”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Lady Soul, Amazing Grace, Young, Gifted and Black

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: “Respect”, “I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You)”, “Chain of Fools”, “Do Right Woman, Do Right Man”, “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”, “I Say a Little Prayer”

Billboard #1 hits: “Respect” (1967), “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)” (1987) [duet w/ George Michael]

Spotify top 5:

  1. “Respect” (“R-E-S-P-E-C-T, find out what it means to me…”)

  2. “I Say a Little Prayer”

  3. “Think”

  4. “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman”

  5. “I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)”

Other notable titles: “Freeway of Love” (“…in my pink Cadillac”), “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” [Rolling Stones cover]

Miscellaneous trivia:

  • known as the “Queen of Soul”

  • Detroit native for most of her life

  • “Respect” was an Otis Redding cover, but she added the repeated “Sock it to me” line

  • performs her song “Think” in The Blues Brothers (1980)

  • portrayed by Jennifer Hudson in Respect (2021)

Season 31, Day 14 - "R-E-S-P-E-C-T"

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]]><![CDATA[The Answer Key - Season 31, Day 13]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-13https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-13Wed, 26 Feb 2025 05:03:26 GMTSTOP! If you’re playing in the league and haven’t submitted your Day 13 quiz yet, close this email so you don’t get spoiled!! To unsubscribe from The Answer Key, click unsubscribe at the bottom of th…

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]]><![CDATA[Season 31, Day 13 - "The Beat Goes On"]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-13-the-beat-goes-onhttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-13-the-beat-goes-onWed, 26 Feb 2025 05:01:51 GMT

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Bo Diddley

“Seminal R&B guitarist whose hypnotic rhythmic attack and declamatory, boasting vocals became one of the most overpowering sounds in rock & roll.”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: Go Bo Diddley

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: “Bo Diddley”, “I’m a Man”, “Who Do You Love?”

Billboard #1 hits: none

Spotify top 5:

  1. “I’m a Man”

  2. “Bo Diddley”

  3. “Pretty Thing”

  4. “Road Runner”

  5. “You Can’t Judge a Book By Its Cover”

Miscellaneous trivia:

  • one of the first guitarists to experiment with different guitar shapes

  • popularized the Bo Diddley beat, a syncopated rhythm commonly referred to as “shave and a haircut, two bits”

  • featured in 1973 rock documentary Let the Good Times Roll

Season 31, Day 13 - "The Beat Goes On"

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]]><![CDATA[The Answer Key - Season 31, Day 12]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-12https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/the-answer-key-season-31-day-12Mon, 24 Feb 2025 22:01:50 GMTSTOP! If you’re playing in the league and haven’t submitted your Day 12 quiz yet, close this email so you don’t get spoiled!! To unsubscribe from The Answer Key, click unsubscribe at the bottom of th…

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]]><![CDATA[Season 31, Day 12 - "I've Got the Blues"]]>https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-12-ive-got-the-blueshttps://schooloftrivia.substack.com/p/season-31-day-12-ive-got-the-bluesMon, 24 Feb 2025 22:00:37 GMT

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Eddie Cochran

“The man behind "Summertime Blues," a brash, guitar-picking rebel who sang of cars, girls, and angst until his tragic death at 21.”

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums: none

Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs: “Summertime Blues”, “C’mon Everybody”

Billboard #1 hits: none

Spotify top 5:

  1. “Summertime Blues” (“There ain’t no cure for the…”)

  2. “C’mon Everybody”

  3. “Three Steps to Heaven”

  4. “Somethin’ Else”

  5. “Twenty Flight Rock”

Miscellaneous trivia:

  • tragic death from a car accident in 1960

  • played by Brian Setzer in the Ritchie Valens biopic La Bamba

  • Paul McCartney performed his song “Twenty Flight Rock” as his audition for John Lennon’s group, then called the Quarrymen

Season 31, Day 12 - "I've Got the Blues"

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