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Free Sunday Quiz #3!

Alex Jacob
Oct 2, 2022
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It was "Garden" week, and the quizzes were inspired by the International Peace Garden, Octopus's Garden, The Garden of Earthly Delights, Covent Garden, and The Secret Garden.


New free quiz open to all!

Hi everyone! This is a new quiz series made up of an extra question from each themed quiz throughout the week, open for anyone to play (you can also still catch up with Quiz #1 and #2, linked below). Feel free to forward this along to those who might be interested! You can check your scores on the "Sunday" tab of the leaderboard page.

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School of Trivia leaderboard — docs.google.com

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Join the league! (Season 10 starts Monday, Oct. 3) School of Trivia - Trivia league! 1 category of 5 trivia questions direct to your inbox every weekday for $8/month...

Sunday Quiz #1 — docs.google.com

Sunday Quiz #2 — docs.google.com

"Garden" theme entries

  • International Peace Garden: park on the US-Canada border, source of North Dakota's official U.S. state nickname

  • Octopus's Garden: Beatles song off Abbey Road, written and sung by Ringo Starr

  • The Garden of Earthly Delights: Hieronymus Bosch triptych held at the Prado Museum in Madrid

  • Covent Garden: London district and opera house whose name came from dropping "N" from "Convent Garden"

  • The Secret Garden: Frances Hodgson Burnett children's novel

Sunday Quiz #3

[Q1] Day 21 - "Jolly Old State Nicks": SHARING ITS NAME WITH A FOOTWEAR BRAND KNOWN FOR ITS BOOTS, THIS LARGEST LAND-DWELLING MEMBER OF THE WEASEL FAMILY CAN BE FOUND IN AN OFFICIAL U.S. STATE NICKNAME

[Q2] Day 22 - "Octopus Game": OCTOPUSES HAVE THREE OF THESE BODY PARTS — ON "FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS," WHEN THEY'RE FULL, THE TEAM "CAN'T LOSE"

[Q3] Day 23 - "Let's Go to the Prado": ONE OF THE BEST KNOWN PIECES HANGING AT THE PRADO IS DIEGO VELÁZQUEZ'S "LAS MENINAS," WHICH DEPICTS THE FAMILY OF KING PHILIP IV OF SPAIN AND THIS COURT PAINTER AT THE CANVAS, BRUSH IN HAND

[Q4] Day 24 - "Just Dropping N": DROPPING "N" FROM THE LAST NAME SHARED BY THE TWO PERFORMERS SEEN HERE GIVES YOU THIS WORD FOR A COW BARN

[Q5] Day 25 - "The Secret": "THE SECRET OF THE OLD CLOCK" WAS THE FIRST MYSTERY FEATURING THIS CHARACTER, THE STAR OF A POPULAR BOOK SERIES WRITTEN BY A LITANY OF GHOSTWRITERS UNDER THE PSEUDONYM CAROLYN KEENE

Sunday Quiz #3 — docs.google.com

Good luck! As always, feel free to reply to this email or reach me on Twitter with any questions, feedback, etc.

Alex

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