Sunday School - Season 1, Week 10
School of Trivia has a new home!
Hi everyone,
School of Trivia has a new home on Substack! If you are already a subscriber, no action is required on your end. (Paid subscriptions haven’t been transferred over from Revue yet, but I’m told this will happen on Monday.)
Some new subscription options that come with the new platform:
Yearly: you get one free month for choosing this option!
Dean’s List: I want to stress that this additional support for the league (while it would be hugely appreciated!) is not at all expected. Perks: 1. You can request one quiz per year on (almost) any theme you want (I will try my hardest to make your request work, but if I can’t, I may have to ask for a second choice), 2. You can set up a private division with up to 10 other players (who don’t have to be Dean’s List members), and 3. You will have first priority to be a guest/player on the School of Trivia podcast, whenever that is a thing that actually exists (hopefully this will give me the motivation to finally find the time to start it).
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Last call for Season 12!
Registration for Season 12 is open through Monday, December 5 (that is, the first week’s quizzes are due by Monday evening). If you've enjoyed these Sunday quizzes, I hope you'll consider joining the league! More info about how it all works can be found at https://schooloftrivia.substack.com/about. To join the league, click the button below and sign up for a monthly or yearly subscription:
Sunday Quiz #10
This is a free quiz series made up of an extra question from each quiz of a past week of School of Trivia. It's open for anyone to play, and you can still catch up with Quizzes #1-9, 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.
We’re getting to the point where new players will have to get through a mountain of quizzes to get in the game, so I’ve decided that Quiz #10 will be the final quiz for Season 1 of Sunday School. Make sure to get caught up by next Sunday before I announce the Season 1 results!
Past quiz links: Quiz #1, Quiz #2, Quiz #3, Quiz #4, Quiz #5, Quiz #6, Quiz #7, Quiz #8, Quiz #9
“Small” theme entries:
Small craft advisory: warning issued by the National Weather Service denoted by a single red triangular flag
Small Business Administration: U.S. government agency that provides loans to entrepreneurs and small businesses
All Creatures Great and Small: James Herriot book based on his experiences as a veterinarian
It’s a Small World: boat ride at various Disney parks, premiered at the World’s Fair
Smallville: childhood hometown of Superman
[Q1] Day 11 - “Three Sides Now”: THOUGH IT'S NOW MORE ACCURATELY DESCRIBED AS A QUADRILATERAL, THE NAME OF THIS MANHATTAN NEIGHBORHOOD — WHICH IS ALSO THE NAME OF ROBERT DE NIRO'S PRODUCTION COMPANY — ORIGINALLY REFERRED TO A SMALLER, TRIANGULAR AREA BELOW CANAL STREET ON CITY PLANNING MAPS
[Q2] Day 12 - “Loanwords”: FROM THE LATIN FOR "DEATH," THIS PROCESS OF PAYING OFF A LOAN (OFTEN A MORTGAGE) IN INSTALLMENTS IS "NEGATIVE" IF THE AMOUNT YOU OWE KEEPS GOING UP BECAUSE THE MONTHLY PAYMENT DOESN'T COVER THE INTEREST
[Q3] Day 13 - “Wily Veterinarians”: VETERINARIANS NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR A BACTERIAL INFECTION CALLED PSITTACOSIS, A.K.A. ORNITHOSIS OR THIS BIRD "FEVER"
[Q4] Day 14 - “Fairly New”: POPULARIZED AT THE 1939 NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR, THIS STRONG COCKTAIL GOT ITS NAME FROM WHAT A CUSTOMER SAID IT TURNED HIM INTO — IT'S MADE FROM 3 DIFFERENT KINDS OF RUM, ENOUGH ALCOHOL TO MAKE YOU SING A CERTAIN SONG BY THE CRANBERRIES
[Q5] Day 15 - “Quiz of Steel”: MAKING HIS FIRST SUPERMAN COMICS APPEARANCE IN 1940, SEEN HERE IS CLARK KENT'S TOUGH-BUT-FAIR BOSS, THIS EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE DAILY PLANET
Link: Quiz #10
Good luck! As always, feel free to reply to this email or reach me on Twitter with any questions, feedback, etc.
Alex