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...Quizmaster's note: None of the above obnoxious remarks were intended in any way for my mother or Dave Scheper, who is Harvard's reigning sports trivia king...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Reading Period Baseball Quiz | 5/17/1978 | See Source »

There is a simple way to survive any sports-trivia discussion in a Irish bar, and that is to realize that every major sports record established in the past 75 years belongs either to a native born Irishman, someone of Irish descent, or "someone who should have been Irish." Granted, that last category may seem a bit large, encompassing everyone from Muhammed Ali to Ernie DiGreggorio, but in the mind of an Irishman it is just a string of minor footnotes appended to the litany of Gaelic athletic glory...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: When Irish Hearts Are Happy ... | 3/17/1978 | See Source »

Although there is nothing particularly memorable about this film, its title is sure to be a mainstay of trivia contests for years to come. Crossed Swords, as nasty fate would have it, is the last movie scheduled to play Manhattan's doomed Radio City Music Hall. The choice could not be more appropriate, for Crossed Swords is the quintessential Music Hall film: an undemanding, all-star family entertainment with period sets and costumes bathed in ersatz gold. It's perfect wallpaper for an art deco palace...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Last Picture Show | 3/13/1978 | See Source »

Washington's credentials as a speaker are somewhat suspect, however, because he never delivered the address. He had it printed in the newspapers instead. You can impress your friends with that tidbit of historical trivia at the next cocktail party you attend...

Author: By Gideon Gil, | Title: The Bane of Our Futures | 2/16/1978 | See Source »

...three cramped rooms of a warehouse. Some strikers are performing the same tasks for the Connection as they did for its rivals, but one of the paper's star ad salesmen is a former feature writer, the production chief was an art critic and the author of the trivia quiz a political reporter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Madison Connection | 1/9/1978 | See Source »

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