Fans of Dinty W. Moore and his acclaimed, experimental, and completely hysterical memoir Between Panic and Desire are in for a treat. Check out the links below. The first is a recent interview with Dinty on the "Greg and Dan Show" on WMDB Radio in Peoria, Illinois. The second is a recording from Dinty's Ohio State University appearance, where he read from the chapter "Son of George McManus." Happy listening!
Answers: 1-C; 2-D; 3-B; 4-D; 5-A; 6-A; 7-C; 8-B; 9-D; 10-A
How did you do?
0-2: Brick!
3-5: Air ball!
6-8: Respectable lay up.
9-10: Slam dunk!
Between Panic and Desire by Dinty W. Moore“Moore forges a brisk, incisive, funny, sometimes silly, yet stealthily affecting memoir in essays and skits, a ‘generational autobiography,’ and good candid guy stuff. . . . Each anecdote, piece of pop-culture trivia, and frankly confessed panic and desire yields a chunk of irony and a sliver of wisdom.”—Donna Seaman, Booklist
“This book is funny, funny, funny. It is an unconventional—some might say, experimental—collection of frolicsome and touching, personal essays. . . . [T]he book is a rare example of how unusual form actually helps. It is the ideal display for Dinty’s imagination. He daydreams. He fantasizes. He hallucinates. And this is nonfiction. For anyone who thinks the genre is nothing more than a retelling of facts, pick up a copy of Between Panic and Desire. . . . It is literary nonfiction with integrity. And it’s fun.”—Oxford Town
Read previous praise for Between Panic and Desire at http://nebraskapress.typepad.com/university_of_nebraska_pr/2007/12/praise-for-betw.html
In Young, Black, Rich, and Famous, author Todd Boyd chronicles how basketball and hip hop have gone from being reviled by the American mainstream in the 1970s to being embraced and imitated globally today. In keeping with Boyd's subject matter, today's "Tuesday Trivia" tests your knowledge of the game of hoops. Don't know your lay up from your Larry Bird? If that's the case, this TT may not be a slam dunk. Sick of my puns? Well, shoot! I'm sorry. Okay, okay. I'll stop. On to the trivia!
1. When was basketball invented?
A. 1789
B. 1902
C. 1891
D. 1853
2. The first "hoops" were made of what?
A. Egg cartons
B. Apple crates
C. Water buckets
D. Peach baskets
3. In 1936, basketball became an official Olympic game. Where were the Olympics held that year?
A. Greece
B. Germany
C. United States
D. Mexico
4. Which NBA player holds the record for the most points scored in a career?
A. Michael Jordan
B. Larry Bird
C. Lady Bird Johnson
D. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
5. Wilt Chamberlain holds the record for most points scored in a single game. How many points did he score during his record-breaking game on March 2, 1962?
A. 100
B. 82
C. 98
D. 104
6. Which team won all six NBA finals in which they participated?
A. Chicago Bulls
B. Boston Celtics
C. LA Lakers
D. New York Knicks
7. Which player has scored more points in the NBA playoffs than any other player (5,987)?
A. Magic Johnson
B. Steve Nash
C. Michael Jordan
D. Shaquille O'Neal
8. Which NBA team has won the most championships (16)?
A. Philadelphia 76ers
B. Boston Celtics
C. Detroit Pistons
D. Chicago Bulls
9. What is the area of a regulation basketball court?
A. 6,400 square feet
B. 4,600 square feet
C. 5,200 square feet
D. 4,700 square feet
10. Who appeared on the covers of Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and Sports Illustrated when he returned to the NBA in 1996?
A. Magic Johnson
B. Larry Bird
C. Michael Jordan
D. Shaquille O'Neal
Don't forget to check back with us tomorrow for the answers!
Pop Goes the BloggerIn Between Panic and Desire, Dinty W. Moore (and, yes, that is the author’s real name—see the book for an explanation) explores his youth and young adulthood as they occurred during the turbulent decades of the ‘50s, ‘60s, and ‘70s. In this page-turner, Moore references a smorgasbord of mid-20th-century pop culture—from Leave it to Beaver to Captain Kangaroo, Richard Nixon to Father Knows Best. In tribute to this rollicking rollercoaster of a memoir, today’s “Linking in Lincoln” focuses on the pop culture hits of yesteryear. Hold on to your bouffants and bell bottoms—this could be a bumpy ride!
Want to know the home address of the Cleaver family from Leave it to Beaver? (485 Grant Avenue in Mayfield; they later moved to 211 Pine.) Or what Ward Cleaver did for a living? (Possibly accounting, but it’s a bit of a mystery.) For answers to more useless Leave it to Beaver trivia, visit the Leave it to Beaver fan site’s “Frequently Asked Questions” page at http://www.leaveittobeaver.org/faq.htm.
Too young to remember the chronology of the Watergate scandal? Or is the entire decade of the 1970s a bit of a blur? Visit the Washington Post Web site’s “The Watergate Story Timeline” page at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/onpolitics/watergate/chronology.htm for a breakdown of the major milestones of this notorious political scandal.
Did you know that John Lennon had an obsession with the number 9 or that Richard Nixon once referred to himself as the “7th Crisis” during a bookstore signing? For more random pop culture anecdotes, visit http://anecdotage.com/.
Not convinced that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone? Check out Wikipedia’s page on the plethora of conspiracy theories on the John F. Kennedy assassination at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kennedy_assassination_theories.
Marcia! Marcia! Marcia! Maureen McCormick, the actress who played Marcia Brady on The Brady Bunch, released a music album with her co-star, Peter Knight (it was a complete commercial failure). For more Brady tidbits, visit Internet Movie Database’s “Trivia for The Brady Bunch” page at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0063878/trivia.
I’m all popped out. Be sure to come back tomorrow for “This Week in History.” Have a good day, bloggers!
