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Tuesday Trivia: July 21, 2007

Well bloggers it hotter than … (well, you know) outside. So to try and get our minds out of the heat this week’s Tuesday Trivia is going to take a look at UNP’s new book, Authentic Alaska II: Voices of the Far North, edited by Susan B. Andrews and John Creed.  Showcasing writers from the Arctic Ocean to the Southeast Alaska rainforests, their stories account for the diverse and unique culture this state has to offer. Their sometimes intimate pieces touch on everything from Global Warming to a mothers fight for her son to go to college. This sequel to Authentic Alaska features both native and non native writers from primarily rural communities. If nothing else then reading this book in the dead heat (like today) might cool you down just a bit!

A.    Alaska is derived from the word Aleut meaning what?
B.    5% if the state speaks one of how many indigenous languages?
C.    The Highest point in Alaska is what?
D.    True or False: Alaska is one of two states not boarded by another.
E.    Alaska is the largest state in the US and covers how much ground?
F.    In 1964 the “Good Friday Earthquake” killed how many people.
G.    80% of Alaska’s state revenues comes from what?
H.    True or False: Alaska has one of the highest individual tax burdens in the country.
I.    How many volcanoes reside in Alaska?
J.    True or False: It was purchased from Russia in 1867 for less than 2 cents per acre.

Ok, bloggers check back tomorrow for the answers!

Tuesday Trivia: July 15, 2008

                                                         IT’S A REBEL TUESDAY!

New from the University of Nebraska Press is Rebel: The Life and Times of John Singleton Mosby by Kevin H. Siepel. Rebel is the first complete biography of the Confederacy’s best-known partisan commander, John Singleton Mosby, the “Gray Ghost.” A practicing attorney in Virginia and at first a reluctant soldier, in 1861 Mosby took to soldiering with a vengeance, becoming one of the Confederate army’s highest-profile officers, known especially for his cavalry battalion’s continued and effective harassment of Union armies in northern Virginia. Although hunted after the war and regarded, in fact, as the last Confederate officer to surrender, he later became anathema to former Confederates for his willingness to forget the past and his desire to heal the nation’s wounds. Appointed U.S. consul in Hong Kong, he soon initiated an anticorruption campaign that ruined careers in the Far East and Washington. Then, following a stint as a railroad attorney in California, he surfaced again as a government investigator sent by President Theodore Roosevelt to tear down cattlemen’s fences on public lands in the West. Ironically, he ended his career as an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice.

    This week Tuesday Trivia is going to take a look at Rebels down the years, and these bad boys may not be who you think.

Match the rebel to their legacy:
1.    Pancho Villa
2.    Robert E. Lee
3.    Emiliano Zappata
4.    George Washington
5.    Geronimo
6.    Leon Trotsky
7.    Spartacus
8.    Che Guevara
9.    Michael Davitt

A.    Decorated Southern General who supported Pres. Andrew Johnson’s plan for Reconstruction.
B.    Apache leader who defended his tribe against the advance of the US on his land.
C.    Roman slave who lead an uprising in 73-71 BC.
D.    An Irish politician was pivotal in the Land Act of 1881.
E.    Mexican Revolutionary General but violence prevented him from true hero representation.
F.    Bolshevik revolutionary who was a founding member of Politburo.
G.    First President of the United States
H.    Marxist and Cuban guerrilla leader who was executed in Bolivia in 1967.
I.    Prominent figure in the Mexico Revolution in 1910

Ok, bloggers check back tomorrow for the answers!!!

Tuesday Trivia: July 7, 2008

New this month from the University of Nebraska Press is, Their Own Frontier: Women Intellectuals Re-Visioning the American West edited by Shirley A. Leckie and Nancy J. Parezo is dedicated to the female pioneers of the Twentieth Century.  Their philanthropic efforts, study into native studies, folklore, and ethnology have all retained their significance and are pervasive to modern day research.  This week Tuesday Trivia is going to see how much you know about these amazing women.

Match the Woman to her accomplishment:

Annie Heloise Abe
Gertrude Simmons Bonnin
Angie Debo
Isabel T. Kelly
Majorie Ferguson Lambert
Dorothea Cross Leighton
Alice Marriot
Mari Sandoz
Ruth Underhill

A.    Wrote Southern Paiute Shamanism
B.    Is best known by the name Zitkala-Sa
C.    Studied the Navajo, Inuit in Alaska, Papago, Hope and Sioux children.
D.    Is co-founder of the Marriot Hotel Chain
E.    Won the Justin Winsor Prize in 1906 for “The History of Events Resulting in Indian Consultation west of the Mississippi River.
F.    Served as a pastor at her local Methodist church during WWII
G.    Wrote the Ist life history of a Southwestern Indian woman
H.    Was one of the first woman curators in the country at the museum of New Mexico
I.    Won the Indian Achievement award in 1943.
J.    Is famous for her book Crazy Horse: Strange Man of the Oglalas.

Check back tomorrow for the answers!!!

Tuesday Trivia Answers

1. C
2.D
3.A
4.F
5.H
6.E
7.B
8.G

Tuesday Trivia: July 1, 2008

New from the University of Nebraska Press is, Salish Myths and Legends: One People's Stories edited by M. Terry Thompson and Steven M. Egesdal.  This anthology, full to the brim with rich and powerful stories, is translated by close cooperation with actual Salish storytellers.  Featuring memorable characters such as the trickster, Coyote, Mink, and Basket Ogress, the influential stories in this collection provide a timeless interpretation of a culture through its traditions. This week Tuesday Trivia is also going take a look at some myths and legends that other cultures have to offer.

Match the legend, with its description:

1.    Chupacabra
2.    Demeter and Persephone
3.    Oedipus
4.    Bloody Mary
5.    Orpheus
6.    President Lincoln
7.    Antigone
8.    Ghost ship of Captain Sandovate

A.    This young man killed his father and married his mother (hint: psychoanalyst Freud named a complex after him
B.    This young girl was buried alive for breaking the law and burying her traitorous brother.
C.    This fictional “goat sucker” is commonly found in Latin America
D.    This goddess of fertility lost her daughter to the King of the Underworld.
E.    This former president is said to haunt the White House, most frequently the room of the Lincoln bed.
F.    When her name is said three times in front of a mirror, this woman will return from the grave and claim your life.
G.    These crew men murdered their captain, and were sentenced to sail the Atlantic forever searching for water.
H.    This lute player went to the underworld to fetch his wife, but lost her forever when he did not follow Hades commands and looked back.

Join us tomorrow for the answers!!

Tuesday Trivia Answers

1. Magic Johnson
2.Mike Tyson
3. Michael Vick
4. Chicago White Sox
5.Tanya Harding
6. Kobe Bryant
7. Pete Rose
8. Boris Onischenko

Tuesday Trivia: June 24, 2008

It's no surprise when a famous athlete ends up in the papers for a sex scandal, or drugs, or dog fighting….yet how often do we investigate the events leading up to these very public falls from grace? New this month from the University of Nebraska Press is Sports Heroes Fallen Idols: How Star Athletes Pursue Self-Destructive Paths and Jeopardize their Careers, by Stanley H. Teitelbaum.  Using his background in psychotherapy, he takes a serious look at how society props up our athletic heroes and then revels in their demise. In this week’s Tuesday Trivia we’re going to take a look at famous sports scandals and test just how closely we pay attention to their downfalls.

Match the scandal with the year it happened.
1.    1992
2.    2003
3.    1991
4.    2007
5.    1989
6.    1919
7.    1976
8.    1994

A.    Magic Johnson announces that he is HIV positive.
B.    Mike Tyson is convicted of rape.
C.    Michael Vick is indicted for dog fighting.
D.    The Chicago White Sox threw the World Series against the Cincinnati Reds.
E.    Ice skater Tanya Harding, hired men to injure competitor Nancy Kerrigan in the 1994 Olympic Games
F.    Kobe Bryant is accused of sexual assault
G.    Pete Rose, manager of the Cinncinati Reds, was banned from baseball for gambling on games.
H.    Boris Onishenko wired the handle of his fencing sword to trigger the scoreboard, during the Olympic Games.

Ok, bloggers how’d you do? Check back tomorrow for the answers!

Tuesday Trivia Answers

1.True
2. 166 Billion
3.The bottle is encrusted with diamonds, rubies, and sapphires
4.Hydroxyl group bounded to a carbon atom
5. Prohibition
6.False, traditional Christian beliefs
7.C-1
8.1.3% or 18 million
9. True
10. It's an appropriate gift for teachers

Tuesday Trivia: June 16, 2008

New from the University of Nebraska Press is, Bad Fruits of the Civilized Tree by Izumi Ishii. This book “examines the role of alcohol among the Cherokees through more than two hundred years, from contact with white traders.”  Chronicling the socially destructive aspects of the beverage, Ishii how the brew was integrated into the native community and how this event impacted their economic escalation. This week Tuesday Trivia is going to take a look at this wonder we call alcohol, and see if we can determine just why its history is so pervasive.

1.    True or False: Almost all cultures have some sort of disclaimer against drunkenness.

2.    What is the estimated annual cost of an alcohol addiction (hint: it’s in the billions…)

3.     A bottle of Diva Vodka costs $1,060,000 because of what?

4.    In chemistry, alcohol is a compound where a _____ group is bound to a ____atom creating CnH2nt1OH

5.    1920-1933 refers to what period, where the sale, transportation, and manufacture of alcohol for consumption were illegal.

6.    True or False: Traditional Muslim beliefs were “alcohol is a gift from God that makes life more joyous and over indulgence, which leads to drunkenness, is a sin”

7.    Alcohol was listed as which number on MSN's list of top 5 most expensive addictions?
A.2
B.3
C.1

8.    What percent of health care is spent on drug and alcohol treatment?

9.    True or False: The Marines first recruiting station was in a bar

10.    Among the Lepcha people of Tibet, alcohol is the only form of payment for whom?

Check back tomorrow for the answers!

Tuesday Trivia: June 9, 2008

World War I had a profound effect on the world, one that ventured out of politics and into, science, education, ethics, and art. In a new book from the University of Nebraska Press is, Imagining the Unimaginable, by Aaron J. Cohen. This book takes a critical look at the effect this war had on the Russian culture.  The wartime culture superseded traditional artistic outlooks and “destabilized conventional patterns in cultural politics and aesthetics.” In and attempt to lure your interest (incase we have not already done so) this week’s Tuesday Trivia is going to test you on all facts Russia. A little history, a little language, and a few fun facts and before you know it we’ll all be Эксперты во всем русском вещей!  (Experts in all things Russian). Shall we begin?

1.    What is the national symbol of Russia?

2.    True or false: Russia covers 1/8th of the world and crosses 11 time spans?

3.    Catherine the Great of Russia was actually from what country?

        A. Germany
        B. England
        C. Spain

4.     What is considered to be the most romantic castle in St. Petersburg?
5.    Russia has how many seas?

6.    What is the official language of Russia?

7.    The first and last Tsar of Russia had the same name, what was it?
        A. Peter
        B. Michael
        C. Joseph

8.    True or false: It’s a criminal offense to drive around in a dirty car?

9.    Russian card decks only have how many cards?

10.     The most popular candy bar in Russia is what?
        A.    Almond Joy
        B.    Hershey’s
        C.    Snickers

Well bloggers, check your answers tomorrow to see how you did!