Trivia

Welcome to Julie C. Trivia! I host virtual pop culture and pub-style trivia, themed events, and in-person events by request.

Virtual games require Zoom access. All games utilize play/triviamaker.com. I will provide the login info and game code before each game begins. You do not need to create an account or verify your email to use the TriviaMaker website.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

PUB QUIZ – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17 @ 7 PM EDT

ZOOM LINK TO JOIN GAME – https://us06web.zoom.us/j/7829145247?omn=84600789093

THIS QUIZ CONSISTS OF EIGHT ROUNDS: THIS MONTH IN HISTORY, COMMON THREAD, SLIDING INTO SUMMER (PICTURE ROUND), OUT AND PROUD, FAMOUS PHOTOGRAPHS, WATERGATE IN POP CULTURE, STRAWBERRY SEASON, WHO’S YOUR DADDY?

FOR ROUND THREE, YOU WILL IDENTIFY A FILM BY ITS SUMMER SCENE, SUCH AS THIS ONE FROM 2017’S CALL ME BY YOUR NAME:

DID YOU KNOW…?

• In 1374, the first major outbreak of “dancing mania” occurred in modern-day Germany. People danced themselves to exhaustion and injury – and sometimes to death. Many theories have been put forth, the likeliest being exposure to the hallucinatory fungus ergot (genus Claviceps).
• The name of the ship that took Jason and his crew to Colchis to capture the Golden Fleece was the Argo; hence, the Argonauts.
• The 1932 photograph Lunch Atop a Skyscraper was a staged promotional photo taken to publicize the construction of the Chrysler Building in New York City.
• Tom Skerritt, best known for his roles in Alien and Top Gun, played a Vietnam veteran named Strawberry in Cheech & Chong’s Up in Smoke.