S11 E2 - If the Sock Fits - a podcast by Quiz and Hers

This week, Hallie has inadvertently ripped off a quiz theme that Justin already did: socks! Justin grumbles, but the game goes on. We also talk about a classic musician, baseball, and some religious history.

5:28: Q1 (Movies & TV): The poster for what 1967 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Mike Nichols shows the main character staring at a woman putting on her stockings and says, “This is Benjamin. He’s a little worried about his future.”?

15:05: Q2 (Times & Places): What tradition is believed to have begun with Scandinavian children leaving carrots, straw, and sugar by the fireplace for Odin’s flying horse, Sleipnir, to eat before becoming associated with a different figure after Christianization?

21:58: Q3 (Sports & Games): What baseball pitcher for whom the MLB award for best pitchers is given each year, pitched for the Boston Red Sox in the first modern world series in 1903 in which they beat the Pittsburgh Pirates?

32:53: Q4 (Arts & Literature): The children’s novel, Socks, about a tabby cat with four white paws who lives with a young married couple, was written by what American writer better known for Dear Mr. Henshaw and the Ramona series?

39:24: Q5 (Everything Else): What chemical company, headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, introduced nylon in 1939, which created a high demand for stockings in the U.S., selling up to 4 million pairs a day?

44:04: Q6 (Music): What term, fitting to the theme, was used for the wild and enthusiastic teenage girls who were fans of 1940s pop music, particularly that of Frank Sinatra?

Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0

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