S5 E1 - Quiz-Mas in July - a podcast by Quiz and Hers

Season 5 is here, and Justin kicks things off with a very out-of-season Christmas special! We deck the halls with discussions of American poetry, astronomy, and a basketball legend.  Just don’t expect us to sing any carols.

2:28: Q1 (Everything Else): Protestants and Roman Catholics celebrate Christmas on December 25.  What third-largest Christian group celebrates Christmas on January 7, due to a difference between the Gregorian and Julian calendars?

10:03: Q2 (Arts & Literature): “Christmas Trees” is the second poem in the 1916 collection Mountain Interval, which opens with “The Road Not Taken”.  What American poet wrote these two works, and dozens of others?

16:36: Q3 (Science): What astronomical body was observed on Christmas Day, 1758, confirming a prediction made by its namesake 53 years earlier, not 76 years earlier?

27:14: Q4 (Sounds & Screen): What American musician, whose loyal fans are known as “Parrotheads” was born in the Gulf Coast city of Pascagoula, Mississippi, on Christmas Day, December 25, 1946?

35:08: Q5 (Times & Places): Cleverly sharing its name with the Christmas carol, historian Stanley Weintraub’s book Silent Night tells the story of a spontaneous Christmas Day ceasefire on the Western front of what war?

40:31: Q6 (Sports & Games): What legendary basketball coach, who holds the record for the most-ever championships, got his 1000th win as a coach when his Los Angeles Lakers defeated the Boston Celtics on Christmas Day, 2008?
 

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