S15 E8 - Pulitzer? I Hardly Know Her!
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It’s awards season here at Q&H, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about Pulitzer Prize winners! We also talk about jazz, card games, and a classic film! 2:34: Q1 (Times & Places): Edward J. Larson won the 1998 Pulitzer Prize in History for his book, Summer for the Gods, which has the subtitle, “this trial and America’s Continuing Debate Over Science and Religion”. Name the trial. 9:48: Q2 (Sports & Games): The 1978 Pulitzer Prize for drama was won by a play by Donald L. Coburn in which two people in a nursing home play what card game, variations of which include straight, Oklahoma, and Hollywood? 18:39: Q3 (Arts & Literature): Who was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize in Literature, in 1921 for her novel The Age of Innocence? 28:50: Q4 (Everything Else): What media publication founded in 1851 has won more Pulitzer Prizes than any other? 38:24: Q5 (Music): After deciding to broaden the category for the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1996, what American trumpeter and composer became the first jazz musician to win the prize? 43:48: Q6 (Movies & TV): What 1937 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was made into a film that became the first color film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture? Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0 E-Mail: [email protected] Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhers Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/ Skeptical Skeptics Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/skeptical-skeptics/id1441503478
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It’s awards season here at Q&H, because Hallie has written six trivia questions all about Pulitzer Prize winners! We also talk about jazz, card games, and a classic film!
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