Skeleton Trivia for Wednesday, 2025-05-14
That associative leap in Q2 is classic Mr. Skeleton
Hiya Skeleton Crew,
Keepin’ things quick today.
Answers to Last Time
“At Seventeen” was the best-chartin’ tune a’ the folk singer Janis Ian.
“Edge of Seventeen” is the song where Stevie Nicks sings lots ’bout a white-winged dove, which is the animal I was hopin’ ya’d answer.
Today’s Trivias
Trivia 1
Like I mentioned yesterday, Janis Ian was the inspiration for the name a’ Lizzie Caplan’s character in Mean Girls.
Can ya tell me what FX teevee show did Lizzie Caplan co-star as Virginia E. Johnson? The show was (loosely) based on a real-life pair a’ research partners—one a’ whom was a gynocologist by trainin’—an’ Michael Sheen played the title character.
Trivia 2
I mentioned yesterday that the science name for the white-winged dove is Zenaida asiatica. Well, the word Zenaida is awfully close to Zendaya, which got me thinkin’ ’bout the Oakland-born actress. Apparently her name comes from a Shona language phrase meanin’ “give thanks to god”, didja know that?
Shona is spoken by over 14 million people—mostly in Zimbabwe but also a bit in Mozambique—an’ is a member a’ what larger language group that comprises somethin’ like 600 different African languages?
OK then
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