What poem by T. S. Eliot includes the line "Do I dare to eat a peach?"

What country, formerly known as French Sudan, once controlled an empire led by Mansa Musa?

What Shakespearean comedy includes the "All the world's a stage" monologue by Jaques?

What month lends its name to the 1825 revolt in St. Petersburg​​​​​​​?

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TLSoJAP. I attended a lecture once on the difficulty of teaching that poem, including the many, many interpretations of that line.



There's a statue with the "All the world's a stage" quote in front of the Free Library in Philly, but I don't remember which play it is from.
 

The miniseries Daisy Jones & the Six is based on what rock group known for their off-stage drama in the 1970s?

Aleppo's ghar soap is handmade from what ingredient used in cooking?

Disney Parks guests can pay extra to spend less time in line using what alliteratively-named virtual queuing system?

The Allen wrench (or "hex key") was named for the Allen Manufacturing Company, based in what New England city known for its insurance industry?

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Maybe maybe the last one is Hartford? I have no idea otherwise
I would like to live in a world where ghar soap is made of ghar.
 

With the help of my daughter, My Favorite Team was victorious.

What girl's name is the title of a 2016 song by The Lumineers and part of the title of a 2025 song by Taylor Swift?

What board game genre, characterized by the in-game purchase of components to be cyclically accessed later, was popularized by Dominion ?

What Shakespeare play begins with"Now is the winter of our discontent" spoken by the Duke of Gloucester, who is "determined to prove a villain" ?

What famous lawyer gave an eight-hour speech at the sentencing hearing of the murderers Leopold and Loeb, and later defended John Scopes in the "Monkey Trial" ?

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Yikes. I know the third question but not the others.
Ophelia; deck builder; Richard III; William Jennings Bryan
WJB was on the Anti-Monkey side of the Scopes trial...
ah i was afraid of that
aha, i remembered! Lawrence Darrow
Clarence Darrow?
Clawrence? stupid brain
 

The Griswolds pulled ahead in music trivia and My Favorite Team couldn't catch them at the end.  

What TV anthology, first aired in 1991, features a teenage group called the Midnight Society that tells stories around a campfire?

What is the real name of the Colorado hotel that inspired The Shining  by Stephen King?

What does the Spanish word "brujas" mean in the Halloween expression "Día de las Brujas" ?

What real-life fungus that zombifies insects is the scientific basis for the plague in The Last of Us​​​​​​​ ?

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only know the last two, witches and Cordyceps (which i've seen in some health supplements)
I’m going to guess Are You Afraid of the Dark?

I’ve stayed at The Stanley.
Cool! I never watched the show, but somehow eventually got that entire title. “I think it’s… a question?”
My brother loves that show.
 

We borrowed this movie from the library and I remarked that Nicole Kidman was still married to Executive Producer Tom Cruise when it was being made.

B:  "What?  This movie isn't that old!"

Me:  "Yep, it was released in 2001."

B:  "What?!?"

Me:  [spooky finger waving] "Wooooooooo!"

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I remember when that movie came out, and how Entertainment Tonight interviewed Tom Cruise on the red carpet about how talented Kidman is. I think they’d just gotten divorced, but it was to his benefit for the movie to make money, so the conversation was a masterclass in text and subtext.
Oh man. Just based on that comment, I may have to see if I can dig that up on YouTube...
I hope I remember it correctly!
Seems about right. Tom Cruise could say “monkey cold banana copter, over aloe ingeborg humperdink,” and make it compelling, though.
 

My Favorite Team led at halftime, but cratered late. 

When the Seattle Mariners reached the American League Championship Series in 2025, what AL Central team then had the longest current ALCS appearance drought?

Giuseppe Zangara, Samuel Byck, and Francisco Duran are A) attempted presidential assassins, B) champion F1 drivers, or C) Nobel-winning physicists?

What software company, publisher of Call of Duty and Guitar Hero, was purchased by Microsoft in 2023?

Of the 11 elements whose symbols do not feature letters from their common English names, which one has the lowest atomic number?

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Minnesota?; A; Bethesda?; sodium
Bethesda got bought by Microsoft in 2021. Hm. I remember these guys publishing for the Atari 2600 back in the 80's.
 

What late comedian and actor from Homicide: Life on the Street and Law and Order: Special Victims Unit was a cousin of Henry Winkler?

What party game involves selecting from a 5x5 grid and trying to avoid the assassin, which ends the game instantly?

What U.S. state name comes from an Algonquian word that may mean 'it lies red', a reference to the reddish sandstone banks of its central river?

In what decade was the most recent year in which a Nobel Peace Prize was not awarded?

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I once heard Henry Winkler’s cousin sing “Ricky Don’t Lose That Number” with Howard Stern. It only lasted a few seconds but they sounded pretty good for guys who claimed to dislike Steely Dan.
 

What is the common name for the elements on the far right of the periodic table, including helium, neon, and argon?

What three-time Oscar winner for Best Actor recently came out of retirement for Anemone ?

Of what West Asian nation is King Abdullah II the current monarch?

What is the stage name of Dana Elaine Owens, the first hip hop artist to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame ?

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noble gases, Daniel Day Lewis?, Jordan, Queen Latifah
You win the crown.
 

What NHL star scored "5 goals 5 ways" for the Penguins in 1988? (even-strength, power-play, short-handed, penalty-shot, open-net)

What scientific constant is celebrated at 6:02 on October 23rd?

What German philosopher and economist was a correspondent for the New-York Daily Tribune from 1852 to 1862?

What author is credited with the first modern detective story, in which C. Auguste Dupin solves a double homicide?

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it was driving me nuts that i could only remember the NHL star's first name, i gave up and looked it up
It's a particularly fun name if you know French.
indeed!
 

They didn't show us Lake Assal on the map, unfortunately, but we did win.  I got the first one below from the lyrics to "Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson and the Miracles.

What opera about a clown is featured in a double-bill with Cavalleria rusticana ?

Hal Newhouser quit his scouting job in protest when the Houston Astros did not select what shortstop from Kalamazoo with their first overall pick?

In what Horn of Africa country is Lake Assal, from which 4 million tons of salt is extracted annually?

What car rental company has the slogan "We try harder" ?

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Pagliacci, Jeter, Eritrea, Avis
Ah, but you cannot shake Eritrea.
It shakes itself!