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Last Week's Quiz

Created by Eli Robinson
Edited by Jonpaul Guinn

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  • Submit your answers by 1:54pm ET 8/24/26
  • Don't cheat. Cheating is bad. Using Google/AI/ChatGPT/Gemini IS cheating.
  • Trivia graders don't care about spelling (but try your hardest)
  • No negative points for incorrect responses (so guess to your heart's content)
  • Email [email protected] for clarification on any questions

Each August, teams descend on Williamsport, PA to decide who’s the world’s best 10-12-year-old baseball players.

It’s a slice of Americana that we’re all proud of whether you’re in it for Mo'ne Davis’s fastballs or Big Al’s dingers.



We decided to celebrate the occasion by holding our own LLWS. Let’s meet some of the participants!

FINE ARTS Q1. Mouse Men: In the 1999 live-action film, he’s a mouse. In E.B. White’s weirder 1945 story, what title character is actually a tiny human boy, born to human parents, who simply looks and acts like a mouse?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q2. NYC Neighborhoods: Canal Street on the south to Houston Street on the north, and from Lafayette Street on the west to the Bowery on the east. Those are the traditional boundaries of what NYC neighborhood where you can pick up a slice or some cannoli?



MISCELLANEOUS Q3. Pizza People: Speaking of pizza, Marian Ilitch was convinced that her husband Mike was going to become a business emperor, so she gave him what nickname that he used in his franchise-spawning restaurant?



FINE ARTS Q4. Pissy Plants: “Suddenly, Seymour,” “Skid Row,” and of course “Feed Me” are three of the most popular tunes from what botanically retail musical?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q5. Big Battles: It’s incredibly rare that American military losses are canonized enough to be taught in school. While the Alamo is probably the most famous to fit into that category, what 1876 battle, also called Custer’s Last Stand, likely comes in second?



POP CULTURE Q6. Tot TV: Members of The He-Man Women Haters Club include Spanky, Alfalfa, Buckwheat, Stymie, and Petey the Pup, but not Darla, in what long-running series of TV and cinema shorts initially known as “Our Gang”?



MISCELLANEOUS Q7. Tasty Treats: I can only hope that you’ve had your fair share of Swiss Cake Rolls, Nutty Bars, Fudge Rounds, and Oatmeal Cream Pies, the staples of what snack brand?



MISCELLANEOUS Q8. Fine Fashion: Carrie Bradshaw famously quipped “There are only two times when it's appropriate to wear the ______ ______ ______ in daylight. One involves leaving a party way too late. The other involves leaving the party way too early.” Karl Langerfeld added “One is never over-dressed or underdressed with a ______ ______ ______.” What three-word fashion staple fills in the blank?



SCIENCE & TECH Q9. Constellation Callsigns: Pretty much everywhere else Ursa Minor is known as the Little Bear. In North America, that constellation is known by what sippable nickname?



SOCIAL STUDIES Q10. Capital Cities: Playing minor league baseball and semi-pro soccer, respectively, the Travelers and Rangers are sports clubs repping what only U.S. state capital that fits this game's theme?



TIEBREAKER Sensational Stories: Both “Little Women” and “Little House on the Prairie” are beloved American coming-of-age classics featuring four sisters and strong family values. How many years was it between the first publication of Alcott's novel and the first novel in the Laura Ingalls Wilder series?

Quiz is closed and your answers are now locked! Graders are grading and results will be sent on 8/24/26