Skeleton Trivia for Thursday, 2025-09-25
The Farmer’s Dog What Leapt o’er the Stile
Hiya Skeleton Crew,
Are ya ready for some T-R-I-V-I-A-S today?
Answers to Last Time
- The Gila River Valley is home to the Pima people of southern Arizona.
- A few decades ago, some eggheads found out that Gila monster venom activates glucagon-like peptide-1 (or GLP-1) receptors; that in turn led (after a li’l circuitous wandering) to the development of stuff like Ozempic & Mounjaro & all those other buzzy medications.
Today’s Trivias
Trivia 1
A fella named Edwin S. Lowe gets the credit for popularizin what game in the States in the 1930s? He got inspired after he saw people playin it at a carnival near Atlanta with some dried beans, a rubber stamp, & cardboard sheets.
Trivia 2
“Off the expressway, over the river, off the billboard, through the window, off the wall, nothing but net.”
That’s the last line in a 1993 McDonald’s spot featurin two superstars playin what specific game?
OK then
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