Skeleton Trivia for Wednesday, 2026-07-01
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Hiya Skeleton Crew,
Happy Canada Day, eh? So let’s break out the Labatt & enjoy a hearty helpin of Canada-themed trivias today!
Answers to Last Time
- The name Mekong comes from the Thai name Mae Nam Khong (แม่น้ำโขง), where Mae Nam means “Mother of Waters” & can be a generic term for basically any large river. & since Khong’s an archaic Austroasiatic word meanin “river”, ya can argue that the name Mekong means “River River” – which’d make Mekong River mean “River River River”, i.e. a triple tautology. (Admittedly it’s a li’l bit of a stretch, ’cause the Mae part of Mae Nam means “mother” in Thai, so ya COULD say that Mekong just means “Mother River” & that Mekong River’s a plain double tautology.)
- A weir’s the word for the low barrier in water. It’s also the surname of the author of Project Hail Mary, which maybe some of youse guys caught me mentionin in an extra li’l hint there.
Today’s Trivias
Trivia 1
The Canucks made it to the knockout stage of the World Cup! They landed in second place of Group B with four points: one point for a 1–1 draw with Bosnia and Herzegovina, then three points for demolishin former World Cup host Qatar with a 6–0 win.[1]
But that’s not the only former World Cup host that the Canadians beat in this tournament! Nah: just a coupla days ago Les Rouges also won their first knockout match against what nation?
Trivia 2
It turns out that the guy who wrote the English lyrics to “O Canada” was named Robert Stanley Weir. That’s right: WEIR! The answer to yesterday’s second trivia!
I didn’t even intend that, it was just one of those crazy coincidences. But obviously now it means I’m gonna hafta ask ya somethin ’bout the Canadian national anthem, right? So here it (mostly) is:
O Canada!
Our home and native land!
True patriot love in all of us command.
With glowing hearts we see thee rise,
The [REDACTED] strong and free!
From far and wide,
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
God keep our land glorious and free!
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
O Canada, we stand on guard for thee.
Can ya check yer compass & tell me what TWO words did I redact from those lyrics? The phrase doesn’t really got a proper counterpart in the original French lyrics – which I guess makes sense, since it was actually cribbed from a Tennyson poem.
OK then
Byeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Game three was an honorable (or I guess I should say honourable) 2–1 defeat against Switzerland, but we don’t gotta dwell on that one. ↩︎