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Movie Review: Whiplash by Damien Chazelle
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Jay Ruud – Poetry with Dogs: To Helen by Edgar Allen Poe
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Trivia Question for January 21
https://paradiseperformingartscenter.com/xr2fvwzb0z Earlier this week (January 19) was Edgar Alan Poe’s birthday. Where was Poe born? (Hint: he alludes to his birthplace in his first publication in 1827). [av_button label=’ Use The Comment Form Below To Submit You Answer’ link=’http://jayruud.com/trivia-question-for-january-21/’ link_target=” color=’theme-color’ custom_bg=’#444444′ custom_font=’#ffffff’ size=’large’ position=’center’ icon_select=’yes’ icon=’ue83b’ font=’entypo-fontello’]
Movie Review – American Sniper by Clint Eastwood
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Jay Ruud – Poetry with Dogs: Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley
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Trivia Question for January 14
https://mocicc.org/agricultura/wxtgm33k In what famous book, by what famous author, does the main character think this: “I must have confidence and I must be worthy of the great DiMaggio who does all things perfectly even with the pain of a bone spur in his heel.” [av_button label=’ Use The Comment Form Below To Submit You Answer’… Continue reading Trivia Question for January 14
Movie Review – The Imitation Game by Morten Tildum
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T.S. Eliot’s “Journey of the Magi”
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Trivia Question for January 7
source The bicentennial of the Battle of New Orleans is tomorrow, January 8, 2015. In honor of that occasion, here’s an Andrew Jackson trivia question: the most famous literary work on Jackson is the novel The President’s Lady, about Jackson and his wife Rachel, written by Irving Stone, author of other biographical novels like Lust for Life and The Agony… Continue reading Trivia Question for January 7