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Readers: My apologies for the spacing; it appears the software doesn't like Excel. I hope you can work through it.It's quiz time again. You may need to recall literature classes from your high school days for this one. It has to do with poetry. Most all are in the broader sense famous poems though they may not all parts will be well know. If might have heard of an author, a title or even the...

While we all recognize the names of major cities in this country, our knowledge of them varies. Given that, it seems appropriate to publish another quiz about our cities. This one just might test how well you really know those cities. It has to do with populations. Listed below are pairs of well known cities. The challenge is simple - select which of the two had the greater population in...

It is the time for the most merry and solemn of holidays - Christmas. It is a day which celebrates the birth of Jesus and the giving of gifts by that jolly old man - Santa Claus. It is also the one holiday that has so many songs associated with it. The playing of those Christmas songs is the overture to this special day. Sadly, the songs too often are first heard in stores well before...

If you read these musings, or at least the ones containing quizzes, then you know a few of them are about word definitions. Those words came from the novels by Rex Stout proken by his protagonist Nero Wolf. Obviously, Nero isn't the only one who uses words that we might or might not be familiar with. There is another writer who seems to enjoy using words we don't hear in everyday...

The other night my wife and I joined a few friends for a wine tasting at a nearby liquor store. They hold these events about twice a year. While many attend to get a chance to taste the different wines, I suspect a few go to drink as much as they can in two hours as well as fill up on the snacks provided. Since I only drink about a glass twice a month, I was there so my wife could...

It's time for another quiz. In the past I have published quizzes of the top songs of the 1950s and 1960s. In thinking about it, I realized those who were born during the past 30 years or so were at a disadvantage. This quiz now puts those in their 60s and 70s at a possible disadvantage. It is a quiz of the top songs of the 1990s. There seems to be as many lists of top songs for any given...

It is the time for the most merry and solemn of holidays - Christmas. It is a day which celebrates the birth of Jesus and the giving of gifts by that jolly old man - Santa Claus. It is also the one holiday that has so many songs associated with it. The playing of those Christmas songs is the overture to this special day. Sadly, the songs too often are first heard in stores well...