Trivia Question: An Gorta Mor was a horrific famine inflicted upon what nation’s people? Answer: Ireland’s An Gorta Mor is Gaelic for “The Great Hunger.” British landlords and officials who ruled Ireland heavily taxed their tenants and forced them to work infertile ground where only potatoes could reliably grow. So, when a plague hit the … Read more

Trivia Question: Which American president had a vice president known as “Cactus Jack”? Answer: F.D.R. The real name of “Cactus Jack” was John Nance Garner. As a conservative Dixiecrat, he often balanced F.D.R.’s New Deal programs by discouraging spending that would massively inflate the deficit. Garner stopped being F.D.R.’s vice president around 1940 so he … Read more

Trivia Question: The Judgment of Paris started what mythological war? Answer: The Trojan War The Judgment of Paris centered on a prince of Troy who was named Paris. After Paris decided that Aphrodite was the fairest of all the Greek gods, she rewarded him with the love of Sparta’s queen Helen. Greece and Troy then … Read more

Trivia Question: The heraldic symbol called a Hraesvelg is an eagle with two of what body part? Answer: Heads Multiple European dynasties had hraesvelg on their coats-of-arms. Some kingdoms even used to have the two-headed eagle on their official national flags. As an icon, hraesvelg is meant to symbolize military might and rulership over man. … Read more