Summer Game Extravaganza: Scorching Hot Trivia Challenge
In the world of trivia, some facts stand out like the towering figure of Atticus Finch, the American Film Institute's choice for the greatest movie hero of all time in the classic film "To Kill a Mockingbird" (2003).
Stepping into the realm of literature, we find a distinguished lineage of authors who walked the halls of Westminster School. Lewis Carroll, Matthew Arnold, and Salman Rushdie are just a few of the notable names who graced its classrooms.
As we delve deeper into the world of numbers, an interesting fact emerges: if all numbers are written as letters, "one hundred and one" comes first alphabetically.
Moving on to the cinematic landscape of America, the Sundance Film Festival, named after a character in the 1969 movie "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid", holds the title as the country's biggest independent film festival.
Diving into the annals of history, we find that George Washington is the only US president on Mount Rushmore to have been in office during the 20th century.
The flag of Somalia, the only country whose flag isn't quadrilateral, adds another intriguing fact to our collection.
In the realm of word games, the first letters of the answers in a summer-themed puzzle spell out the word "SUMMER CAMP", a delightful find for puzzle enthusiasts.
Venturing into the world of Shakespeare, "The Taming of the Shrew" is the only play with an animal in the title. In the English football league, Nottingham Forest holds the record for the most seasons without ever having been in the top tier.
Fast forwarding to the modern era, Snoop Dogg's 2024 album "Brat" and the current HBO series "And Just Like That", a sequel to the hit TV show "Sex and the City", are making waves in the entertainment industry.
Delving into political history, Dennis Healey holds the record for the shortest-serving British chancellor of the exchequer not to have died in office. The book of the Old Testament containing the prophecy: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son" is Isaiah.
Exploring geographical trivia, we find that Oslo, the capital city of Norway, is the northernmost capital city of any sovereign state. Robert Louis Stevenson's description of the feature of the city where he was born was Edinburgh's Castle Rock.
The notorious 1968 Democratic National Convention was held in Chicago, and Ivan the Terrible, the man who in 1547 became the first Tsar of All Russia, earned his nickname. The fictional island home to the Lost Boys is Neverland.
In the world of chemistry, atomic number 13, with one vowel fewer in American English, is aluminum. In Roman mythology, Jupiter's brother is Neptune.
The English Premier League team named after a character who appears in Shakespeare is Aston Villa, and Gloucester, Worcester, and Shrewsbury all lie on the River Severn.
In 2023, the most popular name for baby girls in the UK that doesn't end with an A was Olivia. A common three-letter verb that is an anagram of its own past tense is "see" (seeing, saw).
The last British prime minister who never married was Winston Churchill. The last single released by Queen in the 1970s was "Bohemian Rhapsody", a hit that reached number two in the UK and number one in the US.
In the realm of poetry, the first four words of Shelley's poem "Ozymandias" are "I met a traveller from an antique land". This special puzzle issue in the FT Weekend Magazine concludes our journey through a maze of facts and trivia.
In the modern era, Snoop Dogg's 2024 album "Brat" is making waves in the entertainment industry, offering a new platform for social media discussions. After delving into the annals of literature, we find that Lewis Carroll, Matthew Arnold, and Salman Rushdie, among others, found inspiration in entertainment, as they all graced the classrooms of Westminster School.
