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The Boardside Companion to Trivial Pursuit
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First published December 1, 1984
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April 30, 2017I was given this book by a sympathetic volunteer at a big yard sale for the Dutch Reformed Church in Woodstock. I can’t believe I read it, but I’m glad I did. The best section is on erroneous Trivial Pursuit answers. Let me quote:
Q: Who was Clark Gable’s most frequent costar?
A: Bette Davis.
In Gable’s sixty-seven films, he played opposite thirty-seven different leading ladies but never a single time with Miss Davis. His most frequent costar was Joan Crawford, with whom he did eight films, closely followed by Myrna Loy and Jean Harlow.
Q: What animals were crucial to Lawrence of Arabia’s campaigns in the 1924-1925 war?
A: Camels.
Uh… what 1924-1928 war? To be sure, T. E. Lawrence made extensive use of camels in his World War I actions against the Turks. But by 1924 he was enlisted in the RAF, where they frown upon flying dromedaries.
[Did you catch that mistake? While CORRECTING the Trivial Pursuit historical blunder, our hasty authors wrote “1928” when they meant “1925”!]
Q: Who was Clark Gable’s most frequent costar?
A: Bette Davis.
In Gable’s sixty-seven films, he played opposite thirty-seven different leading ladies but never a single time with Miss Davis. His most frequent costar was Joan Crawford, with whom he did eight films, closely followed by Myrna Loy and Jean Harlow.
Q: What animals were crucial to Lawrence of Arabia’s campaigns in the 1924-1925 war?
A: Camels.
Uh… what 1924-1928 war? To be sure, T. E. Lawrence made extensive use of camels in his World War I actions against the Turks. But by 1924 he was enlisted in the RAF, where they frown upon flying dromedaries.
[Did you catch that mistake? While CORRECTING the Trivial Pursuit historical blunder, our hasty authors wrote “1928” when they meant “1925”!]
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