Thursday, February 14, 2013

Today's Trivia Question

The theme for the week is Valentine's Day.


The sport of tennis is unique in that it uses the word “love” to denote a score of zero. The use of the word “love” for zero is widely believed to come from the Anglicization of the French word “l'oeuf,” which means what?

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Egg

Wednesday's Question
In 1999, Major League Baseball manager Bobby Valentine was ejected from a game for arguing an interference call against his catcher, Mike Piazza, only to return to the dugout innings later in disguise, wearing a fake moustache. What team was Bobby Valentine managing that year?

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New York Mets

Tuesday's Question
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon play two musicians who go on the run in disguise after witnessing the St. Valentine's Day massacre in what 1959 comedy?

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Some Like It Hot

Monday's Question
Though plenty of saints named Valentine predated him, in 1382 Geoffrey Chaucer was the first person to connect St. Valentine with romantic love. Chaucer was also the first person to be buried in what later came to be known as the Poet's Corner in what famous English church?

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Westminster Abbey

Come back tomorrow for a new trivia question!