LearnedCompanion: LL83 MD19 (December 12, 2019)

The following are "companion questions" to those appearing on the LearnedLeague website on December 12, 2019.


1. The most popular breed of dairy cow in the United States is named after which former duchy? The name of this duchy now appears in the hyphenated name of a modern German state.

2. Soprano Maria Callas carried on an extramarital affair with which multimillionaire, a businessman with ties in tobacco, transportation, shipping, and whaling?

3. Which 2006 "winner" of the Tour de France (his title has since been stripped) eventually admitted to partaking in doping, and publicly called out Lance Armstrong for doing the same?

4. Maryland's Camp David was given what name by FDR, after a fictional paradise in a James Hilton novel?

5. In the World Series of Poker, the all time leader in terms of bracelet wins is what notoriously temperamental "Poker Brat," who won the No Limit Hold'em Main Event in 1989?

6. Which 80's glam metal band is today perhaps best remembered for their ballad "Nobody's Fool?"

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  1. twelvefootboyDecember 13, 2019 at 7:45 PM

    Thanks and good luck. I like seeing other windows to a historical or informative tidbit. Thorsten is a tough act to follow. I'm just in my 3rd season and still learning the ropes.
    twelvefootboy aka MearesK way down in the dumb room of Taiga E :).

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