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Hats with a Backstory — Daily trivia Tuesday, September 22, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which bear keeps a marmalade sandwich under his hat for emergencies?
- AWinnie-the-Pooh
- BPaddington
- CYogi Bear
- DFozzie Bear
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Paddington
Paddington. In a Jubilee sketch with him, Queen Elizabeth II revealed she kept one too, in her handbag, "for later".
Q 02Which First Lady's pillbox hat set off a craze after she wore it to her husband's inauguration?
- AEleanor Roosevelt
- BHillary Clinton
- CNancy Reagan
- DJacqueline Kennedy
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy. She dented it holding it on in the wind, so copycat hatmakers put a dent in theirs too.
Q 03Which Founding Father charmed Paris by wearing a simple fur cap instead of a powdered wig?
- ABenjamin Franklin
- BJohn Adams
- CAlexander Hamilton
- DGeorge Washington
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin. Plainly dressed among the powdered heads of Paris, the American envoy caused a sensation.
Q 04The Paris Olympics' mascots were living caps of liberty. Which cartoon characters wear that style?
- AHuey, Dewey and Louie
- BAsterix and Obelix
- CThe Smurfs
- DThe PAW Patrol
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The Smurfs
The Smurfs. The cap became a liberty symbol through a mix-up with the felt cap ancient Rome gave to freed slaves.
Q 05Which fast-food chain bought Pharrell's giant Grammys hat at a charity auction?
- ABurger King
- BArby's
- CWendy's
- DTaco Bell
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Arby's
Arby's. The hat looked just like its logo, so the chain joked it was happy to "get our hat back".
Q 06World War II helped end mercury poisoning among US hatmakers, because the war needed the metal for what?
- ADetonators
- BGas masks
- CTank armor
- DAircraft fuel
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Detonators
Detonators. Mercury tremors were so common in Danbury, Connecticut, the "Hat City", that they were called the Danbury shakes.
Q 07Which classic men's hat is named after a princess Sarah Bernhardt played on stage?
- ATrilby
- BHomburg
- CStetson
- DFedora
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Fedora
The fedora. A New York hatter, Knox, borrowed the name from the hit play for a men's hat in 1883.
Q 08The Scottish tam o' shanter bonnet is named after the hero of a poem by which writer?
- ASir Walter Scott
- BRobert Louis Stevenson
- CRobert Burns
- DArthur Conan Doyle
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Robert Burns
Robert Burns. The bonnet, once worn by Scottish plowmen, later became a fashionable beret for women.
Q 09Which hat was designed for gamekeepers whose tall hats kept getting knocked off by branches?
- ABoater
- BPork pie
- CBowler
- DPanama
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Bowler
The bowler. Its first buyer reportedly stamped on it to test it, and it later became the hat of City bankers and clerks.
Q 10In Alice in Wonderland, what does the '10/6' card in the Mad Hatter's hat show?
- AIts size
- BIts price
- CThe time
- DA ticket number
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Its price
Its price: ten shillings and sixpence. Read American-style, '10/6' gave Mad Hatter Day its October 6 date.
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