Feuds, grudges and getting even
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Feuds, Grudges and Getting Even — Daily trivia Saturday, October 17, 2026: questions and answers
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Q 01Which singer appeared in public with "slave" written on his face, feuding with Warner Bros.?
- ASting
- BPrince
- CSeal
- DMoby
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Prince
Prince. He also swapped his name for an unpronounceable symbol, becoming the Artist Formerly Known as Prince.
Q 02Which poet damned his real political enemies to Hell, including a pope who was still alive?
- ADante Alighieri
- BJohn Milton
- CGeoffrey Chaucer
- DVirgil
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Dante Alighieri
Dante. The Inferno is set in 1300, while Boniface VIII still lived, so Dante has a place in Hell waiting for him.
Q 03In which Roald Dahl book does a nasty man keep scraps of old food in his huge beard?
- AMatilda
- BThe BFG
- CThe Witches
- DThe Twits
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The Twits
The Twits. He and his wife spend the book spiting each other, from worms in his spaghetti to a frog in her bed.
Q 04When Enzo Ferrari backed out of selling to Ford, Henry Ford II set out to beat Ferrari at which race?
- ADaytona 500
- BIndianapolis 500
- C24 Hours of Le Mans
- DMonaco Grand Prix
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24 Hours of Le Mans
The 24 Hours of Le Mans. Ferrari had won it six years running, until Ford's GT40s finished first, second and third in 1966.
Q 05Which New York hotel joined two hotels, one built partly to spite its builder's aunt next door?
- AThe Plaza
- BThe Ritz-Carlton
- CThe St. Regis
- DThe Waldorf-Astoria
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The Waldorf-Astoria
The Waldorf-Astoria. William Waldorf Astor put up the Waldorf beside his aunt Caroline's mansion, and her son, his cousin, later built the connected Astoria next door.
Q 06What did Robert E. Lee's son do after winning back the estate the Union had made a cemetery?
- ASold it to the government
- BHad the graves moved
- CMoved his family back in
- DGave it to Virginia
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Sold it to the government
Sold it to the government, for $150,000. A Union general had put graves by the house to make it unlivable, and the estate is now Arlington National Cemetery.
Q 07After smearing Edgar Allan Poe in an obituary, his rival Rufus Griswold somehow became what?
- AHis publisher
- BHis literary executor
- CHis family doctor
- DHis landlord
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His literary executor
His literary executor, on a disputed claim that Poe chose him. His memoir, padded with forged letters, painted Poe as a depraved drunk for decades.
Q 08What did Louis XIV do with the team behind the dazzling château of the finance minister he arrested?
- AJailed them too
- BBanished them from France
- CTook them for himself
- DHad them tear it down
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Took them for himself
Took them for himself: Le Vau, Le Brun and Le Nôtre went on to design Versailles. Voltaire wrote that on the night of his party, Fouquet was King of France at six and nothing by two in the morning.
Q 09Who led the bombers that took off from an aircraft carrier to hit Tokyo, in payback for Pearl Harbor?
- ACharles Lindbergh
- BChuck Yeager
- CPaul Tibbets
- DJimmy Doolittle
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Jimmy Doolittle
Jimmy Doolittle. All 16 bombers were lost, and he expected a court-martial, but he got the Medal of Honor instead.
Q 10How did Michelangelo paint the papal official who said his Sistine Chapel nudes belonged in a bathhouse?
- AFerryman of the damned
- BJudge of the damned
- CSinner hiding his face
- DDemon hauling sinners
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Judge of the damned
As Minos, judge of the underworld, with a snake biting him. When he complained, the pope reportedly joked that his authority didn't extend to Hell.
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