Fantasy sports is a huge business. According to the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA), fantasy sports were a $26.4 billion industry in 2015, with an estimated 56.8 million North Americans participating. That’s an annual average of $465 very real dollars from each person. Although the general concept of selecting players for a contest based on …
Over 30 years ago, The Goonies inspired a generation of treasure-seekers after a rag-tag bunch of kids discovered one of One-Eyed Willie’s 1632 Spanish doubloons in their attic. I remember immediately thinking I could find a rare coin or artifact in my basement, but all that turned up was some old “wheat” pennies, which I …
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The most exciting two minutes in sports is quickly approaching. This year marks the 142nd running of the Kentucky Derby, so get your racing forms and betting slips in order. We’re going to get you started at the gate with some fun facts and interesting trivia about this historic race, so when your Last Call …
We like to think we’re at the top of the food chain, and on land that might be the case. However, there’s only one real alpha predator of the sea, and that’s a shark. Most of the over 400 species of sharks are no danger to humans, but there are a few that strike fear in the hearts of swimming smorgasbords like us humans. Make sure your chums (get it?!) at Last Call trivia night sink their teeth into the following facts about some of these deadliest sharks. There’s a lot we can learn from the following four man-eating, menacing, and sometimes misunderstood creatures of the sea that are always swimming in the back of our minds when we dip our toes in the ocean.
It is going to be a battle that will define our time. Citizens will have to choose between a controversial figure who many see as a hero but some see as a monster, and another that taps into the groundswell of anger toward an alien menace. Resentment and vitriol will be the order of the …
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Election season is in full swing, and whether you’re a donkey or an elephant, it’s good to know a little bit about some of the presidents who led our country along the way. So arm yourself with these Trivia Tidbits the next time you check out a Last Call show near you.
It’s that time of year again. The grind of the gridiron gives us the ultimate matchup to decide football superiority. It’s the super bowl of, well, Super Bowls. And whether you’re a rabid fan that paints your face with team colors every week, or a flourished-pinky tea sipper who simply abhors such primitive barbarism, you …
Hints for 4/14 – 4/20 | Andy Warhol, Basquiat, Francisco Goya, Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, Raphael, and Rembrandt
Hints for 4/21 – 4/27 | Atrium, Brewery, Elder, Lebanon, Opus Dei, Stromboli, and Tannins
