Claiming every song to be like “Gold teeth, Grey Goose, trippin’ in the bathroom,“ Lorde penned her debut #1 hit “Royals” after seeing a photograph of George Brett (3B for the 1985 champion Kansas City Royals):
Week of 1/6 Quizzo Hint
Decked out in a frilly apron and speaking with a Brooklyn accent for some reason, Rosie (seen here) was the robot maid and housekeeper for the Jetsons:
Week of 12/30 Quizzo Hint
Happy New Year!
Likely not encouraging anyone’s resolution of eating better, the world record for most hot dogs eaten in 10 minutes is 83, set by Joey Chestnut in 2024:
12/23 Puddlers Hint
The namesake of the site of the first organized baseball game (apocryphally seen here), Elysian Fields is the final resting place of the souls of the heroic and virtuous in Greek mythology:
It’s also called Elysium (the Greek one, not the New Jersey one), but that doesn’t fit the category
Week of 12/16 Quizzo Hint
Based on a Vivian Walsh children’s book, Olive, the Other Reindeer, the title character in the late 90s TV movie of the same name, is a dog:
Bonus pic: she gave the Pope a Phillies hat long before Leo was even heard of
