S13 E4 - Who Is J.R.?

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Today is a “junior” episode of the podcast, because Hallie has written six trivia questions about people with the initials J.R.! We also talk about early American history, baseball, and dogs, because we have a dog now!2:04: Q1 (Arts & Literature): Jean Rhys wrote what novel, meant to be a postcolonial prequel to Jane Eyre, which takes place mainly in the Caribbean but is named after a body of water in the North Atlantic named for a type of seaweed?6:15: Q2 (Times & Places): Who is credited with the first successful cultivation of tobacco as an export crop in the Colony of Virginia and was also married to the daughter of a local leader of the Algonquin tribe?10:45: Q3 (Music): John Joseph Lydon, the lead singer of the Sex Pistols, is better known by what stage name, which was originally given to him because his lack of oral hygiene caused his teeth to turn green?21:51: Q4 (Movies & TV): What American choreographer, director, dancer, and theater producer won five Tony Awards and also won the Academy Award for Best Director for West Side Story along with Robert Wise?28:02: Q5 (Everything Else): What dog breed originated from dogs bred and used, mainly for fox hunting,  by an English Reverend?33:32: Q6 (Sports & Games): What baseball player played for the Kansas City Monarchs then the Montreal Royals before debuting with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947?Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0E-Mail: quizandhers@gmail.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/quizandhers/Twitter: https://twitter.com/quizandhersInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/quizandhers/Things I Found Online Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/things-i-found-online-podcast/id1282866232Brain Ladle Podcast: http://www.brainladletrivia.com/Cormac on Twitter: @CormacsThoughts