Miscellaneous
This week, Justin has written six trivia questions about people, places, and things all called “Homer”. We also talk about American history, baseball, and (yes, of course), The Simpsons!1:36: Q1 (Times & Places): Homer was the first name of the plaintiff in what 1896 Supreme Court case, which upheld the constitutionality of racial segregation, and was later de facto overruled by Brown v. Board of Education?8:23: Q2 (Movies & TV): Homer, the patriarch of the Simpson family, is voiced by this man, who also voices “Grampa” Abe Simpson, Krusty the Clown, Groundskeeper Willie, Mayor Quimby, Sideshow Mel, and numerous other Simpsons characters.14:41: Q3 (Arts & Literature): What nineteenth-century American artist is best known for his seascapes, including The Fog Warning, The Gulf Stream, and Eight Bells? (First and last name required)22:04: Q4 (Everything Else): HOMER1, HOMER2, and HOMER3 are examples of what basic unit of heredity, a sequence of nucleotides that encodes the synthesis of a protein?29:05: Q5 (Music): What mononymous singer, known for the songs “Who Will Save Your Soul” and “You Were Meant for Me”, and whose last name is Kilcher, grew up in Homer, Alaska?35:43: Q6 (Sports & Games): What former San Francisco Giant holds both the Major League Baseball record for career home runs, with 732, and the Major League Baseball record for homers hit in a single season, with 73? Despite this, he has so far been denied entry into the Hall of Fame, due to his association with performance enhancing drugs.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/Retro Late Fee Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/retro-late-fee/id1459736089Moxie/Your Brain on Facts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/your-brain-on-facts/id1347915211