Hallie is just a bit obsessed with her favorite color, purple. So this week, she’s written six trivia questions about all things violet, lavender, and plum, and everything in between. We also chat about African-American art, Caribbean geography, and a classic children’s movie.
2:21: Q1 (Science): Tyrian purple is the color of a secretion made by predatory sea snails, which has historically been used for what purpose for which indigo and saffron were also used?
10:14: Q2 (Times & Places): Only two national flags have the color purple on them. One is on the Nicaraguan flag as part of a rainbow. What island nation, whose flag has a green background, a three-band cross with yellow, black, and white, a red circle in the middle that has 10 stars around the edge, and a Sisserou parrot in the middle that has purple feathers, is the other one?
19:41: Q3 (Sports & Games): What two Big Four sports teams share a name and also have both had purple as one of their main colors- one of them changed to black, white, and silver in 1988 and the other has had their colors of purple, grey, and black since 1994?
28:47: Q4 (Sounds & Screen): Recently deceased actress Denise Nickerson’s popularity originally swelled after she played the character Violet in what movie, although she was mainly associated with a different color?
35:09: Q5 (Arts & Literature): The painting, Nightlife, depicting a busy jazz club in Chicago and using many different shades of purple, was painted by what New Orleans-born artist who mainly studied the African-American experience during the 1920s and 30s, contributing to the Harlem Renaissance?
39:51: Q6 (Everything Else): What holiday, which begins on or after the Christian feasts of the Epiphany, is often represented with purple, green, and gold and has a bright shade of purple named for it?
Theme music: "Thinking it Over" by Lee Rosevere, licensed under CC BY 2.0
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