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“There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.”

— Bertrand Russell

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Tea by …, 1919.
This painting is in Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
Image via Encyclopædia Britannica

These questions all relate to today’s date, 3 November.

One

The artist who painted the above is often regarded as the most important French painter of the 20th century. Who was he, and in what decade did he die?


Two

This song, composed by Jim Weatherly and featured on their 1973 album Imagination, became Gladys Knight and the Pips’ first single to reach the top of the Billboard Hot 100. What is the song, and what was its original title?


Three

On this day, what is often now reported as the world’s largest circulated English-language daily broadsheet newspaper was founded as The Bombay Times and Journal of Commerce. What is the newspaper known as today, and in what decade did the paper first open?


Four

On this day in 1916, which American playwright made their New York City debut with the one-act play Bound East for Cardiff?


Five

The Constitution of Japan was adopted on this date. In what decade did this occur, and who was the emperor?


Good luck! I’ll post the answers later.


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