Trivial Pursuit #1

Sparkly has been tormenting us lately with pleas to play Lord of the Rings trivia. I don't know why. Mr. Ether plays with her and always beats her. I just refuse; there would be no way I could answer even a fraction of the questions. I got back at her though, by forcing her to play Trivial Pursuit with us. Once we started playing I soon realized that our "Genus Edition" of Trivial Pursuit is probably 25 years old.

Here's an example of how the game goes, played with Sparkly. I'm reading the question: "What Zigfield Follies dancing girl was portrayed in Funny Girl?" Sparkly says, "What's Funny Girl?" I answer, "It was a movie. It starred Barbra Streisand." Sparkly says, "Who's Barbra Streisand?" So we never even got to the real answer to the question, which was Fanny Bryce. ("Who's Fanny Bryce?")

I got to gloat over instantly knowing the answer to "Who was married to Oona O'Neill?" (Charlie Chaplin, DUH.) But we were all stumped by "What was the name of Sir Isaac Newton's Dog?" and the unspoken corollary question, "WHY on Earth would anyone know the name of Sir Isaac Newton's dog?" although I'm sure one of you dear readers is brainy enough to know the answer to that! (Diamond, by the way. Its name was Diamond.)

So in the spirit of fun, I will periodically choose a question from our vintage Trivial Pursuit game and post it here. Then I'll sit back and wait for the answers to come pouring in, before posting the correct answer. Whee! Won't we have fun?!

Question #1: What sport features small hops called pitty pats at the end of a run of plinkers?