Lecture Series on World Affairs Trivia
Answer Key
question 1
Q: In what year was the first Lecture Series on World Affairs held?
A: Answer a, 1946. This year will be the 77th season!
question 2
Q: What hot beverage is served at the in-person Lectures?
A: Answer b, bouillon! This hot beef broth has always been served at the Lecture Series. While a less common beverage choice today, bouillon has a long history as a healthy and warming drink. In 1860, Florence Nightingale wrote that "beef tea may be chosen as an illustration of great nutrient power in sickness. There is a certain reparative quality in it—we do not know what—as there is in tea; but it may be safely given in almost any inflammatory disease...where much nourishment is required."
question 3
Q: For the first twelve years of the Lecture Series, there was the same speaker every year and every week. Who was this recurring speaker?
A: Answer b: James Powers, the foreign editor for the Boston Globe. Today, there is a different speaker for each week of the 8-week Series.
question 4
Q: For a long time, the Lecture Series on World Affairs was planned and attended by women only. Today, the audience has a relatively even gender split. Around what year did men first begin to attend the Lecture Series on World Affairs?
A: Answer c, 2000! What took you so long, gentlemen?