Day of the Week - Saturday Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Bee Gees

Six of the seventeen tracks on the soundtrack album are by the Bee Gees. Others are contributed by Walter Murphy, David Shire (who scored the film), Kool & the Gang, KC and the Sunshine Band, and The Trammps. The motion picture was based on a non-fiction magazine article by Nik Cohn in "New York Magazine" titled "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night". Screen writer Norman Wexler built a script on the British author's observations of the American disco-dance phenomenon.

The title of the movie was suggested by the title of the Bee Gees' track "Night Fever."

Answer: Philadelphia

The idea for the "Saturday Evening Post" was Benjamin Franklin's, who published "The Pennsylvania Gazette" in his print shop in Philadelphia. The magazine went out of business but was revived by Charles Alexander as a weekly in Philadelphia in 1821. It was printed on Franklin's old press.

It reached a national circulation of one million is 1908. In an innovative move, the magazine was purchased from Curtis Publishing by the Benjamin Franklin Literary Society in 1976 and became a non-profit member-owned periodical.

Answer: works hard for a living

Fortune-telling rhymes based on the day of the week on which a child is born have existed in English since the 16th century. The following one was first published in 1838: "Monday's child is fair of face, Tuesday's child is full of grace. Wednesday's child is full of woe, Thursday's child has far to go. Friday's child is loving and giving, Saturday's child works hard for a living. And the child born on the Sabbath day Is bonny and blithe, good and gay."

Answer: Global anti-war protests

On 15 February 2003, protests were held around the world in opposition to the War in Iraq. These occurred in over 600 cities in over 60 countries; London's was organized by the British Stop the War Coalition; the BBC estimated that a million people participated.

This is the backdrop against which a day in the life of Doctor Henry Perowne takes place. He is frustrated by his great powers as a successful neurosurgeon and his powerlessness to impact political events. The book was translated into eight languages and won the 2005 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction. I

Answer: Polish, Slovak, Slovenian

The days of the week in Polish are "Poniedzialek" (Monday), "Wtorek" (Tuesday), "Sroda" (Wedneday), "Czwartek" (Thursday), "Piatek" (Friday), "Sobota" (Saturday), and "Niedziela" (Sunday).

Other words for Saturday are "Dissabte" (Catalan), "Lřrdag" (Danish and Norwegian), "Zaterdag" (Dutch), "Lauantai" (Finnish), "Samedi" (French), "Samstag" (German), "Sabato" (Italian), "Sestdiena" (Latvian), and Sábado (Portuguese and Spanish).

Answer: loneliest

"Saturday Night is the Loneliest Night of the Week" was published in 1944. It was recorded in 1945 by Frank Sinatra, Nancy Norman with Sammy Kaye and His Orchestra, Phyllis Lynne with Frankie Carle and His Orchestra, and Frances Wayne with Woody Herman and His Orchestra. An arrangement appears in the short (18 minute) black-and-white theatrical feature "All-Star Bond Rally" (1945) sung by Sinatra backed by Harry James and His Orchestra.

Answer: went hungry

There are twelve volumes in Harry Kemelman's series of novels involving Rabbi David Small, the first seven of which are named for the days of the week. The second in the series is "Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry." The rabbi is hungry because Yom Kippur, the holiest of Jewish observances, falls on a Saturday, the Jewish sabbath, which requires fasting for more than a day. An apparently accidental death in his congregation leads Rabbi Small to investigate and discover much more than appears on the surface.

Answer: the day before Easter Day

The day between Good Friday and Easter Day is called Holy Saturday. In different Christian traditions and different nations, it is also called Sabbatum Sanctum, Great and Holy Saturday, the Great Sabbath, Black Saturday, Joyous Saturday, the Saturday of Light, "Mega Sabbatun," and Easter Even.

It commemorates Jesus lying in the tomb and the Harrowing of Hell. On this day, the altar remains stripped/bare or covered in black. Holy Saturday ends after nightfall with the Great Vigil of Easter, the first Holy Eucharist celebrated to observe Easter Day, which is done during the hours of darkness.

The obligation to fast during Lent is ended after the Great Vigil which is often followed by a midnight feast including champagne, strawberries, chocolate and other delights.

Answer: The Monkees

According to Gates, he wrote "Saturday's Child" for the Monkees. It was recorded for their first album, for their "Monkee vs. Machine" television programme, and for several of their "greatest hits" albums. Herman's Hermits covered it the next year. According to the lyric, Monday's child is sad, Tuesday's is dreamy, Wednesday's is a loner, Thursday's is a heart breaker, Friday's is a high liver and Sunday's is the marrying type, therefor "I'm in love with Saturday's child."

Answer: the Roman Saturn

The Ancient Romans called Saturday "dies Saturni" which meant the day of Saturn. The Modern English Saturday derives from the Middle English "saterday" and the Old English "saeterdaeg" both of which meant Saturn's Day. The German Samstag is similar. In contrast, Saturday is the Jewish sabbath. The Italian "sabato" and the Greek "Sávvato" both translate to sabbath.