July 21, 2026
Ernest Hemmingway
Ernest Hemingway's birthday: great American novelists, Key West legends, and literary icons.
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Calaruga Shark Media. Hi. I'm Mark Ellison and today's theme
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is Ernest Hemingway's Birthday. Great American novelists, Key West legends
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and literary icons. Question one. We're celebrating his birthday today
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on what date in eighteen ninety nine was Ernest Hemingway born? Month, day,
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and year? Question two? Every July during Hemingway Days in
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Key West, the famous Hemingway lookalike contest takes over which
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Duval Street wateringhole long associated with the author? Question three?
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Which slim late career Hemingway novella published in nineteen fifty two,
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won the nineteen fifty three Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and
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was cited by the Nobel Committee when he received the
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nineteen fifty four Nobel Prize in Literature. Question four. Key
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West has long attracted literary icons beyond Hemingway. Which Pulitzer
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Prize winning playwright, a longtime Key West resident, wrote a
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streetcar named Desire and cat on a hot tin roof.
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Question five. Visitors to the Ernest Hemingway Home and Museum
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in Key West often meet dozens of resident cats. What
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unusual physical trait makes many of these felines famous? We'll
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be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back.
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Question one, What is Ernest Hemingway's birth date? Answer July
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twenty first, eighteen ninety nine. Hemingway was born on July
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twenty first, eighteen ninety nine, in Oak Park, Illinois, a
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suburb of Chicago. His Midwestern upbringing often surfaced in his
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early story. Question two, which Key West bar hosts the
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Hemingway lookalike contest? Answer? Sloppy Joe's Bar. Sloppy Joe's Bar
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is the festival's centerpiece, honoring Hemingway's birthday. Hemingway was a
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regular there. The bar's original location later became Captain Tony's Saloon.
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Question three, which Hemingway book won the nineteen fifty three
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Pulitzer Answer, The Old Man in the Sea. Published in
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nineteen fifty two, The Old Man in the Sea revitalized
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Hemingway's reputation with the Tale of Santiago and the Marlin.
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Its success helped secure his Nobel the following year. Question four,
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which Key West based playwright wrote a street car named
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Desire Answer Tennessee Williams, Tennessee. Williams kept a home in
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Key West for decades and was a familiar island figure,
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his presence helped cement the island's literary mystique. Question five,
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what's unusual about the cats at Hemingway's Key West home.
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Answer polydactyl extra toes. Legend says a sea captain gave
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Hemingway a six toed cat, and many of the cats
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on the grounds today are its descendants. Extra toad paws
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were prized on ships for better balance and mousing. That
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concludes today's five daily Trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and
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today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology.
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See you tomorrow.
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