National Bad Poetry Day.

0:03 Calarugus shark media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison. In Today's theme is National Bad Poetry Day, Famously bad writing, lovable literary failures, and the quirks of poetry. Question one observed each year as a tongue in cheek celebration of clunky couplets and cringeworthy verse on What date is National Bad Poetry Day typically marked in the United States? Question two, which Scottish versifier often labeled the worst poet in the English language, wrote the infamously earnest ode the tay Bridge Disaster after the eighteen seventy nine collapse. Question three, named for the novelist who penned it was a dark and stormy night.

0:54 What annual contest invites entrance to craft the most atrocious opening sentence to an amagagenary novel? Question four, which nineteen the century American writer famed for mawkish elegies and earnest missteps, was dubbed the Sweet Singer of Michigan. Question five in Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, What alien species is notorious for composing poetry so dreadful? It's said to be the third worst in the universe. We'll be right back with these answers after this break. Welcome back.

1:41 Question one on what date is National Bad Poetry Day observed? Answer? August eighteenth. The day is widely credited to Thomas and Ruth Roy of Welcat Holidays as a humorous prompt to write deliberately awful poems and share them with friends. Question two Who wrote the Taybridge Disaster and is often called the worst English language poe? Answer William McGonagall. Mcgonagall's awkward rhymes and clumsy rhythms made his earnest commemorative poems unintentionally comic. His readings drew Heckler's, yet he remains a beloved icon of So Bad It's Good verse. Question three What contest celebrates the worst possible opening sentence to a novel? Answer the Bulwer Litten Fiction Contest. Founded at San Jose State University in nineteen eighty two, It honors Edward Bulwer Lytton by inviting deliberately dreadful first lines. Winners are celebrated for their creative badness. Question four Who was known as the Sweet Singer of Michigan? Answer Julia A. Moore. Moore's sentimental poems about tragedies and everyday events were mocked for their simple rhymes and shaky scanchion, yet their sincerity has made her a folk hero of endearing bad verse. Question five, which aliens in Hitchhiker's Guide are infamous for awful poetry?

2:55 Answer the vogons. Vogon verse is a running gag in the series, described as nearly lethal and used as a form of torture, poking fun at the perils of pretentious bad poetry. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions. I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.