Atlantic Trivia: Marriage, That Blessed Arrangement
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This week’s trivia comes from the July issue of The Atlantic, and marriage is what gathers us here today. Honor Jones’s essay is about the surprising history of the institution (drawing from a new book by Stephanie Coontz).
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What future Rough Rider wrote in his diary before his 1880 marriage to Alice Lee, “Thank heaven I am absolutely pure. I can tell Alice everything I have ever done”?
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About the Author
Drew Goins is a senior editor and the creator of The Atlantic’s daily trivia game, Rabbithole. Before joining The Atlantic in 2025, Drew was a newsletter writer and editor for The Washington Post’s Opinions section. He is a 12-game player on the quiz show Jeopardy.