Tuesday, September 04, 2007
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - September 4th
THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
1. What TV show set each of its six seasons exactly twenty years in the past? That 70s Show. Wait, that can't be correct. It ran into until 2005 or 2006.
2. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job, flying the mail? St. Louis (I am guessing that this is where the Spirit of St. Louis came from)
3. Where would you find a Zeiss projector? Hmm. Maybe an IMAX theater.
4. In what 1945 novel does the "Battle of the Windmill" represent the Battle of Stalingrad? Animal Farm perhaps
5. What Asian nation was actually named for a region of Africa? no idea
6. What organization was founded in 1939 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania? Little League
7. Name one of the recent Oscar-winning films that shares the unusual distinction shared by these movies: Batman Returns, Billy Madison, Fight Club, Five Corners, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Mary Poppins, A Prairie Home Companion and Toy Story 2. This is tough without having seen more than a few of these movies. I saw Mary Poppins and TS2 and long ago saw a dorm production of The Man Who Came to Dinner. But no common themes come to mind.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What magazine's name can be produced by combining the name of the computer and the cat from the movie Alien? The computer is "Mother," the cat is "Jones," ergo: Mother Jones.
2. What Peanuts character's last name is Reichardt? Peppermint Patty's last name is Reichardt.
3. What landmark was originally painted Galaxy Gold, Orbital Olive, and Re-entry Red for its 1962 opening? The Space Needle used those annoyingly named "space" colors.
4. What E.U. nation is led by a president and a prime minster who are identical twins? Poland. This is weird to me because of the *other* Polish twins, Mark and Michael Polish, who made Twin Falls Idaho and The Astronaut Farmer. I think I might be the only one who has a problem with this.
5. What kind of object is smaller than its own Schwarzschild radius? A black hole.
6. How many contributors did struggling Christian-themed TV station WYAH recruit in a 1962 telethon? Seven hundred, which was the genesis of The 700 Club.
7. What distinction is shared by these letters of the alphabet and no others? C, D, O, P, S, and W. They have been "mint marks" on US currency, representing Charlotte, Denver, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and West Point, respectively. There's actually one more (CC, for Carson City), but it's not a single letter.
I got two out of 7 correct.
1. What TV show set each of its six seasons exactly twenty years in the past? That 70s Show. Wait, that can't be correct. It ran into until 2005 or 2006.
2. In what city did Charles Lindbergh take his first piloting job, flying the mail? St. Louis (I am guessing that this is where the Spirit of St. Louis came from)
3. Where would you find a Zeiss projector? Hmm. Maybe an IMAX theater.
4. In what 1945 novel does the "Battle of the Windmill" represent the Battle of Stalingrad? Animal Farm perhaps
5. What Asian nation was actually named for a region of Africa? no idea
6. What organization was founded in 1939 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania? Little League
7. Name one of the recent Oscar-winning films that shares the unusual distinction shared by these movies: Batman Returns, Billy Madison, Fight Club, Five Corners, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Mary Poppins, A Prairie Home Companion and Toy Story 2. This is tough without having seen more than a few of these movies. I saw Mary Poppins and TS2 and long ago saw a dorm production of The Man Who Came to Dinner. But no common themes come to mind.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What magazine's name can be produced by combining the name of the computer and the cat from the movie Alien? The computer is "Mother," the cat is "Jones," ergo: Mother Jones.
2. What Peanuts character's last name is Reichardt? Peppermint Patty's last name is Reichardt.
3. What landmark was originally painted Galaxy Gold, Orbital Olive, and Re-entry Red for its 1962 opening? The Space Needle used those annoyingly named "space" colors.
4. What E.U. nation is led by a president and a prime minster who are identical twins? Poland. This is weird to me because of the *other* Polish twins, Mark and Michael Polish, who made Twin Falls Idaho and The Astronaut Farmer. I think I might be the only one who has a problem with this.
5. What kind of object is smaller than its own Schwarzschild radius? A black hole.
6. How many contributors did struggling Christian-themed TV station WYAH recruit in a 1962 telethon? Seven hundred, which was the genesis of The 700 Club.
7. What distinction is shared by these letters of the alphabet and no others? C, D, O, P, S, and W. They have been "mint marks" on US currency, representing Charlotte, Denver, New Orleans, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and West Point, respectively. There's actually one more (CC, for Carson City), but it's not a single letter.
I got two out of 7 correct.
