Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - October 16
No trivia the last two weeks while KJ was on vacation.
THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
1. At what city's university, in 1745, did Pieter van Musschenbroek invent the world's first capacitor by coating a glass jar with metal foil? this name sounds Flemish. At least the spelling of Pieter makes me think of Holland or Belgium. But I have no idea what university. There are a lot to choose from.
2. What musician was born in 1965 as Richard Melville Hall? that's not Marilyn Manson, is it?
3. What's the only former Soviet republic that still calls its secret police the KGB? I'll guess Uzbekistan since it is still very represssive
4. What NHL team's theme music is an Aram Khachaturian composition? Since there are tons of Russian players across the NHL, it does not help me guess to think of a team with a prominent Russian player. Probably has something to do with the title of one of Khachaturian's works. So I looked him up. Sure enough - Sabre Dance. Buffalo Sabres.
5. What's the most common color of Reese's Pieces, almost two-thirds again as numerous as the other shades? Reese's Pieces come in colors? I only thought they came in that peanut butter orange-brown
6. What was studied by Project Blue Book? cheating on college exams
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series? Cagney & Lacey, Columbo, James at 15, Kojak, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Love Boat, The Six Million Dollar Man, and The Waltons?
PREVIOUS QUIZ ANSWERS
1. What's the only football team to have appeared in six BCS bowl games since the system's 1999 debut--though they've only won once? Florida State is the unhappy team. correct
2. What man's catalog of work is indexed by "K-numbers"? Mozart's compositions, which were definitively catalogued by one Ludwig von Kochel. K 1a is a little harpsichord andante that Mozart wrote at the tender age of five. one of those you know or you don't - nothing there to help one guess
3. What world nation is, according to its official name, a "Hashemite Kingdom"? The ancient Hashemite dynasty still rules Jordan.
4. Who invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron? Those were the life-ending machines used by Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
5. Amethyst, jasper, onyx, chalcedony, and amethyst are all just varieties of what mineral? The second most common mineral on Earth: quartz. (Obvious typo up there: the second "amethyst" was meant to be "agate.") correct
6. What actor has been Oscar-nominated for playing two different U.S. presidents? Anthony Hopkins played John Quincy Adams in Amistad and Nixon in, well, Nixon. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "American Woman" by the Guess Who, "Glamorous" by Fergie, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, "I'm Back" by Eminem, "I'm Henry VIII I Am" by Herman's Hermits, "Lola" by the Kinks, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, and "Turn On Me" by the Shins. All feature a spelled-out word in their lyrics (a la Gwen's "B-A-N-A-N-A-S"). it would have helped if one of the clues had been Gloria
THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
1. At what city's university, in 1745, did Pieter van Musschenbroek invent the world's first capacitor by coating a glass jar with metal foil? this name sounds Flemish. At least the spelling of Pieter makes me think of Holland or Belgium. But I have no idea what university. There are a lot to choose from.
2. What musician was born in 1965 as Richard Melville Hall? that's not Marilyn Manson, is it?
3. What's the only former Soviet republic that still calls its secret police the KGB? I'll guess Uzbekistan since it is still very represssive
4. What NHL team's theme music is an Aram Khachaturian composition? Since there are tons of Russian players across the NHL, it does not help me guess to think of a team with a prominent Russian player. Probably has something to do with the title of one of Khachaturian's works. So I looked him up. Sure enough - Sabre Dance. Buffalo Sabres.
5. What's the most common color of Reese's Pieces, almost two-thirds again as numerous as the other shades? Reese's Pieces come in colors? I only thought they came in that peanut butter orange-brown
6. What was studied by Project Blue Book? cheating on college exams
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series? Cagney & Lacey, Columbo, James at 15, Kojak, Kolchak: The Night Stalker, The Love Boat, The Six Million Dollar Man, and The Waltons?
PREVIOUS QUIZ ANSWERS
1. What's the only football team to have appeared in six BCS bowl games since the system's 1999 debut--though they've only won once? Florida State is the unhappy team. correct
2. What man's catalog of work is indexed by "K-numbers"? Mozart's compositions, which were definitively catalogued by one Ludwig von Kochel. K 1a is a little harpsichord andante that Mozart wrote at the tender age of five. one of those you know or you don't - nothing there to help one guess
3. What world nation is, according to its official name, a "Hashemite Kingdom"? The ancient Hashemite dynasty still rules Jordan.
4. Who invented the Thanatron and the Mercitron? Those were the life-ending machines used by Dr. Jack Kevorkian.
5. Amethyst, jasper, onyx, chalcedony, and amethyst are all just varieties of what mineral? The second most common mineral on Earth: quartz. (Obvious typo up there: the second "amethyst" was meant to be "agate.") correct
6. What actor has been Oscar-nominated for playing two different U.S. presidents? Anthony Hopkins played John Quincy Adams in Amistad and Nixon in, well, Nixon. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "American Woman" by the Guess Who, "Glamorous" by Fergie, "Hollaback Girl" by Gwen Stefani, "I'm Back" by Eminem, "I'm Henry VIII I Am" by Herman's Hermits, "Lola" by the Kinks, "Safety Dance" by Men Without Hats, and "Turn On Me" by the Shins. All feature a spelled-out word in their lyrics (a la Gwen's "B-A-N-A-N-A-S"). it would have helped if one of the clues had been Gloria
