Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - November 27
THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
1. What lost its pink (representing sexuality) in 1978, and its turquoise (representing magic) in 1979? A guess - Mood ring. If not that, could it be some corporate logo?
2. What word, meaning "swift thief," was coined by scientists in 1924, though it didn't become popularly known until the 1990s?
3. On what part of your body would you wear a homburg? I believe that a homberg is a hat, so one would wear it on his head
4. Who was the only writer to have three separate works adapted into Alfred Hitchcock movies?
5. Who was the only one of the original seven Mercury astronauts never to fly a Mercury mission? We had this recently at the Quiz but it was asked differently - the only original Mercury astronaut to fly an Apollo mission. I think it is Alan Shepard
6. What song title was a U.S. #1 for Rihanna, though it didn't even crack the Top Ten for ABBA? A guess - Waterloo
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these world cities (and no others that I'm aware of, but I may be missing some)? Amman, Jordan; Atchison, Kansas; Delhi and Indore, India; Istanbul, Turkey; Oranjestad, Aruba; St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles; Tenerife, Spain; Thermal, California; Tirana, Albania.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In the U.S., "double black diamond" is the rating used for the most challenging what? Ski slopes. (In Europe, yellow or orange squares are typically used instead for the most difficult runs.) Correct
2. Who lived for years under the name "Mr. Thomas Howard" before his 1882 death? Jesse James, as I learned in the recent Brad Pitt movie. "That dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard has laid poor Jesse in his grave..." Dadgum. Bruce Springsteen has been singing that with his Seeger Sessions Band too.
3. Potatoes provide the "aloo" in Indian aloo gobi. What vegetable is the "gobi"? Gobi is cauliflower. Correct
4. What two neighboring beaches in Rio de Janeiro each inspired hit songs, one in 1963 and one in 1978? "The Girl from Ipanema" and "Copacabana" are both names that originated with Brazilian beaches. Correct
5. What novel was originally written under the title Elinor and Marianne? Elinor is "Sense," Marianne is "Sensibility." Or those are their crimefighting names, anyway. I guessed the wrong Austen novel
6. Whose 1937 death in Rome was observed worldwide by two minutes of silence over all radio stations? Radio was saluting its late inventor, Guglielmo Marconi. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these movies? Autumn Sonata, Broadcast News, House of Flying Daggers, Infernal Affairs, The Lost Patrol, Oliver!, Planet Terror, and Whore. Each film's director shared a surname with one of the stars, though they weren't actually related in any way. (I can save you five minutes here: Ingmar and Ingrid Bergman, James L. and Albert Brooks, Zhang Yimou and Ziyi, Andrew and Andy Lau, John and Wallace Ford, Carol and Oliver Reed, Robert and Freddy Rodriguez, and Ken and Theresa Russell.). Question 7s are tough. I think you need a group to solve them.
1. What lost its pink (representing sexuality) in 1978, and its turquoise (representing magic) in 1979? A guess - Mood ring. If not that, could it be some corporate logo?
2. What word, meaning "swift thief," was coined by scientists in 1924, though it didn't become popularly known until the 1990s?
3. On what part of your body would you wear a homburg? I believe that a homberg is a hat, so one would wear it on his head
4. Who was the only writer to have three separate works adapted into Alfred Hitchcock movies?
5. Who was the only one of the original seven Mercury astronauts never to fly a Mercury mission? We had this recently at the Quiz but it was asked differently - the only original Mercury astronaut to fly an Apollo mission. I think it is Alan Shepard
6. What song title was a U.S. #1 for Rihanna, though it didn't even crack the Top Ten for ABBA? A guess - Waterloo
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these world cities (and no others that I'm aware of, but I may be missing some)? Amman, Jordan; Atchison, Kansas; Delhi and Indore, India; Istanbul, Turkey; Oranjestad, Aruba; St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles; Tenerife, Spain; Thermal, California; Tirana, Albania.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In the U.S., "double black diamond" is the rating used for the most challenging what? Ski slopes. (In Europe, yellow or orange squares are typically used instead for the most difficult runs.) Correct
2. Who lived for years under the name "Mr. Thomas Howard" before his 1882 death? Jesse James, as I learned in the recent Brad Pitt movie. "That dirty little coward that shot Mr. Howard has laid poor Jesse in his grave..." Dadgum. Bruce Springsteen has been singing that with his Seeger Sessions Band too.
3. Potatoes provide the "aloo" in Indian aloo gobi. What vegetable is the "gobi"? Gobi is cauliflower. Correct
4. What two neighboring beaches in Rio de Janeiro each inspired hit songs, one in 1963 and one in 1978? "The Girl from Ipanema" and "Copacabana" are both names that originated with Brazilian beaches. Correct
5. What novel was originally written under the title Elinor and Marianne? Elinor is "Sense," Marianne is "Sensibility." Or those are their crimefighting names, anyway. I guessed the wrong Austen novel
6. Whose 1937 death in Rome was observed worldwide by two minutes of silence over all radio stations? Radio was saluting its late inventor, Guglielmo Marconi. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these movies? Autumn Sonata, Broadcast News, House of Flying Daggers, Infernal Affairs, The Lost Patrol, Oliver!, Planet Terror, and Whore. Each film's director shared a surname with one of the stars, though they weren't actually related in any way. (I can save you five minutes here: Ingmar and Ingrid Bergman, James L. and Albert Brooks, Zhang Yimou and Ziyi, Andrew and Andy Lau, John and Wallace Ford, Carol and Oliver Reed, Robert and Freddy Rodriguez, and Ken and Theresa Russell.). Question 7s are tough. I think you need a group to solve them.
