Friday, November 09, 2007
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - November 6
THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
1. The family on TV's Married...with Children was named in honor of what wrestler? I have no idea but if I think of old time wrestlers, the first one that comes to mind is Gorgeous George. Can't think of another Bundy except for the serial killer Ted.
2. "Theobromine," meaning "food of the gods," is the stimulant found in what substance?
3. What Best Picture-winning film was based on the short story collection Rope Burns? ooh, ooh, I know this one! Million Dollar Baby.
4. Who spent 1994 stocking shelves for minimum wage at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Cedar Falls, Iowa? I know another one! Kurt Warner former QB at Northern Iowa and now a Super Bowl champ
5. What peninsular nation is home to Al-Jazeera, whose name means "the peninsula"? Qatar
6. What did Emily Dickinson call "the thing with feathers"? Hope?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these famous people? Diamond Jim Brady, Rosey Grier, Woody Guthrie, Howlin' Wolf, Ted Lilly, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dwight Yoakam, and Andrew Young.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What university borrowed the name for its sports teams from the Greek word for "what"? That's Georgetown's official line as to just what a "Hoya" is. correct
2. What does it mean when a 'Q' is appended to the end of a company's stock ticker symbol? If you end with a 'Q', you're in bankruptcy. Unless you're Qwest or someone, and your ticker symbol is *supposed* to end with Q. I thought Q related to NASDAQ. Well now I know better.
3. What two U.S. states have musical instruments pictured on their state quarters? Louisiana has a jazz trumpet, and Tennessee has a country/blues combo: guitar, trumpet, and fiddle. correct
4. Except for its 2004 pilot, what TV show has titled all fifty of its episodes (to date) to begin with the same letter? Every episode of The L Word starts with the same letter. I can't remember which one. I looked this up so it does not count
5. What natural Earth phenomenon can reach a temperature of 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, five times hotter than the surface of the sun? A bolt of lightning. wow!
6. What director also wrote short fiction under the pen name "Ann Gora"? The incomparable Ed Wood had the fetish in question. I was trying to think of a director whose last name might be a play on wool or goat or something. Not in the right ballpark.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all of these famous paintings? Breughel's The Peasant Wedding, Constable's The Haywain, Courbet's Burial at Ornans, Manet's Luncheon of the Boating Party, Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Titian's Venus of Urbino, Van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding, Velazquez's Las Meninas. Renoir/Manet slip-up aside, all eight paintings depict man's best friend, a dog, in addition to the human subjects. correct. It was easy once you actually reviewed the paintings.
1. The family on TV's Married...with Children was named in honor of what wrestler? I have no idea but if I think of old time wrestlers, the first one that comes to mind is Gorgeous George. Can't think of another Bundy except for the serial killer Ted.
2. "Theobromine," meaning "food of the gods," is the stimulant found in what substance?
3. What Best Picture-winning film was based on the short story collection Rope Burns? ooh, ooh, I know this one! Million Dollar Baby.
4. Who spent 1994 stocking shelves for minimum wage at a Hy-Vee grocery store in Cedar Falls, Iowa? I know another one! Kurt Warner former QB at Northern Iowa and now a Super Bowl champ
5. What peninsular nation is home to Al-Jazeera, whose name means "the peninsula"? Qatar
6. What did Emily Dickinson call "the thing with feathers"? Hope?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these famous people? Diamond Jim Brady, Rosey Grier, Woody Guthrie, Howlin' Wolf, Ted Lilly, Cristiano Ronaldo, Dwight Yoakam, and Andrew Young.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What university borrowed the name for its sports teams from the Greek word for "what"? That's Georgetown's official line as to just what a "Hoya" is. correct
2. What does it mean when a 'Q' is appended to the end of a company's stock ticker symbol? If you end with a 'Q', you're in bankruptcy. Unless you're Qwest or someone, and your ticker symbol is *supposed* to end with Q. I thought Q related to NASDAQ. Well now I know better.
3. What two U.S. states have musical instruments pictured on their state quarters? Louisiana has a jazz trumpet, and Tennessee has a country/blues combo: guitar, trumpet, and fiddle. correct
4. Except for its 2004 pilot, what TV show has titled all fifty of its episodes (to date) to begin with the same letter? Every episode of The L Word starts with the same letter. I can't remember which one. I looked this up so it does not count
5. What natural Earth phenomenon can reach a temperature of 50,000 degrees Fahrenheit, five times hotter than the surface of the sun? A bolt of lightning. wow!
6. What director also wrote short fiction under the pen name "Ann Gora"? The incomparable Ed Wood had the fetish in question. I was trying to think of a director whose last name might be a play on wool or goat or something. Not in the right ballpark.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all of these famous paintings? Breughel's The Peasant Wedding, Constable's The Haywain, Courbet's Burial at Ornans, Manet's Luncheon of the Boating Party, Rembrandt's The Night Watch, Titian's Venus of Urbino, Van Eyck's Arnolfini Wedding, Velazquez's Las Meninas. Renoir/Manet slip-up aside, all eight paintings depict man's best friend, a dog, in addition to the human subjects. correct. It was easy once you actually reviewed the paintings.
