Musings of a Dead Parrot

THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
1. Alicia Keys' hit song "Fallin'" is written in E minor. But, according to its album's title, what key *should* it be sung in? never heard the song or the album so I'll guess - C major
2. What item must be manufactured by Victorinox or Wenger to be official? Swiss army knife
3. Though many were filmed there, what's the only Best Picture-winning film *set* principally in Los Angeles? a most undeserving Best Picture - Crash
4. What word comes to us from the Pennsylvania German for "running around"? cuckold?
5. What river provided the water for Handel's Water Music? Danube?
6. In 1968, what movie did NBC promote with a Joe Namath quote: "I didn't get a chance to see it, but I heard it was great"? this was the year when NBC preempted the end of a Jets-Raiders game with the movie Heidi. So that is my guess - Heidi.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries, and no others? Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Haiti, Italy, Japan, Portugal, Spain, the UK, and the US?

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Name one of the two U.S. states in which it's illegal to pump your own gas. Oregon and New Jersey still have the powerful minimum-wage gas-pumpers' lobby propping up these stupid laws. Correct - I knew both of them
2. What medical procedure do the Germans call the kaiserschnitt, or "emperor's cut"? The name is almost identical in the English translation: a Cesarean section. Perhaps I should have been able to work this out
3. What peninsula makes up the mainland side of the city of Hong Kong? Kowloon
4. What TV show's theme song was called "The Fishin' Hole"? If you whistle a few bars, maybe I can fake it: it's The Andy Griffith Show. correct
5. Who's the only U.S. president ever sworn into office using a nickname? James Earl Carter had the Chief Justice use "Jimmy." Yeesh, even Bill Clinton used "William Jefferson." How were we supposed to choose this correct answer among the many candidates? I guess you could rationalize that the first president from the Deep South would be less formal.
6. What sports team's stars included Kelly Leak, Tanner Boyle, Amanda Whurlizer, and Ahmad Abdul-Rahim? The Bad News Bears--or the Chico's Bail Bonds Bears, if you prefer. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these literary works? Chocolat, The Color Purple, Going After Cacciato, The Iliad, The Maltese Falcon, The Old Man and the Sea, The Sheltering Sky, and The Woman Warrior. Each has a major character who shares his or her name with a world capital (Muscat, Sofia, Berlin, Paris, Cairo, Santiago, Port Moresby, and Kingston, respectively).

# posted by The O'Brien's Team @ 1:58 PM