Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - February 19
THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
1. What two words that can each mean "a lock of hair" are also the first names of voice actors on The Simpsons? I thought first of Hank Azaria. But the second one can't be Harry Shearer. Hairy is an adjective, not a noun. Thanks to imdb, I now know that one of the voice actors is Tress MacNeille.
2. Whose Westminster, Maryland pumpkin patch was named a national historic landmark in 1988?
3. What's the only NFL team that now plays a game every season outside the U.S.? I think that the Giants and Dolphins played at Wembley this past season. Could be one of them unless the "game" is an exhibition game and this refers to a team like the Cowboys playing in Mexico.
4. What did an Arles, France prostitute named Rachel receive wrapped in newspaper as an early Christmas gift on December 23, 1888? Vincent Van Gogh's ear
5. Because of the posture it requires, what household fixture takes its name from a French word for "pony"?
6. Jain monks of the Digambara sect are unusual in that they wear what?
7. Who comes last in this sequence? Cloris Leachman, Ellen Burstyn, Tatum O'Neal, Valerie Perrine, Carol Kane, Mariel Hemingway, Cathy Moriarty, ______.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What estate sits just four miles away from Thrushcross Grange? It's Wuthering Heights. Wuthering Heights : Thrushcross Grange :: Tara : Twelve Oaks. I was right about 19th century British novels but I had the wrong one.
2. Who was named the First Viscount of Alamein in 1946? General Bernard Montgomery was so honored his victory at El Alamein. I'm a little leery of these made-up titles though. Could Victoria Beckham be made First Duchess of Posh? Will Daniel Day-Lewis be the Earl of Milkshakes? grr - I guessed the wrong WWII general
3. What's the only hard part of an octopus's body? Its beak. correct
4. Who invented the famous paper bucket still used by KFC today, despite being more closely associated with a different fast food chain? Dave "Wendy's" Thomas, back when he was still a KFC franchisee. correct
5. What nation, whose borders closely hug its namesake river, is the smallest on the African continent? The Gambia, though the Seychelles are smaller if you're counting islands as well.
6. What rock star, appropriately, plays himself in Jerry Seinfeld's Bee Movie? Sting is outed as "Gordon Sumner" on the witness stand in that flick. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "The Battle of New Orleans" by Johnny Horton, "Can It Be All So Simple" by Wu-Tang, "Fade Away and Radiate" by Blondie, "Hotel California" by the Eagles, "Let There Be Rock" by AC/DC, "Love Potion No. 9" by the Clovers, "Mustang Sally" by Wilson Pickett, and "Night Moves" by Bob Seger. All name specific years in the lyrics--1814 in "Battle of New Orleans," 1969 in "Hotel California," etc. Yea!! I got another question 7 correct
