Tuesday, June 03, 2008
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - June 3
THIS WEEK'S QUIZ
1. Maltese, Westie, and Bichon Frise dog breeds all share what color of coat? White. At least, that is the color of Bear's coat.
2. What movie begins with a screen showing the dictionary definition of the word "replicant"? sounds to me like Blade Runner
3. What island is home to Europe's largest volcano? Mt. Etna?? Sicily?
4. The tiny Yorkshire village of Loxley is most famous as the birthplace of what legendary figure? Robin of Loxley (call me Hood. Robin Hood).
5. What rock star recently recorded a new album with his old band Mudcrutch, which broke up in 1975? Tom Petty. I have the album and like it a lot.
6. In 1997, at South Africa's Pietermaritzburg Railway Station, Nelson Mandela awarded a posthumous honor on what other activist? posthumous? I guess Steven Biko
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these NBA stars, and no others? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Nate Archibald, Charles Barkley, Wilt Chamberlain, Clyde Drexler, Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, Bob Lanier, Pete Maravich, Earl Monroe, Oscar Robertson, and Nate Thurmond.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In 1866, what Scottish nobleman co-founded the Amateur Athletic Club, an influential sponsor of London boxing matches? John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry, helped give boxing his namesake rules. correct
2. The 11th-highest grossing movie of 1984 and the fourth-highest grossing movie of 1985 both had what color in their titles? The movies are Purple Rain and The Color Purple, respectively. The Purple Rose of Cairo came out in 1985 too, but made a much smaller box office splash. correct
3. Benjamin D. Foulois led the first air combat mission in U.S. history, while searching for what man? Pancho Villa, on the run in Mexico. correct
4. What do Americans call the asterism that's known as the Plough in Britain? The Big Dipper. (An asterism is any grouping of stars not a constellation.) correct
5. What body of water is home to the Uros Indians, who live on 42 floating reed islands on its surface? A few hundred Uros still live on islands floating on the surface of South America's Lake Titicaca. right continent, wrong body of water
6. Hollywood couple Xander Berkeley and Sarah Clarke met while he was playing her boss on what TV show? Clarke played Nina Meyers and Berkeley her boss, George Mason, on 24. had no idea on this one
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries, and no others? Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France (six times), Greece (five times), Italy (13 times), Lebanon, Libya, Spain, Syria, Turkey (four times), and the U.K. (13 times)? A real toughie, as intended. These are the modern-day countries where Shakespeare set his plays, as near as we can tell. (Modern Croatia is where Illyria, the setting for Twelfth Night, is centered, for example, and The Winter's Tale is set partially in Bohemia--the Czech Republic, today--though Shakespeare famously gave the landlocked kingdom a seacoast!) Yes, this was tough.
1. Maltese, Westie, and Bichon Frise dog breeds all share what color of coat? White. At least, that is the color of Bear's coat.
2. What movie begins with a screen showing the dictionary definition of the word "replicant"? sounds to me like Blade Runner
3. What island is home to Europe's largest volcano? Mt. Etna?? Sicily?
4. The tiny Yorkshire village of Loxley is most famous as the birthplace of what legendary figure? Robin of Loxley (call me Hood. Robin Hood).
5. What rock star recently recorded a new album with his old band Mudcrutch, which broke up in 1975? Tom Petty. I have the album and like it a lot.
6. In 1997, at South Africa's Pietermaritzburg Railway Station, Nelson Mandela awarded a posthumous honor on what other activist? posthumous? I guess Steven Biko
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these NBA stars, and no others? Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Nate Archibald, Charles Barkley, Wilt Chamberlain, Clyde Drexler, Julius Erving, Michael Jordan, Bob Lanier, Pete Maravich, Earl Monroe, Oscar Robertson, and Nate Thurmond.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In 1866, what Scottish nobleman co-founded the Amateur Athletic Club, an influential sponsor of London boxing matches? John Sholto Douglas, the 9th Marquess of Queensberry, helped give boxing his namesake rules. correct
2. The 11th-highest grossing movie of 1984 and the fourth-highest grossing movie of 1985 both had what color in their titles? The movies are Purple Rain and The Color Purple, respectively. The Purple Rose of Cairo came out in 1985 too, but made a much smaller box office splash. correct
3. Benjamin D. Foulois led the first air combat mission in U.S. history, while searching for what man? Pancho Villa, on the run in Mexico. correct
4. What do Americans call the asterism that's known as the Plough in Britain? The Big Dipper. (An asterism is any grouping of stars not a constellation.) correct
5. What body of water is home to the Uros Indians, who live on 42 floating reed islands on its surface? A few hundred Uros still live on islands floating on the surface of South America's Lake Titicaca. right continent, wrong body of water
6. Hollywood couple Xander Berkeley and Sarah Clarke met while he was playing her boss on what TV show? Clarke played Nina Meyers and Berkeley her boss, George Mason, on 24. had no idea on this one
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries, and no others? Austria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, France (six times), Greece (five times), Italy (13 times), Lebanon, Libya, Spain, Syria, Turkey (four times), and the U.K. (13 times)? A real toughie, as intended. These are the modern-day countries where Shakespeare set his plays, as near as we can tell. (Modern Croatia is where Illyria, the setting for Twelfth Night, is centered, for example, and The Winter's Tale is set partially in Bohemia--the Czech Republic, today--though Shakespeare famously gave the landlocked kingdom a seacoast!) Yes, this was tough.
