Musings of a Dead Parrot

THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. Which moon of Uranus shares its name with one of the Sex and the City women? Pretty sure it is not Charlotte, Carrie. Must be Miranda.
2. What kind of animal is examining the title character in Henri Rousseau's famous painting The Sleeping Gypsy? I guess a tiger. When I think of animals and Rousseau, I think of tigers.
3. Which African country name contains within it (not at the beginning or the end, but embedded in consecutive letters in the middle of the word) the name of another African country? I guess that does not mean Niger and Nigeria. The other country probably has a short name like Togo or Mali. Now I have it - Somalia has Mali within it.
4. What common item is manufactured by compressing powdered gypsum rock into 10-centimeter cylinders? 10 cm is about 4 inches. What comes in a 4 inch cylinder? Is that about the size of a woman's cosmetic? Lipstick, blush, mascara?
5. "Miss Fannie Bright was seated by my side" is the little-sung second verse to what song? no idea but it sounds like a drinking song or something by Stephen Foster.
6. Due to an inscription error on the statuette, what comic strip hero accidentally won the 1938 Best Actor Oscar? the Oscar trivia quiz would love this one. What were the main comics in 1938 - Pogo, Gasoline Alley, Lil Abner? Did Jimmy Stewart win? Clark Gable? Ok, I looked up the nominees and can now clearly see the winner. I don't think I would have come up with Dick Tracy for Spencer Tracy on my own.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. states, and no others? Arizona, California, Maryland, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah, and West Virginia. Ha!! I know this because I asked the question two weeks ago at the quiz. These are the battleships docked at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What did the 'O' originally stand for in the breakfast cereal Cheerios? In 1941, they were originally "Cheeri Oats." "Cheerier than oatmeal" was the implication, I guess. correct
2. Of the U.S. presidents who wear glasses in their White House portraits, which is the only one who never won a Nobel Prize? Teddy Roosevelt, Wilson, and Truman are all wearing glasses in their portraits, and of those three, Truman didn't win a Nobel Prize. So much for glasses making you smarter! the other presidents one might think of with glasses did not wear them for their portraits
3. "If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire" whom? The A-Team! Stupid military court, sending them to prison for a crime THEY DIDN'T EVEN COMMIT! Come on! I was in college when the show was on and did not watch much tv.
4. What liquid flows through the lacrimal canaliculi? Those are your tear ducts. I just think it's more fun to say "lacrimal canaliculi." correct
5. What late science-fiction author was known by the honorary title "Sri Lankabhimanya"? Arthur C. Clarke received this highest honor of the nation of Sri Lanka, where he lived the last fifty-plus years of his life. correct
6. What did Milorad Cavic do in 2008 that was repeatedly scrutinized in 1/10,000-of-a-second detail by the world media? He was the Serbian swimmer somehow out-touched by Michael Phelps at the end of the 100-meter butterfly race in Beijing. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these famous people? Taylor Dayne, Gerald Ford, Bob Hope, Billy Ocean, and Twiggy. They were all born with the first name Leslie...or "Lesley," as some sources have it in Twiggy's case. Errol Flynn and Adam Ant are among the celebrities who quite understandably dropped Leslie as a middle name. correct