Musings of a Dead Parrot

THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What did the 'O' originally stand for in the breakfast cereal Cheerios? either oats or the "o" shape of the cereal
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? I can only think of three presidents who won a Nobel prize (Wilson, Teddy Roosevelt and Jimmy Carter). But a lot of presidents may have worn glasses - Taft, FDR, DDE, LBJ, Truman. Which one wore glasses for his portrait? I can picture Taft, DDE and LBJ without their glasses. That gets me down to FDR and Truman.
3. "If you have a problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire" whom? this sounds like a jingle but I don't get a tune in my head.
4. What liquid flows through the lacrimal canaliculi? lacrimal makes me think of lacrimose or weepy. Tears.
5. What late science-fiction author was known by the honorary title "Sri Lankabhimanya"? sounds like someone who may have wished that Sri Lankan medicine was a cut above magic. Arthur C. Clarke.
6. What did Milorad Cavic do in 2008 that was repeatedly scrutinized in 1/10,000-of-a-second detail by the world media? I was looking at that picture this weekend. He is the swimmer who was out-touched at the wall by Michael Phelps at the Olympics in the 100 meter fly.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these famous people? Taylor Dayne, Gerald Ford, Bob Hope, Billy Ocean, and Twiggy. I had to look up Taylor Danye and noted that her original name was Leslie Wunderman. Gerald Ford's and Bob Hope's original first names were also Leslie. I think they were all Leslies of one spelling or another.

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Gumby is green, of course. But what color are his facial features (eyebrows, nose, and mouth)? Eddie Murphy voice: "They're yellow, dammit!" This question brought to you by the Gumby toy on my desk, which I sometimes find myself staring dumbly at whenever I can't come up with a Tuesday Trivia question. I really would not elevate this question to trivial status.
2. What country's prime minister is called the Taoiseach? Ireland...and if you ever meet more than one Taoiseach, the correct plural is "Taoisigh." See all the awkardness I just saved you? I guess I am not as good as I thought as recognizing Gaelic words
3. What 1859 historical novel includes chapters called "Knitting," "Still Knitting," and "The Knitting Done"? Those are references to Madame Defarge's guillotine knitting in Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities. correct
4. What gas are the bubbles in soda pop filled with? Carbon dioxide--which is why it's called "carbonation." correct
5. The mayor of what city in southeastern Turkey has announced plans to sue Warner Bros. and Christopher Nolan for name infringement and contributing to the city's high crime rate? The city of Batman, Turkey is attempting this shakedown. The last time Mayor Huseyin Kalkan tried this, with DC Comics, he actually got a nice settlement...which, it turns out, he might have used to fund terrorism! Well done, Mr. Mayor. I was all around it but did not think of the obvious. Batman just does not sound like a Turkish word.
6. In what kind of retail outlet might you sit down at the "Genius Bar"? At an Apple store. (Or so I hear, anyway...I'm a PC.) correct
7. Based on the unusual distinction they all share, name a Beatles song that could be added to this list of pop songs. "Alive" by Pearl Jam, "Captain Jack" by Billy Joel, "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, "Half a Person" by the Smiths, "Jack and Diane" by John Cougar Mellencamp, "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" by the Band, "Stray Cat Blues" by the Rolling Stones, "Who Do You Love?" by Bo Diddley. All these songs specify the age of someone in the song (either the singer or another character), so the qualifying Beatles songs are "I Saw Her Standing There" ("she was just seventeen") and, of course, "When I'm Sixty-Four." Are there any others? correct