Musings of a Dead Parrot

THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What car company honored its founder with the 2002 model called the Enzo? Isn't that Porsche's first name?
2. What TV series' ninety episodes included "Baby, If You Ever Wondered" and "Up and Down the Dial"? I am sure that I am missing a singular clue that will make the answer evident. But it sure is murky now. Clues - "90 episodes included." So it ran for about 4 seasons and is now off the air. Arrested Development would work. Another thought - how long was I Love Lucy on the air? I think it was only about 3 or 4 seasons.
3. The U.S. government will be hiring 1.4 million temporary employees this year and next for what task? the US census
4. On what calendar date every summer is the "Free Slurpee Day" promotion held? July 11 (7/11)
5. "Puddi" brand cat food is a crucial plot point in what hit 2009 film? There is that word again - "hit." I hate these questions because I have seen no movies. Can I poll the audience? Big movies have included Transformers, Up, The Hangover.
6. The village of Panmunjom sits on the border between what two nations? North Korea and South Korea
7. What unsual distinction is shared by these writers? Aeschylus, Louisa May Alcott, Dante, Ben Jonson, Stephenie Meyer, Henry Miller, John Milton, Leonard Nimoy. I think each of them wrote works that have titles that are opposites of one another. I Am Spock/I Am Not Spock. Prometheus Bound/Prometheus Unbound. Little Men/Little Women. Paradise Lost/Paradise Regained. The Inferno/The Paradiso. And so on.

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Who might wear an alb, a surplice, and/or a chasuble? These are all priestly vestments, so they'd be worn by a member of the clergy. Or possibly someone disguising as a member of the clergy, like Nicolas Cage in Face/Off. correct
2. What was the first word in the titles of both the show that gave CBS its highest rated sitcom broadcast of 2005 AND the show that gave UPN its highest-rated sitcom broadcast of 2005? The last episode of Everybody Loves Raymond and the first episode of Everybody Hates Chris both set records for their respective networks in 2005. correct
3. What historical practice took place along the so-called "Middle Passage"? The African slave trade was so named because the slave ships were, shamefully, the middle leg of a trade triangle that also moved molasses and run. correct
4. The famous "gum trees" of Australia are actually what genus of tree? Kookaburra sits in the old gum tree, which was in fact a eucalpytus tree. sort of correct although I never said "final answer"
5. What hit musical is named after a product whose brand name, in the show, is "Ultra Clutch"? Ultra Clutch Hairspray sponsors the Baltimore teen dance show in the Tony-winning Hairspray. I see it now. But I did not think of this last week. Needed another clue or else I needed to have seen the play/movie.
6. What country's largest islands are found in its Galapagos and Guayaquil provinces? Ecuador owns the Galapagos islands, and its large Isla Puna island is located off the coast of its largest city, Guayaquil. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, listed in this order? King Crimson, the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Gang of Four, R.E.M., Joni Mitchell, Matt Bianco, Stone Temple Pilots. They each recorded an album named for one of the colors of the rainbow: respectively, Red, Orange, Yellow (actually an untitled EP, but it was the only Yellow I could find), Green, Blue, Indigo and Purple. I wonder if I should have left off Indigo, since it made the question a lot easier to cheat on, but hey. I trust you people. correct!