Musings of a Dead Parrot

THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS

1. Who made her film debut as seven-year-old "Tosh" in the 1982 Jon Voight vehicle Lookin' to Get Out? the key here is Jon Voight --> Angelina Jolie
2. Very large factorial numbers always end with a string of what repeated digit?
3. On Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, puppet neighbors X and Henrietta were created as a reference to the best-known poem of what famous Victorian? I watched more of Mr. Robinson's Neighborhood than Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. But one comes to mind - Edward Lear's The Owl and the Pussycat. I also thought of Lewis Carroll, but what would be his best-known poem? Jabborwocky? The Hunting of the Snark? Maybe The Walrus and the Carpenter? I'll go with owl and pussycat.
4. What singer has been nicknamed the "Red Headed Stranger" since the debut of his hit album of that name? Willie Nelson
5. Where are you visiting if you're perusing the "columbarium"? Does this relate to St. Columba? He was from Ireland.
6. What country was ruled by the Sun King from 1643 all the way until 1715? France
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these businesses/brands? ABC, Adidas, Amazon, AT&T, BP, Citibank, Hewlett-Packard, Macy's, Nickelodeon, Pepsi, UPS, Xerox. something about their logos?

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In what U.S. state is Kent State University? I didn't realize this U.S. history/geography question was also the second classic rock question of the week. You're probably not a fan of Mid-American Conference college sports, but you might remember Neil Young's song "Ohio." correct
2. Most of the visible stars in the night sky take their names from what language? The Arabic names for the stars spread to Europe when the Moors conquered Spain. Deneb, Betelgeuse, Aldebaran...all the really awesome star names are Arabic. silly me. I was thinking of constellation names, not stars.
3. Andy Warhol factory members Holly Woodlawn, Candy Darling, Joe Dallesandro, Joe Campbell, and Jackie Curtis were the real people who inspired the five characters in what hit song? Warhol was Lou Reed's manager during the early Velvet Underground days, and these five "Factory" fixtures were immortalized as Holly, Candy, Little Joe, Sugar Plum Fairy, and Jackie in Reed's biggest hit, "Walk on the Wild Side." Doo do doo, da doo, dooo da doo dooo... This might have come to me if I had read sooner than this morning that the Velvet Underground was the house band at Andy Warhol's studio.
4. What huge American multinational does the business press sometimes call "the Blue Oval"? Ford's logo is blue, it's an oval...what else do you need to know? I had actually never heard this slang term before seeing it in a headline last week, but I'm trying to help it catch on. Also, I think more people should call Paul McCartney "Macca," even though I don't really know how to pronounce it. I guess so, but I have never heard this in all my years in business.
5. According to the Bible, what took seven months and seventeen days to arrive at "the mountains of Ararat"? Noah's ark. Fun fact: to this very day, many USAir flights take seven months and seventeen days to get to their destinations as well! correct
6. In 1527, who said, "There lies Peru with its riches; here, Panama, and its poverty. Choose, each man . . . for my part, I go to the south"? This was conqustador Francisco Pizarro, on his way south to conquer the Incas. I hope no Panamanians were offended by Pizarro's little slam here. Given what he did to Peru, maybe you should be glad he left. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these films? The Breakfast Club, The 400 Blows, The Full Monty, Gallipoli, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, The Hustler, The Lives of Others, Network, Ocean's Twelve, Thelma and Louise. All end with a final freeze-frame...some famous and memorable (like Breakfast Club, 400 Blows, Gallipoli, and Thelma and Louise) and others not so much (the one in The Hustler is actually AFTER the credits roll). Left out Butch and Sundance because I thought it might be too easy. Left out Rocky III because I forgot my #1 rule of life: "always mention Rocky III where possible." I don't think Butch and Sundance would have made this too easy.