Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - January 19
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What historic African city is home today to neighborhood called the "Hannibal district"?
Carthage
2. What have "Warriors in Pink" survived? breast cancer
3. Of the four Olympic track and field "throwing" events, what's the only one that's not part of the modern decathlon? hammer throw. The decathlon includes javelin, shot and discus.
4. What TV sitcom won three straight Outstanding Lead Actress Emmys in the 1980s...for three different actresses? a guess - Golden Girls. That is one tv show that will almost certainly NOT inspire a big screen version.
5. What plant does copra come from? is that a new clothing material? I seem to recall reading a label on a shirt recently that was partly made of copra. Is this something made from hemp?
6. What was the last name of Jack Donovan, the Universal Studios sound editor who revolutionized the art of post-recording environmental sound effects in movies? I guess it is not Donovan. Sound effects guys are known as Foley artists. So I would say Foley.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, joined in 2008 by Coldplay and Fleet Foxes? Alice Cooper, Crash Test Dummies, Marvin Gaye, Guns N' Roses, New Order, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Pogues, Procul Harum. Is every Q7 actors/performers, states, countries or bands?
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. The storied "Mosquito Coast" makes up the entire east coast of what nation? I'd seen the movie, even read part of the book, and still wasn't sure. The Mosquito Coast is the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, and is named for a local Indian tribes, not for bugs. correct
2. What common pastime are you enjoying if you have a "verso" and a "recto" in front of you? The verso is the left-hand page of a book or other bound publication; the recto is the facing right-hand one. If you have both open in front of you, you're reading. What's your problem, was there nothing good on TV? correct
3. Who starred in both of the two most successful TV series ever (U.S., prime time, non-anthology) whose titles begin with the letter 'U'? A cool coincidence: Robert Stack was in both Unsolved Mysteries and The Untouchables (but not The U.S. Steel Hour, hence the "non-anthology" hedge). correct
4. How many carats is pure gold? Pure gold is 24k. So was the memory in my first computer, I think. correct
5. What "Paris of the East," which the AP called the "world's most dangerous city" in the 1980s, was The New York Times' #1-ranked place to visit in 2009? Beirut is hip now. Note to quiz writers - this is a good question. Just asking "What was the NYT #1 ranked place to visit in 2009?" is tough. But when you add the two other clues, you gives players help that they can use to guess. Even if they get it wrong (as I did), they can think "You know, I still learned something interesting."
6. What hip-hop star did then-candidate Barack Obama reference when he mimed "brushing the dirt" off his shoulders at a 2008 campaign event? "He has some Jay-Z on my iPod," a spokesperson said about the shout-out. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these actors? Ed Asner, Clara Bow, Bryan Brown, Jeremy Davies, Katie Holmes, Matt LeBlanc, Malcolm McDowell, Tim Robbins. All starred in movies with two-letter titles. For the record: Up, It, F/X, CQ, Go, Ed, if..., and IQ. What a film festival that would make! I bet nobody in the history of the world has ever watched Ed and if... back to back. Ugh
1. What historic African city is home today to neighborhood called the "Hannibal district"?
Carthage
2. What have "Warriors in Pink" survived? breast cancer
3. Of the four Olympic track and field "throwing" events, what's the only one that's not part of the modern decathlon? hammer throw. The decathlon includes javelin, shot and discus.
4. What TV sitcom won three straight Outstanding Lead Actress Emmys in the 1980s...for three different actresses? a guess - Golden Girls. That is one tv show that will almost certainly NOT inspire a big screen version.
5. What plant does copra come from? is that a new clothing material? I seem to recall reading a label on a shirt recently that was partly made of copra. Is this something made from hemp?
6. What was the last name of Jack Donovan, the Universal Studios sound editor who revolutionized the art of post-recording environmental sound effects in movies? I guess it is not Donovan. Sound effects guys are known as Foley artists. So I would say Foley.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts, joined in 2008 by Coldplay and Fleet Foxes? Alice Cooper, Crash Test Dummies, Marvin Gaye, Guns N' Roses, New Order, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, the Pogues, Procul Harum. Is every Q7 actors/performers, states, countries or bands?
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. The storied "Mosquito Coast" makes up the entire east coast of what nation? I'd seen the movie, even read part of the book, and still wasn't sure. The Mosquito Coast is the Atlantic coast of Nicaragua, and is named for a local Indian tribes, not for bugs. correct
2. What common pastime are you enjoying if you have a "verso" and a "recto" in front of you? The verso is the left-hand page of a book or other bound publication; the recto is the facing right-hand one. If you have both open in front of you, you're reading. What's your problem, was there nothing good on TV? correct
3. Who starred in both of the two most successful TV series ever (U.S., prime time, non-anthology) whose titles begin with the letter 'U'? A cool coincidence: Robert Stack was in both Unsolved Mysteries and The Untouchables (but not The U.S. Steel Hour, hence the "non-anthology" hedge). correct
4. How many carats is pure gold? Pure gold is 24k. So was the memory in my first computer, I think. correct
5. What "Paris of the East," which the AP called the "world's most dangerous city" in the 1980s, was The New York Times' #1-ranked place to visit in 2009? Beirut is hip now. Note to quiz writers - this is a good question. Just asking "What was the NYT #1 ranked place to visit in 2009?" is tough. But when you add the two other clues, you gives players help that they can use to guess. Even if they get it wrong (as I did), they can think "You know, I still learned something interesting."
6. What hip-hop star did then-candidate Barack Obama reference when he mimed "brushing the dirt" off his shoulders at a 2008 campaign event? "He has some Jay-Z on my iPod," a spokesperson said about the shout-out. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these actors? Ed Asner, Clara Bow, Bryan Brown, Jeremy Davies, Katie Holmes, Matt LeBlanc, Malcolm McDowell, Tim Robbins. All starred in movies with two-letter titles. For the record: Up, It, F/X, CQ, Go, Ed, if..., and IQ. What a film festival that would make! I bet nobody in the history of the world has ever watched Ed and if... back to back. Ugh
