Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - February 23
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. Name either of the two airlines that flew the Concorde from 1976 to 2003. British Airways. I believe Air France was the other.
2. What dot-com once operated an indie film distribution company called Red Envelope Entertainment? Red Envelope makes me think of NetFlix. However I do not think of NetFlix as a dot-com.
3. What do you add to rum to make a Cuba Libre? a ticket to America and a green card. Thank you! I'll be here all week. Hmm. I think it is sugar and something tart like lime juice.
4. What former senator and Secretary of War was officially made a U.S. citizen on October 17, 1978? would that be a US or foreign senator and Secretary of War? Was this done posthumously?
5. Inspired by the story in John 20:24-29, Caravaggio painted a 1602 masterpiece called "The Incredulity of" what figure? I like this question even if I don't know the answer. It would be knowable to Biblical scholars and (I hope) guessable by the rest of us. I wonder if this is "The Incredulity of Doubting Thomas."
6. What animal appears on both sides of the letter 'Q' in the band Queen's logo crest, representing John Deacon and Roger Taylor's astrological sign? Lions. Must be Leos.
7. What unusual distinction is represented by this list of countries, in this order? Luxembourg, Turkmenistan, Vatican City, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Malta, Iraq, Syria. I thought this might have something to do with Olympics, but I am quite sure that the Vatican does not have a team. Some old countries there which makes me think of something historical.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. The Painted Lady, Blue Morpho, and Mallow Skipper at all types of what? They're all butterflies. Well bust my buttons.
2. Who famously spent every Oscar night playing clarinet with the New Orleans Marching and Funeral Band at Michael's Pub? For many years, this gig was Woody Allen's excuse for skipping the Oscars. correct
3. The family on the TV show Party of Five was named for what author? R.I.P. J. D. Salinger.
4. What's the only bird represented in the Chinese zodiac? I think "rooster" is the polite way to say this. correct. My placemat at the Chinese place where I had lunch yesterday displayed the Chinese zodiac and said "c*ck."
5. Which Major League Baseball team is named for a law enforcement agency created in 1835? The Texas Rangers are 137 years younger than their cattle-rustler-ropin' namesakes. correct
6. Whose 1948 death was announced with this radio broadcast: "'Bapu,' as we called him, the father of the nation, is no more"? "Bapu" was Mahatma Gandhi's nickname in his native India. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts? Boogie Down Productions, Fairport Convention, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Motorhead, Juice Newton, Stacey Q, The Steve Miller Band, Styx. All are known for songs named for playing cards. For completists: "Jack of Spades," "Jack o'Diamonds," "Queen of Clubs," "Ace of Spades," "Queen of Hearts," "Two of Hearts," "The Joker," and "Queen of Spades." first Q7 I have answered correctly in quite a while.
1. Name either of the two airlines that flew the Concorde from 1976 to 2003. British Airways. I believe Air France was the other.
2. What dot-com once operated an indie film distribution company called Red Envelope Entertainment? Red Envelope makes me think of NetFlix. However I do not think of NetFlix as a dot-com.
3. What do you add to rum to make a Cuba Libre? a ticket to America and a green card. Thank you! I'll be here all week. Hmm. I think it is sugar and something tart like lime juice.
4. What former senator and Secretary of War was officially made a U.S. citizen on October 17, 1978? would that be a US or foreign senator and Secretary of War? Was this done posthumously?
5. Inspired by the story in John 20:24-29, Caravaggio painted a 1602 masterpiece called "The Incredulity of" what figure? I like this question even if I don't know the answer. It would be knowable to Biblical scholars and (I hope) guessable by the rest of us. I wonder if this is "The Incredulity of Doubting Thomas."
6. What animal appears on both sides of the letter 'Q' in the band Queen's logo crest, representing John Deacon and Roger Taylor's astrological sign? Lions. Must be Leos.
7. What unusual distinction is represented by this list of countries, in this order? Luxembourg, Turkmenistan, Vatican City, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Malta, Iraq, Syria. I thought this might have something to do with Olympics, but I am quite sure that the Vatican does not have a team. Some old countries there which makes me think of something historical.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. The Painted Lady, Blue Morpho, and Mallow Skipper at all types of what? They're all butterflies. Well bust my buttons.
2. Who famously spent every Oscar night playing clarinet with the New Orleans Marching and Funeral Band at Michael's Pub? For many years, this gig was Woody Allen's excuse for skipping the Oscars. correct
3. The family on the TV show Party of Five was named for what author? R.I.P. J. D. Salinger.
4. What's the only bird represented in the Chinese zodiac? I think "rooster" is the polite way to say this. correct. My placemat at the Chinese place where I had lunch yesterday displayed the Chinese zodiac and said "c*ck."
5. Which Major League Baseball team is named for a law enforcement agency created in 1835? The Texas Rangers are 137 years younger than their cattle-rustler-ropin' namesakes. correct
6. Whose 1948 death was announced with this radio broadcast: "'Bapu,' as we called him, the father of the nation, is no more"? "Bapu" was Mahatma Gandhi's nickname in his native India. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these musical acts? Boogie Down Productions, Fairport Convention, K.C. and the Sunshine Band, Motorhead, Juice Newton, Stacey Q, The Steve Miller Band, Styx. All are known for songs named for playing cards. For completists: "Jack of Spades," "Jack o'Diamonds," "Queen of Clubs," "Ace of Spades," "Queen of Hearts," "Two of Hearts," "The Joker," and "Queen of Spades." first Q7 I have answered correctly in quite a while.
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#3 - Well, I do think you need lime juice. But you need something else ... something made in Atlanta.
#4 - It has to be posthumous, right? Because I don't know when we stopped calling it "secretary of war", but it wasn't very recent. Was it Knox? Was he not born here?
#5 - I think I know the painting, and I think it's the Biblical figure who denied three times that he knew Jesus.
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#4 - It has to be posthumous, right? Because I don't know when we stopped calling it "secretary of war", but it wasn't very recent. Was it Knox? Was he not born here?
#5 - I think I know the painting, and I think it's the Biblical figure who denied three times that he knew Jesus.
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