Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - June 15
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. According to the Social Security Administration, what first name set a record in 2008 by jumping from the #12,535th most popular baby name all the way up to #2,409? I wish we had a clue as to whether it was male or female name. It could be Sasha or Malia. But I will guess Barack.
2. Who did Carl Denham bring back from Skull Island? King Kong
3. What Austrian physicist proposed his namesake "effect" in his 1842 treatise "On the Colored Lights of the Binary Stars and Some Other Stars of the Heavens"? A guess - Doppler
4. The chemical symbols for bromine and barium appear prominently in the logo of what TV series? Breaking Bad. My current favorite show.
5. Outside of the U.K., what's the world's largest island where English is the official language? is Australia disqualified because continents are not islands? I'll guess the South Island of New Zealand.
6. What's the more common name for the historical event that the Lakota called "the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek"? Little Big Horn
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these pop acts? All-4-One, Cascada, Ray Charles, Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Pet Shop Boys, Helen Reddy, Social Distortion.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What are the only two land-locked provinces or territories of Canada? Alberta and Saskatchewan don't touch the ocean--or, indeed, even the Great Lakes. They do border Montana, and that's about as exciting as it gets for them. 1/2 correct. For some reason, I thought that Manitoba was just east of Alberta.
2. Complete this analogy about TV "mythology." Polar bear : Lost :: kangaroo : _________. A cryptic kangaroo hopped around on ABC's FlashForward. Okay, you got me, I wrote this question months ago and definitely should have run it before the show in question got cancelled. Trivia's like milk: use it now or it goes bad! This question does have an odor.
3. What's the more common name for M31, the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way? That's the Andromeda Galaxy, because all the best galaxies are named after Clash of the Titans characters. correct
4. According to the 1958 rock and roll classic, how many chapters are there in "The Book of Love"? Only four are mentioned: in Chapter Four, you break up but you give her just one more chance. That's not much of an ending, Book of Love. that's not much of a question, KJ.
5. If Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, it will mean that all nine justices went to law school at one of what two universities? If you didn't go to Harvard or Yale, the odds of you getting on the Supreme Court seem to be about the same as your odds of singing with the Supremees. 1/2 correct. I thought that Harvard and Yale was too obvious.
6. What 2010 movie sequel used the tagline "Carrie On" on its movie posters? Sex and the City 2, because "Samantha On" sounded stupid. So did "The Appallingly Rancid and Out-of-Touch Film of the Summer!" correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these nations and no others? Argentina twice, Bangladesh, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, and Sri Lanka. These are the nations that have been led by both halves of a married couple: a president/prime minister and later his wife, or vice versa. It's happened twice in Argentina's history: Juan and Isabel Peron, and then Nestor and (current president) Cristina Kirchner.
1. According to the Social Security Administration, what first name set a record in 2008 by jumping from the #12,535th most popular baby name all the way up to #2,409? I wish we had a clue as to whether it was male or female name. It could be Sasha or Malia. But I will guess Barack.
2. Who did Carl Denham bring back from Skull Island? King Kong
3. What Austrian physicist proposed his namesake "effect" in his 1842 treatise "On the Colored Lights of the Binary Stars and Some Other Stars of the Heavens"? A guess - Doppler
4. The chemical symbols for bromine and barium appear prominently in the logo of what TV series? Breaking Bad. My current favorite show.
5. Outside of the U.K., what's the world's largest island where English is the official language? is Australia disqualified because continents are not islands? I'll guess the South Island of New Zealand.
6. What's the more common name for the historical event that the Lakota called "the Battle of Greasy Grass Creek"? Little Big Horn
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these pop acts? All-4-One, Cascada, Ray Charles, Whitney Houston, Janis Joplin, Pet Shop Boys, Helen Reddy, Social Distortion.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What are the only two land-locked provinces or territories of Canada? Alberta and Saskatchewan don't touch the ocean--or, indeed, even the Great Lakes. They do border Montana, and that's about as exciting as it gets for them. 1/2 correct. For some reason, I thought that Manitoba was just east of Alberta.
2. Complete this analogy about TV "mythology." Polar bear : Lost :: kangaroo : _________. A cryptic kangaroo hopped around on ABC's FlashForward. Okay, you got me, I wrote this question months ago and definitely should have run it before the show in question got cancelled. Trivia's like milk: use it now or it goes bad! This question does have an odor.
3. What's the more common name for M31, the nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way? That's the Andromeda Galaxy, because all the best galaxies are named after Clash of the Titans characters. correct
4. According to the 1958 rock and roll classic, how many chapters are there in "The Book of Love"? Only four are mentioned: in Chapter Four, you break up but you give her just one more chance. That's not much of an ending, Book of Love. that's not much of a question, KJ.
5. If Elena Kagan is confirmed to the Supreme Court, it will mean that all nine justices went to law school at one of what two universities? If you didn't go to Harvard or Yale, the odds of you getting on the Supreme Court seem to be about the same as your odds of singing with the Supremees. 1/2 correct. I thought that Harvard and Yale was too obvious.
6. What 2010 movie sequel used the tagline "Carrie On" on its movie posters? Sex and the City 2, because "Samantha On" sounded stupid. So did "The Appallingly Rancid and Out-of-Touch Film of the Summer!" correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these nations and no others? Argentina twice, Bangladesh, Guyana, Pakistan, Panama, and Sri Lanka. These are the nations that have been led by both halves of a married couple: a president/prime minister and later his wife, or vice versa. It's happened twice in Argentina's history: Juan and Isabel Peron, and then Nestor and (current president) Cristina Kirchner.
