Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - July 13
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What U.S. president's first inaugural address produced the most famous maxim ever coined on "phobophobia"? Phobophobia --> fear of fears --> FDR
2. The orange "smile" icon below the Amazon.com logo connects what two letters in the company's name? The picture that I have in my mind has a smile reaching from the first A to c in com.
3. Chang and Eng Bunker died in North Carolina in 1874. In what modern-day country were they born, in 1811? Siamese twins --> Thailand today
4. Who is the last surviving member of TV's four "Golden Girls"? Betty White
5. What Greek wrote the important treatise "On Floating Bodies," and supposedly discovered one important principle of buoyancy while taking a bath? Archimedes. Eureka!
6. What musical star took her stage name from the word for "birch tree" in her native language? Bjork?
7. What is the significance of these ten nations, listed in this order? Cuba, Syria, Slovenia, New Zealand, China, Australia, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Tuvalu, Dominica.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Lisbeth Salander is well-known for having what tattooed on her shoulder? She's that "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" you've heard so much about. (Assuming you're a fan of Swedish crime novels.) correct
2. Who was the only person ever civilly executed by the State of Israel? Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, hanged in 1962, was Israel's one and only use of capital punishment. correct
3. What #1 hit rock ballad of 1973 was used, without permission, as the theme of the Christian Democratic Union Party during their successful 2005 German election campaign? The Rolling Stones were never asked about Angela Merkel's appropriation of their song "Angie." I wonder if Helen Reddy would have let her use "Angie Baby." Angie hit #1? I don't remember that from listening to Casey Kasem in 1973.
4. "A Piece of Work" is the subtitle of a new documentary about what comedienne? Joan Rivers--the title is a pun referring to Rivers's personality AND her oft-tinkered-with face. I was at the movies last night to see a different film and noticed a title that looked familiar. Then I remembered KJTT and realized that Joan Rivers was the correct answer.
5. What process are you performing if you're filling up canopic jars? Canopic jars held the organs of Egyptian mummies, so you're probably performing some kind of mummification or ritual burial. Or I guess you could have stolen some canopic jars from a museum and used them for your own fiendish purposes--putting up summer preserves, maybe. correct
6. Which two Bay Area professional sports teams started out decades ago as Philadelphia sports teams? The Oakland A's and the Golden State Warriors were once the Philadelphia Athletics and Philadelphia Warriors, respectively. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series? Baretta, Fantasy Island, L.A. Law, Nip/Tuck, Peter Gunn, Picket Fences, The Prisoner, Seinfeld, Twin Peaks, The Wild Wild West. All these shows featured a little person (or "midget," in the case of the older, non-PC ones) in a recurring role. KMac hits the mark again. But I do not remember the little person(s) on LA Law and Seinfeld.
1. What U.S. president's first inaugural address produced the most famous maxim ever coined on "phobophobia"? Phobophobia --> fear of fears --> FDR
2. The orange "smile" icon below the Amazon.com logo connects what two letters in the company's name? The picture that I have in my mind has a smile reaching from the first A to c in com.
3. Chang and Eng Bunker died in North Carolina in 1874. In what modern-day country were they born, in 1811? Siamese twins --> Thailand today
4. Who is the last surviving member of TV's four "Golden Girls"? Betty White
5. What Greek wrote the important treatise "On Floating Bodies," and supposedly discovered one important principle of buoyancy while taking a bath? Archimedes. Eureka!
6. What musical star took her stage name from the word for "birch tree" in her native language? Bjork?
7. What is the significance of these ten nations, listed in this order? Cuba, Syria, Slovenia, New Zealand, China, Australia, Tajikistan, Venezuela, Tuvalu, Dominica.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Lisbeth Salander is well-known for having what tattooed on her shoulder? She's that "Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" you've heard so much about. (Assuming you're a fan of Swedish crime novels.) correct
2. Who was the only person ever civilly executed by the State of Israel? Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, hanged in 1962, was Israel's one and only use of capital punishment. correct
3. What #1 hit rock ballad of 1973 was used, without permission, as the theme of the Christian Democratic Union Party during their successful 2005 German election campaign? The Rolling Stones were never asked about Angela Merkel's appropriation of their song "Angie." I wonder if Helen Reddy would have let her use "Angie Baby." Angie hit #1? I don't remember that from listening to Casey Kasem in 1973.
4. "A Piece of Work" is the subtitle of a new documentary about what comedienne? Joan Rivers--the title is a pun referring to Rivers's personality AND her oft-tinkered-with face. I was at the movies last night to see a different film and noticed a title that looked familiar. Then I remembered KJTT and realized that Joan Rivers was the correct answer.
5. What process are you performing if you're filling up canopic jars? Canopic jars held the organs of Egyptian mummies, so you're probably performing some kind of mummification or ritual burial. Or I guess you could have stolen some canopic jars from a museum and used them for your own fiendish purposes--putting up summer preserves, maybe. correct
6. Which two Bay Area professional sports teams started out decades ago as Philadelphia sports teams? The Oakland A's and the Golden State Warriors were once the Philadelphia Athletics and Philadelphia Warriors, respectively. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series? Baretta, Fantasy Island, L.A. Law, Nip/Tuck, Peter Gunn, Picket Fences, The Prisoner, Seinfeld, Twin Peaks, The Wild Wild West. All these shows featured a little person (or "midget," in the case of the older, non-PC ones) in a recurring role. KMac hits the mark again. But I do not remember the little person(s) on LA Law and Seinfeld.
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