Musings of a Dead Parrot

THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. Lisbeth Salander is well-known for having what tattooed on her shoulder? Is this a character from Stieg Larson's novel? Is she the girl with the dragon tattoo?
2. Who was the only person ever civilly executed by the State of Israel? I can think of two candidates - Adolph Eichmann and the guy who assassinated Shimon Peres. I'll go with Eichmann.
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? Rock ballad from 1973? geez, give us a clue to help guess. What would appeal to a German Christian Democratic Union Party member? Stairway to Heaven?
4. "A Piece of Work" is the subtitle of a new documentary about what comedienne? Is this a catchphrase? If so, I don't recognize to whom it belongs. Of the comediennes I can think of, this sounds like Roseanne Barr. I can hear her saying something like that.
5. What process are you performing if you're filling up canopic jars? you see canopic jars at the Getty Villa. I think they were used in Egyptian burials. So you would be preparing to bury someone.
6. Which two Bay Area professional sports teams started out decades ago as Philadelphia sports teams? Oakland (nee Philadelphia by way of Kansas City) A's. Golden State (nee Philadelphia) Warriors.
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.

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What musical instrument is also called the "lepatata" in the Tswana and Sesotho languages? In other South African languages, it called a vuvuzela, which is Zulu for "BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ!!!!" correct
2. Bret Easton Ellis's first novel and its recent sequel are both named for works by what singer-songwriter? The two books are Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms, but Elvis Costello doesn't see a cent. correct
3. In what part of his body would you find a man's cervix? Guys, you didn't know you had a cervix? What about "cervical vertebrae," does that ring a bell? Your cervix is the back of your neck--in fact, the female cervix is so named only because it's the "neck," so to speak, of the uterus. this question misled me. I took it to mean that a man had a cervix in a place where a woman did not. Turned out that women just have two cervices.
4. What nation joined the "Group of Seven" in 1997 to form the G8? Russia is the newest member, which means it still has to serve coffee to all the others at meetings. Don't rub it in, Canada and Italy! correct
5. Who was the only Olympian god in Greek mythology to have the same name as his Roman counterpart? No matter where you go, Apollo is Apollo is Apollo. Otherwise, Apollo Creed would have had to box under a different name in Rome. As I suspected, the Jeopardy guys knew this.
6. What legendary American entertainer merged his business with that of rival James Bailey in 1881? P. T. Barnum at least got to keep his name first on the company letterhead. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these legendary writers? Maxwell Anderson, Raymond Chandler, Ed McBain, Dorothy Parker, Robert Sherwood, John Steinbeck, Thornton Wilder. It's odd how many first-rate literary minds of the century (Steinbeck, Wilder, Dorothy Parker) also wrote screenplays for Alfred Hitchcock, perhaps the least writer-friendly director in the annals of Hollywood. correct!