Tuesday, November 16, 2010
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - November 16
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. Since Switzerland joined the United Nations in 2002, what has become the only nonmember "permanent observer" state of the U.N.? The Palestinian Authority?
2. What product has recently advertised itself by coining new words like "Peanutopolis," "Satisfectellent," and "Hungerectomy"? peanuts, satisfies, hunger ---> Snickers
3. What major North American sports team is planning a 2012 move from its current city to New York City, which will make it the first team to play in Brooklyn since the Dodgers moved? the NJ Nets
4. What substance was once classified into a "yellow" variety, actually a fossil resin, and a "gray" variety, actually a precious oil from sperm whales? fossil resin ---> amber
5. The Los Angeles Police Department retired its badge number 714 to honor the 1982 death of what TV actor? Jack Webb
6. The Greek island of Patmos is home to a much-visited cave in which, according to tradition, what religious figure once lived? don't know that I have heard of this before. Mohammad? Jesus? Abraham?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these music acts and no others? Jimmy Buffett, the Grateful Dead, B. B. King, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and now Pearl Jam? does this relate to awards? What has Pearl Jam done lately to be added to this list?
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What hero of the 2010 World Cup died last month in Oberhausen, Germany? Paul the amazing match-predicting octopus died at the ripe old (for octopi) age of two. He is survived by his American counterpart, Arnie the Point-Shaving Squid. correct
2. In the Rolling Stones song "Satisfaction," what type of product does the singer watch a TV commercial for? Well, the spokesperson tells Mick "how white (his) shirts could be," so I assume it's either detergent or bleach. I guess this is trivia. Even though I love music I am singularly uninterested in knowing the answer to this question
3. How many hours' difference is there between Pacific Standard Time and Atlantic Standard Time? A (very) little trick here: Atlantic Standard Time isn't the Eastern Seaboard time zone; that's Eastern Stanedard Time, of course. Atlantic Standard Time is one more zone eastward, mostly Newfoundland and some Caribbean islands, so it's four hours east of Pacific time. correct
4. What TV series recently replaced the "Welcome to" text in its credits with the phrase "Badly Titled"? Cougar Town flirted with changing its title to equally terrible alternatives like "The Cul de Sac" and "Neighborhooding" before deciding to stick with the cougar that brung 'em. Yawn
5. Five years of whose journal are often published under the title The Voyage of the Beagle? A young Charles Darwin was the naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle. correct
6. A recent study of ten thousand Facebook status updates revealed that what day of the year is the single least likely day for a relationship to break up? Christmas is the safest day of the year for relationships, but the run-up to Christmas is, along with the week after Valentine's Day, the the most popular season of the year for breakups. I think a more interesting question would have been the day of the year that is the likeliest for a break up
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. presidents, and no others? Arthur, Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, Benjamin Harrison, Hayes, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Taft? Not a hard one this week: these are all the presidents who wore facial hair in office. I'm not counting Bush 41's muttonchops, since it turns out those only existed in a dream I had once. Alex named that tune in one note
1. Since Switzerland joined the United Nations in 2002, what has become the only nonmember "permanent observer" state of the U.N.? The Palestinian Authority?
2. What product has recently advertised itself by coining new words like "Peanutopolis," "Satisfectellent," and "Hungerectomy"? peanuts, satisfies, hunger ---> Snickers
3. What major North American sports team is planning a 2012 move from its current city to New York City, which will make it the first team to play in Brooklyn since the Dodgers moved? the NJ Nets
4. What substance was once classified into a "yellow" variety, actually a fossil resin, and a "gray" variety, actually a precious oil from sperm whales? fossil resin ---> amber
5. The Los Angeles Police Department retired its badge number 714 to honor the 1982 death of what TV actor? Jack Webb
6. The Greek island of Patmos is home to a much-visited cave in which, according to tradition, what religious figure once lived? don't know that I have heard of this before. Mohammad? Jesus? Abraham?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these music acts and no others? Jimmy Buffett, the Grateful Dead, B. B. King, Willie Nelson, Elvis Presley, Frank Sinatra, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, and now Pearl Jam? does this relate to awards? What has Pearl Jam done lately to be added to this list?
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What hero of the 2010 World Cup died last month in Oberhausen, Germany? Paul the amazing match-predicting octopus died at the ripe old (for octopi) age of two. He is survived by his American counterpart, Arnie the Point-Shaving Squid. correct
2. In the Rolling Stones song "Satisfaction," what type of product does the singer watch a TV commercial for? Well, the spokesperson tells Mick "how white (his) shirts could be," so I assume it's either detergent or bleach. I guess this is trivia. Even though I love music I am singularly uninterested in knowing the answer to this question
3. How many hours' difference is there between Pacific Standard Time and Atlantic Standard Time? A (very) little trick here: Atlantic Standard Time isn't the Eastern Seaboard time zone; that's Eastern Stanedard Time, of course. Atlantic Standard Time is one more zone eastward, mostly Newfoundland and some Caribbean islands, so it's four hours east of Pacific time. correct
4. What TV series recently replaced the "Welcome to" text in its credits with the phrase "Badly Titled"? Cougar Town flirted with changing its title to equally terrible alternatives like "The Cul de Sac" and "Neighborhooding" before deciding to stick with the cougar that brung 'em. Yawn
5. Five years of whose journal are often published under the title The Voyage of the Beagle? A young Charles Darwin was the naturalist aboard the HMS Beagle. correct
6. A recent study of ten thousand Facebook status updates revealed that what day of the year is the single least likely day for a relationship to break up? Christmas is the safest day of the year for relationships, but the run-up to Christmas is, along with the week after Valentine's Day, the the most popular season of the year for breakups. I think a more interesting question would have been the day of the year that is the likeliest for a break up
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. presidents, and no others? Arthur, Cleveland, Garfield, Grant, Benjamin Harrison, Hayes, Lincoln, Theodore Roosevelt, and Taft? Not a hard one this week: these are all the presidents who wore facial hair in office. I'm not counting Bush 41's muttonchops, since it turns out those only existed in a dream I had once. Alex named that tune in one note
Comments:
<< Home
#1 -- I recall Beth asking this one at Pub Quiz. I've actually been to this country. It's one of those you don't have to go through customs to walk into.
#6 -- I have a guess. Big hint: it's a "she."
#7 -- Buh? What has Pearl Jam done recently, indeed?
#6 -- I have a guess. Big hint: it's a "she."
#7 -- Buh? What has Pearl Jam done recently, indeed?
#1 - Vatican City?
#6 - Virgin Mary. Big hint indeed. Perhaps that is what all of the Madonna in the Grotto paintings are intended to depict?
#7 - what has Pearl Jam done recently that would put it in the company of Jimmy Buffett among others?
#6 - Virgin Mary. Big hint indeed. Perhaps that is what all of the Madonna in the Grotto paintings are intended to depict?
#7 - what has Pearl Jam done recently that would put it in the company of Jimmy Buffett among others?
#6 - Not the woman I was thinking of ...
#7 - I'm intrigued by the fact that there are no others, too.
#7 - I'm intrigued by the fact that there are no others, too.
Whoops! I have number 6 totally wrong. Darn it, I should have gotten it from "Patmos." Anyway, it's a dude.
Alex: My first thought was Medusa, which I'm thinking was also yours. Upon thinking about it some more, the correct answer was revealed.
I'm a huge Pearl Jam fan and can't even get off the ground with #7.
I'm a huge Pearl Jam fan and can't even get off the ground with #7.
I was actually thinking about the Oracle at Delphi for #6, since I had heard she lived in a cave and sniffed fumes to tell the future. But it appears Delphi is on the mainland.
Post a Comment
<< Home
