Tuesday, November 09, 2010
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - November 9
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What hero of the 2000 World Cup died last month in Oberhausen, Germany? Paul The Octopus who Has Merely Become More Powerful Than You Could Possibly Imagine
2. In the Rolling Stones song "Satisfaction," what type of product does the singer watch a TV commercial for?
3. How many hours' difference is there between Pacific Standard Time and Atlantic Standard Time? 4 hours. Atlantic is one hour east of Eastern
4. What TV series recently replaced the "Welcome to" text in its credits with the phrase "Badly Titled"? South Park? Or is this The Simpsons episode where Banksy did the opening credits?
5. Five years of whose journal are often published under the title The Voyage of the Beagle? Snoopy. No wait. Charles Darwin
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? holidays can be stressful for a relationship so the days around holidays like Valentine's Day, Xmas, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day, etc. might be more common for breakups. How about a nice non-stressful day like St. Patrick's Day.
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? I'll admit that I am kind of bored with presidential trivia. Interesting that Benjamin Harrison is included but not William Henry and Teddy Roosevelt but not FDR.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What does a "tasseomancer" read? The dregs at the bottom of a cup--most commonly tea leaves. "Tasse" is a French word for cup, as you might recall from the word "demitasse." correct
2. What music star's debut was a 2001 Christian pop album self-titled with her birth name, which she then changed to avoid confusion with actress Kate Hudson? Lots of guesses here for Jennifer Hudson, which I hadn't considered but is a great guess. The real Christian-pop veteran is none other than Katy Perry, nee "Katy Hudson." others thought as I did
3. "The Rise and Fall of" what public figure are being told in a new documentary titled Client 9? Former New York governor/prostitute connoisseur Eliot Spitzer. correct
4. What one river flows through the canyons for which two different U.S. national parks are named? The Colorado River forms the Grand Canyon, of course, but it also forms much of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. correct
5. Last month, the U.S. Senate voted to have the FCC regulate, for the first time, the volume of what? TV commercials will be getting quieter. Geico will be replacing their caveman with a librarian. correct
6. What *two* 1980 biopics reach their emotional climax with the protagonist bellowing, "I am not an animal!", despite both having animals in the titles? Weirdly, they're both black and white as well, a rarity in 1980. The movies are Raging Bull and The Elephant Man. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these athletes in the four major North American sports associations, and no others? Barry Bonds, Billy Burch, Wilt Chamberlain, Eddie Collins, LeBron James, Moses Malone, and Alex Rodriguez? These are all the athletes who switched teams while they were still a reigning league MVP. I had originally planned to include Wayne Gretzky, which I thought would make the question easier...only to discover that the year of The Trade was the one year Lemieux edged him out as MVP. Ah well. correct
1. What hero of the 2000 World Cup died last month in Oberhausen, Germany? Paul The Octopus who Has Merely Become More Powerful Than You Could Possibly Imagine
2. In the Rolling Stones song "Satisfaction," what type of product does the singer watch a TV commercial for?
3. How many hours' difference is there between Pacific Standard Time and Atlantic Standard Time? 4 hours. Atlantic is one hour east of Eastern
4. What TV series recently replaced the "Welcome to" text in its credits with the phrase "Badly Titled"? South Park? Or is this The Simpsons episode where Banksy did the opening credits?
5. Five years of whose journal are often published under the title The Voyage of the Beagle? Snoopy. No wait. Charles Darwin
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? holidays can be stressful for a relationship so the days around holidays like Valentine's Day, Xmas, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day, etc. might be more common for breakups. How about a nice non-stressful day like St. Patrick's Day.
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? I'll admit that I am kind of bored with presidential trivia. Interesting that Benjamin Harrison is included but not William Henry and Teddy Roosevelt but not FDR.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What does a "tasseomancer" read? The dregs at the bottom of a cup--most commonly tea leaves. "Tasse" is a French word for cup, as you might recall from the word "demitasse." correct
2. What music star's debut was a 2001 Christian pop album self-titled with her birth name, which she then changed to avoid confusion with actress Kate Hudson? Lots of guesses here for Jennifer Hudson, which I hadn't considered but is a great guess. The real Christian-pop veteran is none other than Katy Perry, nee "Katy Hudson." others thought as I did
3. "The Rise and Fall of" what public figure are being told in a new documentary titled Client 9? Former New York governor/prostitute connoisseur Eliot Spitzer. correct
4. What one river flows through the canyons for which two different U.S. national parks are named? The Colorado River forms the Grand Canyon, of course, but it also forms much of Canyonlands National Park in Utah. correct
5. Last month, the U.S. Senate voted to have the FCC regulate, for the first time, the volume of what? TV commercials will be getting quieter. Geico will be replacing their caveman with a librarian. correct
6. What *two* 1980 biopics reach their emotional climax with the protagonist bellowing, "I am not an animal!", despite both having animals in the titles? Weirdly, they're both black and white as well, a rarity in 1980. The movies are Raging Bull and The Elephant Man. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these athletes in the four major North American sports associations, and no others? Barry Bonds, Billy Burch, Wilt Chamberlain, Eddie Collins, LeBron James, Moses Malone, and Alex Rodriguez? These are all the athletes who switched teams while they were still a reigning league MVP. I had originally planned to include Wayne Gretzky, which I thought would make the question easier...only to discover that the year of The Trade was the one year Lemieux edged him out as MVP. Ah well. correct
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