Tuesday, February 01, 2011
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - February 1
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What country's ten-centavo piece features the Southern Cross on one side and Emperor Pedro I on the other? is this a South American country? Chile?
2. Many Disney animated films have had straight-to-video sequels, but name either of the (non-Pixar) two that have had *theatrical* sequels released. Fantasia comes to mind right away. Tron doesn't count as animated, does it?
3. What unit of geologic time can be divided into between three and six smaller units called periods? a guess - Epochs
4. Since 2009, who has been the owner of the Shanghai Sharks? no idea what sport, but it has to be Yao Ming
5. What well-known American senator of the 1950s has a name that becomes that of a different senator of his era--an ideological rival, though from a neighboring state--if you remove the first word of his full name? well-known senator of the 1950s --> Joe McCarthy? He would definitely have ideological rivals.
6. What TV duo of the 1990s was featured in a reference book called the "Ensucklopedia"? sure sounds like Beavis and Butthead
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others? Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Spain, and Syria? Lot of Mediterranean countries plus Armenia, Ethiopia and India.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What kind of geographic feature can have a "calving face"? Calving is the production of icebergs from glaciers, ice shelves, and the like. correct
2. Hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa dedicated his recent hit "Black and Yellow" to the sports teams of what city, his hometown? The Steelers' black-and-gold scheme has been adopted by every other Pittsburgh team, a uniform uniformity unique to that city. correct
3. Gabrielle Giffords' survival of the recent shooting in Arizona means that the last sitting U.S. Congressman to be assassinated is still Leo Ryan, killed on November 18, 1978 as part of what tragic news story? Ryan was killed in Guyana by members of the Peoples Temple on the day of the Jonestown Massacre. I believe he's still the only member of Congress assassinated while in office. correct
4. The largest cathedral in New Orleans shares its name with what other large U.S. city? The oldest cathedral in the Americans is named for Saint Louis. wrong Saint. maybe a good question - what is the largest city in the US that is named for a Saint. Or that begins Saint "blank." I think we had a Fort question a while back. Name the most populous Fort city.
5. What company announced last week that its products would now be available in a new, larger size: the "Trenta"? The Trenta already available at some Starbucks is twice as large as the Venti. correct
6. What late TV star's wife once joked that his headstone would read "Here Lies Mr. C. -- Who Used to Be Mr. B."? Tom Bosley, who played Mr. Cunningham on TV's Happy Days, passed away last October. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these films? Chaplin, Contact, The Day of the Locust, Elephant, The King's Speech, Pearl Harbor, The Rocketeer, Zelig. These are all movies that feature documentary footage of Hitler. If, like me, you tend to review movies based on how much documentary footage of Hitler they contain, this is an important list. good one, Kmac! With the inclusion of Zelig, you would think that the answer had something to do with characters in history. But I have not seen any of the other movies to recognize the pattern of Hitler archival footage.
1. What country's ten-centavo piece features the Southern Cross on one side and Emperor Pedro I on the other? is this a South American country? Chile?
2. Many Disney animated films have had straight-to-video sequels, but name either of the (non-Pixar) two that have had *theatrical* sequels released. Fantasia comes to mind right away. Tron doesn't count as animated, does it?
3. What unit of geologic time can be divided into between three and six smaller units called periods? a guess - Epochs
4. Since 2009, who has been the owner of the Shanghai Sharks? no idea what sport, but it has to be Yao Ming
5. What well-known American senator of the 1950s has a name that becomes that of a different senator of his era--an ideological rival, though from a neighboring state--if you remove the first word of his full name? well-known senator of the 1950s --> Joe McCarthy? He would definitely have ideological rivals.
6. What TV duo of the 1990s was featured in a reference book called the "Ensucklopedia"? sure sounds like Beavis and Butthead
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and no others? Armenia, Cyprus, Egypt, Ethiopia, Greece, India, Israel, Italy, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malta, Spain, and Syria? Lot of Mediterranean countries plus Armenia, Ethiopia and India.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What kind of geographic feature can have a "calving face"? Calving is the production of icebergs from glaciers, ice shelves, and the like. correct
2. Hip-hop star Wiz Khalifa dedicated his recent hit "Black and Yellow" to the sports teams of what city, his hometown? The Steelers' black-and-gold scheme has been adopted by every other Pittsburgh team, a uniform uniformity unique to that city. correct
3. Gabrielle Giffords' survival of the recent shooting in Arizona means that the last sitting U.S. Congressman to be assassinated is still Leo Ryan, killed on November 18, 1978 as part of what tragic news story? Ryan was killed in Guyana by members of the Peoples Temple on the day of the Jonestown Massacre. I believe he's still the only member of Congress assassinated while in office. correct
4. The largest cathedral in New Orleans shares its name with what other large U.S. city? The oldest cathedral in the Americans is named for Saint Louis. wrong Saint. maybe a good question - what is the largest city in the US that is named for a Saint. Or that begins Saint "blank." I think we had a Fort question a while back. Name the most populous Fort city.
5. What company announced last week that its products would now be available in a new, larger size: the "Trenta"? The Trenta already available at some Starbucks is twice as large as the Venti. correct
6. What late TV star's wife once joked that his headstone would read "Here Lies Mr. C. -- Who Used to Be Mr. B."? Tom Bosley, who played Mr. Cunningham on TV's Happy Days, passed away last October. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these films? Chaplin, Contact, The Day of the Locust, Elephant, The King's Speech, Pearl Harbor, The Rocketeer, Zelig. These are all movies that feature documentary footage of Hitler. If, like me, you tend to review movies based on how much documentary footage of Hitler they contain, this is an important list. good one, Kmac! With the inclusion of Zelig, you would think that the answer had something to do with characters in history. But I have not seen any of the other movies to recognize the pattern of Hitler archival footage.
