Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - March 8
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What animal is pictured on the cover of the Black-Eyed Peas' 2003 album, but not the White Stripes' 2003 album? no idea of the BEP album, but the White Stripes had an album called Elephant
2. A whopping 2,350 miles of the Tropic of Capricorn runs through what nation? Is Capricorn Northern or Southern Hemisphere? That is the question. I think that it is Southern. Brazil? Not too many broad countries in the Southern Hemisphere.
3. What author never got to live in his dream house, a mansion just north of San Francisco called "Wolf House" that burned down in 1913? Wolf House North of SF --> Jack London
4. Who traveled the country on the "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television" tour? George Carlin? because he could not say the 7 words?
5. What website, one of the U.S's 100 most-visited, has a lot of users currently worried about outages due to its Libyan domain name? Libyan domain name? I don't know the Libya two character code - li, lb, ly, la, ln. bit.ly??
6. What U.S. military slogan was originally half of a couplet, paired with the line "To hell with Spain?" "Remember the Maine"
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Annie Hall, Better Off Dead, Cat Ballou, Enchanted, Holiday Inn, Jurassic Park, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Run Lola Run, Vertigo. Large wooden rabbits. Or dinosaurs.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. The title of what classic 1954 novel is the literal English translation of the name of the demon Beelzebub? Beelzebub is the "Lord of the Flies." Michael Flatley is "Lord of the Dance." I always get those two confused... I did not know this but really like it. A good question.
2. What comedian has said in interviews that her left earlobe has been measured as a quarter-inch longer than her right one? Carol Burnett, presumably the horrifically disfiguring result of her lifelong signature ear-tug sign-off. correct
3. A 2001 rule change designed to make the game more exciting means that regulation table tennis matches are now played to how many points? Ping-Pongers used to play to 21--now games only go to 11. The resulting flurry of excitement is why Ping-Pong is now on prime time ESPN instead of "the Ocho." missed it by that much
4. Name *two* Best Picture Oscar-winning films co-starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. The King's Speech is the easy one, but the two doughy Commonwealthers had previously co-starred in Shakespeare in Love as well. correct
5. What are also called "Roentgen rays" in German-speaking countries? Wilhelm Roentgen invented X-rays. Well, no, he probably discovered them. Maybe a German would claim he invented them. correct
6. Who is the only currently serving U.S. governor who was also serving in that office more than thirty-five years ago? Jerry Brown. See, even Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown seems to have electable gravitas when the guy he's succeeding is Arnold Schwarzeneggar! correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these world nations--and no others that I can find? Finland, Guinea, Honduras, Mexico, Oman, Panama, Thailand, Venezuela. These countries all have namesake gulfs: the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Finland, and so on. I know Iran will be angry I left it off the list, but hey, if they want to change their name back to Persia, I will reconsider. You mean Bothnia is not a country? This is another really good question. Could be used at a quiz. Name three countries that also have a namesake gulf.
1. What animal is pictured on the cover of the Black-Eyed Peas' 2003 album, but not the White Stripes' 2003 album? no idea of the BEP album, but the White Stripes had an album called Elephant
2. A whopping 2,350 miles of the Tropic of Capricorn runs through what nation? Is Capricorn Northern or Southern Hemisphere? That is the question. I think that it is Southern. Brazil? Not too many broad countries in the Southern Hemisphere.
3. What author never got to live in his dream house, a mansion just north of San Francisco called "Wolf House" that burned down in 1913? Wolf House North of SF --> Jack London
4. Who traveled the country on the "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television" tour? George Carlin? because he could not say the 7 words?
5. What website, one of the U.S's 100 most-visited, has a lot of users currently worried about outages due to its Libyan domain name? Libyan domain name? I don't know the Libya two character code - li, lb, ly, la, ln. bit.ly??
6. What U.S. military slogan was originally half of a couplet, paired with the line "To hell with Spain?" "Remember the Maine"
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Annie Hall, Better Off Dead, Cat Ballou, Enchanted, Holiday Inn, Jurassic Park, Kill Bill: Vol. 1, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Run Lola Run, Vertigo. Large wooden rabbits. Or dinosaurs.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. The title of what classic 1954 novel is the literal English translation of the name of the demon Beelzebub? Beelzebub is the "Lord of the Flies." Michael Flatley is "Lord of the Dance." I always get those two confused... I did not know this but really like it. A good question.
2. What comedian has said in interviews that her left earlobe has been measured as a quarter-inch longer than her right one? Carol Burnett, presumably the horrifically disfiguring result of her lifelong signature ear-tug sign-off. correct
3. A 2001 rule change designed to make the game more exciting means that regulation table tennis matches are now played to how many points? Ping-Pongers used to play to 21--now games only go to 11. The resulting flurry of excitement is why Ping-Pong is now on prime time ESPN instead of "the Ocho." missed it by that much
4. Name *two* Best Picture Oscar-winning films co-starring Colin Firth and Geoffrey Rush. The King's Speech is the easy one, but the two doughy Commonwealthers had previously co-starred in Shakespeare in Love as well. correct
5. What are also called "Roentgen rays" in German-speaking countries? Wilhelm Roentgen invented X-rays. Well, no, he probably discovered them. Maybe a German would claim he invented them. correct
6. Who is the only currently serving U.S. governor who was also serving in that office more than thirty-five years ago? Jerry Brown. See, even Jerry "Moonbeam" Brown seems to have electable gravitas when the guy he's succeeding is Arnold Schwarzeneggar! correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these world nations--and no others that I can find? Finland, Guinea, Honduras, Mexico, Oman, Panama, Thailand, Venezuela. These countries all have namesake gulfs: the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Finland, and so on. I know Iran will be angry I left it off the list, but hey, if they want to change their name back to Persia, I will reconsider. You mean Bothnia is not a country? This is another really good question. Could be used at a quiz. Name three countries that also have a namesake gulf.
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#1 -- The Black Eyed Peas album is "Elephunk", fwiw.
#4 -- this is much more recent than Carlin.
#7 -- I've actually seen a lot of these movies! And liked them! So I was happy to get the answer. I did not remember this particular part of Annie Hall, but sure enough, it's in there.
#4 -- this is much more recent than Carlin.
#7 -- I've actually seen a lot of these movies! And liked them! So I was happy to get the answer. I did not remember this particular part of Annie Hall, but sure enough, it's in there.
#4 - at the Quiz last night, Mark Heinrichs suggested Norm Macdonald. Does this reference his troubles with NBC on SNL?
#7 - I don't remember animation in Annie Hall or Vertigo. But if this is the answer, there is much rejoicing.
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#7 - I don't remember animation in Annie Hall or Vertigo. But if this is the answer, there is much rejoicing.
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