Tuesday, May 17, 2011
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - May 17
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What animal is the only pinniped with tusks? seals are pinnipeds. walrus?
2. Who was the mother of Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton? Wilding, Todd, Burton? Elizabeth Taylor
3. What TV series was adapted from a book subtitled, "A Town, a Team, and a Dream"? Sounds like Friday Night Lights
4. What can be found to the left and right of the singer of the song "Stuck in the Middle with You"? clown is to the left of me, joker's to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you. RIP Gerry Rafferty.
5. What first name is shared by both the namesake founders of Carnegie Mellon University? Andrew
6. What was officially called the "Anti-Fascist Protective Rampart" by its 1961 builders? the Berlin Wall
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these literary characters? Captain Ahab, Bilbo Baggins, Mother Courage, Huck Finn, Ethan Frome, Sherlock Holmes, Lord Jim, Philip Marlowe, Silas Marner, Napoleon the pig. With such an eclectic group, one would think this could be gettable.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In what mountain range was the Borscht Belt found? These Jewish summer resorts and their famous rapid-fire comics were found in the Catskills of New York. correct
2. What was anciently known as "hydrargyrum," meaning "water-silver"? That's where we get the chemical symbol "Hg," for mercury. correct
3. Krist Novoselic plays bass on what band's new song "I Should Have Known," marking his first on-album collaboration with them? This is Novoselic's first studio-LP reunion with former Nirvana bandmate Dave Grohl, on the new Foo Fighters record. it was a guess, but it was correct
4. What two cities hosted the first non-U.S. expansion teams in both the NBA and the MLS? Toronto and Vancouver got the first Canadian franchises in both leagues--whether or not you count the Toronto Huskies, the only Canadian team in the NBA forerunner Basketball Association of America (1946-47). correct
5. What 1991 film's iconic catchphrase became "Sayonara, baby," in its Spanish-language versions? In Spanish, Ah-nuld's "Hasta la vista, baby" just didn't have that same exotic ring. The film is Terminator 2. correct
6. What was the better-known name for the "Whitechapel killer"? The still-unidentified perpetrator of the "Whitechapel murders" has been nicknamed Jack the Ripper. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these famous people? John Belushi, David Carradine, Coco Chanel, Janis Joplin, Robert Kennedy, President John Tyler, Oscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams. All died in hotels. I was very disappointed to learn that Howard Hughes died not in his hotel hideaway, but (allegedly) on board a private plane en route to seeking medical care. Alan Keith Carver nailed it. Nice work!
1. What animal is the only pinniped with tusks? seals are pinnipeds. walrus?
2. Who was the mother of Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd, and Maria Burton? Wilding, Todd, Burton? Elizabeth Taylor
3. What TV series was adapted from a book subtitled, "A Town, a Team, and a Dream"? Sounds like Friday Night Lights
4. What can be found to the left and right of the singer of the song "Stuck in the Middle with You"? clown is to the left of me, joker's to the right, here I am stuck in the middle with you. RIP Gerry Rafferty.
5. What first name is shared by both the namesake founders of Carnegie Mellon University? Andrew
6. What was officially called the "Anti-Fascist Protective Rampart" by its 1961 builders? the Berlin Wall
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these literary characters? Captain Ahab, Bilbo Baggins, Mother Courage, Huck Finn, Ethan Frome, Sherlock Holmes, Lord Jim, Philip Marlowe, Silas Marner, Napoleon the pig. With such an eclectic group, one would think this could be gettable.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In what mountain range was the Borscht Belt found? These Jewish summer resorts and their famous rapid-fire comics were found in the Catskills of New York. correct
2. What was anciently known as "hydrargyrum," meaning "water-silver"? That's where we get the chemical symbol "Hg," for mercury. correct
3. Krist Novoselic plays bass on what band's new song "I Should Have Known," marking his first on-album collaboration with them? This is Novoselic's first studio-LP reunion with former Nirvana bandmate Dave Grohl, on the new Foo Fighters record. it was a guess, but it was correct
4. What two cities hosted the first non-U.S. expansion teams in both the NBA and the MLS? Toronto and Vancouver got the first Canadian franchises in both leagues--whether or not you count the Toronto Huskies, the only Canadian team in the NBA forerunner Basketball Association of America (1946-47). correct
5. What 1991 film's iconic catchphrase became "Sayonara, baby," in its Spanish-language versions? In Spanish, Ah-nuld's "Hasta la vista, baby" just didn't have that same exotic ring. The film is Terminator 2. correct
6. What was the better-known name for the "Whitechapel killer"? The still-unidentified perpetrator of the "Whitechapel murders" has been nicknamed Jack the Ripper. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these famous people? John Belushi, David Carradine, Coco Chanel, Janis Joplin, Robert Kennedy, President John Tyler, Oscar Wilde, Tennessee Williams. All died in hotels. I was very disappointed to learn that Howard Hughes died not in his hotel hideaway, but (allegedly) on board a private plane en route to seeking medical care. Alan Keith Carver nailed it. Nice work!
