Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - July 26
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What word for a tying goal in soccer was also a TV character played by Edward Woodward? The Equalizer
2. By area, what's the largest landlocked U.S. state? Montana
3. Currently, the most popular names for British baby boys and girls both begin with the same four letters and are both characters in Shakespearean comedies--As You Like It and Twelfth Night, respectively. What are they? Twelfth Night ---> Olivia, Oliver
4. What nation's largest cruise ship collided with and sank the Andrea Doria in 1956? US? UK?
5. What African primate, closely related to the baboon, is often called the world's most colorful mammal? mandrill?
6. Who's the only actor that played one of the gang of boys in both The Goonies and Stand By Me? Choose from among Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and the other kid. I think River Phoenix was a Goonie.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these albums? Arctic Monkeys' Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not, The Beatles' Abbey Road, David Bowie's Young Americans, Jay-Z's The Blueprint, Keith Richards's Talk Is Cheap, Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours, The Smiths' Louder than Bombs, Van Halen's 1984. Thank you, wikipedia. Cigarettes on the album cover.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What name is shared by the animal companions of both Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist and Woody in the Toy Story film? One menaces orphans, the other performs daring frontier rescues. But both are named Bullseye. Also the name of a famous putter by Acushnet. I used one for many years. Still have it.
2. What kind of grain are Cheerios made from? The 'O' originally stood for "oats." correct
3. How many men are raising the flag over Iwo Jima in the famed news photo? Six. The oft-repeated story that the Iwo Jima memorial sculpture features a miraculous thirteenth hand (God's?) is in fact an urban legend. I was within 17% of the correct answer
4. In March, who replaced Justin Bieber ("Baby") as the singer of YouTube's most-disliked video ever? Yet another addition to Rebecca Black's already-impressive musical resume! correct
5. What sport's number 7 player is referred to as the scrum-half? "Scrum" is a rugby term. However, I'm informed that the scrum-half is only #7 in "rugby league"--in the more common form of the sport, rugby union, the scrum-half is #9. But I'm sure you already knew that, assuming you are not American. I think any answer containing rugby should be credited as correct
6. What specific field is often learned with the help of the mnemonic SOH-CAH-TOA? That mystical phrase has helped millions of high schoolers remember how to calculate the sine, cosine, and tangent ratios in trigonometry. Maybe I learned trig the hard way. I don't recall this mnenomic. But it does bring back memories.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. states, and no others? Arkansas, California, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. These are all the states to have former governors elected to the presidency. (I left out territorial governors like Andrew Jackson in Florida or William Henry Harrison in Indiana.) As a rule, I am kind of tired of presidential trivia. But this is a pretty good question. Alternately could ask the 10 states whose former governors were elected to the presidency. Or ask How many states have had their governors or former governors elected president.
1. What word for a tying goal in soccer was also a TV character played by Edward Woodward? The Equalizer
2. By area, what's the largest landlocked U.S. state? Montana
3. Currently, the most popular names for British baby boys and girls both begin with the same four letters and are both characters in Shakespearean comedies--As You Like It and Twelfth Night, respectively. What are they? Twelfth Night ---> Olivia, Oliver
4. What nation's largest cruise ship collided with and sank the Andrea Doria in 1956? US? UK?
5. What African primate, closely related to the baboon, is often called the world's most colorful mammal? mandrill?
6. Who's the only actor that played one of the gang of boys in both The Goonies and Stand By Me? Choose from among Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman and the other kid. I think River Phoenix was a Goonie.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these albums? Arctic Monkeys' Whatever People Say I Am That's What I'm Not, The Beatles' Abbey Road, David Bowie's Young Americans, Jay-Z's The Blueprint, Keith Richards's Talk Is Cheap, Frank Sinatra's In the Wee Small Hours, The Smiths' Louder than Bombs, Van Halen's 1984. Thank you, wikipedia. Cigarettes on the album cover.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What name is shared by the animal companions of both Bill Sikes in Oliver Twist and Woody in the Toy Story film? One menaces orphans, the other performs daring frontier rescues. But both are named Bullseye. Also the name of a famous putter by Acushnet. I used one for many years. Still have it.
2. What kind of grain are Cheerios made from? The 'O' originally stood for "oats." correct
3. How many men are raising the flag over Iwo Jima in the famed news photo? Six. The oft-repeated story that the Iwo Jima memorial sculpture features a miraculous thirteenth hand (God's?) is in fact an urban legend. I was within 17% of the correct answer
4. In March, who replaced Justin Bieber ("Baby") as the singer of YouTube's most-disliked video ever? Yet another addition to Rebecca Black's already-impressive musical resume! correct
5. What sport's number 7 player is referred to as the scrum-half? "Scrum" is a rugby term. However, I'm informed that the scrum-half is only #7 in "rugby league"--in the more common form of the sport, rugby union, the scrum-half is #9. But I'm sure you already knew that, assuming you are not American. I think any answer containing rugby should be credited as correct
6. What specific field is often learned with the help of the mnemonic SOH-CAH-TOA? That mystical phrase has helped millions of high schoolers remember how to calculate the sine, cosine, and tangent ratios in trigonometry. Maybe I learned trig the hard way. I don't recall this mnenomic. But it does bring back memories.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. states, and no others? Arkansas, California, Georgia, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. These are all the states to have former governors elected to the presidency. (I left out territorial governors like Andrew Jackson in Florida or William Henry Harrison in Indiana.) As a rule, I am kind of tired of presidential trivia. But this is a pretty good question. Alternately could ask the 10 states whose former governors were elected to the presidency. Or ask How many states have had their governors or former governors elected president.
