Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - September 13
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. On a Risk game board, which continent is made up entirely of territories that share their names with actual countries? I think I played Risk once or twice. Not enough to remember the board that well. The easiest continent to represent in this way would be North America which could be comprised of Canada, US, Mexico
2. According to one recent listing, Bodoni, Garamond, and Univers are among the top ten most popular what? type fonts
3. The title of what hit 1970s TV show, if translated into French, becomes the town where a hit 2000s TV show, True Blood, is set? I am not a fan of questions about tv shows on pay cable channels that most people don't have. A guess - Happy Days. I don't think it would be Laverne and Shirley.
4. What color wax is used to seal both Maker's Mark bourbon and Babybel cheeses? red
5. What 444-day event from 20th-century history ended with the signing of the Algiers Accords? 444 days --> the Iranian hostage crisis
6. What has a stem called a "stipe" and gills called "lamella" on the underside of its "pileus," or top? stem and gills ---> mushroom
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these world cities? Dublin, Jakarta, Liverpool, Lubeck, Manila, Maputo, Mobile, San Francisco, Tampa, Tokyo.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In 1993, who became the only pro football coach ever named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year? Don Shula is the winningest coach in NFL history. Sadly, his steakhouses are only okay. his memory has faded. The Dolphins have been so mediocre since he retired. One playoff appearance in the last 10 years. Maybe he should do more commercials like Dennie Green.
2. What late movie director set much of his oeuvre in the fictional suburb of Shermer, Illinois? Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles...all the John Hughes classics are Shermer-based. correct
3. Which U.S. presidential surname is also a top ten name for baby girls at the moment, according to the Social Security Administration? Please stop naming your baby girls Fillmore or Nixon! Only Madison is socially acceptable. correct
4. What nation, Europe's 10th largest by area today, was actually Europe's largest country for much of the 16th and 17th centuries? At its largest extent, Poland was over a million square kilometers, over three times its present size. correct
5. What are you doing if you're using an "orange stick"? Your nails, presumably. Or, possibly, beating an Orange Julius employee. I don't understand this answer. Is that an emery board? The only thing I use on my nails is a set of clippers.
6. The Chordettes and Lil Wayne both recorded hit odes to what sweet treat? Lollipop, lollipop, oooh lolly lolly lollipop. Lil Wayne should move on to oreos or twinkies to see what song they inspire
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these writers? Dante, Heine, Hugo, Carlo Levi, Ovid, Pushkin, Sappho, Thucydides. All were sent into exile at some point. Sort of like James Frey did after Oprah exiled him. nailed it
1. On a Risk game board, which continent is made up entirely of territories that share their names with actual countries? I think I played Risk once or twice. Not enough to remember the board that well. The easiest continent to represent in this way would be North America which could be comprised of Canada, US, Mexico
2. According to one recent listing, Bodoni, Garamond, and Univers are among the top ten most popular what? type fonts
3. The title of what hit 1970s TV show, if translated into French, becomes the town where a hit 2000s TV show, True Blood, is set? I am not a fan of questions about tv shows on pay cable channels that most people don't have. A guess - Happy Days. I don't think it would be Laverne and Shirley.
4. What color wax is used to seal both Maker's Mark bourbon and Babybel cheeses? red
5. What 444-day event from 20th-century history ended with the signing of the Algiers Accords? 444 days --> the Iranian hostage crisis
6. What has a stem called a "stipe" and gills called "lamella" on the underside of its "pileus," or top? stem and gills ---> mushroom
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these world cities? Dublin, Jakarta, Liverpool, Lubeck, Manila, Maputo, Mobile, San Francisco, Tampa, Tokyo.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In 1993, who became the only pro football coach ever named Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year? Don Shula is the winningest coach in NFL history. Sadly, his steakhouses are only okay. his memory has faded. The Dolphins have been so mediocre since he retired. One playoff appearance in the last 10 years. Maybe he should do more commercials like Dennie Green.
2. What late movie director set much of his oeuvre in the fictional suburb of Shermer, Illinois? Ferris Bueller, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles...all the John Hughes classics are Shermer-based. correct
3. Which U.S. presidential surname is also a top ten name for baby girls at the moment, according to the Social Security Administration? Please stop naming your baby girls Fillmore or Nixon! Only Madison is socially acceptable. correct
4. What nation, Europe's 10th largest by area today, was actually Europe's largest country for much of the 16th and 17th centuries? At its largest extent, Poland was over a million square kilometers, over three times its present size. correct
5. What are you doing if you're using an "orange stick"? Your nails, presumably. Or, possibly, beating an Orange Julius employee. I don't understand this answer. Is that an emery board? The only thing I use on my nails is a set of clippers.
6. The Chordettes and Lil Wayne both recorded hit odes to what sweet treat? Lollipop, lollipop, oooh lolly lolly lollipop. Lil Wayne should move on to oreos or twinkies to see what song they inspire
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these writers? Dante, Heine, Hugo, Carlo Levi, Ovid, Pushkin, Sappho, Thucydides. All were sent into exile at some point. Sort of like James Frey did after Oprah exiled him. nailed it
