Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - September 20
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What two U.S. states' most populous cities share the same name? Oregon and Maine (Portland)
2. What kind of body tissue can be either "yellow" (fatty) or "red" (where blood cells are produced)? bone marrow?
3. Cameron Crowe's new film Twenty is a documentary about what rock band, both a reference to the band's first album and the number of years since its release? Pearl Jam. I appreciate music questions that don't involve hip hop or rap.
4. Before 1993, what was divided into a "Prince of Wales" half and a "Clarence Campbell" half? the NHL
5. In Rudyard Kipling's poem, what is Gunga Din's job with the British army? he was the water boy
6. What famous woman, who died in Cambridgeshire in 1536, was the youngest daughter of Columbus's patrons Ferdinand and Isabella? was this one of Henry VIII's wives? Catherine of Aragon perhaps
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Contempt, Fahrenheit 451, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Naked City, Nashville, She's Gotta Have It. All classic movies made by strong directors but I don't know that I have seen any of them.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. On a Risk game board, which continent is made up entirely of territories that share their names with actual countries? A toughie! The answer is South America, which is divided into Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. The other continents are full of iffy regions like Alberta, Scandinavia, North Africa, Kamchatka, and Eastern Australia. it was a toughie. I had the correct hemisphere
2. According to one recent listing, Bodoni, Garamond, and Univers are among the top ten most popular what? They are typefaces or fonts. (The ubiquitous Helvetica tops the list.) correct
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? You didn't know True Blood was set in La Femme Bionique? No, just kidding. The town is called Bon Temps, which means "Good Times." Dyno-mite! Though "Jours Heureux" would have been good too.
4. What color wax is used to seal both Maker's Mark bourbon and Babybel cheeses? The red wax is each brand's trademark look, though I'm informed that both may come in other colors to mark special products or occasions. correct
5. What 444-day event from 20th-century history ended with the signing of the Algiers Accords? The Iran hostage crisis of 1979-80 lasted 444 days. And gave us Nightline! correct
6. What has a stem called a "stipe" and gills called "lamella" on the underside of its "pileus," or top? That's a mushroom (or, if you're a glass-half-empty type, a toadstool). correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these world cities? Dublin, Jakarta, Liverpool, Lubeck, Manila, Maputo, Mobile, San Francisco, Tampa, Tokyo. All these cities sit on namesake bays. Not on the dock of the bay--just on the bay itself. I'm still trying to locate Cheddar Bay, the place where Red Lobster's delicious all-you-can-eat biscuits come from. This was a bay-sic, relatively gettable Q7.
1. What two U.S. states' most populous cities share the same name? Oregon and Maine (Portland)
2. What kind of body tissue can be either "yellow" (fatty) or "red" (where blood cells are produced)? bone marrow?
3. Cameron Crowe's new film Twenty is a documentary about what rock band, both a reference to the band's first album and the number of years since its release? Pearl Jam. I appreciate music questions that don't involve hip hop or rap.
4. Before 1993, what was divided into a "Prince of Wales" half and a "Clarence Campbell" half? the NHL
5. In Rudyard Kipling's poem, what is Gunga Din's job with the British army? he was the water boy
6. What famous woman, who died in Cambridgeshire in 1536, was the youngest daughter of Columbus's patrons Ferdinand and Isabella? was this one of Henry VIII's wives? Catherine of Aragon perhaps
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Contempt, Fahrenheit 451, The Magnificent Ambersons, The Naked City, Nashville, She's Gotta Have It. All classic movies made by strong directors but I don't know that I have seen any of them.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. On a Risk game board, which continent is made up entirely of territories that share their names with actual countries? A toughie! The answer is South America, which is divided into Argentina, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela. The other continents are full of iffy regions like Alberta, Scandinavia, North Africa, Kamchatka, and Eastern Australia. it was a toughie. I had the correct hemisphere
2. According to one recent listing, Bodoni, Garamond, and Univers are among the top ten most popular what? They are typefaces or fonts. (The ubiquitous Helvetica tops the list.) correct
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? You didn't know True Blood was set in La Femme Bionique? No, just kidding. The town is called Bon Temps, which means "Good Times." Dyno-mite! Though "Jours Heureux" would have been good too.
4. What color wax is used to seal both Maker's Mark bourbon and Babybel cheeses? The red wax is each brand's trademark look, though I'm informed that both may come in other colors to mark special products or occasions. correct
5. What 444-day event from 20th-century history ended with the signing of the Algiers Accords? The Iran hostage crisis of 1979-80 lasted 444 days. And gave us Nightline! correct
6. What has a stem called a "stipe" and gills called "lamella" on the underside of its "pileus," or top? That's a mushroom (or, if you're a glass-half-empty type, a toadstool). correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these world cities? Dublin, Jakarta, Liverpool, Lubeck, Manila, Maputo, Mobile, San Francisco, Tampa, Tokyo. All these cities sit on namesake bays. Not on the dock of the bay--just on the bay itself. I'm still trying to locate Cheddar Bay, the place where Red Lobster's delicious all-you-can-eat biscuits come from. This was a bay-sic, relatively gettable Q7.
