Tuesday, February 28, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - February 28
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What southern stew takes its name for the Bantu word for "okra"? got to be gumbo
2. Dr. Jill Biden and Dr. Bill Cosby both earned their doctorates in what field? education
3. "Escape," the biggest hit for singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes, is better known by the name of what mixed drink? It is the Pina Colada Song
4. The symbol on what country's national flag is two congruent blue equilateral triangles, overlapping each other? wow. no idea whatsoever. Is this a nation that has two different parts like New Zealand?
5. What state is the setting for the TV shows Community, Dynasty, and Everwood? Was Dynasty about the oil business and set in Denver? I often confuse it and Falcon Crest which I believe was set at a Napa winery. I am going to go with Colorado.
6. Where does a pyroclastic flow come from? volcanoes.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these U.S. political figures? Jeb Bush, John Kerry, Dennis Kucinich, Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and Jim Webb. I believe that each of them is married to a woman who was born outside the US. Mexico, Mozambique, Britain, Taiwan, Slovenia, Vietnam.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What's usually kept in a humidor? A humidor is some room or container with constant humidity (hence the name). I guess if you wanted to, you could keep your baseball card collection, or boxes of Craisins, or your victims' bodies, or the Ark of the Covenant in such a place. But generally it's for cigars and other smoking paraphernalia. correct
2. Barron Hilton still denies naming what pro sports team in honor of a credit card company he owned, Carte Blanche? Many people assumed the charge-card tycoon named the San Diego Chargers after his business empire, but he insists he had the horse in mind. correct
3. The members of what musical act attempted a 1990 comeback using the name Fab & Rob? Fab Morvan and the late Rob Pilatus were Milli Vanilli. At least in the videos, anyway. correct
4. What kind of facilities are Britain's historic Ealing, Pinewood, and Shepperton? They're the most famous movie studios in Britain, where big-budget international films are still being made today. correct
5. What piece of classical music is based on a Goethe poem that ends, "Back now, broom, into the closet! Be thou as thou wert before! Until I, the real master, call thee forth to serve once more!"? "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," later immortalized by Mickey Mouse and Nicolas Cage, started out life as a Goethe poem. In fact, I hear that's why Nic Cage took the role. Dude's a big Goethe fan. correct
6. The Barbary lion and the Atlas bear are extinct predators that were last seen in the wild in what nation? The most remote parts of the Barbary coast and the Atlas Mountains are both in the same country: northern Morocco. why did I read "nation" and think "continent"? If I had read the question correctly, I probably would have answered Morocco or Libya.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series, and virtually no others? American Horror Story, Arrested Development, Brothers & Sisters, Downton Abbey, Falcon Crest, Harry's Law, Hazel, Mad About You, Reasonable Doubts, Saving Grace. These shows all have or had a cast member who was also a Best Actress Oscar winner. The "virtually" in the question was to suggest that the correct answer had to specify actresses only, while allowing for the fact that I didn't include The Loretta Young Show (for obvious reasons) or a handful of too-obscure failed series. correct!
1. What southern stew takes its name for the Bantu word for "okra"? got to be gumbo
2. Dr. Jill Biden and Dr. Bill Cosby both earned their doctorates in what field? education
3. "Escape," the biggest hit for singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes, is better known by the name of what mixed drink? It is the Pina Colada Song
4. The symbol on what country's national flag is two congruent blue equilateral triangles, overlapping each other? wow. no idea whatsoever. Is this a nation that has two different parts like New Zealand?
5. What state is the setting for the TV shows Community, Dynasty, and Everwood? Was Dynasty about the oil business and set in Denver? I often confuse it and Falcon Crest which I believe was set at a Napa winery. I am going to go with Colorado.
6. Where does a pyroclastic flow come from? volcanoes.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these U.S. political figures? Jeb Bush, John Kerry, Dennis Kucinich, Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump, and Jim Webb. I believe that each of them is married to a woman who was born outside the US. Mexico, Mozambique, Britain, Taiwan, Slovenia, Vietnam.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What's usually kept in a humidor? A humidor is some room or container with constant humidity (hence the name). I guess if you wanted to, you could keep your baseball card collection, or boxes of Craisins, or your victims' bodies, or the Ark of the Covenant in such a place. But generally it's for cigars and other smoking paraphernalia. correct
2. Barron Hilton still denies naming what pro sports team in honor of a credit card company he owned, Carte Blanche? Many people assumed the charge-card tycoon named the San Diego Chargers after his business empire, but he insists he had the horse in mind. correct
3. The members of what musical act attempted a 1990 comeback using the name Fab & Rob? Fab Morvan and the late Rob Pilatus were Milli Vanilli. At least in the videos, anyway. correct
4. What kind of facilities are Britain's historic Ealing, Pinewood, and Shepperton? They're the most famous movie studios in Britain, where big-budget international films are still being made today. correct
5. What piece of classical music is based on a Goethe poem that ends, "Back now, broom, into the closet! Be thou as thou wert before! Until I, the real master, call thee forth to serve once more!"? "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," later immortalized by Mickey Mouse and Nicolas Cage, started out life as a Goethe poem. In fact, I hear that's why Nic Cage took the role. Dude's a big Goethe fan. correct
6. The Barbary lion and the Atlas bear are extinct predators that were last seen in the wild in what nation? The most remote parts of the Barbary coast and the Atlas Mountains are both in the same country: northern Morocco. why did I read "nation" and think "continent"? If I had read the question correctly, I probably would have answered Morocco or Libya.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series, and virtually no others? American Horror Story, Arrested Development, Brothers & Sisters, Downton Abbey, Falcon Crest, Harry's Law, Hazel, Mad About You, Reasonable Doubts, Saving Grace. These shows all have or had a cast member who was also a Best Actress Oscar winner. The "virtually" in the question was to suggest that the correct answer had to specify actresses only, while allowing for the fact that I didn't include The Loretta Young Show (for obvious reasons) or a handful of too-obscure failed series. correct!
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - February 21
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What's usually kept in a humidor? if you are lucky, fine Cuban cigars. Otherwise other types of cigars.
2. Barron Hilton still denies naming what pro sports team in honor of a credit card company he owned, Carte Blanche? the San Diego (nee Los Angeles) Chargers
3. The members of what musical act attempted a 1990 comeback using the name Fab & Rob? Was this Milli Vanilli? You might call them a 2 person musical act rather than a band.
4. What kind of facilities are Britain's historic Ealing, Pinewood, and Shepperton? movie studios. Pinewood Studios played a prominent role in My Week With Marilyn which I watched last night.
5. What piece of classical music is based on a Goethe poem that ends, "Back now, broom, into the closet! Be thou as thou wert before! Until I, the real master, call thee forth to serve once more!"? Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Did not know that it was based on a Goethe poem, but what else could be the correct answer?
6. The Barbary lion and the Atlas bear are extinct predators that were last seen in the wild in what nation? Africa (where one will find the Barbary Coast and the Atlas Mountains)
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series, and virtually no others? American Horror Story, Arrested Development, Brothers & Sisters, Downton Abbey, Falcon Crest, Harry's Law, Hazel, Mad About You, Reasonable Doubts, Saving Grace. Oscar winning actresses? Jessica Lange, Liza Minelli and Charlize Theron, Sally Field, Maggie Smith, Jane Wyman, Kathy Bates, Shirley Booth, Helen Hunt, Marlee Matlin, Holly Hunter
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Until 1949, what was the only letter that appeared exactly twice in the iconic "Hollywood" sign? The sign was originally an advertisement for the "Hollywoodland" housing development, but the last four letters were removed when the sign was renovated in the 1940s. So the correct is answer is 'D' rather than 'L'. correct
2. What is made up of parts including the cuirass, the gorget, the hauberk, and greaves? These are all parts of a medieval suit of armor. Or a modern one, I guess, if you're one of THOSE GUYS. why did Monty Python never make fun of armor parts? Sir Robin could have said "I soiled my hauberk, you silly sod." Or the Black Knight as he was hopping on the ground, "Come back here! I'll bite you in the cuirass!"
3. What is the mass number of the strontium isotope that's a notorious component of nuclear fallout? Strontium-90 is the radioactive stuff that led to the end of above-ground nuclear testing in the 1960s. since I likened this question to asking about the 4th most popular girl scout cookies, they are Do-si-dos/Savannahs
4. What musician's dubious reputation is defended vigorously online by "Team Breezy"? Chris Brown is such a talented musician!!! I just ran into the door is all!!! I know nothing about this guy other than his dubious reputation. I have no idea where Breezy comes from.
5. Quintana Roo is the eastern part of what peninsula? That's the Mexican state on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. I believe it's also the only Mexican state named for one of the Zoobilee Zoo characters. correct
6. The current Broadway hit The Mountaintop is a fictionalized version of the last night in the life of what famous person? In Martin Luther King's famous final speech, he said, "I've been to the mountaintop." The Broadway version of Dr. King is played by Samuel L. Jackson, almost 25 years older than the civil rights leader was at the time of his assassination. yes, I guess that could be the answer too
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. cities, as well as most boroughs of New York City? Anchorage, Austin, Columbus, Denver, Dallas, Lincoln, Lubbock, Raleigh, Seattle, St. Paul. big U.S. cities whose residents are called "-ites"...Denverites, Seattleites, etc. Really really obscure. Lubbockites? Shouldn't they be called Land Lubbockers?
1. What's usually kept in a humidor? if you are lucky, fine Cuban cigars. Otherwise other types of cigars.
2. Barron Hilton still denies naming what pro sports team in honor of a credit card company he owned, Carte Blanche? the San Diego (nee Los Angeles) Chargers
3. The members of what musical act attempted a 1990 comeback using the name Fab & Rob? Was this Milli Vanilli? You might call them a 2 person musical act rather than a band.
4. What kind of facilities are Britain's historic Ealing, Pinewood, and Shepperton? movie studios. Pinewood Studios played a prominent role in My Week With Marilyn which I watched last night.
5. What piece of classical music is based on a Goethe poem that ends, "Back now, broom, into the closet! Be thou as thou wert before! Until I, the real master, call thee forth to serve once more!"? Dukas' The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Did not know that it was based on a Goethe poem, but what else could be the correct answer?
6. The Barbary lion and the Atlas bear are extinct predators that were last seen in the wild in what nation? Africa (where one will find the Barbary Coast and the Atlas Mountains)
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series, and virtually no others? American Horror Story, Arrested Development, Brothers & Sisters, Downton Abbey, Falcon Crest, Harry's Law, Hazel, Mad About You, Reasonable Doubts, Saving Grace. Oscar winning actresses? Jessica Lange, Liza Minelli and Charlize Theron, Sally Field, Maggie Smith, Jane Wyman, Kathy Bates, Shirley Booth, Helen Hunt, Marlee Matlin, Holly Hunter
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Until 1949, what was the only letter that appeared exactly twice in the iconic "Hollywood" sign? The sign was originally an advertisement for the "Hollywoodland" housing development, but the last four letters were removed when the sign was renovated in the 1940s. So the correct is answer is 'D' rather than 'L'. correct
2. What is made up of parts including the cuirass, the gorget, the hauberk, and greaves? These are all parts of a medieval suit of armor. Or a modern one, I guess, if you're one of THOSE GUYS. why did Monty Python never make fun of armor parts? Sir Robin could have said "I soiled my hauberk, you silly sod." Or the Black Knight as he was hopping on the ground, "Come back here! I'll bite you in the cuirass!"
3. What is the mass number of the strontium isotope that's a notorious component of nuclear fallout? Strontium-90 is the radioactive stuff that led to the end of above-ground nuclear testing in the 1960s. since I likened this question to asking about the 4th most popular girl scout cookies, they are Do-si-dos/Savannahs
4. What musician's dubious reputation is defended vigorously online by "Team Breezy"? Chris Brown is such a talented musician!!! I just ran into the door is all!!! I know nothing about this guy other than his dubious reputation. I have no idea where Breezy comes from.
5. Quintana Roo is the eastern part of what peninsula? That's the Mexican state on the east coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. I believe it's also the only Mexican state named for one of the Zoobilee Zoo characters. correct
6. The current Broadway hit The Mountaintop is a fictionalized version of the last night in the life of what famous person? In Martin Luther King's famous final speech, he said, "I've been to the mountaintop." The Broadway version of Dr. King is played by Samuel L. Jackson, almost 25 years older than the civil rights leader was at the time of his assassination. yes, I guess that could be the answer too
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. cities, as well as most boroughs of New York City? Anchorage, Austin, Columbus, Denver, Dallas, Lincoln, Lubbock, Raleigh, Seattle, St. Paul. big U.S. cities whose residents are called "-ites"...Denverites, Seattleites, etc. Really really obscure. Lubbockites? Shouldn't they be called Land Lubbockers?
Monday, February 20, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - February 14
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. Until 1949, what was the only letter that appeared exactly twice in the iconic "Hollywood" sign? an odd question, but the answer is "d." The sign originally read "Hollywoodland." I guess it was shortened in 1949.
2. What is made up of parts including the cuirass, the gorget, the hauberk, and greaves? is this a sail?
3. What is the mass number of the strontium isotope that's a notorious component of nuclear fallout? another odd question. It may be notorious but I think of other radioactive isotopes first. I have heard of uranium 235 and plutonium 239 and cesium isotopes. Asking about strontium is like asking for the 5th biggest city in a particular country. Or the 4th most popular girl scout cookie.
4. What musician's dubious reputation is defended vigorously online by "Team Breezy"? Snoop Dogg?
5. Quintana Roo is the eastern part of what peninsula? Yucatan
6. The current Broadway hit The Mountaintop is a fictionalized version of the last night in the life of what famous person? The Mountaintop --> Mount Everest --> Sir Edmund Hillary?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. cities, as well as most boroughs of New York City? Anchorage, Austin, Columbus, Denver, Dallas, Lincoln, Lubbock, Raleigh, Seattle, St. Paul. no idea whatsoever. Most boroughs of NYC? very mysterious.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Who made the hejira to Medina in 622 AD? Muhammad and his followers fled Mecca in the hejira, or hijra, to avoid assassination. This pivotal event became the starting point for the Islamic calendar. correct
2. Room 237, a documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival, looks at obsessive fans of what horror film? Room 237 is the room at the Overlook Hotel where several characters encounter a violent--but sexy!--ghost in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. really, people are still obsessing over this movie?
3. Which two judges on TV's The Voice have also appeared in Super Bowl halftime shows? Cee Lo Green was just on a couple weeks ago. Christina Aguilera co-headlined the 2000 show with Phil Collins et. al. Wait, did I spell her name right? Is there an X now? Fine, Christian Xuilera. 1/2 correct. I thought that Madonna was the headliner at this year's Super Bowl. What do I know, I cared about the game and skipped the commercials and halftime.
4. Springs and neaps are extreme types of what phenomenon? "Spring" and "neap" are the highest and lowest range variations in the Earth's tides. correct
5. What's the only currently syndicated U.S. comic strip with an umlaut in its logo? Hagar the Horrible apparently takes two dots over the first 'a'. I guess I've been saying it wrong? correct
6. Richard and Cuthbert Burbage owned half the shares of what building, built in 1599 but burned down in 1613? Richard Burbage was the great Elizabethan actor who originated all the big Shakespeare tragic roles. So the building was the Globe Theatre. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Barbarella, Catch-22, The Cider House Rules, Fighting, Lolita, Magnolia, Slither, Three Colors: White. correct
1. Until 1949, what was the only letter that appeared exactly twice in the iconic "Hollywood" sign? an odd question, but the answer is "d." The sign originally read "Hollywoodland." I guess it was shortened in 1949.
2. What is made up of parts including the cuirass, the gorget, the hauberk, and greaves? is this a sail?
3. What is the mass number of the strontium isotope that's a notorious component of nuclear fallout? another odd question. It may be notorious but I think of other radioactive isotopes first. I have heard of uranium 235 and plutonium 239 and cesium isotopes. Asking about strontium is like asking for the 5th biggest city in a particular country. Or the 4th most popular girl scout cookie.
4. What musician's dubious reputation is defended vigorously online by "Team Breezy"? Snoop Dogg?
5. Quintana Roo is the eastern part of what peninsula? Yucatan
6. The current Broadway hit The Mountaintop is a fictionalized version of the last night in the life of what famous person? The Mountaintop --> Mount Everest --> Sir Edmund Hillary?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. cities, as well as most boroughs of New York City? Anchorage, Austin, Columbus, Denver, Dallas, Lincoln, Lubbock, Raleigh, Seattle, St. Paul. no idea whatsoever. Most boroughs of NYC? very mysterious.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Who made the hejira to Medina in 622 AD? Muhammad and his followers fled Mecca in the hejira, or hijra, to avoid assassination. This pivotal event became the starting point for the Islamic calendar. correct
2. Room 237, a documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival, looks at obsessive fans of what horror film? Room 237 is the room at the Overlook Hotel where several characters encounter a violent--but sexy!--ghost in Stanley Kubrick's The Shining. really, people are still obsessing over this movie?
3. Which two judges on TV's The Voice have also appeared in Super Bowl halftime shows? Cee Lo Green was just on a couple weeks ago. Christina Aguilera co-headlined the 2000 show with Phil Collins et. al. Wait, did I spell her name right? Is there an X now? Fine, Christian Xuilera. 1/2 correct. I thought that Madonna was the headliner at this year's Super Bowl. What do I know, I cared about the game and skipped the commercials and halftime.
4. Springs and neaps are extreme types of what phenomenon? "Spring" and "neap" are the highest and lowest range variations in the Earth's tides. correct
5. What's the only currently syndicated U.S. comic strip with an umlaut in its logo? Hagar the Horrible apparently takes two dots over the first 'a'. I guess I've been saying it wrong? correct
6. Richard and Cuthbert Burbage owned half the shares of what building, built in 1599 but burned down in 1613? Richard Burbage was the great Elizabethan actor who originated all the big Shakespeare tragic roles. So the building was the Globe Theatre. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Barbarella, Catch-22, The Cider House Rules, Fighting, Lolita, Magnolia, Slither, Three Colors: White. correct
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - February 7
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. Who made the hejira to Medina in 622 AD? Mohammad
2. Room 237, a documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival, looks at obsessive fans of what horror film? Blair Witch Project?
3. Which two judges on TV's The Voice have also appeared in Super Bowl halftime shows? guessing that Blake Shelton and Ceelo Green have not. Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine
4. Springs and neaps are extreme types of what phenomenon? tides
5. What's the only currently syndicated U.S. comic strip with an umlaut in its logo? Hagar the Horrible
6. Richard and Cuthbert Burbage owned half the shares of what building, built in 1599 but burned down in 1613? the Globe Theatre
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Barbarella, Catch-22, The Cider House Rules, Fighting, Lolita, Magnolia, Slither, Three Colors: White. They all have characters with two names. Durand Durand, Major Major, Rose Rose, Ray Ray, Humbert Humbert, Solomon Solomon, Grant Grant, and Karol Karol.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. A former Iowa attorney named Clyde Tolson is best known as the long-time assistant and protege of what famous man? Played by Armie Hammer in the recent Leonardo DiCaprio film, Tolson was the longtime right-hand man/partner/whatever-you-suspect of J. Edgar Hoover. ah ok
2. What number is both the number of people in Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and the number of timepieces in Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory? There are four melting clock faces in the Dali and four people (a counterman and three diners) in the Hopper. a fair question
3. Zoologically, what three-letter word can refer to a male swan, a small horse, or a spider? They're all cobs. The archaic spider meaning is where we get the word "cobweb." correct
4. In 2001, what influential music website was finally able to buy its Web domain name from a livestock company in Butte Falls, Oregon? For many years, Pitchfork's music reviews were found only at PitchforkMedia.com because an actual pitchfork-wielding company wouldn't sell Pitchfork.com. Pitchfork? Not a site that I had bookmarked. Not my kind of music, I guess.
5. Who famously made "the Guarantee" to a crowd at the Miami Touchdown Club on January 9, 1969? In response to a heckler, Joe Namath guaranteed he would win Super Bowl III in a huge upset, which his Jets proceeded to do. He also predicated, "I guarantee I will star in the little-seen 1970 film C.C. and Company with Ann-Margret, and I also guarantee I will be a lousy AFC color commentator during 1980s NFL games." Broadway Joe, everybody! correct
6. Which of the five basic tastes is added to a cocktail by mixing in Angostura, Regan's, or Peychaud's? These are among the most popular brands of bitters. correct
7. coming next week
1. Who made the hejira to Medina in 622 AD? Mohammad
2. Room 237, a documentary at this year's Sundance Film Festival, looks at obsessive fans of what horror film? Blair Witch Project?
3. Which two judges on TV's The Voice have also appeared in Super Bowl halftime shows? guessing that Blake Shelton and Ceelo Green have not. Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine
4. Springs and neaps are extreme types of what phenomenon? tides
5. What's the only currently syndicated U.S. comic strip with an umlaut in its logo? Hagar the Horrible
6. Richard and Cuthbert Burbage owned half the shares of what building, built in 1599 but burned down in 1613? the Globe Theatre
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Barbarella, Catch-22, The Cider House Rules, Fighting, Lolita, Magnolia, Slither, Three Colors: White. They all have characters with two names. Durand Durand, Major Major, Rose Rose, Ray Ray, Humbert Humbert, Solomon Solomon, Grant Grant, and Karol Karol.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. A former Iowa attorney named Clyde Tolson is best known as the long-time assistant and protege of what famous man? Played by Armie Hammer in the recent Leonardo DiCaprio film, Tolson was the longtime right-hand man/partner/whatever-you-suspect of J. Edgar Hoover. ah ok
2. What number is both the number of people in Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and the number of timepieces in Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory? There are four melting clock faces in the Dali and four people (a counterman and three diners) in the Hopper. a fair question
3. Zoologically, what three-letter word can refer to a male swan, a small horse, or a spider? They're all cobs. The archaic spider meaning is where we get the word "cobweb." correct
4. In 2001, what influential music website was finally able to buy its Web domain name from a livestock company in Butte Falls, Oregon? For many years, Pitchfork's music reviews were found only at PitchforkMedia.com because an actual pitchfork-wielding company wouldn't sell Pitchfork.com. Pitchfork? Not a site that I had bookmarked. Not my kind of music, I guess.
5. Who famously made "the Guarantee" to a crowd at the Miami Touchdown Club on January 9, 1969? In response to a heckler, Joe Namath guaranteed he would win Super Bowl III in a huge upset, which his Jets proceeded to do. He also predicated, "I guarantee I will star in the little-seen 1970 film C.C. and Company with Ann-Margret, and I also guarantee I will be a lousy AFC color commentator during 1980s NFL games." Broadway Joe, everybody! correct
6. Which of the five basic tastes is added to a cocktail by mixing in Angostura, Regan's, or Peychaud's? These are among the most popular brands of bitters. correct
7. coming next week
Wednesday, February 01, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - January 31
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. A former Iowa attorney named Clyde Tolson is best known as the long-time assistant and protege of what famous man? does he work for Warren Buffet? is this the famous secretary/assistant?
2. What number is both the number of people in Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and the number of timepieces in Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory? 1? 2 perhaps? I think it is just 1
3. Zoologically, what three-letter word can refer to a male swan, a small horse, or a spider? cob
4. In 2001, what influential music website was finally able to buy its Web domain name from a livestock company in Butte Falls, Oregon? probably not iTunes. Napster? Maybe "nap" for the coat of sheep?
5. Who famously made "the Guarantee" to a crowd at the Miami Touchdown Club on January 9, 1969? this one I know - Joe Namath
6. Which of the five basic tastes is added to a cocktail by mixing in Angostura, Regan's, or Peychaud's? sweet, sour, salty, bitter or umami? I think that I recognize Angoustura as a bitter. Bitters.
Beginning this week, I will offset Q7 by a week so that people cannot use my answers (whether correct or not) if they are actually participating in the KJ Tuesday Trivia scoring.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Who was the only U.S. president born during World War I? JFK was born May 29, 1917. Born four years before: Nixon and Ford. Born next: George H. W. Bush, seven years later. I was right that GHWB is not old enough to have been born in WWI. Never thought of JFK who would be 94 years old if still alive.
2. What's the only non-contagious disease that children can be vaccinated against? Tetanus is infectious (watch out for those rusty nails!) but it's not contagious. "He's gotta have his dip-tet, honey!" glad I have my polio vaccine since it is actually quite contagious. If I had just gone through the DPT vaccine components, I would have figured this out.
3. Why has no one ever seen a full episode of the TV shows MILF Island, Gold Case, The Queen of Jordan, or America's Kids Got Singing? They don't exist, sadly, but are only shows-within-shows on NBC's recently returned comedy 30 Rock. I guessed SNL, the show that 30 Rock originally was loosely based on.
4. In the first paragraph of a 1919 Booth Tarkington novel, what family is compared to the Medicis' Lorenzo the Magnificent? Those are the Ambersons, of Magnificent Ambersons fame. (The brilliant Orson Welles film adaptation is, by the way, out on DVD this week.) correct. hey I got one.
5. The Drake Passage lies between what two continents? Legend has it that Francis Drake sighted the passage between South America and Antarctica when he circumnavigated the Earth, but in fact he probably cut between Chile and Tierra del Fuego, as was the style at the time. The first actual passage of the Drake Passage probably didn't happen for fifty more years. correct again. on a roll now!
6. Which 2011 Oscar-hopeful film is based on a West End and Broadway theatrical hit performed using oversized puppets? This was the $150-per-seat puppet show that inspired Steven Spielberg to make War Horse. In fairness, the puppets are pretty awesome. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "Daydream Believer," Weezer's "Dreamin'", "Fools Rush In," "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," "Guess I'm Doing Fine," "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got," "Over the Rainbow," "Ramble On," "Winter Wonderland," "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah." They all have bluebirds. Going by song lyrics, people in the 1930s and 1940s were REALLY into bluebirds. correct. at least I got Q7
1. A former Iowa attorney named Clyde Tolson is best known as the long-time assistant and protege of what famous man? does he work for Warren Buffet? is this the famous secretary/assistant?
2. What number is both the number of people in Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and the number of timepieces in Salvador Dali's The Persistence of Memory? 1? 2 perhaps? I think it is just 1
3. Zoologically, what three-letter word can refer to a male swan, a small horse, or a spider? cob
4. In 2001, what influential music website was finally able to buy its Web domain name from a livestock company in Butte Falls, Oregon? probably not iTunes. Napster? Maybe "nap" for the coat of sheep?
5. Who famously made "the Guarantee" to a crowd at the Miami Touchdown Club on January 9, 1969? this one I know - Joe Namath
6. Which of the five basic tastes is added to a cocktail by mixing in Angostura, Regan's, or Peychaud's? sweet, sour, salty, bitter or umami? I think that I recognize Angoustura as a bitter. Bitters.
Beginning this week, I will offset Q7 by a week so that people cannot use my answers (whether correct or not) if they are actually participating in the KJ Tuesday Trivia scoring.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Who was the only U.S. president born during World War I? JFK was born May 29, 1917. Born four years before: Nixon and Ford. Born next: George H. W. Bush, seven years later. I was right that GHWB is not old enough to have been born in WWI. Never thought of JFK who would be 94 years old if still alive.
2. What's the only non-contagious disease that children can be vaccinated against? Tetanus is infectious (watch out for those rusty nails!) but it's not contagious. "He's gotta have his dip-tet, honey!" glad I have my polio vaccine since it is actually quite contagious. If I had just gone through the DPT vaccine components, I would have figured this out.
3. Why has no one ever seen a full episode of the TV shows MILF Island, Gold Case, The Queen of Jordan, or America's Kids Got Singing? They don't exist, sadly, but are only shows-within-shows on NBC's recently returned comedy 30 Rock. I guessed SNL, the show that 30 Rock originally was loosely based on.
4. In the first paragraph of a 1919 Booth Tarkington novel, what family is compared to the Medicis' Lorenzo the Magnificent? Those are the Ambersons, of Magnificent Ambersons fame. (The brilliant Orson Welles film adaptation is, by the way, out on DVD this week.) correct. hey I got one.
5. The Drake Passage lies between what two continents? Legend has it that Francis Drake sighted the passage between South America and Antarctica when he circumnavigated the Earth, but in fact he probably cut between Chile and Tierra del Fuego, as was the style at the time. The first actual passage of the Drake Passage probably didn't happen for fifty more years. correct again. on a roll now!
6. Which 2011 Oscar-hopeful film is based on a West End and Broadway theatrical hit performed using oversized puppets? This was the $150-per-seat puppet show that inspired Steven Spielberg to make War Horse. In fairness, the puppets are pretty awesome. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these songs? "Daydream Believer," Weezer's "Dreamin'", "Fools Rush In," "Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding," "Guess I'm Doing Fine," "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got," "Over the Rainbow," "Ramble On," "Winter Wonderland," "Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah." They all have bluebirds. Going by song lyrics, people in the 1930s and 1940s were REALLY into bluebirds. correct. at least I got Q7
