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?
