Saturday, March 24, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - March 20
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What's the title male model's first name in the 2001 movie Zoolander? Derek
2. Which bill makes up over 75% of the value of all circulating U.S. currency? $20 (a guess based on the frequency with which they are withdrawn from ATMs)
3. What ancient kingdom was ruled, at various times, by the Hyksos and the Ptolemys? Egypt
4. Before 2010, Wataru Misaka, Raymond Townsend, Corey Gaines, Rex Walters, and Robert Swift were among the only Asian-Americans ever to do what? I recognize Raymond Townsend, Corey Gaines and Rex Walters as the names of basketball players ---> Play in the NBA?
5. What kind of plants does a dendrologist study? trees?
6. Iguazu, Gocta, and Kaieteur are some of South America's most visited what? waterfalls
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these classic novels? Cat's Cradle, The English Patient, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Hobbit, Lord of the Flies, A Passage to India, Song of Solomon, Things Fall Apart, Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island. Tom Sawyer, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Cat's in the Cradle - all songs based on a title of one of these works. Is that the common thread? Misty Mountain Hop ---> The Hobbit?
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. George Eads and Paul Guilfoyle are the only actors that have survived as cast members during the entire 12-season run of what TV series? Eads and Guilfoyle are *still* on the original CSI, which (a lot of people don't remember this) was actually up against Dynasty and Little House on the Prairie. during its first season on CBS. Jorja Fox, if you were wondering, was just recurring for a few seasons, so she doesn't count. correct
2. Who published his Catechism of the Church of Geneva in 1542? If you only know one 16th-century religious reformer from Geneva, I hope it's John Calvin. At least for the purposes of getting this question right. shoot, I guessed the wrong John. I could only remember John Knox, not Calvin.
3. What common fashion accessory is made entirely of nacre? "Nacre" may sound gross, but it's just the scientific term for mother-of-pearl. Pearls are made from nacre. correct
4. What 1964 song's most memorable lyric was suggested by Bill Dees, who noticed that the singer always said "Mercy!" when he saw an attractive girl? "Mercy!" is apparently what Roy Orbison said whenever he saw a "Pretty Woman." knew that I had a brain freeze on an easy question
5. What U.S. state's unusual flag has a covered wagon and two boats on one side, and a beaver on the other? Oregon (the end of a namesake pioneer trail as well as the Beaver State) is the only state whose flag is different on its two sides. When it comes to national flags, Paraguay does the same thing. Overachievers. correct
6. What movie title character speaks his film's final line: "Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!" That's the last we hear from Dr. Strangelove. The movie ends somewhat abruptly there (with a montage of mushroom clouds) because Kubrick eventually rethought his original ending: a massive pie fight. True story. really tough. Additional clues would have helped.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these countries and no others? Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Brunei, Burundi, Guyana, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Niger, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Sweden. I apologize in advance for this being a little more convoluted that usual. These are the countries whose names start with the same letters as their capitals...EXCEPT that I left out countries whose capitals were named for the country themselves (Algiers, Mexico City, Singapore, etc.) "and no others" . . . except for a few others. Not fair, KJ.
1. What's the title male model's first name in the 2001 movie Zoolander? Derek
2. Which bill makes up over 75% of the value of all circulating U.S. currency? $20 (a guess based on the frequency with which they are withdrawn from ATMs)
3. What ancient kingdom was ruled, at various times, by the Hyksos and the Ptolemys? Egypt
4. Before 2010, Wataru Misaka, Raymond Townsend, Corey Gaines, Rex Walters, and Robert Swift were among the only Asian-Americans ever to do what? I recognize Raymond Townsend, Corey Gaines and Rex Walters as the names of basketball players ---> Play in the NBA?
5. What kind of plants does a dendrologist study? trees?
6. Iguazu, Gocta, and Kaieteur are some of South America's most visited what? waterfalls
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these classic novels? Cat's Cradle, The English Patient, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Hobbit, Lord of the Flies, A Passage to India, Song of Solomon, Things Fall Apart, Tom Sawyer, Treasure Island. Tom Sawyer, For Whom The Bell Tolls, Cat's in the Cradle - all songs based on a title of one of these works. Is that the common thread? Misty Mountain Hop ---> The Hobbit?
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. George Eads and Paul Guilfoyle are the only actors that have survived as cast members during the entire 12-season run of what TV series? Eads and Guilfoyle are *still* on the original CSI, which (a lot of people don't remember this) was actually up against Dynasty and Little House on the Prairie. during its first season on CBS. Jorja Fox, if you were wondering, was just recurring for a few seasons, so she doesn't count. correct
2. Who published his Catechism of the Church of Geneva in 1542? If you only know one 16th-century religious reformer from Geneva, I hope it's John Calvin. At least for the purposes of getting this question right. shoot, I guessed the wrong John. I could only remember John Knox, not Calvin.
3. What common fashion accessory is made entirely of nacre? "Nacre" may sound gross, but it's just the scientific term for mother-of-pearl. Pearls are made from nacre. correct
4. What 1964 song's most memorable lyric was suggested by Bill Dees, who noticed that the singer always said "Mercy!" when he saw an attractive girl? "Mercy!" is apparently what Roy Orbison said whenever he saw a "Pretty Woman." knew that I had a brain freeze on an easy question
5. What U.S. state's unusual flag has a covered wagon and two boats on one side, and a beaver on the other? Oregon (the end of a namesake pioneer trail as well as the Beaver State) is the only state whose flag is different on its two sides. When it comes to national flags, Paraguay does the same thing. Overachievers. correct
6. What movie title character speaks his film's final line: "Mein Fuhrer! I can walk!" That's the last we hear from Dr. Strangelove. The movie ends somewhat abruptly there (with a montage of mushroom clouds) because Kubrick eventually rethought his original ending: a massive pie fight. True story. really tough. Additional clues would have helped.
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these countries and no others? Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Brunei, Burundi, Guyana, Maldives, Marshall Islands, Mozambique, Niger, Papua New Guinea, South Korea, Sri Lanka, and Sweden. I apologize in advance for this being a little more convoluted that usual. These are the countries whose names start with the same letters as their capitals...EXCEPT that I left out countries whose capitals were named for the country themselves (Algiers, Mexico City, Singapore, etc.) "and no others" . . . except for a few others. Not fair, KJ.
