Thursday, March 29, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - March 27
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. The star of what current TV show is also one half of the musical duo She & Him? New Girl stars Zooey Deschanel who is the She side. The Him role is M. Ward.
2. What airplane first did essentially the same thing that the plane called Bockscar also did three days later? did the Wright brothers get the glory even if their plane was not the first flight?
3. In medieval fables, what kind of animal is Chanticleer? rooster
4. Of the forty performers who have won acting Oscars since 2002, who was the only one who didn't give an acceptance speech? I try to recall who won this year in case this is a current events question. But Meryl Streep, the guy from The Artist, Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer were all in attendance. Have to go further back. Was Rachel Weisz pregnant and not at the Oscars when she won?
5. What unit of computer memory contains one thousand gigabytes? I believe that this is a terabyte.
6. What nickname did William Calhoun use as one of the biggest pro wrestling stars of the 1950s and 1960s? Gorgeous George? I cannot think of any other wrestler names from that era
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these songs? "The Bad Touch" by the Bloodhound Gang, "Beautiful Day" by U2, "Born to Die" by Lana Del Rey, "Come Back to Me" by Janet Jackson, "Justify My Love" by Madonna, "Let's Make Love" by Faith Hill, "Nice & Slow" by Usher, "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor, "Say (All I Need)" by OneRepublic, "Someone Like You" by Adele. All music videos set in and around Paris.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What's the title male model's first name in the 2001 movie Zoolander? Derek! Otherwise the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too would have to change its name. correct
2. Which bill makes up over 75% of the value of all circulating U.S. currency? $100-dollar bills. Thanks, international crime! it is all about the Benjamins. I guess it is not true that ATMs have put so many $20 bills into circulation that they dwarf other bills.
3. What ancient kingdom was ruled, at various times, by the Hyksos and the Ptolemys? Both were Egyptian dynasties. correct
4. Before 2010, Wataru Misaka, Raymond Townsend, Corey Gaines, Rex Walters, and Robert Swift were among the only Asian-Americans ever to do what? Before Jeremy Lin, they were the NBA's only Asian-Americans. correct
5. What kind of plants does a dendrologist study? "Dendron" is Greek for "tree." correct
6. Iguazu, Gocta, and Kaieteur are some of South America's most visited what? Waterfalls. This would have been a lot easier if I'd included Venezuela's Angel Falls, I guess. correct
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. All have scenes set in caves. I was going to include The Goonies but it turns out The Goonies wasn't based on a classic novel, like I had long believed. Live and learn. as always, it seems so evident once you see the answer
1. The star of what current TV show is also one half of the musical duo She & Him? New Girl stars Zooey Deschanel who is the She side. The Him role is M. Ward.
2. What airplane first did essentially the same thing that the plane called Bockscar also did three days later? did the Wright brothers get the glory even if their plane was not the first flight?
3. In medieval fables, what kind of animal is Chanticleer? rooster
4. Of the forty performers who have won acting Oscars since 2002, who was the only one who didn't give an acceptance speech? I try to recall who won this year in case this is a current events question. But Meryl Streep, the guy from The Artist, Christopher Plummer and Octavia Spencer were all in attendance. Have to go further back. Was Rachel Weisz pregnant and not at the Oscars when she won?
5. What unit of computer memory contains one thousand gigabytes? I believe that this is a terabyte.
6. What nickname did William Calhoun use as one of the biggest pro wrestling stars of the 1950s and 1960s? Gorgeous George? I cannot think of any other wrestler names from that era
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these songs? "The Bad Touch" by the Bloodhound Gang, "Beautiful Day" by U2, "Born to Die" by Lana Del Rey, "Come Back to Me" by Janet Jackson, "Justify My Love" by Madonna, "Let's Make Love" by Faith Hill, "Nice & Slow" by Usher, "Nothing Compares 2 U" by Sinead O'Connor, "Say (All I Need)" by OneRepublic, "Someone Like You" by Adele. All music videos set in and around Paris.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What's the title male model's first name in the 2001 movie Zoolander? Derek! Otherwise the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can't Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too would have to change its name. correct
2. Which bill makes up over 75% of the value of all circulating U.S. currency? $100-dollar bills. Thanks, international crime! it is all about the Benjamins. I guess it is not true that ATMs have put so many $20 bills into circulation that they dwarf other bills.
3. What ancient kingdom was ruled, at various times, by the Hyksos and the Ptolemys? Both were Egyptian dynasties. correct
4. Before 2010, Wataru Misaka, Raymond Townsend, Corey Gaines, Rex Walters, and Robert Swift were among the only Asian-Americans ever to do what? Before Jeremy Lin, they were the NBA's only Asian-Americans. correct
5. What kind of plants does a dendrologist study? "Dendron" is Greek for "tree." correct
6. Iguazu, Gocta, and Kaieteur are some of South America's most visited what? Waterfalls. This would have been a lot easier if I'd included Venezuela's Angel Falls, I guess. correct
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. All have scenes set in caves. I was going to include The Goonies but it turns out The Goonies wasn't based on a classic novel, like I had long believed. Live and learn. as always, it seems so evident once you see the answer
