Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - March 6
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What cartoon character made his 1935 debut as the sidekick for a cat named Beans? Is this Jerry before Tom entered the picture?
2. What mathematical construct has eigenvalues and a determinant? If we were answering as a team, I would look to Alex for help. Exponents?
3. What is the anatomical name for the tobogganing sport re-introduced to the Winter Olympics in 2012? skeleton
4. The "Trail of Tears" created by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 ended in what is now which U.S. state? Oklahoma. If you are ever in Tahlequah, visit the Trail of Tears exhibit.
5. What now-world-famous woman was born in north London in May 1988 to a teenaged single mother named Penny Adkins? Adele?
6. In additional to the title alias, what French literary character also goes by Lord Wilmore, Sinbad the Sailor, Abbe Busoni, and Monsieur Zaccone? The Count of Monte Cristo?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? About a Boy, All About Eve, Citizen Kane, Election, Goodfellas, Hannah and Her Sisters, Sin City, The Thin Red Line. The screenplay for each was written or co-written by the director. Is that what he is looking for?
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What southern stew takes its name for the Bantu word for "okra"? Okra is called "ki ngombo" in much of Africa, which is why the vegetable and the stew you make from it can both be called gumbo. correct
2. Dr. Jill Biden and Dr. Bill Cosby both earned their doctorates in what field? They're both doctors of education, as you knew if you remembered the "Dr. William H. Cosby, Ed.D." credit at the end of every Huxtable adventure. correct
3. "Escape," the biggest hit for singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes, is better known by the name of what mixed drink? Do you like pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain, and early '80s AM radio? correct
4. The symbol on what country's national flag is two congruent blue equilateral triangles, overlapping each other? That sounds complicated, but I promise it's really just a Star of David. The flag is Israel's. I was trying to think of what overlapping triangles would look like. I needed to flip one upside down. I should have been drawing on paper to work this one out.
5. What state is the setting for the TV shows Community, Dynasty, and Everwood? All are (well, were, in most cases) set in the great state of Colorado. I'm not sure if you can continue the alphabetical list long enough to get to Mork and Mindy or South Park. correct
6. Where does a pyroclastic flow come from? Someone who's just eaten at Taco Bell lol! Ah, I'm only playin, Taco Bell. Pyroclastic flow is the sometimes-fatal gas cloud that emerges from a volcano. correct
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. All are married to foreign-born spouses. (Only Trump's arrived via international mail, however.) Did I miss any others? I wanted a couple more for this question and came up short. correct
1. What cartoon character made his 1935 debut as the sidekick for a cat named Beans? Is this Jerry before Tom entered the picture?
2. What mathematical construct has eigenvalues and a determinant? If we were answering as a team, I would look to Alex for help. Exponents?
3. What is the anatomical name for the tobogganing sport re-introduced to the Winter Olympics in 2012? skeleton
4. The "Trail of Tears" created by the Indian Removal Act of 1830 ended in what is now which U.S. state? Oklahoma. If you are ever in Tahlequah, visit the Trail of Tears exhibit.
5. What now-world-famous woman was born in north London in May 1988 to a teenaged single mother named Penny Adkins? Adele?
6. In additional to the title alias, what French literary character also goes by Lord Wilmore, Sinbad the Sailor, Abbe Busoni, and Monsieur Zaccone? The Count of Monte Cristo?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? About a Boy, All About Eve, Citizen Kane, Election, Goodfellas, Hannah and Her Sisters, Sin City, The Thin Red Line. The screenplay for each was written or co-written by the director. Is that what he is looking for?
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What southern stew takes its name for the Bantu word for "okra"? Okra is called "ki ngombo" in much of Africa, which is why the vegetable and the stew you make from it can both be called gumbo. correct
2. Dr. Jill Biden and Dr. Bill Cosby both earned their doctorates in what field? They're both doctors of education, as you knew if you remembered the "Dr. William H. Cosby, Ed.D." credit at the end of every Huxtable adventure. correct
3. "Escape," the biggest hit for singer-songwriter Rupert Holmes, is better known by the name of what mixed drink? Do you like pina coladas, and getting caught in the rain, and early '80s AM radio? correct
4. The symbol on what country's national flag is two congruent blue equilateral triangles, overlapping each other? That sounds complicated, but I promise it's really just a Star of David. The flag is Israel's. I was trying to think of what overlapping triangles would look like. I needed to flip one upside down. I should have been drawing on paper to work this one out.
5. What state is the setting for the TV shows Community, Dynasty, and Everwood? All are (well, were, in most cases) set in the great state of Colorado. I'm not sure if you can continue the alphabetical list long enough to get to Mork and Mindy or South Park. correct
6. Where does a pyroclastic flow come from? Someone who's just eaten at Taco Bell lol! Ah, I'm only playin, Taco Bell. Pyroclastic flow is the sometimes-fatal gas cloud that emerges from a volcano. correct
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. All are married to foreign-born spouses. (Only Trump's arrived via international mail, however.) Did I miss any others? I wanted a couple more for this question and came up short. correct
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#2 is a matrix, and as far as I can tell, that answer is totally uninferrable from the question, unless of course you knew it in the first place. Fun fact: the product of all the eigenvalues of a matrix is equal to the determinant! (Disclaimer: preceding fact may contain only trace amounts of fun)
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