Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - August 14
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What part of the body can have an "epicanthic fold"? brain?
2. What public figure is the title star of the new Lifetime reality series subtitled "Life's a Tripp"? Sarah Palin? or is this Bristol Palin?
3. Australia's Rod Laver was the first person ever to become a career millionaire in what field? tennis
4. What title object did John Keats call a "sylvan historian," an "Attic shape," and a "still unravish'd bride of quietness"? a Grecian urn
5. Name one of the two American candidates since the Civil War to lose a presidential election both as president and vice president on a major-party ticket. Bob Dole?
6. What macabre term do newspaper and magazine publishers use for the room where they store back issues and other old reference materials? graveyard?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these entertainers, and no others big names that I can find? Jeff Bridges, Sofia Coppola, Joshua Jackson, Bruce Lee, Hayley Mills, Liza Minnelli They all appeared in movies as a baby or infant? That is famously true of Sofia Coppola. Maybe for the others too.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Developer Tim Bray has suggested what appropriate number to be the Web's error code for pages "Unavailable for Legal Reasons" like government censorship? After Ray Bradbury's death, Bray proposed "Error 451" as the censorship code, as a node to Fahrenheit 451. not correct, but I like the answer
2. What occupation is practiced by the title characters of TV's "Bunheads"? They are (mostly bun-wearing) ballet dancers. correct
3. What's the lowest-numbered card in a pinochle deck? A pinochle deck is ace through nine. I reversed the cards that are thrown out
4. What scientist is depicted in bronze, holding a compass and an armillary sphere, in front of the Staszic Palace in Warsaw? Copernicus, who developed a namesake sun-centered model of the Solar System, was Polish. correct
5. Since it was first proposed to Congress in 1983, "New Columbia" has been the name typically suggested for what? That was the proposed name for the District of Columbia, should the nation's capital ever become the nations's 51st state. I'm in favor, if it means the District will get rid of those annoying "Taxation Without Representation" license plates. correct
6. The band that has toured (for legal reasons) as Manzarek-Krieger actually performs nothing but hits from what rock group? Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger are two of the surviving members of the Doors. There is apparently no one alive who can write bad enough poetry for them to record *new* songs. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these birds and no others? Dove, eagle, kookaburra, owl, and swallow? They're the only birds that have ever been Olympic mascots. It's not too late for Rio to pick a parrot though! Stay tuned. correct!
1. What part of the body can have an "epicanthic fold"? brain?
2. What public figure is the title star of the new Lifetime reality series subtitled "Life's a Tripp"? Sarah Palin? or is this Bristol Palin?
3. Australia's Rod Laver was the first person ever to become a career millionaire in what field? tennis
4. What title object did John Keats call a "sylvan historian," an "Attic shape," and a "still unravish'd bride of quietness"? a Grecian urn
5. Name one of the two American candidates since the Civil War to lose a presidential election both as president and vice president on a major-party ticket. Bob Dole?
6. What macabre term do newspaper and magazine publishers use for the room where they store back issues and other old reference materials? graveyard?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these entertainers, and no others big names that I can find? Jeff Bridges, Sofia Coppola, Joshua Jackson, Bruce Lee, Hayley Mills, Liza Minnelli They all appeared in movies as a baby or infant? That is famously true of Sofia Coppola. Maybe for the others too.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Developer Tim Bray has suggested what appropriate number to be the Web's error code for pages "Unavailable for Legal Reasons" like government censorship? After Ray Bradbury's death, Bray proposed "Error 451" as the censorship code, as a node to Fahrenheit 451. not correct, but I like the answer
2. What occupation is practiced by the title characters of TV's "Bunheads"? They are (mostly bun-wearing) ballet dancers. correct
3. What's the lowest-numbered card in a pinochle deck? A pinochle deck is ace through nine. I reversed the cards that are thrown out
4. What scientist is depicted in bronze, holding a compass and an armillary sphere, in front of the Staszic Palace in Warsaw? Copernicus, who developed a namesake sun-centered model of the Solar System, was Polish. correct
5. Since it was first proposed to Congress in 1983, "New Columbia" has been the name typically suggested for what? That was the proposed name for the District of Columbia, should the nation's capital ever become the nations's 51st state. I'm in favor, if it means the District will get rid of those annoying "Taxation Without Representation" license plates. correct
6. The band that has toured (for legal reasons) as Manzarek-Krieger actually performs nothing but hits from what rock group? Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger are two of the surviving members of the Doors. There is apparently no one alive who can write bad enough poetry for them to record *new* songs. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these birds and no others? Dove, eagle, kookaburra, owl, and swallow? They're the only birds that have ever been Olympic mascots. It's not too late for Rio to pick a parrot though! Stay tuned. correct!
