Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - August 7
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
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? Error Code 1 (for the First Amendment)?
2. What occupation is practiced by the title characters of TV's "Bunheads"? ballet dancer
3. What's the lowest-numbered card in a pinochle deck? I believe that pinochle throws out the lower numbered cards. Is 10 the lowest card?
4. What scientist is depicted in bronze, holding a compass and an armillary sphere, in front of the Staszic Palace in Warsaw? Polish scientist and astronomer --> Copernicus
5. Since it was first proposed to Congress in 1983, "New Columbia" has been the name typically suggested for what? I don't think it has anything to do with the space program because there already was a space shuttle Columbia in 1983. The 51st state?
6. The band that has toured (for legal reasons) as Manzarek-Krieger actually performs nothing but hits from what rock group? The Doors
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these birds and no others? Dove, eagle, kookaburra, owl, and swallow? With a little research help, these birds have been Olympic mascots
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What title group from a popular 1957 song has "110 cornets close at hand"? In Broadway's The Music Man, they come right behind the "76 Trombones" but right ahead of the "rows and rows of the finest virtuosos," whatever they are. correct
2. Name one of the four U.S. presidents who adopted children. I thought Reagan was probably the easy one, and trivia types might recall that George Washington, despite being the father of his country, never had any biological kids of his own but adopted a few. The other two are Andrew Jackson and (oddly) James Buchanan. not correct. I again demonstrate my lack of knowledge of (and interest in) Presidential trivia
3. What ten-layered anatomical structure has a densely-packed pit called the fovea at its center? That's the retina: the fovea lets you see sharp detail at the very center of your field of vision. an eye has 10 layers?
4. What comedy movie features Del Griffith, a shower curtain ring salesman who ends up selling his entire inventory as earrings? Griffith was played by the late, great John Candy in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. missed this one too
5. In what country is Central America's largest bank, Banco del Istmo, headquartered? That's Spanish for "Bank of the Isthmus," so the country is Panama. correct
6. What two hit TV series debuted in late October 2011 and each aired a "Little Red Riding Hood" episode just days apart? The two fairy tale-themed hits on network TV now are Grimm and Once Upon a Time. But what about the short-lived 1987 sitcom The Charmings? No love for The Charmings? Anybody? correct!
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and, depending on your definitions, no others? Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Spain, and Turkey. These are all the nations that span two different continental mainlands (disregarding overseas territories and islands). I guess so. I always assumed that Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan were fully in Asia (per the convention of the UN and the CIA world factbook).
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? Error Code 1 (for the First Amendment)?
2. What occupation is practiced by the title characters of TV's "Bunheads"? ballet dancer
3. What's the lowest-numbered card in a pinochle deck? I believe that pinochle throws out the lower numbered cards. Is 10 the lowest card?
4. What scientist is depicted in bronze, holding a compass and an armillary sphere, in front of the Staszic Palace in Warsaw? Polish scientist and astronomer --> Copernicus
5. Since it was first proposed to Congress in 1983, "New Columbia" has been the name typically suggested for what? I don't think it has anything to do with the space program because there already was a space shuttle Columbia in 1983. The 51st state?
6. The band that has toured (for legal reasons) as Manzarek-Krieger actually performs nothing but hits from what rock group? The Doors
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these birds and no others? Dove, eagle, kookaburra, owl, and swallow? With a little research help, these birds have been Olympic mascots
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What title group from a popular 1957 song has "110 cornets close at hand"? In Broadway's The Music Man, they come right behind the "76 Trombones" but right ahead of the "rows and rows of the finest virtuosos," whatever they are. correct
2. Name one of the four U.S. presidents who adopted children. I thought Reagan was probably the easy one, and trivia types might recall that George Washington, despite being the father of his country, never had any biological kids of his own but adopted a few. The other two are Andrew Jackson and (oddly) James Buchanan. not correct. I again demonstrate my lack of knowledge of (and interest in) Presidential trivia
3. What ten-layered anatomical structure has a densely-packed pit called the fovea at its center? That's the retina: the fovea lets you see sharp detail at the very center of your field of vision. an eye has 10 layers?
4. What comedy movie features Del Griffith, a shower curtain ring salesman who ends up selling his entire inventory as earrings? Griffith was played by the late, great John Candy in Planes, Trains and Automobiles. missed this one too
5. In what country is Central America's largest bank, Banco del Istmo, headquartered? That's Spanish for "Bank of the Isthmus," so the country is Panama. correct
6. What two hit TV series debuted in late October 2011 and each aired a "Little Red Riding Hood" episode just days apart? The two fairy tale-themed hits on network TV now are Grimm and Once Upon a Time. But what about the short-lived 1987 sitcom The Charmings? No love for The Charmings? Anybody? correct!
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and, depending on your definitions, no others? Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Spain, and Turkey. These are all the nations that span two different continental mainlands (disregarding overseas territories and islands). I guess so. I always assumed that Azerbaijan, Georgia and Kazakhstan were fully in Asia (per the convention of the UN and the CIA world factbook).
