Thursday, August 02, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - July 31
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What title group from a popular 1957 song has "110 cornets close at hand"? 76 Trombones
2. Name one of the four U.S. presidents who adopted children. I am pretty bored with presidential trivia. But this question has a bit of intrigue. Did Lincoln adopt?
3. What ten-layered anatomical structure has a densely-packed pit called the fovea at its center? human anatomical structure? plant structure? something like an artichoke?
4. What comedy movie features Del Griffith, a shower curtain ring salesman who ends up selling his entire inventory as earrings? no idea. Current movie? Older movie?
5. In what country is Central America's largest bank, Banco del Istmo, headquartered? Istmo ---> isthmus ---> Panama?
6. What two hit TV series debuted in late October 2011 and each aired a "Little Red Riding Hood" episode just days apart? Definitely Once Upon A Time is one of them. Is Grimm the other?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and, depending on your definitions, no others? Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Spain, and Turkey. I am guessing that the subject has something to do with the Bible or ancient times. Something like places claiming the final resting place of Noah's Ark.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What 2011 best-seller by Ernest Cline about 1980s geek culture takes its title from the phrase that opened many old coin-operated video games? This novel--a must-read for '80s refugees, and now in development at Warner Bros.--is called Ready Player One. ok
2. A tachyon is, by definition, a hypothetical particle that possesses what unusual ability? It can sing a killer karaoke version of "Vision of Love" by Mariah Carey. It can also travel faster than the speed of light. we had this question once at the Dreambuilders quiz. I should know this.
3. The 2018 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held at Pyeongchang, in what country? South Korea, hosting its first Olympic Games since the 1984 games in Seoul. correct
4. An 1878 dispute near present-day Williamson, West Virginia, over the distinctive notches in a hog's ears was one of the earliest flare-ups in what American conflict? A hog's ear helped ignite the Hatfield-McCoy feud, as History Channel viewers may be aware. correct
5. BAO, the Benny Anderssons Orkester, is the latest project for a musician who owes his entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to his membership in what other band? Benny Andersson was one of the two guys in ABBA (the beard, not the mullet). correct
6. What country currently has the only pregnant CEO of any on the Fortune 500? Google's Marissa Mayer, hired this month by Yahoo!, will also become a mom in early October. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these TV characters? Bamm-Bamm on Flintstones, Dexter on Dexter, Kutner on House, Lindsay on Arrested Development, Locke on Lost, Rachel on Glee, Rose on The Golden Girls, Steve on 90210, Sylar on Heroes, and Worf on Star Trek. All were adopted. Not by the same family, sadly--that would have been an awesome series. correct
1. What title group from a popular 1957 song has "110 cornets close at hand"? 76 Trombones
2. Name one of the four U.S. presidents who adopted children. I am pretty bored with presidential trivia. But this question has a bit of intrigue. Did Lincoln adopt?
3. What ten-layered anatomical structure has a densely-packed pit called the fovea at its center? human anatomical structure? plant structure? something like an artichoke?
4. What comedy movie features Del Griffith, a shower curtain ring salesman who ends up selling his entire inventory as earrings? no idea. Current movie? Older movie?
5. In what country is Central America's largest bank, Banco del Istmo, headquartered? Istmo ---> isthmus ---> Panama?
6. What two hit TV series debuted in late October 2011 and each aired a "Little Red Riding Hood" episode just days apart? Definitely Once Upon A Time is one of them. Is Grimm the other?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries and, depending on your definitions, no others? Azerbaijan, Egypt, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Russia, Spain, and Turkey. I am guessing that the subject has something to do with the Bible or ancient times. Something like places claiming the final resting place of Noah's Ark.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What 2011 best-seller by Ernest Cline about 1980s geek culture takes its title from the phrase that opened many old coin-operated video games? This novel--a must-read for '80s refugees, and now in development at Warner Bros.--is called Ready Player One. ok
2. A tachyon is, by definition, a hypothetical particle that possesses what unusual ability? It can sing a killer karaoke version of "Vision of Love" by Mariah Carey. It can also travel faster than the speed of light. we had this question once at the Dreambuilders quiz. I should know this.
3. The 2018 Winter Olympics are scheduled to be held at Pyeongchang, in what country? South Korea, hosting its first Olympic Games since the 1984 games in Seoul. correct
4. An 1878 dispute near present-day Williamson, West Virginia, over the distinctive notches in a hog's ears was one of the earliest flare-ups in what American conflict? A hog's ear helped ignite the Hatfield-McCoy feud, as History Channel viewers may be aware. correct
5. BAO, the Benny Anderssons Orkester, is the latest project for a musician who owes his entry into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to his membership in what other band? Benny Andersson was one of the two guys in ABBA (the beard, not the mullet). correct
6. What country currently has the only pregnant CEO of any on the Fortune 500? Google's Marissa Mayer, hired this month by Yahoo!, will also become a mom in early October. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these TV characters? Bamm-Bamm on Flintstones, Dexter on Dexter, Kutner on House, Lindsay on Arrested Development, Locke on Lost, Rachel on Glee, Rose on The Golden Girls, Steve on 90210, Sylar on Heroes, and Worf on Star Trek. All were adopted. Not by the same family, sadly--that would have been an awesome series. correct
