Saturday, September 15, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - September 11
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What specific object appears in the best-known paintings of both Jasper Johns and Emmanuel Leutze? Leutze's most famous painting was Washington Crossing the Delaware; Johns's is a classic of pop art called Flag. So American flags then. correct
2. The 1961 jazz recording First Time! is a collaboration between what two legendary jazz pianists and bandleaders with aristocratic nicknames? Duke Ellington (not actually a duke) and Count Basie (not actually a count). correct
3. What city, once called Leopoldville, is on pace to surpass Paris as the world's largest French-speaking city by 2020? Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. correct
4. The premise of the TV show Smash is a Broadway musical based on the life of what woman? The aspiring actresses in the show's first season were vying for the role of Marilyn Monroe. BUT WITH SONGS. not correct. Still not that interested in seeing the show.
5. What unit of measurement is defined as 2,240 pounds in its "long" variety? That's a "long" ton, the "Imperial" version often in the U.K. Our 2000-pound American ton is the "short" one. correct
6. Who was famously arrested, at least initially, for the murder of a police officer named J. D. Tippit? Tippit was the Dallas police officer killed in 1963 when he approached the then-fugitive Lee Harvey Oswald. When Oswald was arrested 45 minutes later in a nearby movie theater, he was initially booked for Tippit's murder, not JFK's. correct
7. What distinction is shared by these NFL and Major League Baseball teams, and no others? The Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, St. Louis Rams, and Tampa Bay Rays? These are all the pro outdoor-sport teams that still play in a domed stadium--no retractable-roof, straight-up indoors all the time. correct
1. The Reynolds Rocket, released in 1945, and the
Parker Jotter, which has since sold 750 million, were two of the first
American versions of what newly invented item? ballpoint pen
2. What is both the most abundant element in the earth's crust and the third most common element by mass in the universe? oxygen?
3. Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, and Carson Palmer have started more games for what NFL team than any other quarterbacks? Cincinnati Bengals
2. What is both the most abundant element in the earth's crust and the third most common element by mass in the universe? oxygen?
3. Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, and Carson Palmer have started more games for what NFL team than any other quarterbacks? Cincinnati Bengals
4. What children's snack is called "barbe a papa" in France--"father's beard"? cotton candy?
5. What city was the capital of Japan for over 1,000 years, ending in 1869? Kyoto?
5. What city was the capital of Japan for over 1,000 years, ending in 1869? Kyoto?
6. The possibility of a "Grexit" is much in the business news in 2012. Who or what would exit in a "Grexit"? is this a graceful exit as in the US exiting its position as majority owner of GM?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Fast & Furious, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ghost World, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Pariah, Pumping Iron, Sucker Punch. something about cars? Otherwise, no idea. I think I have only seen two of these movies
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Fast & Furious, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ghost World, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Pariah, Pumping Iron, Sucker Punch. something about cars? Otherwise, no idea. I think I have only seen two of these movies
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What specific object appears in the best-known paintings of both Jasper Johns and Emmanuel Leutze? Leutze's most famous painting was Washington Crossing the Delaware; Johns's is a classic of pop art called Flag. So American flags then. correct
2. The 1961 jazz recording First Time! is a collaboration between what two legendary jazz pianists and bandleaders with aristocratic nicknames? Duke Ellington (not actually a duke) and Count Basie (not actually a count). correct
3. What city, once called Leopoldville, is on pace to surpass Paris as the world's largest French-speaking city by 2020? Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. correct
4. The premise of the TV show Smash is a Broadway musical based on the life of what woman? The aspiring actresses in the show's first season were vying for the role of Marilyn Monroe. BUT WITH SONGS. not correct. Still not that interested in seeing the show.
5. What unit of measurement is defined as 2,240 pounds in its "long" variety? That's a "long" ton, the "Imperial" version often in the U.K. Our 2000-pound American ton is the "short" one. correct
6. Who was famously arrested, at least initially, for the murder of a police officer named J. D. Tippit? Tippit was the Dallas police officer killed in 1963 when he approached the then-fugitive Lee Harvey Oswald. When Oswald was arrested 45 minutes later in a nearby movie theater, he was initially booked for Tippit's murder, not JFK's. correct
7. What distinction is shared by these NFL and Major League Baseball teams, and no others? The Atlanta Falcons, Detroit Lions, Minnesota Vikings, New Orleans Saints, St. Louis Rams, and Tampa Bay Rays? These are all the pro outdoor-sport teams that still play in a domed stadium--no retractable-roof, straight-up indoors all the time. correct
