Friday, September 28, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - September 25
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. The only book series ever to have *two* installments win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was nicknamed for what animal? rabbit! My guess is John Updike's Rabbit series.
2. Manuela Saenz was nicknamed "la Libertadora del Libertador" after saving the life of what man from an 1828 assassination attempt? Simon Bolivar
3. What instrument was primarily played by the lone woman in bands like Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, and 'Til Tuesday? didn't Tina Weymouth play the bass in the Talking Heads?
4. In two of this year's top-grossing movies, both released in late June, the protagonists magically find a sentient bear added to their families. Name both films. Ted and some animated movie?
5. What politician married his high school sweetheart Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson in 1970, and separated from her almost exactly forty years later? Must be a politician who was in a sex scandal. After consideration, I think this is John Edwards.
6. What does a limnologist study? words? poetry?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these famous people? Robert the Bruce, Lord Byron, Frederic Chopin, Jacques-Louis David, Thomas Hardy, Dr. David Livingstone, Jan Paderewski, Richard the Lionhearted. People who are submitting answers for the competition are not permitted to do research. But I am not restricted. Thanks to wikipedia, I found a macabre connection. The hearts of each of these famous folk were buried separately from the rest of them.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Colitis and diverticulitis are diseases of what specific organ of the body? The large intestine, especially the colon part of the large intestine. If you want more information about these gross diseases please check out Wikipedia because I'll probably get blocked by your spam filter if I start describing them here. correct
2. What word rhymes, somewhat dubiously, with "museum" and "see 'em" in the theme to TV's The Addams Family? They really are a scream--pronounced with two syllables, of course, as people so often do. bleah
3. What third largest city of New Zealand was named for the Oxford college attended by its founder? Christ Church is one of the largest colleges at Oxford--and coincidentally, Christchurch, N.Z. is a big college town, or so I learned watching that Peter Jackson movie Heavenly Creatures. correct
4. What multimillion-selling musician sometimes uses the nickname "Yeezy"? Kanye West is trying to sell you $250 sneakers called "Air Yeezys." Please grab a couple pair, he needs to money. correct
5. The new documentary Bill W. depicts the life of William Griffith Wilson, most famous for co-founding what organization? "Bill W." is best known by that name because of the "Anonymous" part of "Alcoholics Anonymous." correct
6. Which of the seven Nobel Prize categories has had by far fewer U.S. winners than the other six? Literature, with just 11 winners in over a century. Did you think it was Peace? INCORRECT, Americans are twice as awesome at peace as at literature, with 21 winners. correct!
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these comics? Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts, Spider-Man, Superman. All were adapted as Broadway musicals at one time or another. Did I miss any? Doonesbury musical? I missed that
1. The only book series ever to have *two* installments win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was nicknamed for what animal? rabbit! My guess is John Updike's Rabbit series.
2. Manuela Saenz was nicknamed "la Libertadora del Libertador" after saving the life of what man from an 1828 assassination attempt? Simon Bolivar
3. What instrument was primarily played by the lone woman in bands like Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, and 'Til Tuesday? didn't Tina Weymouth play the bass in the Talking Heads?
4. In two of this year's top-grossing movies, both released in late June, the protagonists magically find a sentient bear added to their families. Name both films. Ted and some animated movie?
5. What politician married his high school sweetheart Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson in 1970, and separated from her almost exactly forty years later? Must be a politician who was in a sex scandal. After consideration, I think this is John Edwards.
6. What does a limnologist study? words? poetry?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these famous people? Robert the Bruce, Lord Byron, Frederic Chopin, Jacques-Louis David, Thomas Hardy, Dr. David Livingstone, Jan Paderewski, Richard the Lionhearted. People who are submitting answers for the competition are not permitted to do research. But I am not restricted. Thanks to wikipedia, I found a macabre connection. The hearts of each of these famous folk were buried separately from the rest of them.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. Colitis and diverticulitis are diseases of what specific organ of the body? The large intestine, especially the colon part of the large intestine. If you want more information about these gross diseases please check out Wikipedia because I'll probably get blocked by your spam filter if I start describing them here. correct
2. What word rhymes, somewhat dubiously, with "museum" and "see 'em" in the theme to TV's The Addams Family? They really are a scream--pronounced with two syllables, of course, as people so often do. bleah
3. What third largest city of New Zealand was named for the Oxford college attended by its founder? Christ Church is one of the largest colleges at Oxford--and coincidentally, Christchurch, N.Z. is a big college town, or so I learned watching that Peter Jackson movie Heavenly Creatures. correct
4. What multimillion-selling musician sometimes uses the nickname "Yeezy"? Kanye West is trying to sell you $250 sneakers called "Air Yeezys." Please grab a couple pair, he needs to money. correct
5. The new documentary Bill W. depicts the life of William Griffith Wilson, most famous for co-founding what organization? "Bill W." is best known by that name because of the "Anonymous" part of "Alcoholics Anonymous." correct
6. Which of the seven Nobel Prize categories has had by far fewer U.S. winners than the other six? Literature, with just 11 winners in over a century. Did you think it was Peace? INCORRECT, Americans are twice as awesome at peace as at literature, with 21 winners. correct!
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these comics? Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts, Spider-Man, Superman. All were adapted as Broadway musicals at one time or another. Did I miss any? Doonesbury musical? I missed that
