Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - November 20
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. Rooibos is a popular South African type of what? tea
2. Which Marx Brothers movie builds up to a climactic--but comically disrupted--performance of Il Trovatore? A Night At the Opera
3. What U.S. state has no ocean coastline, but borders five states that do? Tennessee borders a lot of states. I'll bet at least five have coastlines.
4. Spurinna was the name of the soothsayer most famous for issuing a warning, in 44 BC, against what? Beware the Ides of March
5. What's the name of the passageway between the human wrist and the center of the palm, which you probably only pay attention to when you compress the nerve there? carpal tunnel
6. What title video game hero is the son of King Sharaman, who returns as the fearsome Sand King after his death? what was the movie a few years ago starring Jake Gyllenhall? it was based on a video game. If I could remember the name, that would be my guess
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries, and no others? Fiji, Montenegro, Paraguay, Spain, and Sri Lanka. not seeing any common thread so far. Probably something in popular culture.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What comedian was born with the Hungarian-in-origin last name of Szekely? The "C.K." in "Louis C.K." is short for "Szekely." correct
2. In 48 of the 50 U.S. states, governors serve terms of how many years? Four, just like the president, except they're like the president of Nebraska or whatever. No launch codes. correct
3. What novel ends with the line, "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which"? That's the end of Animal Farm, in which the more-equal-than-other pigs become so evil that they start wearing pants and stuff. correct
4. Berlin's Neues Museum holds the famous limestone bust of what woman, born about 1370 BC, whose name appropriately meant "beauty has come"? Nefertiti. I went with the other Egyptian beauty. Thinking about it more, I should have eliminated Cleo. Cleopatra lived much later than Nefertiti.
5. What character earns the Sanrio Co., Ltd. half of its $1 billion annual revenue? Hello Kitty pays the bills at Sanrio. correct
6. What NFL team lost Super Bowl I, won Super Bowl IV, and hasn't been back since? It's been a long drought for the Kansas City Chiefs. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these baseball players? Wade Boggs, Rick Burleson, Ron Cey, Frank Crosetti, Andre Dawson, Ralph Garr, Rich Gossage, Joe Medwick, Phil Regan, Tris Speaker. All these players were known by bird nicknames, to wit: "Chicken Man," "Rooster," "Penguin," "Crow," "Hawk," "Road Runner," "Goose," "Ducky," "Vulture," and "Grey Eagle." correct!
1. Rooibos is a popular South African type of what? tea
2. Which Marx Brothers movie builds up to a climactic--but comically disrupted--performance of Il Trovatore? A Night At the Opera
3. What U.S. state has no ocean coastline, but borders five states that do? Tennessee borders a lot of states. I'll bet at least five have coastlines.
4. Spurinna was the name of the soothsayer most famous for issuing a warning, in 44 BC, against what? Beware the Ides of March
5. What's the name of the passageway between the human wrist and the center of the palm, which you probably only pay attention to when you compress the nerve there? carpal tunnel
6. What title video game hero is the son of King Sharaman, who returns as the fearsome Sand King after his death? what was the movie a few years ago starring Jake Gyllenhall? it was based on a video game. If I could remember the name, that would be my guess
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these countries, and no others? Fiji, Montenegro, Paraguay, Spain, and Sri Lanka. not seeing any common thread so far. Probably something in popular culture.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What comedian was born with the Hungarian-in-origin last name of Szekely? The "C.K." in "Louis C.K." is short for "Szekely." correct
2. In 48 of the 50 U.S. states, governors serve terms of how many years? Four, just like the president, except they're like the president of Nebraska or whatever. No launch codes. correct
3. What novel ends with the line, "The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again, but already it was impossible to say which was which"? That's the end of Animal Farm, in which the more-equal-than-other pigs become so evil that they start wearing pants and stuff. correct
4. Berlin's Neues Museum holds the famous limestone bust of what woman, born about 1370 BC, whose name appropriately meant "beauty has come"? Nefertiti. I went with the other Egyptian beauty. Thinking about it more, I should have eliminated Cleo. Cleopatra lived much later than Nefertiti.
5. What character earns the Sanrio Co., Ltd. half of its $1 billion annual revenue? Hello Kitty pays the bills at Sanrio. correct
6. What NFL team lost Super Bowl I, won Super Bowl IV, and hasn't been back since? It's been a long drought for the Kansas City Chiefs. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these baseball players? Wade Boggs, Rick Burleson, Ron Cey, Frank Crosetti, Andre Dawson, Ralph Garr, Rich Gossage, Joe Medwick, Phil Regan, Tris Speaker. All these players were known by bird nicknames, to wit: "Chicken Man," "Rooster," "Penguin," "Crow," "Hawk," "Road Runner," "Goose," "Ducky," "Vulture," and "Grey Eagle." correct!
