Friday, January 25, 2013
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - January 22
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. Besides Saudi Arabia, Brunei, and the United Arab Emirates, there is still a fourth country where women can't vote in elections--and it's not in Asia. What is it? Vatican City?
2. Filmmaker Warren Miller has made over 100 documentaries about athletes in what sport? skiing
3. What liniment company was best known for its advertising jingles serialized on roadside signs, which it debuted in Minnesota in 1925? liniment --> Ben Gay?
4. The princess in Mario video games is named for what fruit? peach!
5. What is by far the largest and most famous object in the Kuiper belt? Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system
6. What are the seven syllables used in the "solfege" system, which dates back to the 11th century but is still common today? a guess - do re mi fa sol la ti
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series--and no others that I can find? The Dukes of Hazzard, Law & Order, The Love Boat, The Pioneers, Saturday Night Live, The Sonny and Cher Show, The Troubleshooters. Think I have it - cast members who were elected to congress. Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson, Fred Grandy, Al Franken. It helped to recognize that most of these shows have large casts and I began to think about commonalities then hit on Fred Thompson and Sonny Bono.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. The American writers Thomas Bulfinch and Edith Hamilton are best known for their definitive works on what subject? Both wrote still-widely-read collections of Greek myths. correct
2. "The Jean Genie" was, appropriately enough given its title, the first single off of what 1973 David Bowie album? Possibly a coincidence, but "The Jean Genie" is found on Aladdin Sane. never heard of this album
3. What western U.S. state can claim to border seven other U.S. states? I guess they can all CLAIM to, but the only one who wouldn't be lying is Colorado--and only then if you count the point where it touches Arizona. I am totally counting that single point. correct
4. Which American sports team added the word "leg" to its official name during the McCarthy-era 1950s? The Cincinnati Reds were briefly the Cincinnati Redlegs, so only their legs were filthy Communists. correct
5. About 97% of human rabies deaths worldwide were cases transmitted from what animal? Dogs--and mostly in Asia and Africa, where there aren't widespread vaccination programs for house pets. the fear of rabies from bats was a red herring
6. What modern country was, about 2200 years ago, the center of one of the world's largest powers, the Maurya Empire? The Mauryans covered almost all of what is today India. cool
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these famous folks? Prince Albert, Tsar Alexander III, King Fahd, Flaubert, Vasco da Gama, Gandhi, Ed Koch, Huey Long, George Washington, Walt Whitman. All have bridges named after them. (Well, everyone still calls one of them the Queensboro Bridge, but officially it's the Ed Koch Bridge. How'm I doing?) correct
1. Besides Saudi Arabia, Brunei, and the United Arab Emirates, there is still a fourth country where women can't vote in elections--and it's not in Asia. What is it? Vatican City?
2. Filmmaker Warren Miller has made over 100 documentaries about athletes in what sport? skiing
3. What liniment company was best known for its advertising jingles serialized on roadside signs, which it debuted in Minnesota in 1925? liniment --> Ben Gay?
4. The princess in Mario video games is named for what fruit? peach!
5. What is by far the largest and most famous object in the Kuiper belt? Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system
6. What are the seven syllables used in the "solfege" system, which dates back to the 11th century but is still common today? a guess - do re mi fa sol la ti
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series--and no others that I can find? The Dukes of Hazzard, Law & Order, The Love Boat, The Pioneers, Saturday Night Live, The Sonny and Cher Show, The Troubleshooters. Think I have it - cast members who were elected to congress. Sonny Bono, Fred Thompson, Fred Grandy, Al Franken. It helped to recognize that most of these shows have large casts and I began to think about commonalities then hit on Fred Thompson and Sonny Bono.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. The American writers Thomas Bulfinch and Edith Hamilton are best known for their definitive works on what subject? Both wrote still-widely-read collections of Greek myths. correct
2. "The Jean Genie" was, appropriately enough given its title, the first single off of what 1973 David Bowie album? Possibly a coincidence, but "The Jean Genie" is found on Aladdin Sane. never heard of this album
3. What western U.S. state can claim to border seven other U.S. states? I guess they can all CLAIM to, but the only one who wouldn't be lying is Colorado--and only then if you count the point where it touches Arizona. I am totally counting that single point. correct
4. Which American sports team added the word "leg" to its official name during the McCarthy-era 1950s? The Cincinnati Reds were briefly the Cincinnati Redlegs, so only their legs were filthy Communists. correct
5. About 97% of human rabies deaths worldwide were cases transmitted from what animal? Dogs--and mostly in Asia and Africa, where there aren't widespread vaccination programs for house pets. the fear of rabies from bats was a red herring
6. What modern country was, about 2200 years ago, the center of one of the world's largest powers, the Maurya Empire? The Mauryans covered almost all of what is today India. cool
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these famous folks? Prince Albert, Tsar Alexander III, King Fahd, Flaubert, Vasco da Gama, Gandhi, Ed Koch, Huey Long, George Washington, Walt Whitman. All have bridges named after them. (Well, everyone still calls one of them the Queensboro Bridge, but officially it's the Ed Koch Bridge. How'm I doing?) correct
