Friday, September 20, 2013
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - September 3
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. The 1598 Edict of Nantes, while reiterating that Catholicism was the state religion of France, granted more freedoms to what Calvinist Protestant minority? Lutherans? I don't think that Methodists, Episcopalians and Baptists came along until later
2. Doctor Who actor David Tennant, born David McDonald, took his stage name in honor of the lead singer of what 1980s duo? can't be Toni Tennille. The Captain and Tennille was not an 80s duo. Duos? Eurythmics, Tears for Fears, Wham. Can't think of a musician named Tennant.
3. Robert Rayford, who died in St. Louis in 1969, is now believed to be the first American to have died from what cause? AIDS? this would be much earlier than the person who has been considered Patient Zero
4. In the original Space Invaders game, players faced how many rows of eleven aliens each? 7?
5. Before he began collaborating with Oscar Hammerstein in 1942, Richard Rodgers did most of his work with what lyricist? finally, one I really know. Lorenz Hart
6. Of the African countries that border the Mediterranean, which is by far the smallest in area? Tunisia
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? The Bling Ring, Dog Day Afternoon, The Fast and the Furious, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Insider, I Want To Live!, Live Free or Die Hard, On the Waterfront, Top Gun, Zulu. I think they are all based on magazine articles
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In what European city would you find Hotel Europa, called "the most bombed hotel in the world" for the 28 bomb attacks it suffered between 1971 and 1998? The Hotel Europa, a popular target during "the Troubles," is in Belfast, Northern Ireland. correct
2. NINJA loans, a mortage industry product made famous when the housing bubble popped, were (according to the expansion of the acronym) available even to people lacking what three things? NINJA stands for "No Income, No Job/Assets". correct
3. What two summer Olympic sports award medals for "synchronized" events? There is now synchronized diving, if the swimming wasn't enough for you. correct
4. What bacteria is the best known member of genus Escherichia? That's what the "E." stands for in out friend "E. coli." correct!
5. What fictional characters were briefly joined by a fifth member, a female called Venus de Milo? She was a short-lived addition to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Why are four of them Renaissance artists and the other a classical sculpture? I give up. Because TV cartoon writers don't have art degrees? correct
6. What Chinook word meaning "to give away" refers to an economic system based on gift-giving gatherings and practiced by many Indian tribes? This is a potlatch. don't think I knew that this word meant a system of barter
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these kitchen mainstays? Cheese puffs, chocolate chip cookies, corn flakes, matches, microwave ovens, Popsicles, potato chips, saccharin, stainless steel, teabags, Teflon, and Worcestershire sauce? All were invented by accident. Think how much poorer our lives would be if no one ever screwed up their job! Note to self: make an inspirational poster or t-shirt based on this Question Seven. Possibly with a kitten on it? Hmmm. I knew that microwave ovens were accidentally discovered. Did not know the story of the other items.
1. The 1598 Edict of Nantes, while reiterating that Catholicism was the state religion of France, granted more freedoms to what Calvinist Protestant minority? Lutherans? I don't think that Methodists, Episcopalians and Baptists came along until later
2. Doctor Who actor David Tennant, born David McDonald, took his stage name in honor of the lead singer of what 1980s duo? can't be Toni Tennille. The Captain and Tennille was not an 80s duo. Duos? Eurythmics, Tears for Fears, Wham. Can't think of a musician named Tennant.
3. Robert Rayford, who died in St. Louis in 1969, is now believed to be the first American to have died from what cause? AIDS? this would be much earlier than the person who has been considered Patient Zero
4. In the original Space Invaders game, players faced how many rows of eleven aliens each? 7?
5. Before he began collaborating with Oscar Hammerstein in 1942, Richard Rodgers did most of his work with what lyricist? finally, one I really know. Lorenz Hart
6. Of the African countries that border the Mediterranean, which is by far the smallest in area? Tunisia
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? The Bling Ring, Dog Day Afternoon, The Fast and the Furious, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, The Insider, I Want To Live!, Live Free or Die Hard, On the Waterfront, Top Gun, Zulu. I think they are all based on magazine articles
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. In what European city would you find Hotel Europa, called "the most bombed hotel in the world" for the 28 bomb attacks it suffered between 1971 and 1998? The Hotel Europa, a popular target during "the Troubles," is in Belfast, Northern Ireland. correct
2. NINJA loans, a mortage industry product made famous when the housing bubble popped, were (according to the expansion of the acronym) available even to people lacking what three things? NINJA stands for "No Income, No Job/Assets". correct
3. What two summer Olympic sports award medals for "synchronized" events? There is now synchronized diving, if the swimming wasn't enough for you. correct
4. What bacteria is the best known member of genus Escherichia? That's what the "E." stands for in out friend "E. coli." correct!
5. What fictional characters were briefly joined by a fifth member, a female called Venus de Milo? She was a short-lived addition to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Why are four of them Renaissance artists and the other a classical sculpture? I give up. Because TV cartoon writers don't have art degrees? correct
6. What Chinook word meaning "to give away" refers to an economic system based on gift-giving gatherings and practiced by many Indian tribes? This is a potlatch. don't think I knew that this word meant a system of barter
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these kitchen mainstays? Cheese puffs, chocolate chip cookies, corn flakes, matches, microwave ovens, Popsicles, potato chips, saccharin, stainless steel, teabags, Teflon, and Worcestershire sauce? All were invented by accident. Think how much poorer our lives would be if no one ever screwed up their job! Note to self: make an inspirational poster or t-shirt based on this Question Seven. Possibly with a kitten on it? Hmmm. I knew that microwave ovens were accidentally discovered. Did not know the story of the other items.
