Thursday, October 31, 2013
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - October 22
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. The National Women's Hall of Fame is located, appropriately enough, in what town in the Finger Lakes district of New York state? Seneca Falls
2. Recurve and compound are two common types of what piece of athletic equipment? hockey sticks?
3. In Stephen King's Carrie and its movie adaptations, what animal's blood is dumped on the title character at her prom? swine
4. The DSM-5 is the most recent version of the standard reference work used by members of what profession? psychologists/psychiatrists
5. Equatorial Guinea is the only African country to have what as its national language? Other African countries would have French or English as their national language. The answer is probably a European or African language. Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, German? Swahili, Bantu, Zulu? I'll guess Swahili
6. Moore's Law is a rule of thumb predicting that the performance of what doubles approximately every two years? computing speed/computing power
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Adaptation, ...And Justice for All, Blood Simple, Clerks, Crazy Stupid Love, Good Night and Good Luck, I'm Not There, Snatch.
LAST WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What colorless Italian brandy is distilled from "pomace"--the pulp, stems, and seeds left over when wine is made? Grappa Alex knew this potent potable
2. For the new 2013 season, Amber Tamblyn was the surprising choice to play one of the title characters of what TV series? Two and a Half Men "she plays Charlie's previously unknown daughter" I like Amber Tamblyn but this is a long way from Joan of Arcadia
3. What former head of state returned to his home country in 2011 to enter El Renacer prison, after two decades of prosecution in Florida and France? Manuel Noriega correct
4. The obelisk placed in Paris's Place de la Concorde in 1836 is often incorrectly named for what person, who lived over 1,000 years after its carving? Cleopatra correct
5. What kind of fish, order Siluriformes, is named for the barbels it uses as sensory organs? Catfish correct
6. What country's traditional folk dances include the Mazurka and the Krakowiak? Poland correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these famous people? Tom Bradley, Calvin Coolidge, Thomas Edison, Michael Faraday, Doug Flutie, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Florence Nightingale, Louis Pasteur. They all have an "effect" in some field named for them. The Bradley effect, for example, refers to voters' reluctance to vote for minority political candidates. The Florence Nightingale effect causes nurses to fall for their patients. The Coolidge effect is...well, look it up. Let's just say President Coolidge might not be happy about his new claim to fame. correct!
1. The National Women's Hall of Fame is located, appropriately enough, in what town in the Finger Lakes district of New York state? Seneca Falls
2. Recurve and compound are two common types of what piece of athletic equipment? hockey sticks?
3. In Stephen King's Carrie and its movie adaptations, what animal's blood is dumped on the title character at her prom? swine
4. The DSM-5 is the most recent version of the standard reference work used by members of what profession? psychologists/psychiatrists
5. Equatorial Guinea is the only African country to have what as its national language? Other African countries would have French or English as their national language. The answer is probably a European or African language. Dutch, Spanish, Portuguese, German? Swahili, Bantu, Zulu? I'll guess Swahili
6. Moore's Law is a rule of thumb predicting that the performance of what doubles approximately every two years? computing speed/computing power
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Adaptation, ...And Justice for All, Blood Simple, Clerks, Crazy Stupid Love, Good Night and Good Luck, I'm Not There, Snatch.
LAST WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What colorless Italian brandy is distilled from "pomace"--the pulp, stems, and seeds left over when wine is made? Grappa Alex knew this potent potable
2. For the new 2013 season, Amber Tamblyn was the surprising choice to play one of the title characters of what TV series? Two and a Half Men "she plays Charlie's previously unknown daughter" I like Amber Tamblyn but this is a long way from Joan of Arcadia
3. What former head of state returned to his home country in 2011 to enter El Renacer prison, after two decades of prosecution in Florida and France? Manuel Noriega correct
4. The obelisk placed in Paris's Place de la Concorde in 1836 is often incorrectly named for what person, who lived over 1,000 years after its carving? Cleopatra correct
5. What kind of fish, order Siluriformes, is named for the barbels it uses as sensory organs? Catfish correct
6. What country's traditional folk dances include the Mazurka and the Krakowiak? Poland correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these famous people? Tom Bradley, Calvin Coolidge, Thomas Edison, Michael Faraday, Doug Flutie, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Florence Nightingale, Louis Pasteur. They all have an "effect" in some field named for them. The Bradley effect, for example, refers to voters' reluctance to vote for minority political candidates. The Florence Nightingale effect causes nurses to fall for their patients. The Coolidge effect is...well, look it up. Let's just say President Coolidge might not be happy about his new claim to fame. correct!
