Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - November 19
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What nation's 250,000-person military is officially known as its "Self-Defense Forces" in order to comply with Article 9 of its Constitution? Japan? They have been in the news recently. Some politicians want to change the law that prohibits a permanent army. Maybe that was the inspiration for this question.
2. The only time Saturday Night Live has ever been hosted by a three-person team was on December 6, 1986, to promote a new movie. Who were the three SNL faves who hosted that night? Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short - The Three Amigos!
3. In fashion design, box, accordion, and knife are all types of what? pleats
4. Who went bankrupt in 1456, leaving his workshop in the hands of his partner, Johann Fust, who went on the produce the famous "Mainz Psalter" without crediting him? Guttenberg?
5. What megaselling musician was named by her parents after a song from the musical Paint Your Wagon? as we know from a recent Pub Quiz, Paint Your Wagon was one of the worst musicals of all time. But there was one memorable song - They Call The Wind Mariah. Mariah Carey
6. The Gulf Stream is a current in which ocean? Atlantic
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these athletes? Oscar de la Hoya, Carl Lewis, Shaquille O'Neal, Manny Pacquiao, Pele, Mike Reid, Wayman Tisdale, Bernie Williams. insta-get for me. All have recorded music albums. Mike Reid is an excellent, almost concert-level pianist. Wayman Tisdale (rest in peace) was a top notch jazz bassist.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What became the world's third country to build an orbiting satellite when Alouette I was launched in 1962? Not France! Alouette I was Canadian. There was a British satellite in orbit a few months before Alouette, but it had been built by the Americans. correct
2. What 1925 novel, not a big seller in its day, returned to the charts to become one of the top ten best-selling books of 2013? On the strength of the movie, The Great Gatsby had by far its best sales year ever this year. correct
3. What U.S. state capital's downtown lies along the shore of Town Lake, recently renamed Lady Bird Lake? Lady Bird Johnson met her husband Lyndon in Austin, Texas, the city from which he was first elected to Congress. correct
4. In the Deaf community, they are called "finger fumblers." What is the hearing equivalent? In spoken language, they're called tongue twisters. For telepaths: brain braiders. In semaphore: flag furlers. oh, so that is what he was going for
5. Albert Brooks and Susan Dey turned down the two title roles in what 1989 romantic comedy? I can't decide if that version of When Harry Met Sally... sounds fascinating or horrifying. correct
6. The anther, where pollen is produced, sits at the tip of what reproductive organ of a flower? Um. Go ask your father to talk to you about this. (The stamen makes pollen.) correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these famous people? John Adams, James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, Tom Landry, William McKinley, Booker T. Washington, Walt Whitman, James Woods. Each had a fictional TV school named for them. (I was originally going for high schools, but I think Tom Landry is actually a middle school. Oops.) The shows, respectively: Boy Meets World, Welcome Back Kotter, Head of the Class, King of the Hill, Glee (or Freaks and Geeks, or The Wonder Years), The Steve Harvey Show, Room 222, and The Family Guy. correct!
1. What nation's 250,000-person military is officially known as its "Self-Defense Forces" in order to comply with Article 9 of its Constitution? Japan? They have been in the news recently. Some politicians want to change the law that prohibits a permanent army. Maybe that was the inspiration for this question.
2. The only time Saturday Night Live has ever been hosted by a three-person team was on December 6, 1986, to promote a new movie. Who were the three SNL faves who hosted that night? Chevy Chase, Steve Martin, Martin Short - The Three Amigos!
3. In fashion design, box, accordion, and knife are all types of what? pleats
4. Who went bankrupt in 1456, leaving his workshop in the hands of his partner, Johann Fust, who went on the produce the famous "Mainz Psalter" without crediting him? Guttenberg?
5. What megaselling musician was named by her parents after a song from the musical Paint Your Wagon? as we know from a recent Pub Quiz, Paint Your Wagon was one of the worst musicals of all time. But there was one memorable song - They Call The Wind Mariah. Mariah Carey
6. The Gulf Stream is a current in which ocean? Atlantic
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these athletes? Oscar de la Hoya, Carl Lewis, Shaquille O'Neal, Manny Pacquiao, Pele, Mike Reid, Wayman Tisdale, Bernie Williams. insta-get for me. All have recorded music albums. Mike Reid is an excellent, almost concert-level pianist. Wayman Tisdale (rest in peace) was a top notch jazz bassist.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. What became the world's third country to build an orbiting satellite when Alouette I was launched in 1962? Not France! Alouette I was Canadian. There was a British satellite in orbit a few months before Alouette, but it had been built by the Americans. correct
2. What 1925 novel, not a big seller in its day, returned to the charts to become one of the top ten best-selling books of 2013? On the strength of the movie, The Great Gatsby had by far its best sales year ever this year. correct
3. What U.S. state capital's downtown lies along the shore of Town Lake, recently renamed Lady Bird Lake? Lady Bird Johnson met her husband Lyndon in Austin, Texas, the city from which he was first elected to Congress. correct
4. In the Deaf community, they are called "finger fumblers." What is the hearing equivalent? In spoken language, they're called tongue twisters. For telepaths: brain braiders. In semaphore: flag furlers. oh, so that is what he was going for
5. Albert Brooks and Susan Dey turned down the two title roles in what 1989 romantic comedy? I can't decide if that version of When Harry Met Sally... sounds fascinating or horrifying. correct
6. The anther, where pollen is produced, sits at the tip of what reproductive organ of a flower? Um. Go ask your father to talk to you about this. (The stamen makes pollen.) correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these famous people? John Adams, James Buchanan, Millard Fillmore, Tom Landry, William McKinley, Booker T. Washington, Walt Whitman, James Woods. Each had a fictional TV school named for them. (I was originally going for high schools, but I think Tom Landry is actually a middle school. Oops.) The shows, respectively: Boy Meets World, Welcome Back Kotter, Head of the Class, King of the Hill, Glee (or Freaks and Geeks, or The Wonder Years), The Steve Harvey Show, Room 222, and The Family Guy. correct!
