Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - March 25
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. A bibliography lists books. An arachniography is a similar resource that lists what? perhaps like a spider web, it lists weblinks
2. What country observes National Sorry Day every May 26, to commemorate the mistreatment of its indigenous population that resulted in a "Stolen Generation" between 1909 and 1969? Australia
3. The American sporting goods company that pioneered fiberglass skis in 1961 shares its name with what mountain? K-2
4. The firm of McKim, Mead & White, which counted the celebrated Stanford White as one of its partners, led the world at the turn of the 20th century in what field? architecture
5. What, specifically, does an animal known as a "folivore" eat? iron? blood? blood sucking animals?
6. What video game franchise's installments are set in municipalities like Vice City, Liberty City, and San Andreas? Grand Theft Auto
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these pro sport head coaches or managers, and no others? Al Arbour, Red Auerbach, Toe Blake, Scotty Bowman, Hap Day, Punch Imlach, Phil Jackson, John Kundla, Curly Lambeau, Vince Lombardi, John McCarthy, Casey Stengel, and Joe Torre. These are all coaches of very successful teams. I would say that they are the only coaches to have led their teams to 3 or more consecutive titles.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. The parkway running along the eastern edge of Manhattan is named for Franklin Roosevelt. The one along most of the west side is officially named for which explorer? Because it runs along the Hudson River, you see, it's the Henry Hudson Parkway. correct
2. From 1989 to 1991, Michael Boatman (on China Beach) and Scott Bakula (on Quantum Leap) were both playing TV characters named for what writer? Sort of weird that, for two years, there were not one but two prime-time TV characters named for Samuel Beckett. ok. with another clue or two, this might be a good pub quiz question
3. A company called Element Six runs, in England, the world's largest facility for producing the synthetic type of what? Element 6 on the periodic table is carbon; this De Beers spin-off makes industrial diamonds. again, a clue would have helped. Synthetic carbon could take a number of different forms.
4. "Self-actualization" sits atop psychologist Abraham Maslow's influential 1943 pyramid, a hierarchy of what? His Hierarchy of Needs starts with physiological ones (food, water, uh, breathing) and goes all the way up to loftier goals like morality, creativity, and Amazon Prime. correct
5. In Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," what state is the singer from? He left his home in Georgia headed for the 'Frisco Bay. correct
6. You may have forgotten Ashley Dupre, but six years ago she was instrumental in the scandal that brought down what politician? She was the call girl that New York governor Eliot Spitzer liked to, uh, call. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these US cities, listed in order of decreasing population? New York City, Raleigh, Omaha, Honolulu, Cincinnati, New Haven. These are the only large cities where future U.S. presidents have been born! Respectively: Teddy Roosevelt, Andrew Johnson, Gerald Ford, Barack Obama, William Howard Taft, and George W. Bush. The other 37 were small-town kids, for the most part. I was nowhere close to the correct answer.
1. A bibliography lists books. An arachniography is a similar resource that lists what? perhaps like a spider web, it lists weblinks
2. What country observes National Sorry Day every May 26, to commemorate the mistreatment of its indigenous population that resulted in a "Stolen Generation" between 1909 and 1969? Australia
3. The American sporting goods company that pioneered fiberglass skis in 1961 shares its name with what mountain? K-2
4. The firm of McKim, Mead & White, which counted the celebrated Stanford White as one of its partners, led the world at the turn of the 20th century in what field? architecture
5. What, specifically, does an animal known as a "folivore" eat? iron? blood? blood sucking animals?
6. What video game franchise's installments are set in municipalities like Vice City, Liberty City, and San Andreas? Grand Theft Auto
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these pro sport head coaches or managers, and no others? Al Arbour, Red Auerbach, Toe Blake, Scotty Bowman, Hap Day, Punch Imlach, Phil Jackson, John Kundla, Curly Lambeau, Vince Lombardi, John McCarthy, Casey Stengel, and Joe Torre. These are all coaches of very successful teams. I would say that they are the only coaches to have led their teams to 3 or more consecutive titles.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. The parkway running along the eastern edge of Manhattan is named for Franklin Roosevelt. The one along most of the west side is officially named for which explorer? Because it runs along the Hudson River, you see, it's the Henry Hudson Parkway. correct
2. From 1989 to 1991, Michael Boatman (on China Beach) and Scott Bakula (on Quantum Leap) were both playing TV characters named for what writer? Sort of weird that, for two years, there were not one but two prime-time TV characters named for Samuel Beckett. ok. with another clue or two, this might be a good pub quiz question
3. A company called Element Six runs, in England, the world's largest facility for producing the synthetic type of what? Element 6 on the periodic table is carbon; this De Beers spin-off makes industrial diamonds. again, a clue would have helped. Synthetic carbon could take a number of different forms.
4. "Self-actualization" sits atop psychologist Abraham Maslow's influential 1943 pyramid, a hierarchy of what? His Hierarchy of Needs starts with physiological ones (food, water, uh, breathing) and goes all the way up to loftier goals like morality, creativity, and Amazon Prime. correct
5. In Otis Redding's "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay," what state is the singer from? He left his home in Georgia headed for the 'Frisco Bay. correct
6. You may have forgotten Ashley Dupre, but six years ago she was instrumental in the scandal that brought down what politician? She was the call girl that New York governor Eliot Spitzer liked to, uh, call. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these US cities, listed in order of decreasing population? New York City, Raleigh, Omaha, Honolulu, Cincinnati, New Haven. These are the only large cities where future U.S. presidents have been born! Respectively: Teddy Roosevelt, Andrew Johnson, Gerald Ford, Barack Obama, William Howard Taft, and George W. Bush. The other 37 were small-town kids, for the most part. I was nowhere close to the correct answer.
