Saturday, August 09, 2014
Ken Jennings Tuesday Trivia - July 8
THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS
1. What relic was holding an apple in its left hand when peasant Yorgos Kentrotas discovered it on a namesake Aegean island in 1820? something from Crete? holding a golden apple?
2. On February 1, 2014, Adam Silver took a new job, replacing what man who had been in the post 30 years? Silver replaced David Stern (NBA commissioner)
3. What Navajo name is usually given to the ancient Pueblo people who built the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde? Anasazi
4. Jeff Richards and Taran Killam are the only actors to be cast members on both of two longtime rival TV shows. What are the two shows? I am pretty sure that SNL is one. They have a rival? Fridays?
5. What was the home country of Grammy-winning musician and activist Miriam Makeba? South Africa?
6. Which of the 4 nucleobases in DNA was first extracted from Peruvian bird dropping? guanine!
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these bands? The Association, the Commodores, the Earls, Evanescence, the Grateful Dead, Incubus, Indigo Girls, OutKast, the Pixies, R.E.M.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. How many bytes are there in a petabyte? A gigabyte is a billion, a terabyte is a trillion, and a petabyte is what comes next. It's a quadrillion bytes, or one followed by fifteen zeroes. off by 3
2. What are the only two neighboring countries in the world that start with the same letter AND whose capital cities begin with the same letter? (Two different letters, one for the nations and one for the capitals.) Hard question! If it came to you, you should feel very good about yourself: Ethiopia and Eritrea begin with the same letter, and so do their respective capitals, Addis Ababa and Asmara. Depending on how you alphabetize the Republic of Congo, it's also a possibility (Brazzaville and Bangui, Central African Republic) so we accepted that pair as well. really tough
3. An antimacassar is a cloth usually placed on the back of what? It's one of those hair-grease-absorbing doilies sometimes seen atop chairs and sofas. Divans. Settees. That's what I'm talking about. did not know this had a name
4. What first breed of beef cattle ever developed in the U.S. was named in honor of its forebears, cattle imported from India beginning in 1854? Brahman bulls got their name due to their Indian heritage. correct
5. The fictional European republic of Zubrowka was the setting for a 2014 Ralph Fiennes film about an establishment named for what real European city? The Grand Budapest Hotel is named for Budapest, but apparently located nowhere near it. correct
6. What surname is shared by these celebrity brothers: Skip, a sportswriter and ESPN analyst, and Rick, a Chicago restaurateur? Skip and Rick Bayless, both TV stars in their own little worlds, have almost no relationship today. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these world countries and no others? Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Luxembourg (sometimes), Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey? These are all the nations whose people go by a demonym that end with "-ish": the Danish, Finish, British, Irish, Luxembourgish (apparently?) and so on. good one!
1. What relic was holding an apple in its left hand when peasant Yorgos Kentrotas discovered it on a namesake Aegean island in 1820? something from Crete? holding a golden apple?
2. On February 1, 2014, Adam Silver took a new job, replacing what man who had been in the post 30 years? Silver replaced David Stern (NBA commissioner)
3. What Navajo name is usually given to the ancient Pueblo people who built the cliff dwellings at Mesa Verde? Anasazi
4. Jeff Richards and Taran Killam are the only actors to be cast members on both of two longtime rival TV shows. What are the two shows? I am pretty sure that SNL is one. They have a rival? Fridays?
5. What was the home country of Grammy-winning musician and activist Miriam Makeba? South Africa?
6. Which of the 4 nucleobases in DNA was first extracted from Peruvian bird dropping? guanine!
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these bands? The Association, the Commodores, the Earls, Evanescence, the Grateful Dead, Incubus, Indigo Girls, OutKast, the Pixies, R.E.M.
LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS
1. How many bytes are there in a petabyte? A gigabyte is a billion, a terabyte is a trillion, and a petabyte is what comes next. It's a quadrillion bytes, or one followed by fifteen zeroes. off by 3
2. What are the only two neighboring countries in the world that start with the same letter AND whose capital cities begin with the same letter? (Two different letters, one for the nations and one for the capitals.) Hard question! If it came to you, you should feel very good about yourself: Ethiopia and Eritrea begin with the same letter, and so do their respective capitals, Addis Ababa and Asmara. Depending on how you alphabetize the Republic of Congo, it's also a possibility (Brazzaville and Bangui, Central African Republic) so we accepted that pair as well. really tough
3. An antimacassar is a cloth usually placed on the back of what? It's one of those hair-grease-absorbing doilies sometimes seen atop chairs and sofas. Divans. Settees. That's what I'm talking about. did not know this had a name
4. What first breed of beef cattle ever developed in the U.S. was named in honor of its forebears, cattle imported from India beginning in 1854? Brahman bulls got their name due to their Indian heritage. correct
5. The fictional European republic of Zubrowka was the setting for a 2014 Ralph Fiennes film about an establishment named for what real European city? The Grand Budapest Hotel is named for Budapest, but apparently located nowhere near it. correct
6. What surname is shared by these celebrity brothers: Skip, a sportswriter and ESPN analyst, and Rick, a Chicago restaurateur? Skip and Rick Bayless, both TV stars in their own little worlds, have almost no relationship today. correct
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these world countries and no others? Denmark, Finland, Great Britain, Ireland, Luxembourg (sometimes), Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey? These are all the nations whose people go by a demonym that end with "-ish": the Danish, Finish, British, Irish, Luxembourgish (apparently?) and so on. good one!
