Answers here
1. According to the book of Genesis, how many children does Eve have (that are mentioned), and what are their names? [one point for naming each child; half point for any partially correct answer]
2. (a) What popular 2008 animated feature film featured EVE as one of its main characters? (b) Who played Broadway star Margo Channing in the 1950 Oscar winner All About Eve? [half point each]
3. Who in 2005 became the main host for ABC-TV’s annual broadcast of the program formerly known as Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve? What year did Clark—who then became the in-studio anchor—first host the show (then on NBC)? [half point each; partial credit for getting part two within four years—deduct .1 for each year’s deviation]
4. (a) “Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24” is a rock-oriented instrumental medley of “Carol of the Bells” and “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen” by what group of musicians? (b) What standard holiday song, written by Frank Loesser and recorded by everyone from Diana Krall, Ella Fitzgerald, and Harry Connick Jr. to the Carpenters, Lee Ann Womack, and Clay Aiken, has a title ending in “…New Year’s Eve”?
5. The term “mitochondrial Eve” alludes specifically to what scientific hypothesis? [two key facts describe the hypothesis]
6. What does a day represent in astronomical terms? What other planet in Earth’s solar system has a day closest to that of Earth?
7. (a) “Lady Day” is a nickname for what singer? (b) “All Day” is a nickname for which player on the NFL’s Minnesota Viking?
8. What are the former names for the US holidays now known as Veterans Day and Memorial Day? [half point each; half point for getting both in the wrong order]
9. On what date was D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, in World War II? What date does Pearl Harbor Day commemorate?
10. (a) To what does the term “day trader” usually refer? (b) To what does the term “salad days” usually refer?
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Ho, -ho, ho- [Quiz #23]
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1. “Heigh-Ho” is a song from which Walt Disney animated film? [half point]
2. Coho is a variety of what fish? [half point]
3. “HoJo” is a nickname for what chain of hotels and restaurants? [half point]
4. What European city has a fashionable district called Soho? From what does the similarly named SoHo district of New York City derive its name? [half point each]
5. What are Ho Hos made of, and what company makes them? [half point each]
6. Who is Wen Ho Lee, and of what was he accused in 1999 before being largely exonerated? [half point each]
7. What city was (under a different name) the capital of South Vietnam before Vietnam was reunited? [half point]
8. What city is the capital of the Australian island state of Tasmania? [half point]
9. What large lake lies on the border between California and Nevada? [half point]
10. Which 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott, also adapted into an opera and a 1952 film, is set during the reign of King Richard the Lionheart at the end of the 12th century? What mythical hero is also a significant character in the novel? [half point each]
11. Which Hawaiian singer, who died in 2007 at the age of 76, was famed for his 1966 hit “Tiny Bubbles”? [first and last name] [half point]
12. What form of alternative medicine, whose principles were first defined by Samuel Hahnemann some 200 years ago, rests upon the tenet that using tiny quantities of substances, heavily diluted in water, can effectively treat illness while reducing toxicity? [half point]
13. Who has thus far hosted the Academy Awards the most times? [half point]
14. Whose name became a metaphor for the sort of “rags to riches” tales he wove in 19th-century novels with titles such as Bound to Rise; or, Up the Ladder? [half point]
15. What’s a hosanna or (hosannah)? [half point]
16. Which seminal punk band released the compilation Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: The Anthology in 1999, taking the title from the opening to one of their songs? [half point]
1. “Heigh-Ho” is a song from which Walt Disney animated film? [half point]
2. Coho is a variety of what fish? [half point]
3. “HoJo” is a nickname for what chain of hotels and restaurants? [half point]
4. What European city has a fashionable district called Soho? From what does the similarly named SoHo district of New York City derive its name? [half point each]
5. What are Ho Hos made of, and what company makes them? [half point each]
6. Who is Wen Ho Lee, and of what was he accused in 1999 before being largely exonerated? [half point each]
7. What city was (under a different name) the capital of South Vietnam before Vietnam was reunited? [half point]
8. What city is the capital of the Australian island state of Tasmania? [half point]
9. What large lake lies on the border between California and Nevada? [half point]
10. Which 1819 novel by Sir Walter Scott, also adapted into an opera and a 1952 film, is set during the reign of King Richard the Lionheart at the end of the 12th century? What mythical hero is also a significant character in the novel? [half point each]
11. Which Hawaiian singer, who died in 2007 at the age of 76, was famed for his 1966 hit “Tiny Bubbles”? [first and last name] [half point]
12. What form of alternative medicine, whose principles were first defined by Samuel Hahnemann some 200 years ago, rests upon the tenet that using tiny quantities of substances, heavily diluted in water, can effectively treat illness while reducing toxicity? [half point]
13. Who has thus far hosted the Academy Awards the most times? [half point]
14. Whose name became a metaphor for the sort of “rags to riches” tales he wove in 19th-century novels with titles such as Bound to Rise; or, Up the Ladder? [half point]
15. What’s a hosanna or (hosannah)? [half point]
16. Which seminal punk band released the compilation Hey! Ho! Let’s Go: The Anthology in 1999, taking the title from the opening to one of their songs? [half point]
Thursday, December 18, 2008
Ten Questions [Quiz #22]
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1. Leaving aside the one about bearing false witness against one’s neighbor, how many other of the Ten Commandments in the Hebrew and Christian Bible would generally subject a person to criminal penalties in the United States? Which ones? [half point each]
2. In relation to which sport was the phrase “hanging ten” coined to describe a maneuver?
3. In mathematics, the octal (base eight) number 10 is equivalent to what decimal (base ten) number?
4. Who played the role described by the title of Blake Edwards’s 1979 romantic comedy film 10, and who played the man obsessed with her? [half point each]
5. Who was the author of the nonfiction account Ten Days That Shook the World, and which event did it recount? [half point each]
6. For what is the address 10 Downing Street famous?
7. For what specific reason were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo dubbed the Hollywood Ten?
8. In the most-frequently sung version of the carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” what gift does the singer’s true love give on day ten?
9. Among the ten-codes used by law enforcement officials and citizens’ band radio users in North America, 10-4, meaning “affirmative” or “okay,” is best known. To what does 10-20 usually refer?
10. What are the dimensions of a standard #10 North American business envelope?
1. Leaving aside the one about bearing false witness against one’s neighbor, how many other of the Ten Commandments in the Hebrew and Christian Bible would generally subject a person to criminal penalties in the United States? Which ones? [half point each]
2. In relation to which sport was the phrase “hanging ten” coined to describe a maneuver?
3. In mathematics, the octal (base eight) number 10 is equivalent to what decimal (base ten) number?
4. Who played the role described by the title of Blake Edwards’s 1979 romantic comedy film 10, and who played the man obsessed with her? [half point each]
5. Who was the author of the nonfiction account Ten Days That Shook the World, and which event did it recount? [half point each]
6. For what is the address 10 Downing Street famous?
7. For what specific reason were Alvah Bessie, Herbert Biberman, Lester Cole, Edward Dmytryk, Ring Lardner Jr., John Howard Lawson, Albert Maltz, Samuel Ornitz, Adrian Scott, and Dalton Trumbo dubbed the Hollywood Ten?
8. In the most-frequently sung version of the carol “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” what gift does the singer’s true love give on day ten?
9. Among the ten-codes used by law enforcement officials and citizens’ band radio users in North America, 10-4, meaning “affirmative” or “okay,” is best known. To what does 10-20 usually refer?
10. What are the dimensions of a standard #10 North American business envelope?
Friday, December 12, 2008
Sugar & Spice [Quiz #21]
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1. In a nursery rhyme dating from the 19th century, girls are said to be made of “sugar and spice and all things nice.” Of what are boys made?
2. Which country is the world’s leading sugarcane producer, with an annual output of about one-third of the 1.5 billion-ton worldwide figure?
3. In what city and stadium has college football’s Sugar Bowl been played in every year but one since 1976? [half point each]
4. What type of sugar is the primary ingredient in corn syrup? By which alternate name (also ending in the suffix “–ose”) does the food industry often refer to this sugar? [half point each]
5. Which 18th-century English poet wrote
Variety’s the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
as well as
I pity them greatly, but I must be mum,
For how could we do without sugar and rum?
6. By which one-word nicknames were the British pop stars Spice Girls—Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, and Melanie Chisholm—known individually? [fifth of a point each]
7. Which spice is…[half point each]
a) …the most common spice derived from tree bark?
b) … used to give yellow mustard its color, and one of the ingredients in curry powder?
c) …derived from the stigma of a species of crocus, mostly grown in Iran, and typically sold for $1000 a pound?
d) …chemically related (and similar in taste) to fennel and used to flavor ouzo, Sambuca, and absinthe?
8. What object prominently features in the logo of Old Spice male grooming products?
9. Which classic science fiction novel, published in 1965 and set 20,000 years hence, revolves around a quest for a spice called melange, and who is the author? [half point each]
1. In a nursery rhyme dating from the 19th century, girls are said to be made of “sugar and spice and all things nice.” Of what are boys made?
2. Which country is the world’s leading sugarcane producer, with an annual output of about one-third of the 1.5 billion-ton worldwide figure?
3. In what city and stadium has college football’s Sugar Bowl been played in every year but one since 1976? [half point each]
4. What type of sugar is the primary ingredient in corn syrup? By which alternate name (also ending in the suffix “–ose”) does the food industry often refer to this sugar? [half point each]
5. Which 18th-century English poet wrote
Variety’s the very spice of life,
That gives it all its flavour.
as well as
I pity them greatly, but I must be mum,
For how could we do without sugar and rum?
6. By which one-word nicknames were the British pop stars Spice Girls—Victoria Beckham, Geri Halliwell, Emma Bunton, Melanie Brown, and Melanie Chisholm—known individually? [fifth of a point each]
7. Which spice is…[half point each]
a) …the most common spice derived from tree bark?
b) … used to give yellow mustard its color, and one of the ingredients in curry powder?
c) …derived from the stigma of a species of crocus, mostly grown in Iran, and typically sold for $1000 a pound?
d) …chemically related (and similar in taste) to fennel and used to flavor ouzo, Sambuca, and absinthe?
8. What object prominently features in the logo of Old Spice male grooming products?
9. Which classic science fiction novel, published in 1965 and set 20,000 years hence, revolves around a quest for a spice called melange, and who is the author? [half point each]
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Asking “-ami” [Quiz #20]
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Attentat de Fieschi de 28 Juillet 1835 by Eugène Lami, 1845Answers here
1. Bon Ami is a company primarily known for making what product? What does “bon ami” mean in French? [half point each]
2. Receptors for umami (savory), one of the five basic tastes, are directly stimulated by what common food additive, also sold as the flavor enhancer Accent?
3. Salami is a type of sausage made from meat that has been fermented and undergone which preservation process that sometimes involves smoking?
4. What is a kissing gourami?
5. What the Japanese art of paper folding called?
6. What are tatami, and what are they used for?
7. What Sanskrit-derived title was adopted by Vivekananda, the man who introduced yoga to the United States, and is generally used to describe a spiritual or yoga master in the Hindu world?
8. In what US states are (a) University of Miami and (b) Miami University? [half point each]
9. The deadliest tsunami of recent years was the one formed due to the earthquake of December 26, 2004. In which ocean was the earthquake, and in which country did the majority of the 200,000+ deaths occur? [half point each]
10. For what is Haruki Murakami famous?
[bonus question] For what was Eugène Lami famous? [0 points]
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