#2 is flower.

#5 is Dancing with the Stars judges.

#7- theme songs that describe the main character(s)?

The answer to last week's question 7:
7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these entertaining people? Roy Acuff, Melvin Belli, Clark Gable, Benny Goodman, Michael Jackson, Steve McQueen, Roy Rogers, Mack Sennett? Each is sometimes referred to as "the King of" his respective field: Country, Torts, Hollywood, Swing, Pop, Cool, Cowboys, and Comedy. I hope to see my own name on that list someday due to my (IMHO) world-class level of macrame expertise.

3. What famed rock bassist retired in 1992 to open a chain of restaurants called Sticky Fingers Cafe?

Bill Wyman

1. Madonna's upcoming feature-length directorial debut, W.E., is named for what famous pair of lovers? I dunno. Sid and Nancy?

2. A calyx made of sepals is the bottommost part of what?

I dunno. Teeth?

3. What famed rock bassist retired in 1992 to open a chain of restaurants called Sticky Fingers Cafe?

I dunno. John Deacon?

4. In what country were boxer Manny Pacquiao and quarterback Tim Tebow both born?

I dunno. The US?

5. What position have Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli filled since 2005?

I dunno. The chair of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences?

6. P. D. James's new murder mystery Death Comes to Pemberley is an unasked-for sequel to what classic novel?

I dunno. Murder on the Orient Express.

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series and mini-series? The Beverly Hillbiliies, Davy Crockett, Firefly, Gilligan's Island, Have Gun Will Travel, The Rebel.

Taking a guess here...as always. During a reunion episode, all have had to replace one of the actors with a double. At least that happened in Gilligan's Island.

Jeepers. 2 for 7 two weeks ago. 3 for 7 last week. This week I'm shooting for a goose egg.

1. Madonna's upcoming feature-length directorial debut, W.E., is named for what famous pair of lovers?

No idea.

2. A calyx made of sepals is the bottommost part of what?

A flower/blossom


3. What famed rock bassist retired in 1992 to open a chain of restaurants called Sticky Fingers Cafe?

Bill Wyman?

4. In what country were boxer Manny Pacquiao and quarterback Tim Tebow both born?

The Phillipines?


5. What position have Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli filled since 2005?

Not a clue.

6. P. D. James's new murder mystery Death Comes to Pemberley is an unasked-for sequel to what classic novel?

Arrgh - should know this!

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series and mini-series? The Beverly Hillbiliies, Davy Crockett, Firefly, Gilligan's Island, Have Gun Will Travel, The Rebel.

Radios made out of coconuts.

Yikes. Tough bunch this week!

Similar to kitap, I was thinking #7 was theme songs that give the backstory for the series.

Wallis and Edward

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2. A calyx made of sepals is the bottommost part of what?

a fuschia
That guy from the Stones
Samoa
Backup singers for Tony Bennett
Pride & Prejudice
They all feature train robberies.

1 for 7 this week. :lol:

Seaboe

That is exactly it. Man o man, the friendly angel. I'd forgotten. Nightmares tonight for sure. Thanks in advance for the nocturnal adventure, MacLloyd. :eek:

All sauces based on brown sugar
 

Fred? Barney?
Hmm. I see two and Lilly would probably have given you a third.

Wow, I can actually jump in on a number 7!
I believe it is they all have a theme song titled "The Ballad of _______". I know it is the "Ballad of Jed Clampett" and "The Ballad of Paladin". There is definitely a "Ballad of Davy Crockett", which I assume is the theme song to that one. And I'm fairly sure that it is "The Ballad of Serenity" and "The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle". I have not, however, heard of The Rebel.
Hey what the heck, I'll try the others.
1. No clue
2. I think calyx is an anatomy term, but it's not my area. I'll say spine, even though I think that is coccyx.
3. Since that is the name of a Rolling Stones album, it must be Bill Wyman.
4. I know this is the Phillipines, since I read the snopes' entry on Tebow and abortion recently.
5. No idea.
6. I should know Pemberly, but I can't come up with it.

Who's Lilly? I mean, my mother was Lily-Ann (note the hyphen, it's important), and while I'm sure she'd've given me as many answers as I wanted to claim, she's been gone for nine years now...

Seaboe

Lilly is Ken's official scorekeeper and grader.

Last Week's Answers
 

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS

1. Madonna's upcoming feature-length directorial debut, W.E., is named for what famous pair of lovers? The movie is about American divorcee Wallis Simpson (the W.) and King Edward VIII (the E.) Madonna's not just the director, she's also the British dialect coach for all her hours.

2. A calyx made of sepals is the bottommost part of what? The sepals are those green not-petals at the base of a flower.

3. What famed rock bassist retired in 1992 to open a chain of restaurants called Sticky Fingers Cafe? Sticky Fingers is a Stones album, and this is what bassist Bill Wyman is doing with his retirement. That's right, he quit the biggest rock band in the history of the world to serve fish and chips to tourists.

4. In what country were boxer Manny Pacquiao and quarterback Tim Tebow both born? The Philippines (where Tebow's dad was a missionary). You know, I think we had a Manny Pacquiao question not long ago, but I couldn't resist the Tebow connection. Have a blessed day.

5. What position have Carrie Ann Inaba, Len Goodman, and Bruno Tonioli filled since 2005? They are the judges on TV's Dancing with the "Stars." Sorry, autocorrect just added the sarcastic quotes.

6. P. D. James's new murder mystery Death Comes to Pemberley is an unasked-for sequel to what classic novel? Pemberley is the Derbyshire estate of Mr. Darcy, the "Prejudice" of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Wait, unless he's "Pride."

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these TV series and mini-series? The Beverly Hillbiliies, Davy Crockett, Firefly, Gilligan's Island, Have Gun Will Travel, The Rebel. Each show's theme song is explicitly entitled a "Ballad": "The Ballad of Serenity," "The Ballad of Paladin," etc.

This Week's Questions
 

Per Ken Jennings' request, the trivia challenge discussed on this message board has the number seven question delayed by one week. This is to avoid easy googling of the question which is designed to foil those who would "cheat". If you know the current number seven question, please do not discuss it here.

The Rules of the Thread
1. If you use the thread to help you get answers, do not submit those answers to the official game.
2. No googling until Sunday. No looking anything up anywhere (and posting it) before Sunday. No checking an article in a magazine you read last week. No checking some old notebook from college. No wikipedia. Not even snopes.com. No checking anything, anywhere - until Sunday. Only information that is stored in your brain, or in the brains of your non-snopester friends and family. But you can't use your family members as a work-around to looking up the information yourself.
3. If you google, don't post that information to the thread until Sunday. Not even as confirmation of the guesses of other posters. Someone else might still know the information on their own.
4. No guess is stupid, throw it out there.
5. No Hinting. If you have a guess or a reasonable belief that you have the right answer, post it. If you are attempting to use hinting as a work-around to the no posting googled answers rule, don't.

And remember, this is an exhibition, not a competition, so please... no wagering.

I'm writing this week's quiz over a rare snowy weekend in Seattle, so I'm going sledding with the kids before it all melts. Please write your own funny intro in this space. Consider it Question Eight. (But don't expect us to grade it.)

Grades for the other, non-essay portions of this week's quiz are always posted at http://ken-jennings.com/messageboard...pic.php?t=6716 , usually followed by a few angry posts from people who think they didn't get enough credit, but that's just human nature, I guess! Am I right folks?


THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS

1. What was traditionally located on an Old West town's "Boot Hill"?

2. A new study in Nature Geoscience magazine blames toxic algae in Monterey Bay for the real-life event that inspired what classic 1963 thriller?

3. The site of what venerable stadium is now the Citi Field parking lot?

4. What country's southernmost city is Sanya, on Hainan Island?

5. What famed French anthropologist and "father of structuralism" once wrote, "Not a year goes by without my receiving an order for jeans"?

6. The Welsh tourist village of Portmeirion hosts an annual "Six of One" convention for fans of what cult TV show?

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. presidents and no others? Jefferson, Madison, Garfield, Wilson, and Eisenhower?

Graves

The Birds???

WAG - Shea Stadium??? and yes, I still hate sports questions!

WAG again... China???

I have no idea, but I would guess that it would be someone named Levi Strauss

Gotta be The Prisoner

Wow, that is interesting. I can't think of a thing.

Mac"Only sure of two this week"Lloyd

#5 is Claude Levi-Strauss.

WAG: The cementary?

1. Cemetary
4. China
6. The Prisoner

1. What was traditionally located on an Old West town's "Boot Hill"?

I've only been to one old west town, Tombstone, and Boot Hill was the location of the cemetery.

2. A new study in Nature Geoscience magazine blames toxic algae in Monterey Bay for the real-life event that inspired what classic 1963 thriller?

A guess here, but I'm thinking that it is The Blob.

3. The site of what venerable stadium is now the Citi Field parking lot?

Tiger Stadium?

4. What country's southernmost city is Sanya, on Hainan Island?

Japan?

5. What famed French anthropologist and "father of structuralism" once wrote, "Not a year goes by without my receiving an order for jeans"?

Dr Levi?

6. The Welsh tourist village of Portmeirion hosts an annual "Six of One" convention for fans of what cult TV show?

Star Trek?

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. presidents and no others? Jefferson, Madison, Garfield, Wilson, and Eisenhower?

They were all left handed?

Well, 1, maybe 2 for 7 this week.

1. What was traditionally located on an Old West town's "Boot Hill"?
A cemetery
2. A new study in Nature Geoscience magazine blames toxic algae in Monterey Bay for the real-life event that inspired what classic 1963 thriller?
WAG - The Blob?
3. The site of what venerable stadium is now the Citi Field parking lot?
The old Yankee stadium?
4. What country's southernmost city is Sanya, on Hainan Island?
No clue. Okinawa?
5. What famed French anthropologist and "father of structuralism" once wrote, "Not a year goes by without my receiving an order for jeans"?
Gotta be Levi-Strauss.
6. The Welsh tourist village of Portmeirion hosts an annual "Six of One" convention for fans of what cult TV show?
The Prisoner?
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. presidents and no others? Jefferson, Madison, Garfield, Wilson, and Eisenhower?
Wow - no idea whatsoever.

Could #7 be that they were all presidents of a university before they became POTUS? I know at least two of them were.

UEL, #7 can't be that as Obama is a lefty as well.

Cemetery

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2. A new study in Nature Geoscience magazine blames toxic algae in Monterey Bay for the real-life event that inspired what classic 1963 thriller?

The Birds
Shea
Indonesia
Levi Strauss
The Prisoner
Well, it can't be that they have states named for them, or state capitals (though two of them do). It might be that they have international programs named for them, but I can't think of one for Garfield, just as I can't think of the single word that should replace "international program."

Seaboe (3/7)

1. What was traditionally located on an Old West town's "Boot Hill"?

Cemetery

2. A new study in Nature Geoscience magazine blames toxic algae in Monterey Bay for the real-life event that inspired what classic 1963 thriller?

Red Tide

3. The site of what venerable stadium is now the Citi Field parking lot?

Three Rivers Stadium?

4. What country's southernmost city is Sanya, on Hainan Island?

Don't know

5. What famed French anthropologist and "father of structuralism" once wrote, "Not a year goes by without my receiving an order for jeans"?

Something Strauss.

6. The Welsh tourist village of Portmeirion hosts an annual "Six of One" convention for fans of what cult TV show?

Don't know
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. presidents and no others? Jefferson, Madison, Garfield, Wilson, and Eisenhower?

No idea. WAG - their presidential libraries are not in their home town?

And I think Bill Clinton is too.

Well, I learned something today. Thank you! :)

Last Week's Answers
 

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS

1. What was traditionally located on an Old West town's "Boot Hill"? Gunfighters were buried on Boot Hill if they took, uh, early retirement. It was a cemetery.

2. A new study in Nature Geoscience magazine blames toxic algae in Monterey Bay for the real-life event that inspired what classic 1963 thriller? The seabird attacks that inspired Hitchcock's The Birds are now believed to have been caused by leaky septic tanks. Not so scary, then. OR IS IT?!?

3. The site of what venerable stadium is now the Citi Field parking lot? The winter of 2008-09 saw the demolition of the Mets' Shea Stadium, storied site of so many heroic--aw, who am I kidding, I'm not a Mets fan.

4. What country's southernmost city is Sanya, on Hainan Island? Hainan is the largest island in China, unless we're wink-winking about Taiwan.

5. What famed French anthropologist and "father of structuralism" once wrote, "Not a year goes by without my receiving an order for jeans"? Claude Levi-Strauss had a good sense of humor about his name, unlike his fellow structuralist Friedrich Wrangler.

6. The Welsh tourist village of Portmeirion hosts an annual "Six of One" convention for fans of what cult TV show? Portmeirion is where the puzzling Patrick McGoohan series The Prisoner filmed its exteriors. ("Six of One" is a reference to the title character's only appellation, Number 6.)

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these U.S. presidents and no others? Jefferson, Madison, Garfield, Wilson, and Eisenhower? They were all university presidents. (Eisenhower, you may or may not have been aware, headed up Columbia between World War II and his political career.) Also, I believe they all faced lots of trouble from the crazy pranksters in Delta House!

This Week's Questions
 

Per Ken Jennings' request, the trivia challenge discussed on this message board has the number seven question delayed by one week. This is to avoid easy googling of the question which is designed to foil those who would "cheat". If you know the current number seven question, please do not discuss it here.

The Rules of the Thread
1. If you use the thread to help you get answers, do not submit those answers to the official game.
2. No googling until Sunday. No looking anything up anywhere (and posting it) before Sunday. No checking an article in a magazine you read last week. No checking some old notebook from college. No wikipedia. Not even snopes.com. No checking anything, anywhere - until Sunday. Only information that is stored in your brain, or in the brains of your non-snopester friends and family. But you can't use your family members as a work-around to looking up the information yourself.
3. If you google, don't post that information to the thread until Sunday. Not even as confirmation of the guesses of other posters. Someone else might still know the information on their own.
4. No guess is stupid, throw it out there.
5. No Hinting. If you have a guess or a reasonable belief that you have the right answer, post it. If you are attempting to use hinting as a work-around to the no posting googled answers rule, don't.

And remember, this is an exhibition, not a competition, so please... no wagering.

Happy Chinese New Year! According to ancient Chinese lore, 2012 is the Year of the Dragon Tattoo! Those born during this year have been statistically shown to be gifted computer hackers, but watch out for sadistic Swedish government caseworkers and Nazi serial killers.

Just one more week to go in our ten-week challenge! One lucky winner (give or take a few in case of ties) will get a signed copy of Ken Jennings's MAPHEAD. Second prize: two signed copies of MAPHEAD! No, not really, but I love that joke. Current standings, as always, are available at http://ken-jennings.com/messageboard...pic.php?t=6716 . Good luck!

THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS

1. Who was the only U.S. president born during World War I?

2. What's the only non-contagious disease that children can be vaccinated against?

3. Why has no one ever seen a full episode of the TV shows MILF Island, Gold Case, The Queen of Jordan, or America's Kids Got Singing?

4. In the first paragraph of a 1919 Booth Tarkington novel, what family is compared to the Medicis' Lorenzo the Magnificent?

5. The Drake Passage lies between what two continents?

6. Which 2011 Oscar-hopeful film is based on a West End and Broadway theatrical hit performed using oversized puppets?

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these brands? Apple, Boost Mobile, Bounty, H&R Block, Honda Civic, Raid, Sara Lee, Winston.

My Guesses
 

Kennedy???

Tetanus???

They are shows on NBC on "30 Rock"

The Ambersomes aka "The Magnificents"

South America and Antarctica

Don't know

Hmmm, Can't think of anything off the top of my head.

MacLloyd

Their ads use redundancy?

Wasn't he born in 1914?

Precisely. Wasn't 1914 WWI?

1. Who was the only U.S. president born during World War I?
Nixon

2. What's the only non-contagious disease that children can be vaccinated against?
Pneumonia?

3. Why has no one ever seen a full episode of the TV shows MILF Island, Gold Case, The Queen of Jordan, or America's Kids Got Singing?
Because they're fake shows on 30 Rock. (I can't believe Ken didn't include Are You Stronger Than a Dog? or America's Next Top Pirate)

4. In the first paragraph of a 1919 Booth Tarkington novel, what family is compared to the Medicis' Lorenzo the Magnificent?
The Magnificent Ambersons

5. The Drake Passage lies between what two continents?
South America and Antarctica

6. Which 2011 Oscar-hopeful film is based on a West End and Broadway theatrical hit performed using oversized puppets?
Don't know

Wait! #6 has to be War Horse.

1. Who was the only U.S. president born during World War I?Nixon?
2. What's the only non-contagious disease that children can be vaccinated against?Tetinus?
3. Why has no one ever seen a full episode of the TV shows MILF Island, Gold Case, The Queen of Jordan, or America's Kids Got Singing?They were joke shows from a sketch comedy show?
4. In the first paragraph of a 1919 Booth Tarkington novel, what family is compared to the Medicis' Lorenzo the Magnificent?Rockafellers?
5. The Drake Passage lies between what two continents?Asia and Australia?
6. Which 2011 Oscar-hopeful film is based on a West End and Broadway theatrical hit performed using oversized puppets?Warhorse
7. What unusual distinction is shared by these brands? Apple, Boost Mobile, Bounty, H&R Block, Honda Civic, Raid, Sara Lee, Winston.The only think I can think of is something regarding their spokesperson as I recall Bounty recently changing the lumberjack guy. IMS, Sara Lee has had multiple versions of "Sara Lee".

Only from August.

6 is War Horse.

Which means it depends on which date he was born.

Carter

Quote:

2. What's the only non-contagious disease that children can be vaccinated against?

cancer.
censorship.
The Magnificent Ambersons.
Europe and Asia
Avenue Q
They use primary colors in their logos.

I think I have one answer right.

Seaboe

No, he was born a bit after 1914. I think 1917 or 18.