Ken Jennings trivia challenge

[GenYus234]

True, maybe it is something more like the protagonist leaves on a bus. In Sucker Punch, the ending reveals that Sweet Pea was not the progtagonist, so the fact that she wasn't the one on the bus wouldn't eliminate that movie.

Or, it might just have slipped his mind when writing the question.

[damian]

Ken will usually say that it's an exclusive list if it is. Mad Max 2 was the only other movie I could think of that fit the criteria.

[erwins]

IIRC, the bus ending of Ferris Bueler doesn't involve the protagonist, but rather the antagonist.

[firefighter_raven]

2. What is both the most abundant element in the earth's crust and the third most common element by mass in the universe?
Iron
3. Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, and Carson Palmer have started more games for what NFL team than any other quarterbacks?
Cincinnati Bengals


5. What city was the capital of Japan for over 1,000 years, ending in 1869?
Edo

[erwins]

Edo is the previous name of Tokyo. It was the de facto capital during Tokugawa's Shogunate, (and more time--but that's the period I'm positive about), but Kyoto was still the official capital during that time. Kyoto stopped being the official capital in 1869.

[firefighter_raven]

Originally Posted by erwins

Edo is the previous name of Tokyo. It was the de facto capital during Tokugawa's Shogunate, (and more time--but that's the period I'm positive about), but Kyoto was still the official capital during that time. Kyoto stopped being the official capital in 1869.

Yeah thought about it more later on that I was mixing up the Shogun with the Emperor

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

I knew the Japan answer because that's a popular clue in crossword puzzles.

Seaboe

[MacLloyd]

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS

1. The Reynolds Rocket, released in 1945, and the Parker Jotter, which has since sold 750 million, were two of the first American versions of what newly invented item? They were early ballpoint pens.

2. What is both the most abundant element in the earth's crust and the third most common element by mass in the universe? It's oxygen--hydrogen and helium are the two more common elements in the universe, by the way.

3. Ken Anderson, Boomer Esiason, and Carson Palmer have started more games for what NFL team than any other quarterbacks? The Cincinnati Bengals--sometimes with the mediocre results Bengals fans have come to expect, but not always. Anderson and Boomer even led to the team to the Super Bowl once each.

4. What children's snack is called "barbe a papa" in France--"father's beard"? Cotton candy looks a bit like a father's beard, if your dad's beard was gross and sticky and sweet-tasting.

5. What city was the capital of Japan for over 1,000 years, ending in 1869? The capital moved in 1869 from its longtime home in Kyoto to Edo, which was then renamed "Tokyo."

6. The possibility of a "Grexit" is much in the business news in 2012. Who or what would exit in a "Grexit"? That would be Greece, exiting from the Eurozone due to their sluggish economy.

7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these movies? Fast & Furious, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Ghost World, The Graduate, Midnight Cowboy, Pariah, Pumping Iron, Sucker Punch. They all end on a bus--that is, the final scene of each movie involves a bus. Did I mess any other cinematic greats in the ends-on-a-bus genre?

[MacLloyd]

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 b
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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.

Welcome back to Tuesday Trivia, the web's only weekly trivia quiz to have earned the Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval in 1927, 1928, *and* 1949.

I should forewarn you: this is a very hard Question Seven. If you're not going to submit answers, some surreptitious Googling may be required. And if you are submitting answers...well, don't feel bad if you miss this one. I'm prepared to be very impressed by anyone who gets is right. But sometimes you have to separate the extremely geeky from the merely very geeky.

Lilly's got a new scoreboard up at http://ken-jennings.com/messageboard...ic.php?p=69363 if you want to submit answers and track your progress week to week. It's fun!

THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS

1. Colitis and diverticulitis are diseases of what specific organ of the body?

2. What word rhymes, somewhat dubiously, with "museum" and "see 'em" in the theme to TV's The Addams Family?

3. What third largest city of New Zealand was named for the Oxford college attended by its founder?

4. What multimillion-selling musician sometimes uses the nickname "Yeezy"?

5. The new documentary Bill W. depicts the life of William Griffith Wilson, most famous for co-founding what organization?

6. Which of the seven Nobel Prize categories has had by far fewer U.S. winners than the other six?

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these comics? Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts, Spider-Man, Superman.

[MacLloyd]

1. Colitis and diverticulitis are diseases of what specific organ of the body?

The colon

2. What word rhymes, somewhat dubiously, with "museum" and "see 'em" in the theme to TV's The Addams Family?

Scree-um (scream)

3. What third largest city of New Zealand was named for the Oxford college attended by its founder?

I really should be able to come up with this one, but, alas, my mind is blank.

4. What multimillion-selling musician sometimes uses the nickname "Yeezy"?

I couldn't tell you.

5. The new documentary Bill W. depicts the life of William Griffith Wilson, most famous for co-founding what organization?

Alcoholics Anonymous

6. Which of the seven Nobel Prize categories has had by far fewer U.S. winners than the other six?

Ooh, good question! I don't know, but if I had to guess, I would say Literature.

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these comics? Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts, Spider-Man, Superman.

I think I know this one! I don't know about Doonesbury, but the rest have all been made into Broadway musical (Annie and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown are particular favorites of mine)

MacLloyd

[UEL]

1. Colitis and diverticulitis are diseases of what specific organ of the body?

The large intestine.

2. What word rhymes, somewhat dubiously, with "museum" and "see 'em" in the theme to TV's The Addams Family?

Scream (scre-am)

3. What third largest city of New Zealand was named for the Oxford college attended by its founder?

Christchurch?

4. What multimillion-selling musician sometimes uses the nickname "Yeezy"?

Prince?

5. The new documentary Bill W. depicts the life of William Griffith Wilson, most famous for co-founding what organization?

The Red Cross?

6. Which of the seven Nobel Prize categories has had by far fewer U.S. winners than the other six?

I'm guessing economics.

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these comics? Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts, Spider-Man, Superman.

They were all originally written by Jewish men. I don't know.

[kitap]

Yes ; Doonesbury was as well, MacLloyd.

[Floater]

1. Colitis and diverticulitis are diseases of what specific organ of the body?

The gastro-intestinal tract

ETA I which to register a complaint. The economics prize is not a Nobel prize however much the Swedish national bank try to make people believe it is.

[chillas]

1. Colitis and diverticulitis are diseases of what specific organ of the body?

Colon.

2. What word rhymes, somewhat dubiously, with "museum" and "see 'em" in the theme to TV's The Addams Family?

Scream, pronounced something like scree-um.

3. What third largest city of New Zealand was named for the Oxford college attended by its founder?

Guessing Christchurch.

4. What multimillion-selling musician sometimes uses the nickname "Yeezy"?

Not even a guess.

5. The new documentary Bill W. depicts the life of William Griffith Wilson, most famous for co-founding what organization?

Alcoholics Anonymous.

6. Which of the seven Nobel Prize categories has had by far fewer U.S. winners than the other six?

Guessing Peace.

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these comics? Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts, Spider-Man, Superman.

Well, I know that Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts, Spider-Man and Superman wer all turned into Broadway musicals. I'm not sure about Doonesbury, but I think it was as well.

[Seaboe Muffinchucker]

Originally Posted by MacLloyd

THIS WEEK'S QUESTIONS

1. Colitis and diverticulitis are diseases of what specific organ of the body?

intestines

2. What word rhymes, somewhat dubiously, with "museum" and "see 'em" in the theme to TV's The Addams Family?

mausoleum

3. What third largest city of New Zealand was named for the Oxford college attended by its founder?

Wellington

4. What multimillion-selling musician sometimes uses the nickname "Yeezy"?

Dweezil Zappa

5. The new documentary Bill W. depicts the life of William Griffith Wilson, most famous for co-founding what organization?

AA

6. Which of the seven Nobel Prize categories has had by far fewer U.S. winners than the other six?

Economics

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these comics? Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts, Spider-Man, Superman.

None of them are funny? Actually, I believe they've all been turned into Broadway plays.

I've given up trying to predict how many of these are correct. More than I usually think; fewer than I hope. The best is, of course, when something I write as a joke turns out to be right.

Seaboe

[musicgeek]

1. Colitis and diverticulitis are diseases of what specific organ of the body?
The colon/large intestine

2. What word rhymes, somewhat dubiously, with "museum" and "see 'em" in the theme to TV's The Addams Family?
Scre-am!

3. What third largest city of New Zealand was named for the Oxford college attended by its founder?
Christchurch?

4. What multimillion-selling musician sometimes uses the nickname "Yeezy"?
Is that Kanye West?

5. The new documentary Bill W. depicts the life of William Griffith Wilson, most famous for co-founding what organization?
WAG - The Salvation Army?


6. Which of the seven Nobel Prize categories has had by far fewer U.S. winners than the other six?
Literature?

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these comics? Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts, Spider-Man, Superman.
I think I know this!They've all had stage musicals made of them. As for the less well-known ones, Mark Linn-Baker played "Marvelous" Mark Slackmeyer in "Doonesbury: The Musical," and "It' a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!" ran at the Goodspeed Opera House. (Also where "Annie" got it's start on stage.)

[musicgeek]

LAST WEEK'S ANSWERS

1. Colitis and diverticulitis are diseases of what specific organ of the body? The large intestine, especially the colon part of the large intestine. If you want more information about these gross diseases please check out Wikipedia because I'll probably get blocked by your spam filter if I start describing them here.

2. What word rhymes, somewhat dubiously, with "museum" and "see 'em" in the theme to TV's The Addams Family? They really are a scream--pronounced with two syllables, of course, as people so often do.

3. What third largest city of New Zealand was named for the Oxford college attended by its founder? Christ Church is one of the largest colleges at Oxford--and coincidentally, Christchurch, N.Z. is a big college town, or so I learned watching that Peter Jackson movie Heavenly Creatures.

4. What multimillion-selling musician sometimes uses the nickname "Yeezy"? Kanye West is trying to sell you $250 sneakers called "Air Yeezys." Please grab a couple pair, he needs to money.

5. The new documentary Bill W. depicts the life of William Griffith Wilson, most famous for co-founding what organization? "Bill W." is best known by that name because of the "Anonymous" part of "Alcoholics Anonymous."

6. Which of the seven Nobel Prize categories has had by far fewer U.S. winners than the other six? Literature, with just 11 winners in over a century. Did you think it was Peace? INCORRECT, Americans are twice as awesome at peace as at literature, with 21 winners.

7. What unusual distinction is shared by these comics? Doonesbury, Li'l Abner, Little Orphan Annie, Peanuts, Spider-Man, Superman. All were adapted as Broadway musicals at one time or another. Did I miss any?

1. The only book series ever to have *two* installments win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was nicknamed for what animal?

2. Manuela Saenz was nicknamed "la Libertadora del Libertador" after saving the life of what man from an 1828 assassination attempt?

3. What instrument was primarily played by the lone woman in bands like Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, and 'Til Tuesday?

4. In two of this year's top-grossing movies, both released in late June, the protagonists magically find a sentient bear added to their families. Name both films.

5. What politician married his high school sweetheart Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson in 1970, and separated from her almost exactly forty years later?

6. What does a limnologist study?

7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these famous people? Robert the Bruce, Lord Byron, Frederic Chopin, Jacques-Louis David, Thomas Hardy, Dr. David Livingstone, Jan Paderewski, Richard the Lionhearted.

[Floater]

Hard week

6. What does a limnologist study?

Oceans

[musicgeek]

1. The only book series ever to have *two* installments win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was nicknamed for what animal? Rabbit? (Updike?)

2. Manuela Saenz was nicknamed "la Libertadora del Libertador" after saving the life of what man from an 1828 assassination attempt?
No idea

3. What instrument was primarily played by the lone woman in bands like Talking Heads, Sonic Youth, the Pixies, Smashing Pumpkins, and 'Til Tuesday?The electric bass!

4. In two of this year's top-grossing movies, both released in late June, the protagonists magically find a sentient bear added to their families. Name both films. Brave and some other film - no idea on the second

5. What politician married his high school sweetheart Mary Elizabeth Aitcheson in 1970, and separated from her almost exactly forty years later? It's not Edwards, is it?

6. What does a limnologist study? I'm almost positive I used to know this, but can't think of it for the life of me

7. What unusual distinction is shared by all these famous people? Robert the Bruce, Lord Byron, Frederic Chopin, Jacques-Louis David, Thomas Hardy, Dr. David Livingstone, Jan Paderewski, Richard the Lionhearted.
No idea again.

Yikes - tough week for me.

[Dear Babby]

6. Limnology Fresh water biology. I once dated a limnology graduate student.