Tuesday Trivia V (8/1/06)

[Ken Jennings]

Discussion of Week Five goes here.

A couple people had East Rutherford for question 6, by the way. Except that it doesn't have a major league baseball team (and, well, at under 10,000 residents it's not really a metropolitan area) it's probably the closest wrong answer. Unless you count Tampa.

[rkd]

Glad to see I'm not the only one who initially thought #4 was the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile (I figured it out a few minutes later from the Alabama hint.) I sent the quiz to my girlfriend a few days ago, and she guessed the same thing!

The Nelly Furtado question was the one that got me. I had it narrowed down to "singer probably just under 30, probably Canadian," but I simply don't know enough under-30 singers for that to be helpful. I know quite a bit of Olympics trivia, but I'd never heard of Nellie Kim, and I didn't know Nelly Furtado is Canadian. D'oh. Fortunately for me, that's the first "singers under 30" question through five quizzes.

Good quiz. Neat seventh question too.

--Raj Dhuwalia

[LizLackey]

I misunderstood the last question. I thought one of the people listed was supposed to be on the list twice. Oh well. At least I managed to figure out the Anne thing.

[Lilly]

I'm so mad that I didn't get question #7! I thought, "It has to be something to do with marriage, but I don't know what...I bet the answer is Henry VIII." But I couldn't figure out what the actual reasoning was, so I thought I was wrong. Boo.

My goal is to get one #7 question correct in my lifetime.

[Ken Jennings]

I misunderstood the last question. I thought one of the people listed was supposed to be on the list twice. Oh well. At least I managed to figure out the Anne thing.

Yeah, I saw quite a few of those. "Ronald Reagan." "Reagan, because he was an actor AND a politican."

But the original question said "*added*" to the list twice, so I don't think it was too unclear.

[JD]

I suppose I should be glad for moving "up" in the rankings, but after seeing this week's quiz, I have a feeling that might be as far up as I get.

[Vorotyntsev]

"A couple didn't figure out the gimmick, but guessed Henry VIII anyway, and DID get credit. Yes, life is
unfair."

You mean we have to show our work? I figured out the Anne thing, didn't think Ronald Reagan fit, but said Henry VIII anyway. I thought maybe the connection was "married to women named Anne or Jane." I was proud to get Uranus and Neptune. Thought the vehicle was a space capsule.

[jaclyn]

I actually wrote Henry VIII thinking that they had all married Janes. I was at least on the right track, and I'll take solace in my TWO question 7's as I continue to plummet down the scoreboard.

[cinemaniax7]

My hat's off to everyone who is ahead of me in the standings (tied for 21st) and those who are soon to be ahead of me. As Ben Stein would say, I bow to your superior intellect. These quizzes just get tougher and tougher! Have mercy, Ken!

[missbitesalot]

I couldn't figure out the tie for #7 so I guessed John Holmes. (It was the only thing I could think of.) I did guess the most popular wrong answer for #4, though. (JFK's deathmobile) I still got all of the questions wrong.


I can already tell I'll fare better this week. I think I know 3 of them for sure. I guess it's an ebb and flow kind of thing.

[LizLackey]

I did guess the most popular wrong answer for #4, though. (JFK's deathmobile) I still got all of the questions wrong.

I'm one of the people who guessed the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile. Why? Because it's a famous vehicle large enough to store lumber, car parts, and tools. Even though I knew damn well that it's in the Henry Ford Museum, about 20 yards away from the car JFK was shot in. However, I saw it there in 2001, the year mentioned in the clue, so I had a small hope that it was put in the museum that year. I'd like to think I had slightly more factual logic to answer incorrectly on that one.

[broadwaystar32]

My goal is to get one #7 question correct in my lifetime.

I agree with you, that's my goal too. Although I have to say I was really close this week- the whole Reagan thing threw me off though. I was thinking they were married to Annes, but when I thought of Nancy Reagan I thought maybe I was remembering wrong about some of the others' names or something, so I didn't say it. Too bad.

[NeoAC]

I'm a little ashamed to admit that I guessed the original Batmobile for question 4.

[Lilly]

I'm a little ashamed to admit that I guessed the original Batmobile for question 4.

I was going to put Batmobile, too!! But I didn't send in any of my answers for week 5. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of the Batmobile. (Although I doubt any guy who had the Batmobile would use it to store lumber and junk.)

[Megafly]

The only reason I can think we all thought of the weinermobile is the mention of lumber

That makes us visualize a famous vehicle long enought to hold 10 or 12 foot lengths of lumber.

That leaves busses, trucks and the OMW

I for one will answer OMW for every quiz question I can't figure out from now on

[missbitesalot]

The weinermobile never crossed my mind. I was thinking either the JFK deathmobile, the batmobile, the Dukes of Hazzard car, or the original Ford Model-T. I didn't put the batmobile because I didn't think it was "historic" enough--same goes for the Dukes of Hazzard car (literally, the TV show hadn't yet come out during the time in question ), and I didn't put the model-T because the years given in the question seemed to suggest that was the wrong answer.

[rkd]

The only reason I can think we all thought of the weinermobile is the mention of lumber

Hmm.

But I agree, the dimensions are what made me first think of the Wienermobile (or perhaps the original Wienermobile). Then again, even before I consciously gave it much thought, the Wienermobile was a gut response which jumped into my mind almost immediately. Weird. Maybe it falls in with that thing Ken was talking about a few entries ago, figuring by default that there'd be a funny or wacky answer. Or maybe not.

[LizLackey]

I'm a little ashamed to admit that I guessed the original Batmobile for question 4.

I was going to put Batmobile, too!! But I didn't send in any of my answers for week 5. I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought of the Batmobile. (Although I doubt any guy who had the Batmobile would use it to store lumber and junk.)

A guy who owns one of the original Batmobiles lives in my boyfriend's hometown. He occasionally drives it around town - wearing a Batman costume.