007 Songs - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Carly Simon. "Nobody Does It Better" peaked at #2, blocked from the top spot by Debby Boone's megahit "You Light Up My Life".
• A2) Sheena Easton. The song, which peaked at #4, was nominated for a Best Song Oscar but lost to "Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" by Christopher Cross.
• A3) Rita Coolidge. "All Time High" was the disco queen's final appearance in the Hot 100, reaching #36.
• A4) Duran Duran. The English band became the only artist to reach the top spot with a Bond theme, for two weeks in July 1985.
• A5) a-ha. Not surprisingly, the song topped the charts in the band's native Norway, but it failed to make the Hot 100 in the U.S.
• A6) Gladys Knight. Knight was asked to sing only after Eric Clapton turned down the opportunity to compose and perform the theme song.
• A7) Tina Turner. Bono and The Edge composed the song, but it still failed to chart in the U.S.
• A8) Sheryl Crow. The song was nominated for a Best Original Song Golden Globe Award and a Best Song Written Specifically for a Motion Picture or for Television Grammy, losing to Titanic's "My Heart Will Go On" both times.
• A9) Garbage. The band beat out Jamiroquai, Robbie Williams, Sharleen Spiteri, Bjork, and Melanie C for the honor but failed to chart in the U.S.
• A10) Madonna. The song reached #8 on the Hot 100 and topped various Hot Dance Music charts.
• A11) Chris Cornell. "You Know My Name" only reached #79 for the Soundgarden lead singer.
• A12) Alicia Keys and Jack White. "Another Way to Die", the first duet for a Bond theme song, could only get to #81 on the Hot 100.

007 Songs - Random Trivia Questions

Of the thirty-something (depending on how you're counting) James Bond movies, some have climbed high on the Billboard Hot 100, while others didn't even make it. Can you identify the artists who sang each song given the names of the last twelve Bond films? Take an additional bonus point for naming each of the four songs whose titles don't match the movie names.

007 Songs Questions

• Q1) The Spy Who Loved Me, 1977
• Q2) For Your Eyes Only, 1981
• Q3) Octopussy, 1983
• Q4) A View to a Kill, 1985
• Q5) The Living Daylights, 1987
• Q6) Licence to Kill, 1989
• Q7) GoldenEye, 1995
• Q8) Tomorrow Never Dies, 1997
• Q9) The World Is Not Enough, 1999
• Q10) Die Another Day, 2002
• Q11) Casino Royale, 2006
• Q12) Quantum of Solace, 2008

Head of Hasbro -- Quiz Quilt 167 Solution

Category Answers:

Math & Science	THYROID	The gland is located on the front side of the neck below the Adam's apple.
Sports & Games	COURT	Margaret Court, then known as Margaret Smith, partnered with Ken Fletcher in 1963.
History & Government	HOFFA	Jimmy Hoffa, a coal miner's son, was last seen on July 30, 1975 in Michigan and finally declared dead in 1983 despite an extensive but useless search for his body.
Entertainment & Food	SWEET	Their song "Love Is Like Oxygen" reached #8 in the Top 40 on April 15.
Geography & Nature	MICRONESIA	Officially, the country is called the Federated States of Micronesia. The entire region, containing hundreds of small islands, is also referred to as Micronesia.
Literature & Arts	STOPPARD	Tom Stoppard borrowed the characters from Shakespeare's Hamlet, where the two were sent to spy on the title character, their former classmate.

Quiz Quilt Answer: POTATO (Fifth letters going up)

Mr. Potato Head is a popular Hasbro toy, originally debuting in 1952 as accessories for a real potato that you supplied.

Head of Hasbro -- Quiz Quilt 167 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Math & Science	What endocrine gland, located in the neck, regulates the body's metabolic rate?
Sports & Games	What Australian tennis player won the Grand Slam in singles in 1970, seven years after sweeping the majors in mixed doubles?
History & Government	What labor leader is rumored to be buried in Giants Stadium?
Entertainment & Food	What English rock band, led by Brian Connolly, compared love to a chemical element in a 1978 hit?
Geography & Nature	What Pacific Ocean country's main islands are Yap, Chuuk, Pohnpei, and Kosrae?
Literature & Arts	Who was the author of the 1967 play Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead?

Purloined Poetry - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) "Comin' Through the Rye", Robert Burns (1788). "O, JENNY'S a' weet, poor body, / Jenny's seldom dry; / She draigl't a' her petticoattie / Comin thro' the rye." [Holden Caulfield added the "catcher" part.]
• A2) "The Doors of Perception", William Blake (from The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, 1793). "If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, infinite. / For man has closed himself up, til he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern." [The band's name may have come third hand via Aldous Huxley's 1954 book by the same name, The Doors of Perception, about hallucinogenic drugs.]
• A3) "Eloisa to Abelard", Alexander Pope (1717). "How happy is the blameless vestal's lot! / The world forgetting, by the world forgot. / Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind! / Each pray'r accepted, and each wish resign'd."
• A4) "Meditation XVII", John Donne (from Devotions upon Emergent Occasions, 1624). "No man is an Iland, intire of it selfe; every man is a peece of the Continent, a part of the maine; if a Clod bee washed away by the Sea, Europe is the lesse, as well as if a Promontorie were, as well as if a Mannor of thy friends or of thine owne were; any mans death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankinde; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee."
• A5) "The Lonely Hunter", Fiona Macleod (pseudonym of William Sharp, 1896). "Here in the heart of Summer, sweet is life to me still, / But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill."
• A6) "Sympathy", Paul Lawrence Dunbar (from Lyrics of the Hearthside, 1899). "I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, / When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- / When he beats his bars and he would be free; / It is not a carol of joy or glee, / But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core, / But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings - / I know why the caged bird sings!"
• A7) "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock", T.S. Eliot (1915). "Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach? / I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach. / I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each." and "We have lingered in the chambers of the sea / By sea-girls wreathed with seaweed red and brown / Till human voices wake us, and we drown."
• A8) "Little Orphant Annie", James Whitcomb Riley (1885). "Little Orphant Annie's come to our house to stay, / An' wash the cups an' saucers up, an' brush the crumbs away."
• A9) "The Lady of Shalott", Lord Tennyson (1833). "Out flew the web and floated wide; / The mirror crack'd from side to side; / 'The curse is come upon me,' cried / The Lady of Shalott."
• A10) "Sailing to Byzantium", William Butler Yeats (from The Tower, 1928). "That is no country for old men. The young / In one another's arms, birds in the trees."
• A11) "To a Mouse, on Turning Her Up in Her Nest, with the Plough", Robert Burns (from Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, a.k.a., the Kilmarnock volume, 1785). "The best laid schemes o' mice an' men / Gang aft agley, / An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, / For promis'd joy!" ["Gang aft agley" translates to "Go oft awry".]
• A12) "Rainbow in the Sky", Louis Untermeyer (1935). "Wire, briar, linder-lock / Three geese in a flock / One flew east, one flew west / And one flew over the cuckoo's nest." [It may be "limber-lock" instead of "linder-lock".]

Purloined Poetry - Random Trivia Questions

Each of this week's titles was borrowed from a piece of poetry. Can you name the original poems and their authors for one point each?

Purloined Poetry Questions

• Q1) The Catcher in the Rye, J.D. Salinger (1951 novel) [source for just the "Rye" part]
• Q2) The Doors (1965 band) [original source]
• Q3) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004 movie)
• Q4) For Whom the Bell Tolls, Ernest Hemingway (1940 novel)
• Q5) The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter, Carson McCullers (1940 novel and 1968 movie)
• Q6) I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Maya Angelou (1969 autobiography)
• Q7) I've Heard the Mermaids Singing (1987 movie) and Till Human Voices Wake Us (2002 movie)
• Q8) Little Orphan Annie, Harold Gray (1924 comic strip)
• Q9) The Mirror Crack'd from Side to Side, Agatha Christie (1962 novel)
• Q10) No Country for Old Men, Cormac McCarthy (2005 novel and 2007 movie)
• Q11) Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck (1937 novella)
• Q12) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey (1962 book and 1975 movie) [disputed source]

I Got It -- Quiz Quilt 166 Solution

Category Answers:

Geography & Nature	PANDAS	China gave the bears to the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. on April 16, 1972. Another pair, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, arrived on December 6, 2000.
Sports & Games	AKEBONO	Born as Chadwick Haheo Rowan, the Hawaiian attained the rank of yokozuna in 1993.
Literature & Arts	LEWIS	Sinclair Lewis's Babbitt helped popularize the political term "liberal" in 1922.
History & Government	GRASSO	Democrat Ella Grasso was inaugurated as governor of Connecticut on January 8, 1975.
Entertainment & Food	QUEEN	"Bohemian Rhapsody" reached the top in 1975, then a second time after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991.
Math & Science	HECTO	Its counterpart is "centi-", meaning "one hundredth".

Quiz Quilt Answer: EUREKA (Second letters going up)

The interjection, directly from the Greek for "I found it", was supposedly shouted by a naked Archimedes when he discovered how to determine the purity of gold.

I Got It -- Quiz Quilt 166 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Geography & Nature	What type of animal are Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling?
Sports & Games	What sumo wrestler was the first non-Japanese yokozuna?
Literature & Arts	What author observed, "In fact there was but one thing wrong with the Babbitt house: it was not a home"?
History & Government	Who was the first woman to become governor of a state without her husband preceding her?
Entertainment & Food	What is the only band to have the same version of a song hit #1 in the U.K. on two separate occasions?
Math & Science	What metric prefix means "one hundred times"?

More March Madness - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Duke and North Carolina. The Blue Devils won finals over Kansas in 1991, Michigan in 1992, and Arizona in 2001 [Update: and over Butler in 2010], while the Tar Heels won finals over Michigan in 1993, Illinois in 2005, and Michigan State in 2009. Connecticut, Florida, Kansas, and Kentucky have each won twice.
• A2) Duke. The Blue Devils lost finals to Louisville in 1986, UNLV in 1990, Arkansas in 1994, and Connecticut in 1999. Kansas, Michigan, and Syracuse have all finished second twice. Duke has reached the finals seven times [Update: eight times through 2010], well ahead of Kansas (4), Florida (3), Kentucky (3), Michigan (3), North Carolina (3), and Syracuse (3).
• A3) Duke. Not surprisingly, the Blue Devils lead this category as well, with 10 appearances [Update: 11 through 2010].
• A4) North Carolina. And the Tar Heels are second with 9. Kansas is third at 7.
• A5) Nevada-Las Vegas. The UNLV Running Rebels ran the Duke Blue Devils off the court in 1990, amassing a record 103 points in a record thirty-point victory.
• A6) Maryland. With a 64-52 victory over Indiana in 2002, the Terrapins undercut Villanova's 66-point effort in 1985 in the last tournament played without a shot clock. [Update: Duke undercut Maryland with a 61-59 win over Butler in 2010.]
• A7) Oklahoma. The Sooners fell to the Kansas Jayhawks 83-79 in 1988, one year before Seton Hall and nine years before Kentucky matched their mark in OT losses.
• A8) Michigan. The Wolverines could only muster 51 points in losing to Duke in 1992, one fewer point than Indiana in 2002.
• A9) Villanova. The Wildcats were a lowly #8-seed when they upset the Georgetown Hoyas for the 1985 title.
• A10) Kansas. The Jayhawks benefitted from a couple of upsets to get by three lower-seeded teams, #11 Xavier, #14 Murray State, and #7 Vanderbilt, before upsetting #4 Kansas State, #2 Duke, and #1 Oklahoma to capture the 1988 title.
• A11) Michigan. The #6-seed Wolverines handled #11 Temple in the first round and #14 East Tennessee State in the second before upsetting #2 Oklahoma State, #1 Ohio State, and #4 Cincinnati to reach the 1992 final.
• A12) Louisiana State University and George Mason. LSU was a #11-seed when they upset #6 Purdue, #3 Memphis State, #2 Georgia Tech, and #1 Kentucky to advance out of the Southeast region in 1986. The Patriots upended #6 Michigan State, #3 North Carolina, #7 Wichita State, and #1 Connecticut to claim the East Regional in 2006.

More March Madness - Random Trivia Questions

The modern era of the Final Four was born when the NCAA enlarged the Men's Division I Basketball Tournament field to 64 teams in 1985. In the twenty-five Final Fours that have taken place since then, what schools hold the following records?

More March Madness Questions

• Q1) What two teams have won the most times [since 1985, for all twelve questions]?
• Q2) What team has been runner-up the most times?
• Q3) What team has reached the Final Four the most times?
• Q4) What team has reached the Final Four the second most times?
• Q5) What team had the highest winning score in a final?
• Q6) What team had the lowest winning score in a final?
• Q7) What team had the highest losing score in a final that didn't go to overtime?
• Q8) What team had the lowest losing score in a final?
• Q9) What was the lowest-seeded team to win the Final Four?
• Q10) What was the second lowest-seeded team to win the Final Four?
• Q11) What was the lowest-seeded team to reach the final but lose?
• Q12) What were the two lowest-seeded teams to reach the Final Four (semifinals)?

Son of a Nun -- Quiz Quilt 165 Solution

Category Answers:

Math & Science	SOJOURNER	The 23-pound rover, named for abolitionist and women's right activist Sojourner Truth, was inducted into the Robot Hall of Fame in 2003.
Literature & Arts	STOWE	Harriet Beecher Stowe's Uncle Tom's Cabin took only sixteen months to reach the million mark after its 1852 release.
History & Government	ROSS	Nellie Ross, later the director of the U.S. Mint, succeeded her husband as governor of Wyoming on January 5, 1925.
Sports & Games	GEHRIG	Henry Louis "Lou" Gehrig hit 23 grand slams, including five in the first inning.
Entertainment & Food	YOUNG	Neil Young's Harvest album also reached number one, on March 4, three weeks after "Heart of Gold".
Geography & Nature	ALASKA	It borders the Arctic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean.

Quiz Quilt Answer: JOSHUA (Third letters)

In the Bible, Joshua's father was Nun, a name that means "fish". Joshua served as Moses's apprentice and later became his successor as leader of the Israelites.

Son of a Nun -- Quiz Quilt 165 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Math & Science	What was the first vehicle to roam on Mars, in July 1997?
Literature & Arts	Who was the author of the first American novel to sell one million copies?
History & Government	Who was the first female U.S. governor?
Sports & Games	What baseball player, known as the Iron Horse, holds the record for most career grand slams?
Entertainment & Food	What Canadian singer had a heart of gold and a number one song in 1972?
Geography & Nature	What is the only U.S. state that touches two oceans?

Animal Adjectives - Random Trivia Answers

• A1) Bee. The Latin apis means bee. Have you had the avian and apian allocution with your kids yet?
• A2) Whale. The adjective "cetaceous" is also used, not to be confused with the Cretaceous ("chalky") geologic period during which the dinosaurs roamed.
• A3) Dove (or pigeon). The name of Columbine High School in Colorado refers to a purple flower that looks like the bird.
• A4) Rabbit (or hare). The term "leverine" can also be used to specifically refer to a young hare ("leveret").
• A5) Wolf. The modifier can also refer to a genus of plants of the pea family, but the context should usually give away which meaning is intended.
• A6) Rat (or mouse). The makers of Murine eye drops clearly hope that nobody associates their product with rodents (Prestige Brands does not publicly state whether they test their products on animals or not).
• A7) Sheep. The Latin ovis means sheep. When food is being discussed, the "ov-" prefix is more likely to refer to eggs (Latin ovum or ova).
• A8) Pig. The word "pork" also derives from the Latin porcus.
• A9) Bat. The Greek pteron means "wing" (e.g., "pterodactyl" means "wing fingers").
• A10) Toad (or frog). The adjective is also used medically to refer to the underside of the tongue.
• A11) Bear. The constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are supposed to resemble big and small bears.
• A12) Fox. The adjective was taken almost directly from the Latin (vulpinus, with vulpis being the noun) in the early 17th century.

Animal Adjectives - Random Trivia Questions

You're familiar with the adjectives "canine" for "dog-like", "feline" for "cat-like", "equine" for "horse-like", and "bovine" for "cow-like", but do you know what animals the following words are associated with?

Animal Adjectives Questions

• Q1) Apian
• Q2) Cetacean
• Q3) Columbine
• Q4) Leporine
• Q5) Lupine
• Q6) Murine
• Q7) Ovine
• Q8) Porcine
• Q9) Pteropine
• Q10) Ranine
• Q11) Ursine
• Q12) Vulpine

Demented Flashdancer -- Quiz Quilt 164 Solution

Category Answers:

Sports & Games	KRAMNIK	Russian Vladimir Kramnik became the unofficial World Chess Champion although FIDE, the undisputed governing body until a few years earlier, does not recognize his victory.
Geography & Nature	PISA	The Torre Pendente di Pisa was built from 1173 to 1350 and is now considered stable despite a 5½-degree lean after 50 cubic yards of dirt were excavated.
Entertainment & Food	PENNIMAN	The "Tutti Frutti" singer was born as Richard Wayne Penniman in Macon, Georgia on December 5, 1932.
Math & Science	ANTIMONY	The metalloid is called stibium, meaning "mark", in Latin.
History & Government	SADAT	Anwar Sadat shared the Nobel Peace Prize with Menachem Begin for their 1978 settlement.
Literature & Arts	MITCHELL	By coincidence, an unrelated U.K. strip also named Dennis the Menace debuted just three days afterward in March 1951.

Quiz Quilt Answer: MANIAC (Fourth letters)

Michael Sembello's song "Maniac" from the movie "Flashdance" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in September 1983. Sembello took his song about a New York serial killer and adjusted the lyrics to refer to dancer Alex Owens.

Demented Flashdancer -- Quiz Quilt 164 Puzzle

Category Questions:

Sports & Games	What grandmaster defeated Garry Kasparov in a sixteen-game championship match in 2000?
Geography & Nature	What Italian city has a famous Leaning Tower?
Entertainment & Food	What was singer Little Richard's last name?
Math & Science	What chemical element's symbol is Sb?
History & Government	Which Egyptian president negotiated peace with Israel at Camp David?
Literature & Arts	What is American comic strip character Dennis the Menace's last name?