Saturday, May 29, 2010

Acelarator -- Quiz Quilt 176 Solution

Category Answers:
Literature
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Arts
DICKENSThe early mystery was published posthumously in 1879, nine years after Charles Dickens's death.
Geography
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Nature
NICARAGUAThe triangular nation covers just over 50,000 square miles, slightly smaller than Louisiana and larger than Mississippi.
Entertainment
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Food
HAIRThe song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks, and the Cowsills reached #2 with their rendition of "Hair".
History
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Government
GETTYJ. Paul Getty, the founder of Getty Oil, was one of the world's first billionaires and considered to be the wealthiest person in the world when he died.
Sports
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Games
GIAMATTIFormer Yale University president A. Bartlett Giamatti ousted the belatedly apologetic hitter for life on August 24, 1989.
Math
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Science
RADARBritish physicist Sir Robert Watson-Watt constructed the first practical radar in 1935, although the name wasn't coined until 1941.

Quiz Quilt Answer: AMTRAK (Fourth letters going up)

The Acela Express is a high-speed Amtrak train that runs from Washington, D.C. to Boston, Massachusetts.

Friday, May 28, 2010

Acelarator -- Quiz Quilt 176 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Literature
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Arts
What author's final novel was The Mystery of Edwin Drood?
Geography
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Nature
What is the largest Central American country?
Entertainment
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Food
What musical inspired the Fifth Dimension's medley "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In", which won the Grammy for Record of the Year in 1970?
History
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Government
What oil baron observed, "I've noticed that people who don't respect money don't have any"?
Sports
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Games
What Major League Baseball commissioner banned Pete Rose for gambling?
Math
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Science
What instrument detects the position, motion, and nature of a remote object by reflecting radio waves off its surface?

Saturday, May 22, 2010

Dickie's Dandies -- Quiz Quilt 175 Solution

Category Answers:
Sports
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Games
KARIYALeft winger Paul Kariya had 24 goals and 69 assists in the regular season and added a goal and 6 assists in the postseason.
History
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Government
SHERMANWilliam Tecumseh Sherman's campaign began on November 15, 1864 and lasted 24 days. He bragged, "We have devoured the land... . To realize what war is, one should follow our tracks."
Entertainment
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Food
CAPRAItalian immigrant Frank Capra was nominated for Best Director Oscar awards for the 1937 and 1939 movies but did not win.
Geography
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Nature
DRAKEUpon Francis Drake's return, he gave Queen Elizabeth enough money to pay off England's foreign debts.
Math
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Science
GRISSOMThe capsule had sunk after Gus Grissom's fifteen-minute sub-orbital flight on July 21, 1961.
Literature
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Arts
DADAThe proponents of the movement, which began as a response to World War I, considered their work "anti-art".

Quiz Quilt Answer: DIAPER (Third letters)

Sportscaster and former Detroit Pistons coach Dick Vitale refers to college freshmen basketball players as "diaper dandies".

Friday, May 21, 2010

Dickie's Dandies -- Quiz Quilt 175 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Sports
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Games
What University of Maine hockey player won the Hobey Baker award while his team won the Frozen Four championship in 1992-93?
History
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Government
What general led the March to the Sea during the U.S. Civil War?
Entertainment
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Food
Who directed Lost Horizon and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?
Geography
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Nature
What Englishman sailed around the world from 1577 to 1580, partly to escape Spanish ships from which he stole gold?
Math
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Science
What astronaut was originally in the Mercury spaceship's Liberty Bell 7, recovered from the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean on July 20, 1999?
Literature
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Arts
What art and literature movement, begun in Zurich, was based on deliberate irrationality and the negation of traditional and artistic values?

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Wolfman Jack -- Quiz Quilt 174 Solution

Category Answers:
Entertainment
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Food
RAVELJohn Derek tried to cash in on the fame of Maurice Ravel's one-movement orchestral piece by casting Bo Derek in a 1984 movie called Bolero.
History
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Government
FULTONEngineer Robert Fulton had designed the first practical submarine for Napoleon seven years earlier.
Sports
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Games
GREENAmerican roulette wheels also have a green double-zero to increase the house's advantage further.
Math
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Science
FARADAYMichael Faraday, the son of a blacksmith, also studied the opposite effect, electromagnetism, but was criticized for failing to credit his predecessors in his publications.
Geography
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Nature
ARIZONAThe 342-square-mile desert area contains many colorful, rock-hard logs formed from the mineralization of wood by the silica in volcanic ash.
Literature
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Arts
DIXONThe Franklin W. Dixon series was the brainchild of Edward Stratemeyer, who also used the name Carolyn Keene and several ghostwriters to create the Nancy Drew mysteries.

Quiz Quilt Answer: LONDON (Fifth letters)

Author Jack London wrote "The Son of the Wolf", published in 1900, the complementary novels "Call of the Wild" and "White Fang" about wild dogs and wolves, and "The Sea-Wolf", whose antagonist is a sea captain named Wolf Larsen.

Friday, May 14, 2010

Wolfman Jack -- Quiz Quilt 174 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Entertainment
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Food
What French composer wrote "Bolero", which gained notoriety in the 1979 movie 10?
History
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Government
What American inventor created the first commercially successful steamboat in 1807?
Sports
&
Games
What color is the zero slot on a roulette wheel?
Math
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Science
What English physicist and chemist first produced electricity by moving a magnet through a coil of copper wire?
Geography
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Nature
In which U.S. state is the Petrified Forest National Park located?
Literature
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Arts
What pseudonym was used to pen The Hardy Boys?

Saturday, May 8, 2010

Math Middle -- Quiz Quilt 173 Solution

Category Answers:
Math
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Science
MUSHROOMPoisonous mushrooms are called toadstools.
Literature
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Arts
GARDNERThe movie A View to a Kill is based on John Gardner's License Renewed. He wrote License to Kill and Goldeneye based on their respective movies.
History
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Government
MUSSOLINIIn a 1925 speech, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini outlined the party's philosophy as "Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State."
Entertainment
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Food
COOLIDGELeon Russell's tune about Rita Coolidge reached #1 in the U.K. in 1969 and was a Top 40 hit in the U.S.
Geography
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Nature
TANZANIAThe peak is 19,340 feet high.
Sports
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Games
SIMPSONBuffalo Bills running back O.J. Simpson totaled 2,003 yards on the ground in only 14 games in 1973, just over two decades before his infamous run from the law.

Quiz Quilt Answer: ORIGIN (Seventh letters)

The middle of the Cartesian coordinate system is known as the origin, "0, 0" in two dimensions or "0, 0, 0" in three.

Friday, May 7, 2010

Math Middle -- Quiz Quilt 173 Puzzle

Category Questions:
Math
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Science
What is the common name for the enlarged, complex, aerial, fleshy, fruiting body of a fungus, especially one that is edible?
Literature
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Arts
What author continued the James Bond tradition after Ian Fleming's death, writing fourteen novels from 1981 to 1996?
History
&
Government
Who founded the Fascist Party in 1921?
Entertainment
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Food
What singer was Joe Cocker's 1969 song "Delta Lady" about?
Geography
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Nature
In what country is Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest point in Africa, located?
Sports
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Games
Who was the first NFL player to rush for 2,000 yards in a season?

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Drug Druthers - Random Trivia Answers

  • A1) Nifedipine. The dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker is approved for treatment of hypertension and angina pectoris.
  • A2) Ibuprofen. The pain killer has been approved for use by the U.S. FDA since 1984.
  • A3) Citalopram. The antidepressant is used to treat depression and social anxiety disorder. Its successor is escitalopram, which is sold as Lexapro.
  • A4) Tadalafil. The 36-hour PDE5 inhibitor was the third ED drug approved by the FDA in December 2003.
  • A5) Meperidine (also called pethidine). The opioid analgesic was created by German Otto Schaumann in 1932 as a safer alternative to morphine.
  • A6) Furosemide (also called frusemide). [name comes from "LAsts SIX" hours] -- used to treat hypertension and other ailments in humans but infamous for being used to keep horses from bleeding during races.
  • A7) Vardenafil. Levitra is Bayer's name in the U.S., and Vivanza is GSK's name in Europe for the same PDE5 inhibitor.
  • A8) Paroxetine. The antidepressant is less frequently used because withdrawal symptoms can be severe.
  • A9) Fluoxetine. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), like paroxetine, was created by Eli Lilly in 1970.
  • A10) Acetaminophen (paracetamol outside of North America). The popular pain reliever and fever reducer was first marketed in the U.S. in 1953 as an aspirin substitute.
  • A11) Sildenafil citrate. The first ED drug was approved by the FDA in March 1998, leading to over a billion dollars in annual sales.
  • A12) Sertraline. The SSRI, the most widely prescribed antidepressant in the U.S. in 2007, was developed at Pfizer beginning in the early 1970s but did not come to market for two decades.

Note: this is the final random trivia quiz that will be posted to the Trivia Why's blog. The Quiz Quilt puzzles will continue to be posted each Friday (questions) and Saturday (answers) night.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Drug Druthers - Random Trivia Questions

Given your druthers, what generic drugs would you rather purchase to save the expense of these higher-priced brand names?

Drug Druthers Questions

  • Q1) Adalat, Nifedical, and Procardia
  • Q2) Advil and Motrin
  • Q3) Celexa
  • Q4) Cialis
  • Q5) Demerol
  • Q6) Lasix
  • Q7) Levitra and Vivanza
  • Q8) Paxil
  • Q9) Prozac
  • Q10) Tylenol
  • Q11) Viagra
  • Q12) Zoloft

An American in Puerto Vallarta -- Quiz Quilt 172 Solution

Category Answers:
Entertainment
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Food
DEVITOThe title of Danny DeVito's directorial debut comes from a 1956 Patti Page song written by Irving Gordon.
Geography
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Nature
MICHIGANThe Great Lakes State could fit Indiana in its almost 40,000 square miles of water.
Literature
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Arts
ATALANTAHippomenes, also known as Melanion, won her hand in marriage by following Aphrodite's wise advice.
History
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Government
GEORGIAThe southeastern state was readmitted on July 15, 1870, almost five years after the war ended.
Math
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Science
HILBERTDavid Hilbert was born in 1862 in Konigsberg, Germany, which is now Kaliningrad, Russia.
Sports
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Games
CHINAGLIAStriker Giorgio Chinaglia finished as the NASL's all-time top goal scorer with 193 and led the league in scoring five times from 1976 to 1982, including his 1981 MVP season.

Quiz Quilt Answer: GRINGO (Sixth letters going up)

"Gringo" is a derogatory Latin American term for Americans.