Trivia Quiz from April 17, 2013 - "First & Foremost"

First Time for Everything (10 questions)

1. What two people appeared on the first cover of TV guide in April 1953?


2. The first known humans to fly did so over what city?


3. Who was the first person to break the sound barrier?


4. Who was the first actor to star in a talking motion picture?


5. The first immigrant to pass through Ellis Island was from what country?


6. Who was the first female artist inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame?


7. Who was the first canonized American saint?


8. The first heavier-than-air flight took place where?


9. The first nuns in New Orleans, known as “casket girls,” were of what Catholic order?


10. Antoine Peychaud was the creator of what New Orleans cocktail?








Answers
1. Lucile Ball & Desi Arnaz Jr.
2. Paris (Nov. 21, 1783 in a hot air balloon)
3. Chuck Yeager
4. Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer
5.  Ireland
6. Aretha Franklin
7. Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini
8. Kitty hawk, N. Carolina
9. Ursulines
10. Sazerac


Boozehounds (10 questions)

1. The Irish word for whisky is Uisce Beatha. What does it literally translate to?


2. Sake was originally made by people who chewed the rice & spit it into fermenting vessels where it would become an alcohol. By definition, sake is therefore ___
a. wine
b. liqueur
c. beer
d. sour mash

3. What causes the bubbles in Guinness to sink rather than rise when a pint is poured?


4. “The Green Fairy” is both a brand name and euphemism for what alcoholic beverage?


5. What type of drink is known by the same word as the Low German word for “swallow?”


6. V.S.O.P. on a bottle of cognac stands for what?


7. Anheuser-Busch can trace its roots back to 1852 and the Bavarian Brewing Company in what North American city?


8.  What liqueur is named after its color?


9. What South American country claims exclusive appellation rights to the type of brandy known as Pisco?


10. Falstaff beer shares a name with a character that appears in 3 of William Shakespeare’s plays. Name one Shakespearean play in which Falstaff appears.





Answers
1. Water of life
2. c. beer
3. The shape of the pint glass
4. Absinthe
5. Shnapps
6. Very Superior Old Pale
7. St. Louis, Mo.
8. Chartreuse
9. Peru
10. Henry IV Part 1, Henry IV Part 2, The Merry Wives of Windsor


The Old Gods of Carnival (10 questions)
Every answer or question has to do with a current carnival krewe.

1. Bacchus was the god of what?


2. Fathered by Poseidon and born of Medusa was the winged horse known as what?


3. What krewe gets its name from this mythical Himalayan utopia?


4. This god is the Titan that holds up the celestial sphere.


5. This krewe takes its name from the Greek god of transitions & boundaries, and conducted souls into the afterlife.


6. This was the greek goddess of the night.


7. This god of the sea was Poseidon’s first son. His name even means “first.”


8. This Egyptian god is often depicted with the head of an ibis, and holds a rod and an ankh in his hands.


9. Whoever held this position in ancient Rome was revered as a god.


10. Name what each of the 9 muses are the muse of. It's not necessary to name the muses themselves, just what they are the muses of. 1 point for each correct answer. You must be specific. (Hint: there are 10 domains, one muse pulls double duty)



Answers
1. Wine
2. Pegasus
3.Shangri-La
4. Atlas
5. Hermes
6. Nyx
7. Proteus
8. Thoth
9. Caesar
10. Calliope: epic song, Clio: history, Euterpe: lyric song, Melpomene: tragedy, Terpsichore: dance, Erato: erotic poetry, Polymnia: sacred song, Urania: astronomy, Thalia: comedy & bucolic poetry.



 Places to Go, Things to See (12 Questions)
I took all these photos in Orleans Parish, on the East bank. Answer the questions as specifically as you can.

1. At what intersection am I?

2. What landmark is directly behind me?

 

3. What building am I in?

4. What building is directly behind me?

5. These nudists are frolicking on the lawn of what building?

 

6. What restaurant am I spying on?

7. At what intersection can I get their poboys?

 

8. In what neighborhood or on what street can I get world famous creole tomatoes?

9. What building am I standing in?

10. In the French Quarter, what city-run building is immediately to my right?

11. What building is directly behind me and this guy?

12. What is this?

Answers
1. Canal Blvd. & Robert E. Lee.

2. Lee Circle

3. Canal Street ferry terminal

4. St. Louis Cathedral

5. Lakefront Airport

6. Cafe Maspero

7. Elysian Fields & St. Claude

8. 3100 block of Chartres, the Bywater

9. Canal Place

10. Fire station

11. Tad Gormley Stadium

12. Mardi Gras Fountain at the Lakefront

Trivia quiz from Feb. 6, 2013

Celebrity Animals - 15 Questions
Name the species or breed of the famous animal!
Example: Lassie - Collie (not just dog). King Kong - Gorilla (not just monkey).

1. Rin Tin Tin

2. Shamu

3. Moby Dick

4. Toto

5. Mr. Ed

6. Marcel

7. Rex and King Zulu

8. Ling Ling

9. Punxsutawney Phil

10. Morris

11. Pepe Lepieux

12. Dolly

13. Ben

14. Clyde

15. Scooby Doo



Answers:
1. German shepherd (or alsatian for the Europey types)
2. Orca or killer whale
3. Sperm whale
4. Border Collie (in the "Oz" books), Cairn Terrier (1939 "The Wizard of Oz" and 1978 “The Wiz”), Border Terrier (Return to Oz, 1985)
5. Palomino
6. Capuchin monkey (from “Friends” TV show)
7. White tigers (Audubon zoo)
8. Panda
9. Groundhog
10. Orange tabby
11. Skunk
12. Sheep
13. Grizzly bear (from “Grizzly Adams” TV show)
14. Orangutan (from the movie “Any Which You Can”)
15. Great dane

In Common - 10 Questions
What does each group of animals have in common?

1. Dodo, wooly mammoth, stegosaur

2. Penguin, kiwi, emu. (Given: all birds)

3. Leech, flea, bedbug (Given: all invertebrates, all parasites)

4. Bullfrog, Siamese fighting fish (betta), walking catfish (Given: all vertebrates, all aquatic, all lay eggs)

5. Minotaur, mermaid, centaur (Given: all mythical)

6. Monarch butterfly, spider, buck moth (Given: all invertebrate arthropods).

7. Honeybee, Fire ant, prairie dog

8. Rattlesnake, scorpion, platypus

9. Crawfish, silverfish, jellyfish (Given: all invertebrates, all have fish in their name.)

10. Whale shark, blue whale, ostrich (Given: all vertebrates)





Answers:
 1. All extinct
2. All are flightless birds, all from southern hemisphere
3. All feed on blood
4. All breathe air and water
5. All are half-human
6. All produce silk
7. All live in colonies
8. All are venomous
9. None are fish
10. All are the largest of their species



Creature Feature - 12 questions
All these people have animal names in their name.
Example: This golfer is a little too popular with the ladies. - Tiger Woods

1. This actress is famous for the line “All right, Mr. DeMille, I’m ready for my closeup.”

2. Maverick’s sidekick.

3. This is one of the few famous white basketball players.

4. This guy somehow made a career of skateboarding.

5. This performer is now known as Yusef Islam

6. This man has achieved legendary near-godhood in Alabama.

7. Friends with Mr. Greenjeans.

8. This boy-band singer is out of the closet.

9. His real name is William Cody.

10. Jim Morrison’s nickname.

11. A king of England from 1189 - 1199.

12. Politician who wanted to establish “a contract with America.”






 Answers:
1. Gloria Swanson 
2. Goose
3. Larry Bird
4. Tony Hawk
5. Cat Stevens
6. Bear Bryant
7. Captain Kangaroo
8. Lance Bass
9. Buffalo Bill
10. The Lizard King
11. Richard the Lionheart
12. Newt Gingrich

Spot the Species! - 10 questions
Picture round
Name the species of animal! All are common to Louisiana.



1.

2. 

 3.

 4.

 5.

 6.

 7.

 8.

 9.

 10.

Answers:
1. Mallard duck
2. Tarpon
3. Ibis
4. Damselfly
5. Copperhead
6. Nutria
7. Mole cricket
8. Red ear turtle, painted turtle, or Mobile slider
9. Roseate spoonbill
10. Possum

I Could Eat a Horse  - 12 Questions
From what kind of animal does the food come?

1. Lox

2. Foie gras

3. Mutton

4. Haggis

5. Bouillabaisse

6. Unagi

7. Capon

8. Fugu

9. Butter

10. Chitlins

11. Kippers

12. Confit





Answers:
1. Salmon
2. Goose or duck
3. Sheep
4. Sheep
5. Fish
6. Eel
7. Rooster
8. Puffer fish or blowfish
9. Cow
10. Pig
11. Herring
12. Duck

Trivia from Jan. 2, 2013

What do you consider "Home?" The world? The USA? Your city? Your neighborhood? That's the theme of the trivia quiz from Jan 2, 2013 where we consider the theme "Home." (Well, MY home anyway.) 
Categories are: World Sports, Patriotic Songs of the USA, New Orleans in Fiction, and Lakeview (my neighborhood). Answers are at the end of each category so grab a pen and a friend and test your knowledge!

World Sports

1.  What is the sport of kings?

2. If you have 15 guys on a team who engage in a scrum and maybe a haka, what sport are you playing?

3. If you take an agricultural swing after being bowled, what are you playing?

4. In badminton, we often call it a “bird” or “birdie.” What is the projectile actually called?

5. What gravity-driven sport has its origins in the Pacific island of Vanuatu?

6. What sport are you engaging in if you wear a montera, hold a muleta and use a puntilla?

7. Sumo wrestlers try to do either of 2 things: Force the other wrestler out of the dojo or what?.

8. In what city were the first modern day Olympics held?

9. For what country and in which sport do the "All Blacks" play?

10. In cockfighting, what is the arena called where two roosters fight?




Answers
1. Horse Racing
2. Rugby
3. Cricket
4. Shuttlecock or Shuttle
5. Bungee Jumping
6. Bullfighting
7. Touch the ground with anything other than the soles of his feet.
8. Athens, Greece
9. New Zealand; rugby
10. Cockpit

Patriotic Songs of the USA
Name that tune! What is the title of each piece?

1. 

2. 

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10. (Extra point if you can name the vocalist)

Answers:

1. Grand Old Flag
2. Stars and Stripes Forever
3. Battle Hymn of the Republic
4. Hail to the Chief
5. America the Beautiful
6. America: My Country ‘Tis of Thee
7. Halls of Montezuma
8. The Star Spangled Banner
9. Yankee Doodle
10. God Bless America (Vocalist: Kate Smith)



New Orleans in Fiction

1. Actor Tim Reid inherited a New Orleans restaurant in what TV show?

2. Which Simpsons character got his own fictional series pilot set in New Orleans?

3. Irene Reilly and Myrna Minkoff are characters in what New Orleans based book?

4. On what New Orleans street did Stanley and Stella live in ‘A Streetcar Named Desire?”

5. Francis Parkinson Keyes wrote a novel set in a famous New Orleans restaurant. The restaurant’s name is in the title. What is the title of the book?

6. Which Star Trek captain is a native of New Orleans? (Kirk, Janeway, Sisko, Archer, Picard)

7. Nicholas Cage starred in “The Bad Lieutenant - Port of Call: New Orleans.” This was a remake of what 1992 movie?

8. “Live and Let Die,” set in New Orleans, was which number of Ian Fleming’s James Bond films? (As in first, second, third, etc. Not including Casino Royale with David Niven)

9. Who played my cousin, Lee Harvey Oswald, in Oliver Stone’s, JFK?

10. What soundtrack song from Elvis Presley’s New Orleans movie “King Creole” reached number one on the Billboard pop charts?



Answers:
1. Frank’s Place
2. Chief Wiggum (“Chief Wiggum, P.I.)
3. A Confederacy of Dunces
4. Elysian Fields
5. Dinner at Antoine’s
6. Capt. Sisko
7. Bad Lieutenant
8. Eighth
9. Gary Oldman
10. Hard-Headed Woman



Lakeview

1. What popular restaurant/reception hall was located where Tropic Oil Change is now located on Canal Blvd?

2. What is Lakeview Harbor’s sister restaurant?

3. The New Basin Canal stretched along what is now West End Blvd & Pontchartrain Blvd. It ran from Lake Pontchartrain to where? (Street intersection or landmark)

4. The semicircle shaped parks on either side of Canal Blvd. at Robt. E. Lee are called what?

5. What is the collective name for the structure of businesses at Canal Blvd. & Robert E. Lee?

6. What is the actual name of the potter’s field cemetery which stretches from City Park Ave to Delgado Playground?

7. What is the name of Lakeview’s team of 9-12 year old baseball players?

8. What is the only pet shop in Lakeview?

9. How many churches are on Canal Blvd?

10. The Homedale Inn, serving drinks since ____?


Answers:
1. L’enfant’s
2. Port of Call
3. Howard & Rampart, near the Union Terminal
4. Peridot Park
5. The Rockery
6. Holt Cemetery
7. Lakeview Vikings
8. Coral Reef
9. 9 (including the disused synagogue)
10. 1937

You Asked My Opinion On Guns & Control Laws

So, some folks have wondered about my take on gun control in light of the shooting at Newtown, CT. Yes, I have one, and I fully expect my opinions to fall into the heaving maelstrom of other opinions, lost forever in the storm of loud voices. But here you go anyway.

Since you bring up gun control... Frankly, I was a bit shocked when I purchased my own guns. I have four: a shotgun, two Glock handguns and a .223 assault rifle. When I purchased them, I only had to provide the exact same credentials as I do when I buy a bottle of wine. With the shotgun purchase, the only reason I needed to provide ID was to verify my credit card. With the handguns and rifle, they said they’d run my ID through the FBI gun check database, which I assume they did, and I walked out of the store 15 minutes later with shiny new weaponry. The only registration I have are my receipts for the purchase. Maybe the serial numbers are now listed in the FBI’s records. I don’t know. I hope so. There’s no way for me to check. I certainly haven’t been asked to update the attached information such as my address or phone number since then, even though it’s changed.

That I could purchase weapons so easily is kind of scary. What’s even scarier is the other folks that can just as easily purchase them. If someone has a history of violent crime and is banned from having guns, it’s perfectly easy for them to get a friend to legally purchase a gun for them. But here’s the problem: they’ve already committed a crime that landed them in the “banned from guns” category. Here’s an even scarier tidbit: many acts of violence in the throes of mental instability go unreported and are treated as part of an “illness” rather than “violence.”

The FBI database used for gun checking is full of criminal names and conviction histories. Fine. No problem. What it doesn’t contain are the thousands of folks who have clearly demonstrated suicidal, homicidal or just plain violent behavior. As an emergency room nurse, every day I see people who are PEC’d (Physician’s Emergency Commitment). A PEC means that someone is mentally or emotionally “gravely disabled” (quoted from the PEC paperwork). And as other emergency personnel know, often the individuals need a revolving door. In other words, psychiatric patients unstable enough to require a PEC often return again and again after threatening their family or pulling a knife or gun on their parents or beating up their grandmother (no, I’m not kidding).

“Yeah, yeah, mental health sucks, blah, blah, blah; we’ve heard it before,” you say. I’m not talking about mental health care, per se. What I want folks to realize is that of all the hundreds of people cramped into emergency rooms right this minute under a PEC, none of that violent behavior (also read as “warning signs”) will go reported to the FBI or any other agency besides maybe the coroner’s office who can extend a PEC to a CEC (Coroner’s Emergency Commitment). Because the warning signs of mental instability are being treated as a disease rather than a prelude to violent behavior, such individuals are protected by HIPAA laws, that prevent the release of information about the individual’s actions that landed them under a PEC or CEC. Further, sometimes family members need treatment for their fractures, lacerations, contusions or other injuries that led up to the trip to the hospital in the first place. In other words, the unstable individuals have already committed violent acts! But press charges against their loved one? Treat it as a crime? Oh heavens, no! That’s their baby; he’s not a criminal, he’s just ill.

These gravely disabled people, with a concrete history of violence and antisocial behavior but no criminal convictions, can walk into the same gun shop as I did and purchase whatever weaponry they want just as easily as I did. They may be next door to you right now, or behind you in the checkout line, or visiting your children’s school as you read this.

Much hype is made over other countries' gun control laws and lack of violence by guns. “Japan, for example, has almost no gun violence,” you point out. Terrific! They have a well-known respect for discipline and maintaining order. We could use some of that here, to be sure. Since we’re focusing on only one thing in your argument, I’ll mention only one thing too: the Japanese culture, with its low gun violence and well-disciplined people, are also the folks who had absolutely no problem with murderous suicidal kamikaze pilots in World War II. Guns in Japan? Nearly nil. Great! The culture that produced kamikaze? Going strong. Think about that for a while.

If you check statistics, the US is way down the list of gun-related homicides per capita. Number twenty-eight on the list, in fact. Meaning what? That twenty-seven countries with stricter gun laws have more gun-related deaths than the US per population. Further, as has been pointed out many times, Sandy Hook Elementary is a “gun-free zone,” as were all the schools, malls and public places that have had mass shootings in recent years. Connecticut has, in fact, some of the strictest gun laws in the country. Yet twenty-seven people are dead. Didn't really help, did it?

So what to do? Enact laws banning all guns? Do you really think that will get them off the street and out of the hands of violent, criminal or mentally unsound people? “Well, at least there would be fewer guns to go around,” you reply. Let’s look at another example: we’ve banned heroin, crystal meth, crack, and LSD. Has that ban gotten them off the street?

If it was up to me, I’d include some better information in the FBI gun checking database. Include the folks who have a history of violent mental instability. You’ve been PEC’d or CEC’d? Into the “banned from guns” list you go! Yes, this may require revising HIPAA laws. HIPPA may protect an individual’s personal mental health history, but it’s your health that’s at stake when a mentally gravely disabled individual walks out of that gun shop with his shiny new weapon.

Further, I’m not sure that arming teachers is the way to go, but I’m guessing that more than a few grieving families are wishing right now that one or two Connecticut teachers were armed.

Restrict guns more? Absolutely. Ban guns altogether? Hell no! Encourage and provide proper gun training easily and cheaply? For sure!

As a parting thought, how many times have we read the headline about a ‘Killer Goes On Murderous Rampage In School/Mall/Office” or other gun-free zone. Compare the number of times you’ve heard that to the number of times you’ve heard “Killer Goes On Murderous Rampage At Local Gun Show.” Don’t think I’ve ever heard that.

Stay tuned for more commentary later.

"Compass Rose" Trivia Quiz

(Questions as of Dec. 5, 2012)

East

1. Marco Polo traveled east from Europe to establish trade with what country?


2. Who is the host of the Food Network’s cooking show “East Meets West”?


3. The direction east on the longitude grid is calculated from longitude 0 degrees. What is the the line at Longitude 0 called?


4. All Muslims are expected to make a pilgrimage to what Middle Eastern city at least once in their lives?


5. What is the largest country in the Eastern hemisphere?


6. From what does a nor’easter get its name?


7. Israel was re-established in the Middle East in what year of the 20th century?


8. Easter falls on the first Sunday after what Jewish holiday?


9. In what country does the West end and the Middle East begin?


10. The film industry of India is collectively known as what?


Answers
1. China
2. Ming Tsai
3. The Prime Meridian
4. Mecca
5. Russia
6. The direction the wind comes from.
7. 1948
8. Passover
9. Turkey
10. Bollywood


West

1. According to “Wicked,” the prequel to “The Wizard of Oz,” what was the Wicked Witch of the West’s real name?


2. Peru is on the west coast of South America and has only one time zone. In what time zone are they?


3. In describing Eastern things, we use the word Oriental. What word is used to describe western things?


4. When traveling to the West Bank from the East bank across the CCC, in what direction are you actually moving?


5. What country has the westernmost capital of the Western Hemisphere?


6. The West Coast of California is well known for the “Hollywood” sign in Los Angeles. This sign did not always say “Hollywood.” What did the sign originally say?


7. Ahmed Aleywa, a native of the west African country of Mauritania, is currently famous for doing what?


8. In the movie “Far and Away” starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, where were they traveling west from?


9. New Orleans is on what longitude west?


10. If a hurricane is traveling due west towards New Orleans, from what direction will the wind come just before the eye arrives?


Answers
1. Elphaba
2. Eastern time
3. Occidental
4. East
5. Mexico
6. Hollywoodland
7. Booting a New Orleans ambulance
8. Ireland
9. 90 degrees
10. North


North

1. Who were the male and female lead roles in Alfred Hitchcock’s “North by Northwest”?


2. Until 2009, the north magnetic pole was located within the territory of which country?


3. The Mason-Dixon line is on the border of four states. Name two of those states.


4. What team of the SEC is physically in the northernmost location?


5. The northernmost part of the Mississippi River is in what US state?


6. If you look due north from the wharf on the river at Napoleon and Tchoupitoulas, what town are you looking at?


7. Name all the US states with North in their name.


8. Over what body of water is the Northwest Passage?


9. The Aurora Borealis is also know by what more common name?


10. The 4th century archbishop of Turkey provides the legendary basis for what well known northern figure today?


Answers
1. Cary Grant & Eva Marie Saint
2. Canada
3. Pennsylvania, Maryland, Delaware & West Virginia
4. University of Missouri
5. Minnesota
6. New Orleans
7. North Dakota, North Carolina
8. Arctic Sea
9. The northern lights
10. Santa Claus


South

1. What swanky gated community is in the southernmost part of Orleans Parish?


2. How many college teams make up the Southeastern Conference?


3. Nelson Mandela was a political prisoner for 26 years in South Africa for advocating against what government policy?


4. What was the first US state to secede from the Union?


5. As of right now, is the south pole in continual darkness, continual daylight, or part day and part night?


6. What New Orleans road divides the North named streets from the South named streets?


7. When a pollywog becomes a shellback, what has he done?


8. Southern University plays against what team in the Bayou Classic?


9. What was the last US state to secede from the Union?


10. What James Bond movie was filmed in Hollywood South?

Answers
1. English Turn
2. 14
3. Apartheid
4. South Carolina
5. Continual daylight
6. Canal Street
7. Crossed the equator into the southern hemisphere.
8. Grambling
9. Tennessee
10. Live And Let Die




Tiebreaker: Name the four official BCS bowl games.
Sugar, Orange, Fiesta & Rose Bowl

Are You Wasting Your Vote? Are You Sure?

I’m not telling you who to vote for. I’m not telling you to vote at all. But if you do vote, it’s incumbent upon you to vote for someone for the right reasons. People have sometimes described my voting choices (such as for "third party" candidates) as “wasting your vote because they cannot win.”

I won’t go into how that sort of reasoning defeats the purpose of free elections. But it does bring up the issue of  “wasting your vote.” Ask yourself “why am I voting for this particular guy?” Is it because of a single reason or issue you have as a pet peeve? Are you voting for Obama because of his position on gay marriage? Are you voting for Romney because the Republican party endorses him? Are you voting “not for this guy, but against that guy"? If your decision is based on a single issue or the lesser of two evils, then you, my friend, are wasting your vote.

Would it surprise you that there are not two, but eleven presidential candidates? Who are they? What do they all stand for? Sure, not all may have the same view as you on, say, space exploration, but you may be surprised how many similarities you do share. Here’s a fascinating website I found. http://www.isidewith.com It is a website that doesn’t endorse any particular candidate, but instead offers a brief quiz to find what you stand for and matches up what you believe in with the presidential candidate with the same views as you. No candidate will match you exactly, but it will give you an excellent feel for who would properly represent YOU. Take the quiz. I highly recommend answering the additional questions in the links at the bottom of each section. Certainly not all questions have a clearly defined yes-or-no response, so click the “Choose another stance” which brings up other choices. You may be surprised who matches your ideals.

After you take the quiz, be true to yourself and vote according to what you find. If it turns out that your thoughts are more in line with Goode, Obama, Stein, Johnson, Romney or someone else, then vote that way! Don’t make your decision based solely on abortion or gay marriage or “he’s black” or “he’s not black” or because you belong to a particular party or because your favorite news outlet says so. Vote because your candidate is the right person for the job. No one will be exactly perfect, but go with what is best for all of us according to what you find out overall. Don’t vote for someone because of one single issue. Don’t waste your vote.

http://www.isidewith.com

Trivia Game!

I was the host of Trivia Night at the Homedale Inn. Not everyone could come but many wanted to play and asked me to post the questions. So here are the questions & answers. 4 categories - "Let's Do A Science!" "'Pop' Culture," "Arts & Literature," and "TV Jingles." The answers appear at the end of each category. Play on your own or with friends!
Note: TV Jingles has audio clues. "Pop" Culture answers will all have either the letters "pop" or the sound "pop." Enjoy!


Let’s do a science!

1. The latest NASA mobile rover to explore Mars is called Curiosity, but its official mission name is what?
A. Mars Science Laboratory
B. Mars Space Laboratory
C. Mobile Science Lander
D. Mars Science Lander

2. You can do two things with farts - you can smell them and ignite them. What chemical is responsible for BOTH processes?

3. You can turn a bottle of Diet Coke into a rocket by adding what candy?

4. Viagra, Cialis and other drugs used for erectile dysfunction have a warning to seek emergency medical attention for an erection lasting over four hours. What is the medical term for such a persistent erection?

5. Iran is in big trouble for refining uranium which can be used in atomic bombs. What is the name of the process involved in an atomic bomb exploding?
A. Fusion
B. Fission
C. Antimatter reaction
D. Particle acceleration

6. In the famous Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925 the State of Tennessee prosecuted John Scopes for teaching evolution in a state-funded school. Name either the prosecuting attorney or the defense attorney in the trial.

7.  Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two men to set foot on the moon. The third member of Apollo 11, Michael Collins, never set foot on the moon. What is the name of the spacecraft he was piloting while Neil and Buzz were romping on the moon.

8. Your cell phone can probably tell you where you are right now. They can determine this by measuring the distance to the nearest two cell towers. This process of determining location based on two landmarks is called what?

9. GMO foods are creating quite a controversy right now. What does GMO stand for?

10. Which of the following terms does NOT describe lightning?
A. Plasma
B. Static Electricity
C. Alternating Current
D. Charged leaders








Answers to Let's Do a Science!

1. A. Mars Science Laboratory
2. Hydrogen sulfide (You can ignite methane but you can't smell it.)
3. Mentos
4. Priapism
5. B. Fission
6. Clarence Darrow - defense
    William Jennings Bryan - prosecution
7. Columbia
8. Triangulation
9. Genetically Modified Organism
10. C. Alternating Current





“Pop” culture (All answers will contain either the letters "pop" or the sound "pop.")

1. What is the common New Orleans name for a red soda?

2. Esther Ciccone had a number one song in 1986 dealing with pregnancy and abortion. What was the song?

3. The Swiss Guard protects the nation governed by this head of state.

4. This inventor of the Veg-o-matic, the Pocket Fisherman and spray-on hair in a can has had his commercials on TV for over 50 years. Who is he?

5. What is the atmospheric boundary layer between the troposphere and the stratosphere? It lies between 6 & 11 miles above the surface of the earth.

6. An urban myth has “Mikey” of the Life cereal commercial dying of what?

7. What is the name of the artery behind your knee?

8. This dangerous animal’s name literally means “river horse” in ancient Greek.

9. In 1858 the lyrics to a popular song were published in Boston. The first three verses were:
“All around the cobbler’s house
The monkey chased the people
And after them in double haste...”
What is the last verse (the title of the song)?

10. This Latin term might be used to describe what the man on the street says. It literally means “the voice of the people.”





Answers to "Pop Culture"

1. Pop rouge
2. Papa Don’t Preach (By Madonna - Ciccone is her given last name and Esther is the name she chose after embracing Kaballah.)
3. The Pope
4. Ron Popeil
5. Tropopause
6. Pop Rocks
7. Popliteal
8. Hippopotamus
9. Pop! Goes the Weasel
10. Vox populi



Art & Literature

1. William Faulkner lived in what is now known as the Faulkner House in New Orleans. On what street is it?

2. In Bill Watterson’s comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes,” how old is Calvin?

3. “La Gioconda” is more commonly known as what? (Hint - it's a painting.)

4. In 1993 Anne Rice bought an orphanage in uptown New Orleans. What was the name of the orphanage?

5. The Oscars are also known as the Academy Awards. What is the full name of the Academy that presents the awards?

6. On Wisner Blvd. at the entrance to City Park there is a sculpture of General P.G.T. Beauregard on horseback. How many feet (hooves) does the horse have on the ground?

7. “The Last Supper” by Leonardo Da Vinci is an example of what kind of mural technique?
A. A mosaic
B. A fresco
C. A secco
D. A marouflage

8. Montresor seals up Fortunato in a wall in what story by Edgar Allan Poe?

9. What is the name of the narrator in “Moby Dick?”

10. In “A Streetcar Named Desire” what is the name of the New Orleans neighborhood that Stella and Stanley live in? Not the street name.






Answers to Arts & Literature

1. Pirates Alley
2. Six
3. The Mona Lisa
4. St. Elizabeth’s
5. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
6. Three
7. C. A secco
8. The Cask of Amontillado
9. Ishmael
10. Faubourg Marigny




TV Jingles

1. What is the title of this TV theme song? The actual name of the song, not "the theme from... "

2. This ad is an audio landmark in New Orleans. What kind of business is it advertising?

3. This is the theme music from what?

4. What is the name of the business being advertised in this ghetto, local TV ad?

5.  Name any three characters OR actors from the main, central cast of the show with this theme song. Not a mix of actors and characters.

6. In this unintentionally violent New Orleans ad, who “kills them all?”

7. What TV show had this clip as part of its theme?

8. This series from 2003 was a re-imagining of a TV series by the same name from 1979. What actor played roles in both series? Main character in 1979, recurring role in 2003.

Here is the 2003 theme music.

  

And here is the 1979 theme music. 

9. Many of us were introduced to this music from either Saturday morning cartoons or from the movie “Apocalypse Now.” What is the title of this piece?

10. What is the address of the business being advertised? In other words, finish the jingle.

Bonus-tiebreaker. What is at Seafood City’s address now?






 

Answers to TV Jingles

1. Suicide Is Painless
2. Furniture store
3. National Geographic
4. Frankie & Johnny’s
5. The Partridge Family-
Shirley Jones - Shirley Partridge
David Cassidy - Keith Partridge
Susan Dey - Laurie Partridge
Danny Bonaduce - Danny Partridge
Susan Crough - Tracy Partridge
Dave Madden - Reuben Kincaid
Brian Forster - Chris Partridge (1971-1974)
Jeremy Gelbwaks - Chris Partridge (1970-1971)

6. Miller the Killer
7. Josie and the Pussycats
8. Richard Hatch
9. Ride of the Valkyries
10. 1826 North Broad
Bonus/tiebreaker. Walgreen's