Trivia Thursday - I'm feeling joyful

It is once again Trivia Thursday. I will post a new set of trivia questions on Thursdays. The rules are simple. Please put your answers in the comments section of the post and I will reveal the answers next week or whenever I feel like it. No Cheating! I trust that all of you will all use the honor system? That means you will not use Google, (or any other internet search engines) or mooch off other peoples answers. Cheating is BAD. If your employer has somehow made it impossible for you to post comments (bastards), you may also email your answers to me at MCDupras@gmail.com.



I am playing hooky today so that I can go do my Christmas shopping. Every year Marty and I go to King of Prussia, separate for hours and then get back together for drinks and dinner at the Cheesecake Factory because I am usually disgusted with mankind at that point. I was close to fisticuffs last year in a video game store. We had a good system going: One line for two registers. Then a woman decides to forgo the line and just walk up to one of the registers. Much yelling and cursing ensued from all in the line, including me. Oh joyful memories of Christmases past. Anyway, I will make Marty listen to Christmas music the whole drive there, even though he would rather listen to Sports Talk. See if you can tell me the name of the carols described in the riddles below:

1. Oh, member of the round table with missing areas

2. Boulder of the tinkling metal spheres

3. Vehicular homicide was committed on Dad's mom by a precipitous darling

4. Wanted in December: top forward incisors

5. The apartment of two psychiatrists

6. The lad is a diminutive percussionist

7. Sir Lancelot with laryngitis

8. Decorate the entryways

9. Cup-shaped instruments fashioned of a whitish metallic element

10. Oh small Israel urban center

11. Far off in a haybin

12. We are Kong, Lear, and Nat Cole

13. Duodecimal enumeration of the passage of the yuletide season

14. Leave and broadcast from an elevation

15. Our fervent hope is that you thoroughly enjoy your yuletide season

16. Listen, the winged heavenly messengers are proclaiming tunefully

17. As the guardians of the woolly animals protected their charges in
the dark hours

18. I beheld a trio of nautical vessels moving in this direction

19. Jubilation to the entire terrestrial globe

20. Do you perceive the same vibrations which stimulate my auditory sense
organ?

21. A joyful song of reverence relative to hollow metallic vessels which
vibrate and bring forth a ringing sound when struck

22. Parent was observed osculating a red-coated unshaven teamster

23. May the Deity bestow an absence of fatigue to mild male humans

24. Rose-colored uncouth dolf is aware of the nature of precipitation,
darling

I'm so much more of a winner than this guy

You know who really quit smoking, meaning not smoking any cigarettes at all? Me.

You know who quit smoking, but still smokes? President Elect Barack Obama.

In your face, Barack.

You can read the full article here http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081207/pl_nm/us_usa_obama_smoking_3.

He says he won't violate the no smoking rule at the White House. We will see. I live in a white house too and I never smoked there. I used the porch.

Yep. I'm back.

So I've been missing for several months. OK. Seven months. What made me go away? Laziness, apathy, boredom.. So what made me come back?

Well...

1. I am now new and improved as you can tell by my new blog look. I'm still kind of up in the air about this. It seemed cool at home and then I came into work where I have a 24 inch screen, pulled up my fancy new blog and I got scared. The picture looked huge. Looking at big pictures of myself is uncomfortable. Kind of like the feeling you get when you hear your own voice on an answering machine or in a video. It may be coming down.

2. I am in demand and wildly popular. That's slightly exaggerated. Two people have asked me recently about the blog.

3. In my blogging absence, I have been on Facebook a lot. It's like crack. Yet at times, I am totally confused by the facebook etiquette or lack thereof. Have you run into this?? You get the email from Facebook "Girl you haven't spoken to in 12 years has added you as a friend. Confirm her as your friend." Then I confirm the friend and there's no catching up or emails exchanged. I just see pictures and updates about her in her new life that really don't make sense to me.

4. Gears of War 2 came out. Marty's logging hours a day on the xBox. I have been cut off from my television set. He no longer speaks to me. I was bringing work home to entertain myself as I listen to chainsaws and guns in the background. Not good. I figure the game might "break" in a couple weeks, but that I can entertain myself with the blog for a little while. It was that or alcohol. I bounce back much better the morning after blogging than the morning after drinking. And stupid me bought him three new games for Christmas and I think one of them may be about the zombie apocalypse. I should probably rethink this decision.

5. I'm still not smoking. The anger subsided for a bit. But now it's back. Maybe it's the added stress of the holidays? Not sure. I need something to do to distract myself. This works.

6. Don't know if you've heard, but apparently the economy is going down the toilet. I've learned that our retirement statements should go from mailbox to shredder without getting opened. I live in a one income household (5 months til graduation!!), so we have this new plan: don't go out to dinner, don't go shopping, don't go to the bar, don't go on weekend trips and don't internet shop. Super. WTF am I supposed to do with myself? Cook, scrub, vacuum? No. No. No.

So here I am...

Trivia Thursday REALITY TELEVISION

It is once again Trivia Thursday. I will post a new set of trivia questions every Thursday. The rules are simple. Please put your answers in the comments section of the post and I will reveal the answers next week or whenever I feel like it. No Cheating! I trust that all of you will all use the honor system? That means you will not use Google, (or any other internet searches) or mooch off other peoples answers. Cheating is BAD. If your employer has somehow made it impossible for you to post comments (bastards), you may also email your answers to me at MCnMarty@hotmail.com.


I have always been a Survivor fan and I was so pleasantly shocked with this season. You would think it would get old, but this season is probably my second favorite season ever behind the Australia season. So it was Survivor that inspired the Reality TV trivia. I tried to keep it to more popular reality shows, even though I smaller ones like Rock of Love and I Know My Kid's a Star (those VH1 shows are soooooo addictive to me). So here we go:


1. What is considered the first TV reality show?
A. "An American Family"
B. "The Real World"
C. "Candid Camera"
D. "Who Wants to Marry a Multimillionaire?"
E. "Survivor"



2. Which one of these has NOT been a "Survivor" locale?
A. Papua, New Guinea
B. Palau
C. Vanuatu
D. Pearl Islands
E. Borneo


3. One "Apprentice" contestant's "scary" behavior, according to fellow contestants, "led us to believe that there could possibly be a second personality to - literally." Was it:
A. Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth
B. Chris Shelton
C. Ereka Vetrini
D. Heidi Bressler
E. Stacie Jones Upchurch


4. "Supernanny" Jo Frost comes from where in the British Commonwealth?
A. Canada
B. England
C. Australia
D. Scotland
E. New Zealand


5. Who was the first "Celebrity Mole?"
A. Corbin Bernsen
B. Frederique Van Der Wal
C. Kathy Griffin
D. Stephen Baldwin
E. Angie Everhart


6. Aside from working construction, Joe Millionaire's Evan Marriott also held a job as:
A. A hairstylist
B. An underwear model
C. A pro wrestler
D. A soap actor


7. Which one of these announced reality shows never aired?
A. "Beg, Borrow & Deal"
B. "Under One Roof"
C. "Fraternity Life"
D. "The Real Beverly Hillbillies"
E. "Are You Hot?"


8. Which one of these has NOT been a "Fear Factor" special edition?
A. Miss USA
B. Mensa
C. Las Vegas
D. All-Female
E. Family


9. Bachelor Alex Michel picked which lady to receive his final rose?
A. Jen Schefft
B. Meredith Phillips
C. Amanda Marsh
D. Estella Gardinier
E. No one


10. Where did Ryan, the bachelor that Trista chose on The Bachelorette, live?
A. Sacramento
B. Phoenix
C. Santa Fe
D. Vail



11. What was the city in the first season of "The Real World?"
A. New York
B. Boston
C. San Francisco
D. Seattle
E. San Diego


12. Which one of these is NOT a reality show involving plastic surgery?
A. "Dr. 90210"
B. "Nip/Tuck"
C. "The Swan"
D. "Extreme Makeover"
E. "I Want a Famous Face"


13. Which skinny Real World: Las Vegas housemate was accused of having an eating disorder?
A. Frank
B. Trishelle
C. Irulan
D. Arissa


14. Which one of these "stars" has NOT been on "The Surreal Life?"
A. Dave Coulier
B. Emmanuel Lewis
C. Kathy Griffin
D. Charo
E. Christopher Knight


15. Which one of these reality shows originated as a program overseas?
A. "Nanny 911"
B. "The Restaurant"
C. "The Apprentice"
D. "Joe Millionaire"
E. "Big Brother"


16. Which one of these is NOT a TV show or product involving the first "America's Next Top Model," Adrianne Curry?
A. Macy's
B. "The Surreal Life"
C. "Half and Half"
D. Sephora
E. Marie Claire magazine


17. "Survivor" winner Brian Heidik won the game at which location?
A. Africa
B. Australia
C. Thailand
D. Marquesas
E. All-Stars


18. What CNN news-show star was once a reality-show host?
A. Wolf Blitzer
B. Larry King
C. Anderson Cooper
D. Lou Dobbs
E. Aaron Brown


19. Which of these celebrities won Skating With Celebrities?
A. Kristy Swanson
B. Summers Sanders
C. Jillian Barberi
D. Deborah Gibson



20. The Hills is a spin-off of what show?
A. The Real Housewives of Orange County
B. Temptation Island
C. Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County
D. Newport Harbor: The Real Orange County

Answers to Mathematics Trivia

Here are the answers. I put the explanations for problems that most or all people got wrong. I do have the explanations for everything though. So if anyone has any questions and would like to see how a problem was solved, let me know and I will post them.

1. What is the figure that is defined to be the set of all points in the plane that are equidistant from a single point?
b. A circle

2. What is the only type of triangle the Pythagorean Theorem can be used on without being given any other measurements besides the sides (no height given)?

Right

3. Which of the following fractions is the largest:
b. 31/60

4. If 16 ½ feet equal 1 rod, how many inches are in 4 rods?
d. 792
5. On a map, 1 centimeter represents 35 kilometers. Two cities 245 kilometers apart would be separated on the map by how many centimeters?
b. 7

6. If GEOMETRY means 'earth measurement', what does TRIGONOMETRY mean?

a. Triangle Measurement

7. To change 3 miles to inches, you should
c. multiply 3 times 5,280 and then multiply by 12

8. Helen purchased three times as many carnations as roses. If roses cost $1 each, and carnations cost $.50 each, and she spent a total of $7.50 for the flowers, how many roses did she purchase?
b. 3

9. What is the next number in this sequence? 0, 2, 6, 14, 30, ... ?

62

10. What will be the diameter of a circle with circumference 12 inches?

b. 3.82 inches

11. Between 9 a.m. and noon, how many degrees does the hour hand of a clock move?
c. 90

12. A college graduate goes to work for $x per week. After several months, the company gives all the employees a 10% pay cut. A few months later, the company gives all the employees a 10% raise. What is the college graduate’s new salary?
b. .99 $x

13. An automobile traveled 6 hours at an average speed of 40 miles per hour. It averaged only 30 miles per hour on the return trip. What was the approximate average speed in miles per hour for the round trip?
b. 34

14. The cost of 30 onions is d dollars. At this rate, how many onions can you buy for 80 cents?
a. 24/d

15. Two cars leave the same location at 2 p.m. If one car travels north at the rate of 30 mph and the other travels east at the rate of 40 mph, how man miles apart are the two cars at 4 p.m.?
b. 100 miles
The cars start at the same point and the first travels 60 miles north and the other 80 miles east. The distance between them is now the hypotenuse of a triangle. So you use the Pythagorean theorem to figure out the distance.

16. What is the cost in dollars to carpet a room x yards long and y yards wide if the carpet costs two dollars per square foot?
e. $18xy
Abbie was the only one who got this right! The room is measured in yards, but the cost is in feet. There are 9 square feet in a yard and the cost was $2 per square foot, so the cost is $18 per square yard. To figure out the cost to carpet the room, it is the cost times the area, which is $18xy.

17. John is three times his son’s age. If the difference between their ages is 30 how old is the son?
c. 15

18. How many ice cubes, measuring 2 inches on an edge, can be held in a container measuring 8 inches deep, 5 inches high, and 4 inches wide?
a. 16

19. Mrs. Jones wishes to buy 72 ounces of canned beans for the least possible cost. Which of the following should she buy?
a. six 12-ounce cans at $.39 per can

20. If the profit gained on the sale of an article is 10% of the selling price, and the original cost of the article is $12.60, the article must be marked for sale at
e. $14.00
Maria was the only one who got this right!
If $12.60 is the cost of the article and the profit is to be 10% of the selling price, than $12.60 is 90% of the selling price.
.9x=$12.60
x= $14.00


The results:
Maria got 8 out of 20. Maria, Marty and I thought those damn Praxis people were wrong with #20 until we rethought the problem. You were the only one who got it right. And it was a question about shopping. Good job.

Mom got 10 out of 20 correct. It has been a long time since she took a math class, so I thought this was pretty good.

Abbie and Joe both got 14/20 correct. Abbie said "This is probably why I am a social worker." Abbie, you tied with the engineer!! Joe, you tied with the social worker!

Our winner is....


KAREN!!! Karen got 16 out of 20 and she is a nerd. Just kidding. Way to go, Karen. Maybe you should try to play more often.

Good job everyone. Thanks for playing!

Trivia Thursday MATHEMATICS

It is once again Trivia Thursday. I will post a new set of trivia questions every Thursday. The rules are simple. Please put your answers in the comments section of the post and I will reveal the answers next week or whenever I feel like it. No Cheating! I trust that all of you will all use the honor system? That means you will not use Google, (or any other internet searches) or mooch off other peoples answers. Cheating is BAD. If your employer has somehow made it impossible for you to post comments (bastards), you may also email your answers to me at MCnMarty@hotmail.com.

Marty had to pass the Praxis I exam for school in order to enroll in any of his remaining classes, including student teaching. The Praxis is a basic skills test in reading, math and writing that measures the academic proficiencies of students trying to seek teacher certifications. Marty was not overly concerned with the reading and writing sections, but we had to study for a couple of weeks to brush him up on the math skills he had not looked at or practiced in almost 20 years. My favorite was when I said something about finding the common denominator and he looked at me quizzically and mouthed the word "denominator". I was suddenly nervous about his success on the test. He took six practice tests and with my awesome tutelage, he scored above and beyond the passing grade. Through this, we only threatened to maim each other about four times. Not too bad. It was during this time that I uttered our new favorite phrase in our house, "I will roll your f-ing head across this floor." I think I said it all serious at the time, but we both started cracking up and repeat it quite often now. So, here are 20 questions that we did to practice for the Praxis. Let's see how you do! No calculators are allowed during the Praxis, but I will allow them during Trivia Thursday. Good luck.

1. What is the figure that is defined to be the set of all points in the plane that are equidistant from a single point?
a. A square
b. A circle
c. A line
d. A parabola

2. What is the only type of triangle the Pythagorean Theorem can be used on without being given any other measurements besides the sides (no height given)?



3. Which of the following fractions is the largest:
a. 25/52
b. 31/60
c. 19/40
d. 51/103
e. 43/90

4. If 16 ½ feet equal 1 rod, how many inches are in 4 rods?
a. 5 ½
b. 22
c. 66
d. 792
e. 2,376

5. On a map, 1 centimeter represents 35 kilometers. Two cities 245 kilometers apart would be separated on the map by how many centimeters?
a. 5
b. 7
c. 9
d. 210
e. 280

6. If GEOMETRY means 'earth measurement', what does TRIGONOMETRY mean?

a. Triangle Measurement
b. Angle Measurement
c. Three Measurements
d. Earth Triangle Measurement

7. To change 3 miles to inches, you should
a. multiply 3 times 5,280
b. multiply 3 times 5,280 an then divide by 12
c. multiply 3 times 5,280 and then multiply by 12
d. divide 3 into 5,280 and them multiply by 12
e. divide 3 into 12 and then multiply by 5,280


8. Helen purchased three times as many carnations as roses. If roses cost $1 each, and carnations cost $.50 each, and she spent a total of $7.50 for the flowers, how many roses did she purchase?
a. 2
b. 3
c. 4
d. 5
e. 7

9. What is the next number in this sequence? 0, 2, 6, 14, 30, ... ?



10. What will be the diameter of a circle with circumference 12 inches?

a. 37.7 inches
b. 3.82 inches
c. 0.262 inches
d. 1.91 inches

11. Between 9 a.m. and noon, how many degrees does the hour hand of a clock move?
a. 30
b. 60
c. 90
d. 180
e. 360

12. A college graduate goes to work for $x per week. After several months, the company gives all the employees a 10% pay cut. A few months later, the company gives all the employees a 10% raise. What is the college graduate’s new salary?
a. .90 $x
b. .99 $x
c. $x
d. 1.01 $x
e. 1.11 $x

13. An automobile traveled 6 hours at an average speed of 40 miles per hour. It averaged only 30 miles per hour on the return trip. What was the approximate average speed in miles per hour for the round trip?
a. 33
b. 34
c. 35
d. 36
e. 37

14. The cost of 30 onions is d dollars. At this rate, how many onions can you buy for 80 cents?
a. 24/d
b. 240/d
c. 3d/8
d. 8d/3
e. 4d/16

15. Two cars leave the same location at 2 p.m. If one car travels north at the rate of 30 mph and the other travels east at the rate of 40 mph, how man miles apart are the two cars at 4 p.m.?
a. 50 miles
b. 500 miles
c. 100 miles
d. 120 miles
e. 150 miles

16. What is the cost in dollars to carpet a room x yards long and y yards wide if the carpet costs two dollars per square foot?
a. $xy
b. $2xy
c. $3xy
d. $6xy
e. $18xy


17. John is three times his son’s age. If the difference between their ages is 30 how old is the son?
a. 5
b. 10
c. 15
d. 20
e. 25

18. How many ice cubes, measuring 2 inches on an edge, can be held in a container measuring 8 inches deep, 5 inches high, and 4 inches wide?
a. 16
b. 20
c. 40
d. 80
e. 160

19. Mrs. Jones wishes to buy 72 ounces of canned beans for the least possible cost. Which of the following should she buy?
a. six 12-ounce cans at $.39 per can
b. seven 10-ounce cans at $.34 per can
c. three 24-ounce cans at $.79 per can
d. two 25-ounce cans at $.62 per can
e. five 13-ounce cans at $.37 per can

20. If the profit gained on the sale of an article is 10% of the selling price, and the original cost of the article is $12.60, the article must be marked for sale at
a. $13.66
b. $13.86
c. $11.34
d. $12.48
e. $14.00

Answers to TV Sitcom Trivia

EEEEEEK. I made the posts for yesterday's Trivia, but never got on here to post them. Sorry!

Here are the answers to last week's Trivia:

1. On an episode of Seinfeld, Jerry cannot remember the name of a girl he is dating but he knows it rhymes with a part of the female anatomy. What was her name?
d. Dolores

2. The theme song to what '80s sitcom began "Believe it or not, I'm walking on air"?
a. Greatest American Hero

3. What was Dwayne's catch-phrase on What's Happening?
d. Hey, HEY, Hey

4. What city did the Conners live in on Rosanne?
d. Lanford, Illinois

5. On Cheers, why did Eddie LeBec and Carla's marriage end?
a. Eddie was run over by a Zamboni

6. On The Jeffersons, what did George Jefferson do for a living?
c. Owned a chain of dry cleaning stores

7. On Frasier, who is Niles in love with?
d. Daphne

8. On Webster, what did Webster call his adoptive mom?
c. Ma'am


9. On Happy Days, what was Fonzie's "office"?
d. The men's room at Arnold's

10. On Mad About You Paul and Jamie frequently ate at the same restaurant. Who was usually their waitress?
b. Ursula

11. On Will & Grace, what was the name of Jack's original one-man show?
c. Just Jack

12. On Taxi, Tony Danza's character used to play what professional sport?
c. Boxing

13. On The Nanny, how did Fran meet the Sheffields?
d. Fran shows up on the Sheffields' doorstep selling cosmetics

14. All of the following shows were spin-offs of other '70s shows except:
b. All in the Family

15. Which Spin City star played the original deputy mayor on the show?
d. Michael J. Fox

16. On Three's Company, Jack and Janet had three different blonde roommates. In what order did they appear on the show?
d. Chrissy, Cindy, Terri

17. On Murphy Brown, Murphy had to constantly find a new:
b. Secretary

18. On an episode of News Radio, Matthew is fired from the radio station and returns to his original profession. He was a:
c. Dentist

19. What planet was ALF from?
c. Melmac

20. On Married with Children, Al once said, "Bundys are ___, not ____."
d. "Bundys are losers, not quitters."

21. On Perfect Strangers, Balki Bartokomous frequently repeated the same catch phrase. What was it?
b. "Don't be ridiculous"

22. On the series finale of Newhart, Bob Newhart wakes up in bed next to:
d. Emily Hartley, his wife from The Bob Newhart Show

23. Who was the youngest daughter on Eight is Enough?
d. Elizabeth

24. Who was Alex P. Keaton's political idol on Family Ties?
b. Richard Nixon

25. On Welcome Back, Kotter, who was the leader of the Sweathogs?
b. Vinnie Barbarino


26. On Golden Girls where did Dorothy frequently threaten to send her mother, Sofia?
c. Shady Pines

27. What brewery did Laverne & Shirley work in?
b. Shotz Brewery

28. On the Facts of Life pilot, what actress played one of the original students at Eastlake Academy (later renamed Eastland Academy)?
d. Molly Ringwald

29. In November 1972, Maude had a surge of popularity and jumped to fifth in the ratings. Why?
b. Maude had an abortion

30. On a serious episode of Growing Pains, Carol's boyfriend dies in a drunk-driving accident. What now-famous actor played him?
b. Matthew Perry


Maria and Theresa, didn't you guys have the same score last week? You both had 18 out of 30 this week. Well done. But you got beat out by...

BEDA. Yep. Mom got 20 out of 30. Good job on your first trivia, Beda.

Ladies, you all got beat by the one man who played. Joe got 21 out of 30 and is the TV SitCom Trivia champion. Good job, Joe!