Trivia Recap: We improved slightly from last week and finished in third place. Unfortunately our streak of winning mini-jackpots came to an end (though I was only half a second late in identifying Patrick Swayze and should’ve had that one). The hardest question of the week was definitely: “Name the seven countries of the world whose English names contain the letter ‘J’.” We got all seven but we really had to rack our brains. Other notable questions: What’s Angela Lansbury’s character’s name on Murder She Wrote? What are the four biggest countries that lie entirely in Asia? Which two countries were the first to host the modern Summer Olympics twice?
kmac
August 8, 2003 — 3:56 pm
olympics – the u.s. (la and st. louie) and france (paris 2x). “j” countries – jordan, japan, fiji, jamaica, …? these things make me crazy!
Kris
August 8, 2003 — 4:50 pm
Whoops! I phrased the Olympics question wrong. It was, Which two CITIES were the first to host the Summer Olympics twice? (You’ve already got one of them: Paris.)
And that’s four of the J’s… Can anybody get the other three without cheating? I will accept creative spellings. 🙂
robert
August 8, 2003 — 4:56 pm
as usual it is only pop culture knowledge that comes to my rexcue… angel lansbury portrayed mystery writer jessica fletcher, and she lived in cabot cove!
if only i could get my brain to take in other knowledge…
kmac
August 9, 2003 — 1:46 am
oh, well then it’s london. what about those asian countries? i mean, china is obvious… no clue on other sizes.
Sara
August 9, 2003 — 3:00 am
Djibouti, or something like that??? I have no clue about the other two.
kirsty
August 9, 2003 — 4:53 am
i’ve been thinking of those damned j countries all day and the only other one i can think of is azerbajan. that’s probably a creative spelling and i’m not 100% certain it’s a country even.
Kris
August 9, 2003 — 9:16 am
Excellent! Djbuti and Azerbijan. There’s one more to go…
And China is correct too, Kel. It all comes down to where you draw the line, right? We only got two of the four, actually. If it helps, the Quiz writer seemed to include the Middle East as Asia.
Kris
August 9, 2003 — 9:18 am
Oh, and your answer was correct too, Robert! We were stumped on that one for a minute, til I managed to dredge up “Jessica” out of my brain. Then Steve suddenly went, “Jessica Fletcher!” and we all looked at him. But it was right! 🙂
Steve
August 11, 2003 — 6:07 pm
Yes, I’m ashamed.
Erly
January 28, 2006 — 3:15 am
Where did everyone go after 8-11-2003?? I only just discovered you!!
Kris
January 28, 2006 — 12:07 pm
Erly – click on the header image. This is but one post on a blog that spans many years. Or click on “Archives” and search for “trivia”. There are many, many posts about trivia.