From: hamel@primate.wisc.edu (Ray Hamel)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: WEEKLY QUIZ #16 -- ANSWERS
Date: 28 Aug 92 13:31:46 GMT
Organization: UW-Madison Primate Center


WEEKLY QUIZ #16
 
4         Tom O'Connor <oconnor@i88.isc.com>
4         Gangster <mjl31920@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> 
4         Pete Gayde <gayde@cbnewsc.att.com>
4         Stacie Baumgartner <baumgartners@asuvax.eas.asu.edu>
3         Stephen Joel Adelson <gt7118b@prism.gatech.edu> 
3         William Nyden <nyden%wdl30@wdl1.wdl.loral.com>
3         Jordan Mann <mannj@acf9.nyu.edu>
3         New Wave Dave <damatt01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> 
3         Mark Held <markh+@andrew.cmu.edu> 
3         Amy J. McCormack <libajm@gsusgi2.gsu.edu>
2         Mark Eckenwiler <eck@panix.com>
2         Joanne Felci <jfelci@ssd.intel.com> 
2         Greg Barnes <greg@cs.washington.edu>
2         Mark Prysant <map@ccrwest.org> 
2         Greg Trotter <greg@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu>
2         Steven M Casburn <scasburn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> 
2         Rai Weinberg <MCSWEINBERG@memstvx1.memst.edu> 
2         James A Berninger <berninge@ecn.purdue.edu>
2         Wes Morgan <morgan@ms.uky.edu> 
2         <rocher@husc.harvard.edu>
2         Et2 Ferrante <n9113a@pnet16.cts.com>
2         Jeffrey Turner <jturner@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu>
2         Bill Bailey <as10!wfb@cypress.com>
2         Peter Taylor <Peter.Taylor@canada.sun.com>
2         Debbie Minett <minett@seismo.css.gov>  
2         Doughboy <rajesh@longhair.cs.unlv.edu> 
2         Mitchell Watnik <mrwatnik@ucdavis.edu>
2         David Stumme <das@sunsrvr1.cci.com>
2         Jim Hulsey <dbsun!hulsey@wupost.wustl.edu>  
1         Ron Echeverri <echeverr%girtab.usc.edu@usc.edu>
1         Daniel I. Matt <TABN3@isuvax.iastate.edu> 
1         Joshua M. Sabloff <jsa5+@andrew.cmu.edu> 
1         William Lamonaca <wlamonac@purcell.helios.nd.edu> 
1         Bret Colburn <u6k75@lfkw7.bgm.link.com>
1         Scott McElfresh <samc@coos.dartmouth.edu>
1         Laurie 8 <heard@franklin.cc.utas.edu.au> 
1         John D. Mraz <jdm42241@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> 
0         Misti Jordan <jordan@rex.cs.tulane.edu> 
 
AVERAGE SCORE:  2.11
 
 
WEEKLY QUIZ #16 -- ANSWERS
          (Answers followed by # of correct responses received from 38
players.)
 
#1)  Who was the only cookbook author to have two books in the #1
and #2 spots on the NEW YORK TIMES bestseller list simultaneously?
                              (JEFF SMITH, "The Frugal Gourmet" - 6)
 
#2)  What nickname was shared by the wife of Nelson Rockefeller,
and the commissioner of major league baseball between 1945 and
1951?
                              (HAPPY - 19)
 
#3)  What vivacious cartoon character retired after the 1939
cartoon short "Yip Yip Yippy!" but returned for a cameo as a
nightclub waitress in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit"?
                              (BETTY BOOP - 33)
 
#4)  In the movie "Superman II", Lex Luthor offers to help General
Zod capture Superman in return for being named ruler of what
country?
                              (AUSTRALIA - 16)
 
#5)  On tv, who lived in the Treasure House?
                              (CAPTAIN KANGAROO - 6, I expected a lot
                              more people to get this.  Maybe I was just
                              born in the "Kangaroo generation")
 
 
STANDINGS AFTER 16 QUIZZES (134 PLAYERS):
1.   60   Amy J. McCormack <libajm@gsusgi2.gsu.edu>  (15)
2.   39   Pete Gayde <gayde@cbnewsc.att.com> (15)
3.   38   Jim Hulsey <dbsun!hulsey@wupost.wustl.edu>  (16)
4.   36   Stacie Baumgartner <baumgartners@asuvax.eas.asu.edu> (12)
5.   35   Doughboy <rajesh@longhair.cs.unlv.edu>  (13)
6.   29   Greg Barnes <greg@cs.washington.edu>  (15)
7.   23   Mark Prysant <ccrwest!map@ucsd.edu>  (7)
8.   22   Debbie Minett <minett@seismo.css.gov>  (9)
     22   Mark Held <markh+@andrew.cmu.edu> (6)
10.  21   David Weinstein <david@olympic.acuson.com>  (5)
     21   Peter Taylor <Peter.Taylor@canada.sun.com> (12)
12.  20   James A Berninger <berninge@ecn.purdue.edu>  (7)
13.  19   David Ewing <david.ewing@sandiegoca.ncr.com> (8)
     19   Bruce Buck <beb@pt.com>  (8)
15.  18   New Wave Dave <damatt01@starbase.spd.louisville.edu> (12)
     18   William Lamonaca <wlamonac@bach.helios.nd.edu> (7)
17.  16   Jeff Soesbe <yeff@apple.com>  (5)
     16   Mike Bixenman <mikeb@macbeth.ocpt.ccur.com>  (6)
19.  14   Laurie 8 <heard@franklin.cc.utas.edu.au>  (9)
20.  13   Matt Telles <mattel@mattel.auto-trol.com>  (6)
     13   Wes Morgan <morgan@ms.uky.edu> (5)
     13   Tom Magliery <mag@suna0.cs.uiuc.edu>  (6)
     13   Steve Hammond  <hammond@umich.edu> (8)
24.  12   Jeffrey Turner <jturner@meceng.coe.northeastern.edu>  (6)
25.  11   Mary Rose Campbell <mc3d+@andrew.cmu.edu>  (5)
     11   Stephen Joel Adelson <gt7118b@prism.gatech.edu>  (3)
     11   <dascoser.bbs@cybernet.cse.fau.edu>  (5)
28.  10   Mark Przybyszewski <V070N53B@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu> (3)
     10   Arlene M Osborne <amo@mvuxd.att.com>  (4)
     10   Daniel I. Matt <TABN3@isuvax.iastate.edu>  (6)
     10   Ron Echeverri <rone%chort.usc.edu@usc.edu>  (7)
32.  9    Jeff Wilkinson <jw7348@medtronic.com> (5)
     9    Alice R. Ritter <arritter@madhatter.cber.nih.gov> (3)
     9    Carl Poellnitz <carlos@chopin.udel.edu>  (5)
     9    Joseph Hernandez <jtchern@ocf.berkeley.edu> (6)
36.  8    Rai Weinberg <MCSWEINBERG@memstvx1.memst.edu> (6)
     8    David Stumme <das@sunsrvr1.cci.com>  (3)
     8    Roberta Rheaume <rrheaume@emr1.emr.ca>  (2)
     8    Lisa Koh <lkoh@ibminet.awdpa.ibm.com>  (6)
     8    Michael J. Malervy <mmalervy@sdcc13.ucsd.edu> (5)
     8    Russell I. Dyreng <bd670@cleveland.freenet.edu>  (5)
     8    Matthew Ellis <matt@scrc.umanitoba.ca>  (3)
43.  7    Anne Kight <kight@wash.rand.org>  (2)
     7    Joanne Felci <jfelci@ssd.intel.com>  (3)
     7    Mark Eckenwiler <eck@panix.com>  (3)
     7    Blue Dragon <kablooey@control.spies.com>  (5)
47.  6    Arthur S Kamlet <ask@cblph.att.com>  (3)
     6    Scott McElfresh <samc@coos.dartmouth.edu>  (3)
     6    Timothy M Wright <tim@theory.lcs.mit.edu>  (2)
     6    Gene Gotimer <gotimer@oasys.dt.navy.mil>  (2)
     6    Matt Courtois <matt@tara.sandiegoca.ncr.com>  (4)
52.  5    Nancy M. Winter <winter@ecn.purdue.edu>  (2)
     5    Tom Hillman <hillman@delfin.com>  (2)
     5    Joseph H Presley <presley@whservd.att.com>  (2)
     5    Michael F. Booth <mfb@po.cwru.edu>  (2)
     5    Drew <drew@npg-sd.sandiegoca.ncr.com>  (2)
57.  4    Tom Smith <toms@utoday.com>  (2)
     4    Mitch Silverman <mitch@novavax.nova.edu>
     4    Glenn Shirley <shirley@swanee.ee.uwa.oz.au>
     4    Stephen Pietrowicz <srp@travis.csd.harris.com>
     4    Keith Piepho <KPIEPHO@vm1.cc.uakron.edu>
     4    Tom O'Connor <oconnor@i88.isc.com>
     4    Gracious Network Hostess <belville@athena.mit.edu>  (2)
     4    Jordan Mann <mannj@acf9.nyu.edu>  (2)
     4    Christopher M. Palmer <palmerc@abulafia.b21.ingr.com>
     4    Kenneth Lang <kalang@attmail.att.com> (4)
     4    Bruce Kukuch <kukuch@inland.com>
     4    Debra Joyce <ddj@u.washington.edu>
     4    Misti Jordan <jordan@rex.cs.tulane.edu>  (3)
     4    Steve Hawley <hawley@mv.us.adobe.com>
     4    David Gibbs <dagibbs@quantum.qnx.com>  (2)
     4    Christopher G. Palacios <chrispy@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu>  (5)
     4    Crunchy Frog <amorgan@cs.stanford.edu>
     4    Bret Colburn <u6k75@lfkw7.bgm.link.com>  (2)
     4    John Bremer <jbremer@ruf.rice.edu>
     4    Mark Brader <msb@sq.com>
     4    Bill Bailey <as10!wfb@cypress.com>  (2)
     4    Gangster <mjl31920@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> 
79.  3    Greg Trotter <greg@gallifrey.ucs.uoknor.edu>  (2)
     3    Harald Tempelman <tempelma@prl.philips.nl>  (2)
     3    Mark Taranto <mtaranto@shearson.com>  
     3    John Snyder <snyder@henry.ece.cmu.edu>
     3    Steven Smith <sgs@u.washington.edu>
     3    Joshua Saypol <jsaypol@dasher.cc.bellcore.com>  (2)
     3    Jeff Sandler <jsandler@encore.com>  (4)
     3    William Nyden <nyden%wdl30@wdl1.wdl.loral.com>
     3    R. Markey <markey@specxn.enet.dec.com>
     3    A Kyle Berman <hyperion@cs.widener.edu>
     3    Don Kirkby <dkirkby@pulmonary.ubc.ca>  (2)
     3    Chris Kennedy <ckennedy@sleepy.helios.nd.edu> 
     3    Charles Jordan <jordan@castor.cs.uga.edu>
     3    Kevin John Griffith <kjgriffi@acs.ucalgary.ca>
     3    Joseph H. Downing <M20069@mbvm.mitre.org> 
     3    Curtis Desjardins <cadesjar@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>  (3)
     3    Susan Berube <mvsmb2@mvgpl.att.com>
     3    Don Bennett <punisher@iastate.edu>
     3    Will Bell <bell@cs.tamu.edu>
     3    D Anton Sherwood <dasher@well.sf.ca.us>
99.  2    Bill Wendling <wcw27974@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>  (2)
     2    Mitchell Watnik <mrwatnik@ucdavis.edu>
     2    Brian Smith <bsmith@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au>
     2    Et3 Sena <n911m@pnet16.cts.com>  (2)
     2    Sendhil Revuluri <revu@midway.uchicago.edu>
     2    C. Reid Harmon Jr. <crharmo@hubcap.clemson.edu>
     2    The Phantom <MGGPW@cc.newcastle.edu.au>
     2    MaryLynn Orzechowski <i001460@disc.dla.mil>
     2    Stewart M. Clamen <clamen@cs.cmu.edu> 
     2    Steven M Casburn <scasburn@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> 
     2    Dimitri Laurence II <d2lau@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> (2)
     2    Robert Henderson <robh@grex.ann-arbor.mi.us>
     2    Et2 Ferrante <n9113a@pnet16.cts.com>
     2    A. Elly <A.D.C.Elly@bnr.co.uk>
     2    Ralph Craig <craig@grad02.math.ncsu.edu>
     2    Timothy C. Worsley <tw1r+@andrew.cmu.edu> 
     2    Benjamin C. Kite <ajax@judy.indstate.edu>
     2    Robert Aaron Book <rbook@rice.edu>  
     2    D. A. Carney <carneyda@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu>  (2)
     2    <ilanc@microsoft.com>
     2    <rocher@husc.harvard.edu>
120. 1    Virgilio Velasco <vxv4@po.cwru.edu>
     1    Joshua M. Sabloff <jsa5+@andrew.cmu.edu> 
     1    Brandy J. Ewing <bje27088@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu>  
     1    Horatio Giordano <horatio@caticsuf.csufresno.edu>
     1    Charles E Gibbs <bz978@cleveland.freenet.edu>
     1    John D. Mraz <jdm42241@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu> 
     1    Rod Currie <mks!rod@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca>
     1    Wongyu Cho <wgcho@gorai.kaist.ac.kr>
     1    Kaushik Banerjee <kbanerje@grad04.math.ncsu.edu>
     1    G. Arkoff <lost addres>
     1    <swalker@uts.edu.au> (4)
     1    <JMOLINARI@hamp.hampshire.edu>
     1    <gt1293c@prism.gatech.edu>
133. 0    Rusty Soots <happy@catt.ncsu.edu>  (2)
     0    Avatar of the Collective <wangc@cpsc.ucalgary.ca> 
     
 
TOP 5 AVERAGES (6 quiz minimum):
4.00  Amy J. McCormack  (14)
3.67  Mark Held  (6)
3.29  Mark Prysant  (7)
3.00  Stacie Baumgartner  (12)
2.86  James A. Berninger  (7)
 
Ray Hamel
University of Wisconsin
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