From: J.Theodore.Schuerzinger@dartmouth.edu (J. Theodore Schuerzinger)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Zed's Trivia Quiz Part Three Answers
Date: 11 Dec 92 18:27:50 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Here are the answers to Part Three.  I stumped all of you on only one
question -- the outrageously difficult #5.  Which means you actually
got a few I didn't expect you to get!  Now for the answers.

1. (1 point) It's morbid to think that a murder could shock a country
into finally selecting a President, but that happened earlier this year
in Italy.  Whose murder was it that finally made the Italian Parliament
choose a new President?
Giovanni Falcone.  I expected more people to get this, considering it's
about current events

2. (1 point) Adlai Stevenson, George Bush, and Daniel Patrick Moynihan
all held the same specific job at one time or another in their lives. 
What job?
[I'm not looking for something generic like 'politician' here but an
actual job title.]
US Ambassador to the United Nations.

3. (1 point) After the US Civil War, this politician wanted all freed
slaves to be given '40 acres and a mule'; when he died he was buried in
a black cemetery.  Name him.
Thaddeus Stevens.  Dartmouth class of 1818.

4. (1 point) Aleksandr Blok is not that famous a name, unless you're a
big fan of Russian literature.  His father-in-law, however, has a more
well-known name, even to many who aren't fans of Russian literature. 
Who is this famous father-in-law?
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev, the formulator of the periodic table.  No
wonder so many people who aren't fans of Russian literature would know
his name.

5. (1-1/2 points) In "Les Miserables", what was the full name of
Cosette's BIOLOGICAL father?
Felix Tholomyes.  Actually, I would probably have accepted just the
last name, since this question was so difficult.  The guesses I got
included Thenardier (who did raise Cosette for a while) and M. Bienvenu
(who was better known as the Bishop of Digne -- really!  Do you think
this saint would have fathered a child?).

6. (1 point) In 1928, the first US television station began
broadcasting.  From what city?
Schenectady, NY.  The station is still broadcasting as WRGB.

7. (1-1/2 points) Who was the only Pope born in England?
Adrian IV

8. (1 point) When this residence was raided in 1986, among the things
found were medical equipment for the ex-President's kidney problems,
500 black brassieres, and a few thousand more famous items.  What is
the name of this residence?
Malacanang Palace.  Half-credit to those who correctly indicated that
it was the home of Philippine ex-President Marcos.  The 'few thousand
more famous items' refer to the thousands of pairs of Imelda Marcos'
shoes.

9. (2 points) These two people didn't work together, shared a Nobel
Prize, and died within a year of each other less than five years after
winning the Nobel Prize.  For one point each, name them.
Nelly Sachs and Shlomo Agnon, who shared the Nobel Prize for Literature
in 1966, both died in 1970.  Most of the other pairs guessed worked
together and/or didn't die within a year of each other.

10. (1 point) In North America, what is the SECOND highest point (in
elevation) east of the Mississippi?
Clingman's Dome.

11. (2-1/2 points) Checkers, like chess, has a World Championship match
every few years.  For one point each, name the players in the most
recent world championship match, and for another half-point, name the
winner.
Dr. Marion Tinsley defeated the computer program (!) Chinook by a score
of 4 victories to 2 with a bunch of draws.

12. (1 point) During the long civil war in Lebanon, only one airline
continued to schedule flights into and out of the airport in Beirut. 
What airline?
MEA -- Middle East Airways, the national airline of Lebanon.

13. (3 points) For one point apiece, given some lyrics to a famous song
from the past ten years, give the title of the song.
a. "And with the new day's dawning,
She felt it drifting away,
Not only for a cruise,
Not only for a day."
"The Captain of Her Heart" -- Double
b. "Es war siebzehnhndertachtzig und es war in Wien,
No plastic money anymore die Banker gegen ihn,
Er war ein Virtuose, war ein Rock-Idol,
Und alles rief...."
"Rock Me Amadeus" -- Falco
c. "She goes 'Na na na na na,
Na na na na, na na na na na na,
Na na na na, na na na na na na na'...."
[Smiley face for c, although these ARE real lyrics to a famous song!]
"The Look" -- Roxette 

14. (1-1/2 points) What, in area, is the largest country in the world
with no border on the ocean? [By 'ocean' I mean the four major oceans
and all the seas, etc. that are more or less arms and inlets of the
four oceans.  So a country like Algeria, even though it doesn't border
on any of the four oceans, doesn't count, since it borders on the
Mediterranean.]
Kazakhstan.  A lot of you guessed Mongolia, which would have been
right, except that the Soviet Union has broken up.  I originally was
going to use the word 'landlocked', but since Kazakhstan borders on the
Caspian Sea, I figured a lot of you would protest.  Of course, I
specifically put this question in to see how many of you I could trick.

Now for everybody's scores:

M. D. Byrne -- 9
Vitaly Shmatikov -- 8-1/2
Dan Tilque -- 7
Mark Brader -- 5-1/2
Kalyanasundaram Kannan -- 4-1/2
Erland Sommarskog -- 2/1-2
Sudhakar Subrahmanyam -- 2-1/2
Doug Mraz -- 2
Arthur S. Kamlet -- 1-1/2
Srinavasa Raghavan -- 1-1/2
Walter Belgers -- 1
MaryLynn Orzechowski -- 1
Alan Caldwell -- 0
Sven Hauptfeld -- 0
David A. Mattingly -- 0

Now for the cumulative scores after three parts:

Vitaly Shmatikov -- 31
Mark Brader -- 23-1/2
M. D. Byrne -- 23-1/2
Dan Tilque -- 16-1/2
Sven Hauptfeld -- 10-1/2
Erland Sommarskog -- 10-1/2
Sudhakar Subrahmanyan -- 6-1/2
Ilan Caron -- 6
Art Kamlet -- 5-1/2
Kalyanasundaram Kannan -- 4-1/2
Dave Robinson -- 4
Adam Levin -- 3-1/2
Doug Mraz -- 3-1/2
Rich Chappell -- 3
Sendhil Revuluri -- 3
Ola Rinta-Koski -- 3
Rick Schubert -- 3
Jim Griffith -- 2
David Mattingly -- 2
Marc Meltzer -- 2
Ian Douthwaite -- 1-1/2
Srinavasa Raghavan -- 1-1/2
5150 -- 1
Walter Belgers -- 1
MaryLynn Orzechowski -- 1
Vienis -- 1
Alan Caldwell -- 0

If I've forgotten anybody, just email me at the address below.

--Ted Schuerzinger
email: .zed@Dartmouth.EDU
"I should have realized it would be bad vodka when all the label said
was 'Russian Vodka'."
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