From: J.Theodore.Schuerzinger@dartmouth.edu (J. Theodore Schuerzinger)
Newsgroups: rec.games.trivia
Subject: Zed's Trivia Contest, Part Two
Date: 23 Nov 92 03:12:05 GMT
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
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Guess what?  It's time for part two of Zed's trivia contest!  A few
rules clarifications:

1) Reference books are allowed.  If I didn't want reference books used,
I'd come up with easier questions.  There are, of course, times where
they may not help though!  (See question 1 for an example.  You can
rent the movie, but you still might not get the answer.  There IS an
answer of course!)

2) You can email some of the answers at one point and email the rest to
me later, as long as you do it from the same address (to avoid
confusion).

Again, there are 20 points possible.  Email the answers directly to me,
not to r.g.t.  I'll post the answers to part one and the scores
sometime tomorrow.  Answers for this part are due at 12:01 am EST,
Wednesday, December 2.

1. (2 points) In the movie "The Manchurian Candidate", how many people
are feared dead in the hurricane?

2. (3 points) Given the first line of a famous poem, most of you could
probably name either the poem, or even the poet who wrote it.  But can
you give the second lines of each of three poems given a first line? 
One point each.
a. "Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame"
b. "So much depends upon"
c. "I like eels"

3. (1-1/2 points) Many famous people have changed names at some point
in their lives.  For one-half point each, by what names are these three
people better known?
a. Nathan Birnbaum
b. Annie Mae Bullock
c. Leslie Lynch King, Jr.

4. (1 point) Who was the last person to receive exactly one electoral
vote for President?

5. (1 point) This man battled Hodgkin's disease twice before coming
back to win olympic gold in wrestling at the 1984 Olympics in Los
Angeles.  Name him.

6. (1 point) It originally comes from an old Norse word meaning "to
gush".  The word came to English through the Icelandic, however,
because it describes something common in Iceland.  What?

7. (2 points) Two towns, one in Washington and one in Minnesota, share
an interesting distinction in that the only roads connecting them with
the rest of America go through Canada.  For one point apiece, name
these two towns.

8. (1 point) One of the world's best female bridge players ever, she
had a column in the Manchester Guardian Weekly until her death in 1992.
 Name her.

9. (1-1/2 points) In Germany, license plates start with one letter if
the car is registered in a large city, eg. M for Munich, B for Berlin,
K for Koeln, etc., while smaller areas like Passau get two letters (in
this case PA).  Where was a German vehicle registered, however, if its
license plate starts with the single letter X?

10. (1 points) Ninety-five percent of this country's citizens are of
the Alemannic ethnic group.  What country?

11. (2 points) There is an area of the eye that is the most receptive
to color vision, because it has the highest concentration of structures
that detect color (as opposed to those that only detect
black-and-white).  For one point each, what are these structures that
detect color called, and what is the name of the region that is most
receptive to color vision?

12. (1 point) We all know that Winston Churchill coined the phrase
"Iron Curtain".  But in what city was he speaking when he gave the
speech that first used this phrase?

13. (1 point) Who was the first man to run for a third term as
President of the United States?

14. (1 point) In a 1991 survey, American men said the average length of
an erect penis was 10 inches?  How many inches did American WOMEN say
the average length was?

--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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