Wednesday Trivia: April 24, 2013

Idéfix wrote:
3. Major League Base teams “retire” the number worn by their most famous players. The first such retirement was when the New York Yankees retired #4 in honor of Lou Gehrig. In all of baseball history, only one number has been retired by all MLB teams in honor of the same player. Which number and which player?

Idéfix wrote:

7. When these two famous men met in 1930, they had a well-known conversation about the nature of truth and beauty, and how dependent they are on humanity. Here is an excerpt. Name A and B.
A: Truth, then, or Beauty is not independent of Man?
B: No
A: If there would no human beings any more, the Apollo of Belvedere would no longer be beautiful.
B: No
A: I agree with regard to this conception of Beauty, but not with regard to Truth.
B: Why not? Truth is realized through man.
A: I cannot prove that my conception is right, but that is my religion.

Idéfix wrote:

9. He was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1941 and was his parents gave him the names Ernesto Arturo. His first criminal conviction was when he was in eighth grade. In ninth grade, he was convicted of burglary and sent to reform school. He spent time in jails in Arizona, California, Tennessee and Ohio. He was arrested in 1963 and charged with kidnapping and raping a teenager, and he confessed to the crime. Because of a procedural mistake by the police, he then went on to acquire a lot of name recognition. His last name is now an integral part of the vocabulary of American criminal justice. What was his last name?

Idéfix wrote:I forgot to post this yesterday, but here goes... no googling please!

1. This epidemic killed between 3 and 5 percent of the world’s population – or over 50 million people – in the final months of the First World War. In order to maintain morale, the Allied Powers and the Central Powers both censored news of the epidemic and underreported the number of deaths. But neutral countries were free to report the true magnitude of the problem. As a result, history knows this epidemic by the name of a neutral country where its devastating impact was more fully reported. What do we know this epidemic as?

2. The poet W. H. Auden wrote the poem below in 1937. Who was he referring to?
You could not shock her more than she shocks me,
Beside her Joyce seems innocent as grass.
It makes me most uncomfortable to see
An English spinster of the middle class
Describe the amorous effects of 'brass',
Reveal so frankly and with such sobriety
The economic basis of society.

5. This document written in 1215 CE has been described as “the greatest constitutional document of all times,” but all but three of its more than 30 clauses have since been repealed. The only clauses that are still legally in force have to do with the freedom of the church, the liberties of the capital city, and the right of citizens to due process. Name the document.

6. The Arabic phrase allah-u-akbar (“god is great”) appears on the national flags of three countries. All three countries changed their flags within the last forty years. Name them.

7. When these two famous men met in 1930, they had a well-known conversation about the nature of truth and beauty, and how dependent they are on humanity. Here is an excerpt. Name A and B.
A: Truth, then, or Beauty is not independent of Man?
B: No
A: If there would no human beings any more, the Apollo of Belvedere would no longer be beautiful.
B: No
A: I agree with regard to this conception of Beauty, but not with regard to Truth.
B: Why not? Truth is realized through man.
A: I cannot prove that my conception is right, but that is my religion.

8. The first use of an airplane in warfare occurred a little over a hundred years ago. Airplanes were used for reconnaissance and bombing raids by one of the two sides in a war fought over Libya. Which country was the first to use airplanes in warfare, and who did they use them against?

9. He was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1941 and was his parents gave him the names Ernesto Arturo. His first criminal conviction was when he was in eighth grade. In ninth grade, he was convicted of burglary and sent to reform school. He spent time in jails in Arizona, California, Tennessee and Ohio. He was arrested in 1963 and charged with kidnapping and raping a teenager, and he confessed to the crime. Because of a procedural mistake by the police, he then went on to acquire a lot of name recognition. His last name is now an integral part of the vocabulary of American criminal justice. What was his last name?

Idéfix wrote:I forgot to post this yesterday, but here goes... no googling please!

1. This epidemic killed between 3 and 5 percent of the world’s population – or over 50 million people – in the final months of the First World War. In order to maintain morale, the Allied Powers and the Central Powers both censored news of the epidemic and underreported the number of deaths. But neutral countries were free to report the true magnitude of the problem. As a result, history knows this epidemic by the name of a neutral country where its devastating impact was more fully reported. What do we know this epidemic as?

2. The poet W. H. Auden wrote the poem below in 1937. Who was he referring to?
You could not shock her more than she shocks me,
Beside her Joyce seems innocent as grass.
It makes me most uncomfortable to see
An English spinster of the middle class
Describe the amorous effects of 'brass',
Reveal so frankly and with such sobriety
The economic basis of society.

3. Major League Base teams “retire” the number worn by their most famous players. The first such retirement was when the New York Yankees retired #4 in honor of Lou Gehrig. In all of baseball history, only one number has been retired by all MLB teams in honor of the same player. Which number and which player?

4. This company started operations in the garage pictured below with a capital of $538. Its first successful product was a precision audio oscillator. Walt Disney Productions bought eight of those oscillators for their move Fantasia. Over the years, the company produced signal generators, voltmeters, oscilloscopes, frequency counters, thermometers, wave analyzers and many other instruments. The divisions of the company that focused on those core original product lines were spun off into a separate publicly-traded company in 1999. Name the parent company.


5. This document written in 1215 CE has been described as “the greatest constitutional document of all times,” but all but three of its more than 30 clauses have since been repealed. The only clauses that are still legally in force have to do with the freedom of the church, the liberties of the capital city, and the right of citizens to due process. Name the document.

6. The Arabic phrase allah-u-akbar (“god is great”) appears on the national flags of three countries. All three countries changed their flags within the last forty years. Name them.

7. When these two famous men met in 1930, they had a well-known conversation about the nature of truth and beauty, and how dependent they are on humanity. Here is an excerpt. Name A and B.
A: Truth, then, or Beauty is not independent of Man?
B: No
A: If there would no human beings any more, the Apollo of Belvedere would no longer be beautiful.
B: No
A: I agree with regard to this conception of Beauty, but not with regard to Truth.
B: Why not? Truth is realized through man.
A: I cannot prove that my conception is right, but that is my religion.

8. The first use of an airplane in warfare occurred a little over a hundred years ago. Airplanes were used for reconnaissance and bombing raids by one of the two sides in a war fought over Libya. Which country was the first to use airplanes in warfare, and who did they use them against?

9. He was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1941 and was his parents gave him the names Ernesto Arturo. His first criminal conviction was when he was in eighth grade. In ninth grade, he was convicted of burglary and sent to reform school. He spent time in jails in Arizona, California, Tennessee and Ohio. He was arrested in 1963 and charged with kidnapping and raping a teenager, and he confessed to the crime. Because of a procedural mistake by the police, he then went on to acquire a lot of name recognition. His last name is now an integral part of the vocabulary of American criminal justice. What was his last name?

10. The name of this organization means “the island.” The name is also used to describe the Fertile Crescent region. The organization, founded in 1996, was recently voted as the fifth most influential global brand, behind Apple, Google, Ikea, and Starbucks. Name the organization.

Idéfix wrote:
3. Major League Base teams “retire” the number worn by their most famous players. The first such retirement was when the New York Yankees retired #4 in honor of Lou Gehrig. In all of baseball history, only one number has been retired by all MLB teams in honor of the same player. Which number and which player?

Babe Ruth?

4. This company started operations in the garage pictured below with a capital of $538. Its first successful product was a precision audio oscillator. Walt Disney Productions bought eight of those oscillators for their move Fantasia. Over the years, the company produced signal generators, voltmeters, oscilloscopes, frequency counters, thermometers, wave analyzers and many other instruments. The divisions of the company that focused on those core original product lines were spun off into a separate publicly-traded company in 1999. Name the parent company.


HP

5. This document written in 1215 CE has been described as “the greatest constitutional document of all times,” but all but three of its more than 30 clauses have since been repealed. The only clauses that are still legally in force have to do with the freedom of the church, the liberties of the capital city, and the right of citizens to due process. Name the document.

Magna Carta

6. The Arabic phrase allah-u-akbar (“god is great”) appears on the national flags of three countries. All three countries changed their flags within the last forty years. Name them.

Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan? One might be Yemen, not sure.

7. When these two famous men met in 1930, they had a well-known conversation about the nature of truth and beauty, and how dependent they are on humanity. Here is an excerpt. Name A and B.
A: Truth, then, or Beauty is not independent of Man?
B: No
A: If there would no human beings any more, the Apollo of Belvedere would no longer be beautiful.
B: No
A: I agree with regard to this conception of Beauty, but not with regard to Truth.
B: Why not? Truth is realized through man.
A: I cannot prove that my conception is right, but that is my religion.

Einstein and Gandhi?

8. The first use of an airplane in warfare occurred a little over a hundred years ago. Airplanes were used for reconnaissance and bombing raids by one of the two sides in a war fought over Libya. Which country was the first to use airplanes in warfare, and who did they use them against?

Italy?

10. The name of this organization means “the island.” The name is also used to describe the Fertile Crescent region. The organization, founded in 1996, was recently voted as the fifth most influential global brand, behind Apple, Google, Ikea, and Starbucks. Name the organization.

Qatar News Network(forget the name)

goodcitizn wrote:

Idéfix wrote:


10. The name of this organization means “the island.” The name is also used to describe the Fertile Crescent region. The organization, founded in 1996, was recently voted as the fifth most influential global brand, behind Apple, Google, Ikea, and Starbucks. Name the organization.

Qatar News Network(forget the name)

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Idéfix wrote:
3. Major League Base teams “retire” the number worn by their most famous players. The first such retirement was when the New York Yankees retired #4 in honor of Lou Gehrig. In all of baseball history, only one number has been retired by all MLB teams in honor of the same player. Which number and which player?

42 -- jackie robinson.

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Idéfix wrote:

7. When these two famous men met in 1930, they had a well-known conversation about the nature of truth and beauty, and how dependent they are on humanity. Here is an excerpt. Name A and B.
A: Truth, then, or Beauty is not independent of Man?
B: No
A: If there would no human beings any more, the Apollo of Belvedere would no longer be beautiful.
B: No
A: I agree with regard to this conception of Beauty, but not with regard to Truth.
B: Why not? Truth is realized through man.
A: I cannot prove that my conception is right, but that is my religion.

albert einstein and rabby tags?

MaxEntropy_Man wrote:

Idéfix wrote:

9. He was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1941 and was his parents gave him the names Ernesto Arturo. His first criminal conviction was when he was in eighth grade. In ninth grade, he was convicted of burglary and sent to reform school. He spent time in jails in Arizona, California, Tennessee and Ohio. He was arrested in 1963 and charged with kidnapping and raping a teenager, and he confessed to the crime. Because of a procedural mistake by the police, he then went on to acquire a lot of name recognition. His last name is now an integral part of the vocabulary of American criminal justice. What was his last name?

miranda.

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:3. Babe Ruth

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:4. HP

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:5. magna carta

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:7. bertrand russell, albert einstein

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:8. france (against, not known)

Muezzin-Bar'chu wrote:9. miranda

bw wrote:1. spanish flu

bw wrote:2. jane austen

bw wrote:5. magna carta

bw wrote:6. iraq?

bw wrote:7. einstein, tagore.

bw wrote:8. germany?

bw wrote:9. miranda

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:1. Small Pox?

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:3. Babe Ruth (# ??)

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:5. Magna Carta

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:8. Italy.

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:9... already someone said - Miranda

goodcitizn wrote:3. Babe Ruth?

goodcitizn wrote:4. HP

goodcitizn wrote:5.

Magna Carta

goodcitizn wrote:6. Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan? One might be Yemen, not sure.

goodcitizn wrote:7. Einstein and Gandhi?

goodcitizn wrote:8. Italy?

goodcitizn wrote:10. Qatar News Network(forget the name)

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

goodcitizn wrote:

Idéfix wrote:


10. The name of this organization means “the island.” The name is also used to describe the Fertile Crescent region. The organization, founded in 1996, was recently voted as the fifth most influential global brand, behind Apple, Google, Ikea, and Starbucks. Name the organization.

Qatar News Network(forget the name)

Al-Jazeera

Maria S wrote:1. Spanish flu

2. Jane Austen

4. Jackie Robinson- No 42.

5. Magna Carta

10. Think..it's Al Jazeera (remember a reporter mentioning the meaning on C-SPAN a long time ago!)

Maria S wrote:Oh 6..

Iran and Iraq? Don't know the third country.

Idéfix wrote:Here is an update, with a hint.

8. The first use of an airplane in warfare occurred a little over a hundred years ago. Airplanes were used for reconnaissance and bombing raids by one of the two sides in a war fought over Libya. Which country was the first to use airplanes in warfare, and who did they use them against?

Hint: The country that used airplanes was Italy. They sought to dislodge an empire that had been ruling Libya for several centuries. Who were the Italians fighting?

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Idéfix wrote:Here is an update, with a hint.

8. The first use of an airplane in warfare occurred a little over a hundred years ago. Airplanes were used for reconnaissance and bombing raids by one of the two sides in a war fought over Libya. Which country was the first to use airplanes in warfare, and who did they use them against?

Hint: The country that used airplanes was Italy. They sought to dislodge an empire that had been ruling Libya for several centuries. Who were the Italians fighting?

I suspect it must be the Brits - who ruled much of middle east and Egypt (assume Libya as well until Italy took over). It is purely an educated guess.

Idéfix wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Idéfix wrote:Here is an update, with a hint.

8. The first use of an airplane in warfare occurred a little over a hundred years ago. Airplanes were used for reconnaissance and bombing raids by one of the two sides in a war fought over Libya. Which country was the first to use airplanes in warfare, and who did they use them against?

Hint: The country that used airplanes was Italy. They sought to dislodge an empire that had been ruling Libya for several centuries. Who were the Italians fighting?

I suspect it must be the Brits - who ruled much of middle east and Egypt (assume Libya as well until Italy took over). It is purely an educated guess.

No. Will provide another hint in an hour or so.

goodcitizn wrote:

Idéfix wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
I suspect it must be the Brits - who ruled much of middle east and Egypt (assume Libya as well until Italy took over). It is purely an educated guess.

No. Will provide another hint in an hour or so.

Was italy fighting the turks?

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

goodcitizn wrote:

Idéfix wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
I suspect it must be the Brits - who ruled much of middle east and Egypt (assume Libya as well until Italy took over). It is purely an educated guess.

No. Will provide another hint in an hour or so.

Was italy fighting the turks?

Actually I answered Ottomon Empire and then changed my mind. Ottomon Empire were defeated during the turn of the 20th century and around WW I. But I was/am not sure if it ruled Libya - that too, when Brits ruled Egypt.

goodcitizn wrote:

Idéfix wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

Idéfix wrote:Here is an update, with a hint.

8. The first use of an airplane in warfare occurred a little over a hundred years ago. Airplanes were used for reconnaissance and bombing raids by one of the two sides in a war fought over Libya. Which country was the first to use airplanes in warfare, and who did they use them against?

Hint: The country that used airplanes was Italy. They sought to dislodge an empire that had been ruling Libya for several centuries. Who were the Italians fighting?

I suspect it must be the Brits - who ruled much of middle east and Egypt (assume Libya as well until Italy took over). It is purely an educated guess.

No. Will provide another hint in an hour or so.

Was italy fighting the turks?

Kris wrote:1. Cholera

Kris wrote:3. Jackie Robinson- 43

Kris wrote:4. HP?

Kris wrote:5. Magna Carta

Kris wrote:8. Germany? England and Germany?

Kris wrote:9. Miranda

goodcitizn wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:

goodcitizn wrote:

Idéfix wrote:

Marathadi-Saamiyaar wrote:
I suspect it must be the Brits - who ruled much of middle east and Egypt (assume Libya as well until Italy took over). It is purely an educated guess.

No. Will provide another hint in an hour or so.

Was italy fighting the turks?

Actually I answered Ottomon Empire and then changed my mind. Ottomon Empire were defeated during the turn of the 20th century and around WW I. But I was/am not sure if it ruled Libya - that too, when Brits ruled Egypt.

Yes, Italy was able to defeat the Ottoman Empire quite easily. I was thinking about the Italo Turkish war that was centered in Libya where aerial bombings took place. That was pre-WW1.

indophile wrote:1. Flu (Influenza)

indophile wrote:3. Jackie Robinson?

indophile wrote:4. Hewlett Packard

indophile wrote:5. Magna Carta

indophile wrote:8. Italy, against Libya?

indophile wrote:9. Miranda

indophile wrote:10. Al Jazeera