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Friday Quiz - Questions from The Mnemonist
Nicknamed Farmer Bill, which founder of the Reform Party (New Zealand's second organised political party), was prime minister of his country from 1919 until his death in office, in 1925? After Richard Seddon, he is New Zealand's second-longest serving prime minister.
A man walks through several large doors before dropping through the floor of a telephone booth in the opening to which 1960s comedy TV series?
Blurgits (a kind of stroboscopic technique to show movement within a single panel), briffits (clouds of dust that hang in the wake of a swiftly departing character or object), and grawlixes (typographical symbols standing in for profanities) are among the terms included in The Lexicon of Comicana, a 1980 book by which American cartoonist?
Christopher Walken famously dances around a deserted hotel lobby in the Spike Jonze-directed video clip to which 2001 hit song by Fat Boy Slim?
With average annual round-trip lengths of over 70,000km for those nesting in Iceland and Greenland, which bird species easily has the longest migration distance of any creature in the animal kingdom?
The logo of publisher Simon & Schuster was inspired by which French artist's 1850 painting The Sower ?
Many airliners have the designation "DC" - perhaps the most successful of which was the DC-3, most dominant at the outset of World War II, with over 100 still flying today. What do the letters "DC" stand for?
Silhouette Island is the third largest island of which country in the Indian Ocean? Police stations on the island are rife with confusion especially during criminal lineups.
The J1 League is the highest league in Japanese football. Which team has won nine J1 League titles - easily the most of any team? They are also the current title holders.
Actress Maya Rudolph is the daughter of which singer, who passed away aged 31 from breast cancer in 1979? Her 1974 hit Lovin' You famously features the use of the high whistle register.
Time for the Answers!
Nicknamed Farmer Bill, which founder of the Reform Party (New Zealand’s second organised political party), was prime minister of his country from 1919 until his death in office, in 1925? After Richard Seddon, he is New Zealand’s second-longest serving prime minister.
William MASSEY. True to the Farmer Bill name, Massey found out he was drafted to run for Parliament while he was sitting on top of a haystack, and the message was delivered via pitchfork.A man walks through several large doors before dropping through the floor of a telephone booth in the opening to which 1960s comedy TV series?
GET SMART. The iconic shoe-phone used by Maxwell Smart was actually a real working dummy model rigged with a physical rotary dial hidden inside the heel.Blurgits (a kind of stroboscopic technique to show movement within a single panel), briffits (clouds of dust that hang in the wake of a swiftly departing character or object), and grawlixes (typographical symbols standing in for profanities) are among the terms included in The Lexicon of Comicana, a 1980 book by which American cartoonist?
Mort WALKER. The Beetle Bailey creator started drawing a comic strip called The Lime Juicers at the precocious age of eleven.Christopher Walken famously dances around a deserted hotel lobby in the Spike Jonze-directed video clip to which 2001 hit song by Fat Boy Slim?
WEAPON OF CHOICE. The classic video featuring happened simply because Walken told director Spike Jonze he wanted to put his early-1950s tap-dancing days on film while he could still move.With average annual round-trip lengths of over 70,000km for those nesting in Iceland and Greenland, which bird species easily has the longest migration distance of any creature in the animal kingdom?
ARCTIC TERN. Note - the bird with the longest NON-STOP flight is the bar tailed godwit, which often gets conflated with the tern in these sorts of superlative questions.The logo of publisher Simon & Schuster was inspired by which French artist’s 1850 painting The Sower ?
Jean-Francois MILLET. The French realist painter of The Gleaners was so poor early on that he burned his own drawings to keep warm during harsh winters. Very La Boheme.Many airliners have the designation “DC” - perhaps the most successful of which was the DC-3, most dominant at the outset of World War II, with over 100 still flying today. What do the letters “DC” stand for?
It’s not Detective Comics. It’s not Direct Current. It’s DOUGLAS COMMERCIAL. The famous DC-3 aircraft name actually originated from a corporate coin-flip between Donald Douglas and his vice president.Silhouette Island is the third largest island of which country in the Indian Ocean? Police stations on the island are rife with confusion especially during criminal lineups.
SEYCHELLES. This nation houses also houses the Coco de Mer, a palm tree with fruit weighing up to 40 pounds!The J1 League is the highest league in Japanese football. Which team has won nine J1 League titles - easily the most of any team? They are also the current title holders.
KASHMIR ANTLERS. The club is named after the holy deer enclosure residing inside the legendary local shrine.Actress Maya Rudolph is the daughter of which singer, who passed away aged 31 from breast cancer in 1979? Her 1974 hit Lovin’ You famously features the use of the high whistle register.
Minnie RIPERTON. Her stratospheric, glass-shattering high note in the song Lovin' You hits an absurd F-sharp in the whistle register, nearly matching an ultrasonic pitch.
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