Famine's not-Sunday-Quiz-because-Sunday-is-Christmas-but-who-cares Quiz Round 8

[Famine]

Read, cogitate, PM. Go!

1 (Literature) - The novel "Gadsby", by Ernest Vincent Wright (published 1937), is very unusual in one respect. Why?
2 (TV) - What is Bart Simpson's middle name?
3 (Inventions) - S.W. Francis is credited with patenting the first "modern" design of what?
4 (Science) - Of what is Willam Herschel credited with the discovery?
5 (Geography) - What is the capital city of Côte d'Ivoire?
6 (Sport) - Who are the current champions of baseball's highly mis-named "World Series"?
7 (Motorsport) - Who is the current World Superbike champion?
8 (Language) - What is the longest word in the English language which contains no consonants?
9 (Music) - Joe Cocker, Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp), Phil Oakey (from Human League) and Joe Elliot and Rick Savage (of Def Leppard) all share a common birthplace. Where?
10 (Film) - Which actor connects the roles of Beldar, Elwood Blues, Joe Friday and Raymond Stantz?

Answers to be posted on St. Stephen's Day.


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[DQuaN]

Done.

Looks like i'm the first too.

 

[Omnis]

"world series" is not misnamed. MLB drafts and signs player from all over the world.

 

[Famine]

"world series" is not misnamed. MLB drafts and signs player from all over the world.

And? The English Premier League signs players from - much more literally - all over the world. Should we rename that "The World Series", or should we, given that they only play clubs based in England in that competition and that every match takes place in England, keep it as the English Premier League?

As for "all over the world"... Let me just count all of the Europeans... And now I'll count all of the Africans... Oh.

There's 3 players from Australasia, about 15 from Asia (exclusively South Korea and Japan) and the rest are from South and North America - with US players outnumbering anything else by 4 to 1.

The "World Series" takes place exclusively on American soil (if it wasn't for the Blue Jays, it'd be exclusively US soil), between American club teams (again, Blue Jays prevent this being US club teams) with predominantly US and American players. Yes, it is the highest level of professional play in that sport, but until other continents' club teams are invited, it's not truely a "World" anything.

 

[FoolKiller]

Just finished my first ever, mainly because I actually knew most of these.

 

[MagpieRacer]

I knew one! Answer in.

 

[Famine]

No you didn't...

This should have been apparent from the fact that your answer contained the words "...or something".

 

[MagpieRacer]

Crap

Im beating omnis though!

 

[MagpieRacer]

This should have been apparent from the fact that your answer contained the words "...or something".

Didnt realise this was a rule

As it doesnt say anything anywhere

 

[Famine]

The whu?

I was saying that it should have been apparent to you that, since you had the words "... or something" in your answer, you didn't actually know the answer. Where do rules come into it?

 

[MagpieRacer]

Ohhh nevermind...

 

[Omnis]

Okay, give me a -3. If the MLB is the top level of play in the world, then it should be called the world series.

 

[Flame-returns]

Just finished my first ever, mainly because I actually knew most of these.

I'm only 1 point behing you.

 

[FoolKiller]

I'm only 1 point behing you.

That may have something to do with my giving three answers for number 4.

 

[Joey D]

Damn I sucked this week...guess I didn't know to many.

 

[Omnis]

Famine is a grinch. I'm glad I'm not participating this time.

 

[Evolution.]

Famine is a grinch. I'm glad I'm not participating this time.

-81...OWNED.

 

[Famine]

Bee figured it. Omnis hasn't yet.

 

[Famine]

Any more for any more, or shall I post the answers up?

 

[MagpieRacer]

I say rack em up old chap.

 

[crimson_menace]

Naw....I'll have a gooo!

 

[Omnis]

Bee figured it. Omnis hasn't yet.

cube it this time.

 

[Famine]

Answers:

1 (Literature) - The novel "Gadsby", by Ernest Vincent Wright (published 1937), is very unusual in one respect. Why?

The novel was an example of the lipogram. Lipograms are books or stories written within certain language restraints. Gadsby is one of the most famous because it is thought to be the first full novel written without any letter "E".

2 (TV) - What is Bart Simpson's middle name?

Bart's middle name is not well known, but it is, apparently "Jo-Jo".

3 (Inventions) - S.W. Francis is credited with patenting the first "modern" design of what?

We have S.W. Francis to thank for the modern Spork.

I got a number of answers saying "typewriter" for this and I'm quite puzzled why...

4 (Science) - Of what is Willam Herschel credited with the discovery?

Uranus - spotting a theme here?

He is also credited with the discovery of Mimas and Enceladus (satellites of Saturn), Titania and Oberon (satellites of Uranus), the phenomena of binary stars and the movement of the Solar System through the galaxy and infrared radiation.

Busy old bugger.

5 (Geography) - What is the capital city of Côte d'Ivoire?

There are two capitals. The accepted capital is Abidjan but the capital is "officially" Yamoussoukro.

6 (Sport) - Who are the current champions of baseball's highly mis-named "World Series"?

The Chicago White Sox, whoever the hell they are.

7 (Motorsport) - Who is the current World Superbike champion?

Australian Troy Corser.

8 (Language) - What is the longest word in the English language which contains no consonants?

An old English word "Euouae", a variant of "Evovae" - a mediaeval musical term.

9 (Music) - Joe Cocker, Jarvis Cocker (of Pulp), Phil Oakey (from Human League) and Joe Elliot and Rick Savage (of Def Leppard) all share a common birthplace. Where?

They were all born in the same city I was born in - Sheffield.

10 (Film) - Which actor connects the roles of Beldar, Elwood Blues, Joe Friday and Raymond Stantz?

Well-known Canadian actor Dan Aykroyd.

 

[Dave A]

We have S.W. Francis to thank for the modern Spork.

I got a number of answers saying "typewriter" for this and I'm quite puzzled why...

A different S.W.Frances in the mid 1800's patented a typewriter that used the ink covered ribbons to imprint the letters on the paper. Although it wasn't a success at the time, it was this design that was later picked up and became more commonly used in the 1900's and the ink covered ribbon is still used in electronic word processors today. The definition of modern can be somewhat vague since it can be applied to the last century or so, or the last couple of years ect depending on context. That said, I have heared of the Spork, but I wouldn't have been able to say who patented it.