Mystery #9: taking the high road
Congrats to KroegerJ for winning his second KW Mystery. Nipping at his heels on the podium were VenguswamyK and BahnamanS. Thirteen players answered all 12 questions correctly.
Mystery #10 is now open. It closes Sunday evening.
Now, let’s roll this quiz up and pass it around.
Q1. The single heard here was released on May 30, 2005. Who sang it?
JAMES BLUNT (67%)
“You’re Beautiful” is one of the cheesiest songs ever written, for sure.
Q2. After Fay Vincent resigned as Commissioner of Major League Baseball in 1992, who became his de facto replacement?
BUD SELIG (86%)
Several people went with A. Bartlett Giamatti (a Yale professor and the father of actor Paul), but he preceded Fay Vincent.
Q3. This is a photo of what former world leader, taken in 1979 after he was forced to abandon his capital?
POL POT (83%)
…but not before he could murder millions of dissenters as head of the Khmer Rouge.
Q4. George Washington Carver once called what “a flower growing in the wrong place”?
A WEED (65%)
MCW:
PEANUT (13%)
Q5. Pictured here is the first appearance by what comic-book character? (Last name not required.)
MARY JANE WATSON (82%)
If you didn’t recognize her catchphrase, “A swingin’ surprise or two!” might have helped.
Q6. Also known as the Caucasus Indicus and the Paropamisadae, what mountain range stretches 500 miles from central Afghanistan to northern Pakistan?
HINDU KUSH (60%)
MCW:
GANJA MOUNTAINS (7%)
BWA:
BOWL MOUNTAINS
THE DANKISTANS
Hindu Kush is a good name to have in your head for trivia purposes.
Q7. The still seen here is from the opening credits to what sitcom, which ran for 6 seasons on CBS?
GREEN ACRES (95%)
Zsa Zsa Gabor and Eddie Albert.
Q8. Famously used by Muhammed Ali in the 1974 “Rumble in the Jungle” against George Foreman, what strategy involves behaving passively or feigning weakness, then becoming aggressive once the opponent has worn himself out?
ROPE-A-DOPE (90%)
BWA:
RUB-A-DUB
This quiz was published before Ali’s death, so of course I feel like I’m responsible. R.I.P.
Q9. What bandleader is the only artist to top the Billboard Hot 100 as both a vocalist (1968) and an instrumentalist (1979, heard here)?
HERB ALPERT (56%)
BWA:
SMOKEY ROBINSON
Alpert is often associated with the Tijuana Brass.
Q10. What term applies to special occasions when the U.S. House of Representatives and the Senate assemble as one body? Examples include the State of the Union, addresses by foreign dignitaries, and the counting of electoral votes.
JOINT SESSION (78%)
BWA:
HIGH BODY
USELESS BUNCH OF GUYS
Q11. Seen here is a first edition of what collection of works?
LEAVES OF GRASS (75%)
BWA:
THE CHRONICLES OF NARNIA
“Brooklyn” + mid-19th century + literature = Whitman.
Q12. Elements of the first 11 questions have what common bond?
MARIJUANA [SLANG] (87%)
Best Correct Answers:
EUPHEMISMS FOR THE SMOKABLE LEAVES OF THE CANNABIS SATIVA PLANT
MARIJUANA IS BAD, M’KAY?
THC AND/OR EITHER THIS QUIZ IS EASIER THAN YOUR OTHERS OR I REALLY NEED TO CUT BACK
THEY GIVE YOU THE MUNCHIES