mighty fine trivia by James Callan
Kids these days aren’t learning much D’Nealian, Getty-Dubay, Spencerian, or Palmer Method. They’re all methods of teaching of what subject that’s disappearing from school curricula?
That question, again: In the movie version of The Shining, Jack Nicholson goes after his family (and Scatman Crothers) with an axe. But not in the book. What piece of sporting equipment is his weapon of choice in the Stephen King novel?
Let’s lower the brow a little:
In the movie version of The Shining, Jack Nicholson goes after his family (and Scatman Crothers) with an axe. But not in the book. What piece of sporting equipment is his weapon of choice in the Stephen King novel?
That question, again: What line from the poem “Sacred Emily†is ten words long, but contains just three different words used several times each?
TODAY’S QUESTION:
When uninformed spellcheckers take an uncommon but perfectly spelled word and replace it with a word in their dictionary, that’s known as the Cupertino effect.
Example: Spellcheckers unfamiliar with Obama would suggest Osama as a replacement. Hitting “replace all” without looking could accidentally make you look like a McCain supporter. Whoops.
Question: The Cupertino effect got its name a couple of years ago when spellcheckers would suggest replacing what word with “Cupertino”?
YESTERDAY’S ANSWER:
I’ll name two things, you tell me what comes between them.
1) The geologic period between Triassic and Cretaceous
2) The US federal holiday between Labor Day and Veterans Day
3) The Stephen King novel published between The Shining and The Dead Zone
4) The Monopoly property between Atlantic Avenue and Marvin Gardens
5) Geena Davis’ husband between Richard Emmolo and Renny Harlin
6) The stage of grief between bargaining and acceptance
7) The scientific classification rank between family and species (not subfamily)
8) The US president between Grover Cleveland and Grover Cleveland
9) The Seattle Mariners manager between Lou Piniella and Mike Hargrove
10) From fall 1984 to spring 1986, the sitcom between Cheers and L.A. Law
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1) Most films are projected at 24 fps. What does fps stand for?
2) What revolutionary film editing product takes its name from a word that means “characterized by enthusiasm and vigorous pursuit”?
3) According to a song in Team America: World Police: Show a lot of things happening at once / Remind everyone of what’s going on / And with every shot you show a little improvement / To show it all would take too long / That’s what we call a what?
4) What invention, famously featured in The Shining when Danny was riding his tricycle, was originally known as the Brown Stabilizer?
5) A foley artist creates what kind of effects?
6) What term sounds like a junior member of a wedding party, but actually describes the assistant to the key grip or gaffer?
7) A kookaloris is a screen with holes in it used to make interesting light patterns. It’s sometimes called what other name that’s also a kind of dessert?
8) If you’re on a set that’s working French hours, what event won’t you have during the day?
9) As seen in the title of an HBO series, what traffic-related noun is also a verb that means “to finance a movie”?
10) What cocktail gives its name to the last shot of the day?
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