Ken Jennings's Trivia Almanac (92 page)

JUNE 2

1763
O
JIBWAY AND
S
AUK
I
NDIANS
take Michigan’s Fort Michilimackinac in inventive fashion—they stage a game of lacrosse just outside the gates of the fort, and when the ball “accidentally” flies over the wall, they ambush the troops inside.

ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US

In what U.S. states would you find these historic forts?

Easy

1.
Sumter

2.
Knox

3.
Leavenworth

4.
Wayne

5.
McHenry

Harder

1.
Ticonderoga

2.
Hood

3.
Dix

4.
Bragg

5.
Benning

Yeah, Good Luck

1.
Point

2.
Sill

3.
Donelson

4.
Shafter

5.
Eustis

1989
R
OLLING
S
TONES BASSIST
Bill Wyman marries the nineteen-year-old Mandy Smith, whom he’s been dating since she was thirteen. In 1993, Wyman’s son Stephen will be engaged to Mandy’s
mother,
Patsy, nearly making Wyman his own ex-wife’s step-grandfather.

ALL YOUR BASS ARE BELONG TO US

Name these bands from their bassists.

Easy

1.
Flea

2.
John Paul Jones

3.
Sting

4.
John Entwistle

5.
Krist Novoselic

Harder

1.
Stefan Lessard

2.
Andy Rourke

3.
Geddy Lee

4.
Les Claypool

5.
Peter Cetera

Yeah, Good Luck

1.
Dave “Phoenix” Farrell

2.
Cait O’Riordan

3.
Hub

4.
Eric Judy

5.
Pete Quaife

1999
T
HE
B
HUTAN
B
ROADCASTING
S
ERVICE
begins transmitting, bringing television to the world’s last TV-free country.

WHAT’S ON FIRST?

Answer these questions about non-Bhutanese TV firsts.

1.
What puppet show aired the first U.S. network television broadcast using today’s color TV system?

2.
In 1972, who became the first TV title character to get an abortion?

3.
What was the first cable series to win an Emmy for Best Drama?

4.
What William Boyd character headlined TV’s first western?

5.
What was Fox’s first series to win a TV season’s Nielsen ratings?

JUNE 3

1974
G
OLDA
M
EIR RESIGNS
as prime minister of Israel. She was only the world’s third elected female head of state, after Sri Lanka’s Sirimavo Bandaranaike and India’s Indira Gandhi.

WHO’S ON THIRD?

A bronze medal for every one of these third-place questions you can answer.

1.
Danville, Virginia, was the third and last city to have what distinction?

2.
What center was both the third Milwaukee Buck and the third Detroit Piston to make the Basketball Hall of Fame?

3.
After Elvis and the Beatles, who became the third artist to replace themselves at number one, with “I’ll Make Love to You” and “On Bended Knee”?

4.
What passes the U.S. to become the world’s third largest country in area, if you count its disputed territory?

5.
Who was the third African American to make the cover of
Vogue and
the third to win a Best Supporting Actress Oscar?

6.
In what city is the al-Aqsa Mosque, Islam’s third holiest site, located?

7.
In 2003, who became the third Englishman ever to sign with Spain’s Real Madrid?

8.
Tim Drake is the third and current person to serve as what famous sidekick?

9.
What city’s Bank of America Plaza is America’s tallest building outside of New York and Chicago?

10.
What current head of state is only the third woman ever to serve on the G8?

1975
B
OB
F
OSSE’S
C
HICAGO
opens on Broadway, with future
Law & Order
star Jerry Orbach in the part later played onscreen by Richard Gere.

(AIN’T GONNA PLAY) SUNG CITY

What Broadway musicals featured these municipal songs?

Easy

1.
“New York, New York”

2.
“Anatevka”

3.
“Kansas City”

4.
“Buenos Aires”

Harder

1.
“Manchester England”

2.
“Santa Fe”

3.
“Hooverville”

4.
“Gary, Indiana”

Yeah, Good Luck

1.
“Salzburg”

2.
“Rumson”

3.
“Solla Sollew”

4.
“Chicago”

2003
T
HE
A
MERICAN
F
ILM
I
NSTITUTE
chooses the fifty greatest heroes and the fifty greatest villains in movie history. Arnold Schwarzenegger hosts the broadcast, since his “Terminator” protagonist is the only character on both lists.

SIN-EMATIC

In what movie did these top villains, according to the AFI, appear?

Easy

1.
HAL 9000

2.
Norman Bates

3.
Joan Crawford

4.
Verbal Kint

5.
Travis Bickle

Harder

1.
Amon Goeth

2.
Annie Wilkes

3.
Noah Cross

4.
Mrs. Danvers

5.
Henry F. Potter

Yeah, Good Luck

1.
Dr. Szell

2.
Harry Powell

3.
Hans Gruber

4.
Alonzo Harris

5.
Regina Giddens