Every Tuesday we bring you questions from former Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings’ email list. To play, email him at tuesdaytrivia@ken-jennings.com.
As for posting the answers below- questions 1 through 6 are pretty easy to Google, but if you know the answer to the weekly stumper, question 7, give it your best shot!
Congratulations to Alex Marton, who solved last week’s question 7- identifying that a bunch of random people were all married to TV talk show hosts.
To start, everyone keep Clarence Clemons of the E Street Band in your thoughts, as he suffered a serious stroke today. Getting on with results, the people were consistent for the most part with their selections on this side; nothing too close. Big winner here was “Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For,” racking up a
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Hello friends and Happy Monday evening! Welcome to Division D, Right Side.
I am joining you from Dallas tonight, home of the new NBA champions! Although I am just passing through, I am seeing lots of people with that happy, tired look of people who gleefully celebrated all night long.
Greetings from Dallas!
I briefly considered being a cornball and trying to make each of the matchup descriptions tonight NBA finals related, but with my tenuous grasp on basketball I think it will be better to just talk about the music. I’d hate to go the way of any song that gets a 10 from both Guillermo and me, and be kicked off the People’s Choice Island.
While I didn’t nominate any of these songs, I have been looking forward to tonight’s choices. I can really get behind a Division that features Fleetwood Mac and Cher, Zero 7, Natalie Cole and Rilo Kiley.
(15) Believe, Cher
Here’s the Grooveshark link, and as always, vote by commenting below. Votes are due by 8 pm EST on Wednesday, June 15th by 8 pm EST.
Our deepest congratulations to Dirk Nowitski, Jason Kidd, Jason Terry, Shawn Marion, JJ Barea and the rest of the gutty underdog Dallas Mavericks, who just won the NBA Finals, beating the Miami Heat in six games. Basketball is an exhilarating sport to watch and to play, so to the best team in the world- you all are officially living the dream. Continue reading
Votes due by Tuesday, June 14th at 8 pm EST.
Mr Roboto
Whelp, this is my first time posting on Living the Dream. I’ve had my shiny new MBA degree for 25 hours and this is my first “responsibility” now that I’m back in the “real world”…so I have one goal for this post: don’t screw up. Grooveshark link is here. Continue reading
Two blow-outs and two nailbiters is starting to become the standard this round. High scorer was Louis Armstrong, and boy did the man with the trumpet bring it. “A Kiss To Build A Dream On” has replaced Florence & The Machine as the top averaging song of the entire Round of 256 to date with a 7.74 average, has made the Continue reading
Votes due by Monday, June 13th at 8 pm EST: The right side of Division C is the stuff of legends- literally. There’s no denying it, this is a ridiculously potent group of rock stars and you can’t help but have fun Continue reading
Today’s photo is sent over courtesy of Grant, who raises the important question, “What is in Bill Clinton’s paper bag?” If you’re walking out the door with a suspicious looking Keith Richards skulking behind you, it’s a valid question. Throw in the recently retired Shaquille O’Neal (new nickname: “The Big AARP”), and you would have possibly the most fun hang out session imaginable.
The right side of the bracket featured two blow-outs, two nail-biters, and amazing voter participation, so thank you to all for voting. With 44 voters, this was tied for the second most adjudicated round we’ve ever had, second only to the LTD Finals in April (81 voters).
#15 Trigger Finger Itch (Midnight Spin) def. #2 Allison (Elvis Costello), 263-258. The most random thing about this match-up is that we accidentally pitted a song where Mike Corbett sings vocals and plays lead guitar against his top nomination to the tournament. Our bad, dude. Mike, being the class act that he is, voted for Allison 9-7. A sizable majority of voters went the other way, however, and Elvis the 2nd goes down. But fear not, Costello fans- “My Thief” remains ahead. Continue reading
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Votes due by Saturday, June 11th at 8 pm EST. Exciting administrative news to start: more new authors! Joining Lindsay will be Danno, Grant, and Aiko, all contributing posts next week. Cities now represented by tournament authors: New York, DC, Tulsa, Chicago, and Seattle. Continue reading
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