Incredible Girl -- Quiz Quilt 214 Puzzle
Robert Jen
onscreen exclamation on the early 1980s show "That's Incredible!".
ABC's answer to NBC's "Real People" featured a wide variety of mostly
human stunts, some worthy of "Guinness Book of World Records"
recognition, others more fitting for David Letterman's "Stupid
Human Tricks".
[Incredible Quiz Quilt Rules! http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
[ Entertainment & Food ]
What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
to the U.S. in 2000?
[ Math & Science ]
What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
[ Literature & Arts ]
What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
made into three movies?
[ Geography & Nature ]
What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
country's cultural heart?
[ History & Government ]
Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
first one to be able to deliver it"?
[ Sports & Games ]
What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
before it touches the ground?
--
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http://triviawhys.blogspot.com -- Trivia Why's blog
Mark Brader
I forget who that was.
Robert Jen:
> What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> to the U.S. in 2000?
I don't know or care.
> What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
EAGLE.
> What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> made into three movies?
WILLIAMS.
> What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> country's cultural heart?
KYOTO.
> Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> first one to be able to deliver it"?
Gotta be NIXON!
> What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> before it touches the ground?
Dunno. ACE?
Okay, I don't get the incredible bit, but VIOLET is on the upward
diagonal. So VOLLEY for #6, and NESBITT is a name that fits #1.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "A good programmer is someone who looks both ways
m...@vex.net | before crossing a one-way street." -- Doug Linder
My text in this article is in the public domain.
swp
> This week's Quiz Quilt title undoubtedly appeared several times as a
> onscreen exclamation on the early 1980s show "That's Incredible!".
> ABC's answer to NBC's "Real People" featured a wide variety of mostly
> human stunts, some worthy of "Guinness Book of World Records"
> recognition, others more fitting for David Letterman's "Stupid
> Human Tricks".
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> to the U.S. in 2000?
mark burnett
> [ Math & Science ]
> What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
eagle
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> made into three movies?
when in doubt ... tennessee williams
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> country's cultural heart?
kyoto
> [ History & Government ]
> Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> first one to be able to deliver it"?
(tricky) dick nixon
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> before it touches the ground?
volley (?)
VIOLET on the diagonal is the only word I see. no idea what it means
though.
swp
Marc Dashevsky
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show to the U.S. in 2000?
BURNETT, Mark
> [ Math & Science ]
> What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
EAGLE
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was made into three movies?
WILLIAMS, Tennessee
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the country's cultural heart?
KYOTO
> [ History & Government ]
> Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the first one to be able to deliver it"?
NIXON, Richard (What a stupid thing to say.)
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit before it touches the ground?
VOLLEY
Quilt answer: VIOLET, southwest to northeast diagonal
(I do not understand the connection between Violet and "incredible".)
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Mark Brader
> > Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> > first one to be able to deliver it"?
> NIXON, Richard (What a stupid thing to say.)
It's called a "joke".
--
Mark Brader | "... you're a detective, you like mysteries."
Toronto | "I hate mysteries. What I like are *solutions*."
m...@vex.net | --Barbara Paul, "The Apostrophe Thief"
Russ
>This week's Quiz Quilt title undoubtedly appeared several times as a
>onscreen exclamation on the early 1980s show "That's Incredible!".
>ABC's answer to NBC's "Real People" featured a wide variety of mostly
>human stunts, some worthy of "Guinness Book of World Records"
>recognition, others more fitting for David Letterman's "Stupid
>Human Tricks".
>
>[Incredible Quiz Quilt Rules! http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
>
>
>CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
>[ Entertainment & Food ]
>What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
>to the U.S. in 2000?
>
BURNETT, MARK
>[ Math & Science ]
>What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
>
EAGLE
>[ Literature & Arts ]
>What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
>made into three movies?
>
WILLIAMS, Tennessee
>[ Geography & Nature ]
>What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
>country's cultural heart?
>
KYOTO
>[ History & Government ]
>Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
>first one to be able to deliver it"?
>
NIXON, RIchard
>[ Sports & Games ]
>What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
>before it touches the ground?
VOLLEY
BURNE T T
EAGL E
WIL L IAMS
KY O TO
N I XON
V OLLEY
Quilt Solution: VIOLET (bottom left to top right). Violet
was the name of the daughter in the 2004 Pixar movie
"THE INCREDIBLE'S".
Russ S.
Joshua Kreitzer
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> to the U.S. in 2000?
BURNETT, Mark
> [ Math & Science ]
> What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
EAGLE
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> made into three movies?
WILLIAMS, Tennessee
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> country's cultural heart?
OSAKA
> [ History & Government ]
> Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> first one to be able to deliver it"?
NIXON, Richard M.
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> before it touches the ground?
VOLLEY
I don't know how many of the above answers are correct, because I have
no guess for the quilt.
--
Joshua Kreitzer
grom...@hotmail.com
Pink Pig
> What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> to the U.S. in 2000?
I'll guess that.
> [ Math & Science ]
> What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
EAGLE (Aren't all the constellations in the Milky Way?)
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> made into three movies?
WILLIAMS (Tennessee)
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> country's cultural heart?
KYOTO
> [ History & Government ]
> Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> first one to be able to deliver it"?
I thought I knew all the people who could have said this, but all I
can say is that the 2nd letter is an I. Maybe it's NIXON (Richard), so
I'll take a shot at that.
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> before it touches the ground?
VOLLEY
Quilt = VIOLET (skew diagonal upward)
Mark Brader
>> What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
Bill Daly:
> EAGLE (Aren't all the constellations in the Milky Way?)
Depends on what you mean by "constellation" and by "Milky Way".
"Milky Way" can mean the galaxy (a word itself derived from the Greek
for "milk") we are located in, but it can also mean the band of light,
visible when the sky is dark enough, where we are looking more or
less edge-on along the central plane of the galaxy.
"Constellation" can mean a group of stars visible in the same part of
the sky, but it can also just mean the part of the sky containing
those stars (astronomers have officially divided the whole sky
into 88 constellations with definite boundary lines between them).
Since you can see an indefinite distance into space, a "constellation"
in this usage is better thought of as a direction, from the Sun,
in 3-dimensional space.
If you use the first sense of "Milky Way" and the first sense of
"constellation", then you're right, all constellations are in the
Milky Way -- no individual stars farther away than that are bright
enough to see at all (except for supernovas in the Magellanic
Clouds, like SN 1987A).
But if you use the second sense of "Milky Way" and the second sense
of "constellation", then it does make sense to call Aquila a Milky
Way constallation, because part of the Milky Way in that sense runs
through that section of the sky.
On the other hand, it's really the constellations in the first sense
that "represent" things.
> Quilt = VIOLET (skew diagonal upward)
Aren't all diagonals skew?
--
Mark Brader, Toronto | "Ah. I am now confused at a much more
m...@vex.net | advanced level, thank you." --Mike Lyle
Robert Jen
<9b6906ab-2b3b-4e14...@b2g2000yqi.googlegroups.com>,
Pink Pig <bi...@grandcentralapartments.com> wrote:
> > What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> > to the U.S. in 2000?
> No idea, but the 6th letter is T. Is there somebody named LEGGETT?
> I'll guess that.
Incorrect (although it's an uncommon last name, there are producers
named Leggett, but not this one; right last three letters though).
> > What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
> EAGLE (Aren't all the constellations in the Milky Way?)
Correct (only for us Earth-centric folk ;-).
> > What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> > made into three movies?
> WILLIAMS (Tennessee)
Correct.
> > What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> > country's cultural heart?
> KYOTO
Correct.
> > Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> > first one to be able to deliver it"?
> I thought I knew all the people who could have said this, but all I
> can say is that the 2nd letter is an I. Maybe it's NIXON (Richard), so
> I'll take a shot at that.
Correct.
> > What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> > before it touches the ground?
> VOLLEY
Correct.
> Quilt = VIOLET (skew diagonal upward)
Correct.
Nine points.
Robert Jen
<619b429f-a885-419d...@a31g2000yqn.googlegroups.com>,
Joshua Kreitzer <grom...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> > to the U.S. in 2000?
>
> BURNETT, Mark
Correct.
> > What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
>
> EAGLE
Correct.
> > What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> > made into three movies?
>
> WILLIAMS, Tennessee
Correct.
> > What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> > country's cultural heart?
>
> OSAKA
Incorrect.
> > Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> > first one to be able to deliver it"?
>
> NIXON, Richard M.
Correct.
> > What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> > before it touches the ground?
>
> VOLLEY
Correct.
> I don't know how many of the above answers are correct, because I have
> no guess for the quilt.
Doomed by the one wrong answer.
Five points.
Robert Jen
Russ <rem...@protection.com> wrote:
> >What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> >to the U.S. in 2000?
> >
>
> BURNETT, MARK
Correct.
> >What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
> >
>
> EAGLE
Correct.
> >What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> >made into three movies?
> >
>
> WILLIAMS, Tennessee
Correct.
> >What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> >country's cultural heart?
> >
>
> KYOTO
Correct.
> >Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> >first one to be able to deliver it"?
> >
>
> NIXON, RIchard
Correct.
> >What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> >before it touches the ground?
>
> VOLLEY
Correct.
> BURNE T T
> EAGL E
> WIL L IAMS
> KY O TO
> N I XON
> V OLLEY
>
> Quilt Solution: VIOLET (bottom left to top right). Violet
> was the name of the daughter in the 2004 Pixar movie
> "THE INCREDIBLE'S".
Correct (exactly right).
Ten points!
Robert Jen
Marc Dashevsky <use...@MarcDashevsky.com> wrote:
> > What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show to
> > the U.S. in 2000?
> BURNETT, Mark
Correct.
> > What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
> EAGLE
Correct.
> > What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was made
> > into three movies?
> WILLIAMS, Tennessee
Correct.
> > What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> > country's cultural heart?
> KYOTO
Correct.
> > Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the first
> > one to be able to deliver it"?
> NIXON, Richard (What a stupid thing to say.)
Correct.
> > What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit before it
> > touches the ground?
> VOLLEY
Correct.
> Quilt answer: VIOLET, southwest to northeast diagonal
> (I do not understand the connection between Violet and "incredible".)
Correct (Russ already explained it, but I'll copy his comment here...).
>> Violet was the name of the daughter in the 2004 Pixar movie
>> "THE INCREDIBLE'S"
Ten points!
Robert Jen
<044882a0-5a09-4b2e...@p8g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,
swp <stephen...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> > to the U.S. in 2000?
>
> mark burnett
Correct.
> > What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
>
> eagle
Correct.
> > What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> > made into three movies?
>
> when in doubt ... tennessee williams
Correct (except that I'm sure you knew this one).
> > What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> > country's cultural heart?
>
> kyoto
Correct.
> > Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> > first one to be able to deliver it"?
>
> (tricky) dick nixon
Correct.
> > What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> > before it touches the ground?
>
> volley (?)
Correct.
> VIOLET on the diagonal is the only word I see. no idea what it means
> though.
Correct (another kids movie, of course: "The Incredibles". Violet was
the daughter.).
Ten points!
Robert Jen
m...@vex.net (Mark Brader) wrote:
> Hmm. I bet this is the actress who voiced "Elastic Girl", but
> I forget who that was.
Right movie, wrong character.
> > What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> > to the U.S. in 2000?
>
> I don't know or care.
See below.
> > What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
>
> EAGLE.
Correct.
> > What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> > made into three movies?
>
> WILLIAMS.
Correct.
> > What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> > country's cultural heart?
>
> KYOTO.
Correct.
> > Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> > first one to be able to deliver it"?
>
> Gotta be NIXON!
Correct.
> > What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> > before it touches the ground?
>
> Dunno. ACE?
Incorrect but see below.
> Okay, I don't get the incredible bit, but VIOLET is on the upward
> diagonal. So VOLLEY for #6, and NESBITT is a name that fits #1.
Correct, correct, and incorrect. When you said "Elastic Girl", I
thought you were referring to "Elastigirl", who was played by Holly
HUNTER in the 2004 movie "The Incredibles". Violet was Elastigirl's
daughter and was played by Sarah VOWELL (I consider both HUNTER and
VOWELL too difficult/obscure in this context for quilt solutions).
Nine points.
Mark Brader
>> Hmm. I bet this is the actress who voiced "Elastic Girl", but
>> I forget who that was.
Robert Jen:
> When you said "Elastic Girl", I thought you were referring to
> "Elastigirl" ...
I was. I've only seen part of the movie.
--
Mark Brader, Toronto, m...@vex.net
"Omit needless code! Omit needless code! Omit needless code!"
-- Chip Salzenberg (after Strunk & White)
Jeffrey Turner
>
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> to the U.S. in 2000?
>
> [ Math & Science ]
> What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
Eagle
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> made into three movies?
Williams, Tennessee
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> country's cultural heart?
Edo
> [ History & Government ]
> Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> first one to be able to deliver it"?
Glenn, John
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> before it touches the ground?
-------
eagle
williams
edo
glenn
-------
The hint means nothing to me. Looks to be either the second column or
the last letters. Oh wait. Animated cartoon "The Incredibles." Girl
named...Violet. Glenn is wrong, must be Nixon (sounds right). "Volley"
must be the tennis term (didn't realize it was so specific).
--Jeff
--
The comfort of the wealthy has always
depended upon an abundant supply of
the poor. --Voltaire
The Gaydes
@news.eternal-september.org:
> This week's Quiz Quilt title undoubtedly appeared several times as a
> onscreen exclamation on the early 1980s show "That's Incredible!".
> ABC's answer to NBC's "Real People" featured a wide variety of mostly
> human stunts, some worthy of "Guinness Book of World Records"
> recognition, others more fitting for David Letterman's "Stupid
> Human Tricks".
>
> [Incredible Quiz Quilt Rules!
http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
>
>
> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> to the U.S. in 2000?
BARRETT
>
> [ Math & Science ]
> What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
HORSE
>
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> made into three movies?
WILLIAMS
>
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> country's cultural heart?
KYOTO
>
> [ History & Government ]
> Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> first one to be able to deliver it"?
NIXON
>
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> before it touches the ground?
VOLLEY
Quilt: VIOLET
>
Pete
Robert Jen
The Gaydes <pag...@wideopenwest.com> wrote:
> > What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> > to the U.S. in 2000?
>
> BARRETT
Incorrect (but close).
> > What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
>
> HORSE
Incorrect (that would be Equuleus [well, "little horse" anyway]).
> > What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> > made into three movies?
>
> WILLIAMS
Correct.
> > What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> > country's cultural heart?
>
> KYOTO
Correct.
> > Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> > first one to be able to deliver it"?
>
> NIXON
Correct.
> > What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> > before it touches the ground?
>
> VOLLEY
Correct.
> Quilt: VIOLET
Correct.
Eight points.
Robert Jen
Jeffrey Turner <jtu...@localnet.com> wrote:
> > What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
>
> Eagle
Correct.
> > What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> > made into three movies?
>
> Williams, Tennessee
Correct.
> > What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> > country's cultural heart?
>
> Edo
Incorrect.
> > Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> > first one to be able to deliver it"?
>
> Glenn, John
Incorrect but see below.
> > What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> > before it touches the ground?
See below.
> eagle
> williams
> edo
> glenn
> -------
>
> The hint means nothing to me. Looks to be either the second column or
> the last letters. Oh wait. Animated cartoon "The Incredibles." Girl
> named...Violet. Glenn is wrong, must be Nixon (sounds right). "Volley"
> must be the tennis term (didn't realize it was so specific).
Correct, correct, and correct.
Eight points.
Dan Tilque
news:rjen-3B3A12.2...@news.eternal-september.org...
> This week's Quiz Quilt title undoubtedly appeared several times as a
> onscreen exclamation on the early 1980s show "That's Incredible!".
> ABC's answer to NBC's "Real People" featured a wide variety of mostly
> human stunts, some worthy of "Guinness Book of World Records"
> recognition, others more fitting for David Letterman's "Stupid
> Human Tricks".
>
> [Incredible Quiz Quilt Rules!
> http://triviawhys.com/QuizQuiltRules.html]
>
>
> CATEGORY QUESTIONS:
>
> [ Entertainment & Food ]
> What British entrepreneur and producer brought the "Survivor" TV show
> to the U.S. in 2000?
>
> [ Math & Science ]
> What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
eagle
>
> [ Literature & Arts ]
> What playwright's "The Glass Menagerie" appeared on Broadway and was
> made into three movies?
>
> [ Geography & Nature ]
> What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> country's cultural heart?
Kyoto
>
> [ History & Government ]
> Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> first one to be able to deliver it"?
Nixon?
>
> [ Sports & Games ]
> What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> before it touches the ground?
volley
Have no idea on the quilt.
--
Dan Tilque
Robert Jen
"Dan Tilque" <dti...@verizon.net> wrote:
> > What animal does the Milky Way constellation Aquila represent?
>
> eagle
Correct.
> > What city served as Japan's capital from 794 to 1868 and is still the
> > country's cultural heart?
>
> Kyoto
Correct.
> > Who announced, "For years politicians have promised the moon. I'm the
> > first one to be able to deliver it"?
>
> Nixon?
Correct!
> > What is the tennis term for any ball after the serve that is hit
> > before it touches the ground?
>
> volley
Correct.
Four points.