WTF Quiz #175, May 31, 2023
QUESTION 1
While Caroline Rhea and Allison Sweeney served as the show's primary hosts, Bob Harper and Jillian Michaels are the long-appearing figures connected to WHAT REALITY SERIES that has featured tons of contestants across the 18 seasons since its premiere in 2004? The series has drawn plenty of criticism from the scientific and psychological communities since its premiere, owing to the risky nature of the competition and its intended outcome.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: The Biggest Loser
QUESTION 2
Giraffes are famous throughout the study of zoology for their long necks, once believed to have happened over generations of stretching and those "developed" traits being passed to their offspring. HOW MANY CERVICAL VERTEBRAE (or neckbones) does a typical giraffe have?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: 7
QUESTION 3
WHAT MYTHOLOGICAL NAME is found in the title of the first published novel by Michael Crichton under his own name, as the code came for an extraterrestrial microbe that presents a grave threat to humanity if it is able to escape containment?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Andromeda
QUESTION 4
Pito Salas, not Ross Geller is the credited "father of" WHAT TYPE OF SPREADSHEET "TABLE" crated in 1986 and trademarked by Microsoft from 1994 to 2020 that aggregates data from an extensive data set, allowing for quick pattern and statistical analysis of all data that conforms to discrete categories?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Pivot (Table)
QUESTION 5
In casino blackjack, conventional betting wisdom indicates that there are two pairs of cards that are dead-on always in the players' advantage to "split", i.e. turn their hand of a paired card into two distinct hands each containing one copy of the card, along with an additional dealt card. NAME THE TWO RANKS OF CARDS that should always be split.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Aces, Eights
QUESTION 6
Over the evolution of the Roman Catholic Church, the requirements for a sainthood have changed and evolved; for instance, it is no longer necessary for a candidate to have performed two miracles, as in the case of Pope John XXIII who was canonized by Pope Francis in 2013. However, it is, and has always been the case, that a candidate that has been selected for sainthood must fulfill WHAT SPECIFIC REQUIREMENT?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: (They Are) Dead
QUESTION 7
Various sources differ as to exactly WHAT NAME is actually found in the lyrics of Don McLean's "American Pie", as the lyric in question could contextually refer to either of a pair of famous Europeans from different nations, whose surnames happen to be homophones of each other? One interpretation leans on a lyric referencing "the quartet" that follows shortly after the name-drop, while the other juxtaposes the name appropriately with the subject of a written work referenced in the same line. Note: Either spelling accepted.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Lennon/Lenin
QUESTION 8
Wiktionary cites a possible origin for WHAT NONCE WORD, first penned by Lewis Carroll in "Jabberwocky", as being a blend of the words "fair, fabulous, and joyous"? The word fills in the blank in this line from the poem: "O [blank] day! Callooh! Callay!" Note: spelling will count.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Frabjous
QUESTION 9
In 2023, MLB's Statcast adopted WHAT NEW CATEGORY to describe a type of breaking pitch, generally viewed as a slider with more horizontal break across the plate? The pitch is en vogue of late, being successfully utilized by pitchers like Shohei Ohtani, Yu Darvish, Nestor Cortes, and others across the league.
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Sweeper
QUESTION 10
According to the International Bartenders Association, the prototypical recipe for a "Long Island Iced Tea" contains no tea, iced or otherwise, but it does contain equal parts of vodka, tequila, rum, gin, and WHAT FIFTH ALCOHOLIC INGREDIENT, BY ITS BRAND NAME?
Your Answer: N/A
Correct Answer: Cointreau