Wheelhouse - Episode 9

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Wheelhouse - Episode 9

October 27, 2016


1) Put these We Are the World soloists in order as they appeared (sang) in the original video: (1 point each)
c) Paul Simon
b) Michael Jackson
d) Bruce Springsteen
a) Cyndi Lauper

2) What name is given to a purple helmet with white horns and blonde braids made popular by Vikings fans? (2 points)
The Helga Hat

3) What is the most common name for a county in the US that is not the last name of a former US president? (2 points)
b) Franklin

4) Which of these American cooking competitions has a British counterpart: (2 points)
b) Chopped
d) Iron Chef

5) Johann (Hans) Hölzel was better known by what name in the music world? (2 points)
Falco

6) Who is the only former NFL player to have his number retired posthumously by the Minnesota Vikings? (3 points)
c) Korey Stringer

7) The British version of the American game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? was called
Are You Smarter than a 9 Year Old? (2 points)

Note: answer is more than one word


8 ) Who are the highest ranking Republican and Democratic US Senators based on seniority date? (3 points each)
Republican:
c) Orrin Hatch

Democratic:
g) Barbara Mikulski

Wheelhouse Bonus: (5 points)
The Obama fix is a mechanism by which the President of the United States, in appointing a current or former member of the United States Congress whose elected term has not yet expired, can avoid the restriction of the United States Constitution's Ineligibility Clause. (5 points)


Total points available: 28

[mellytu74]

Spoiler

Almost forgot ....

1) Put these We Are the World soloists in order as they appeared (sang) in the original video: (1 point each)

c) Paul Simon
b) Michael Jackson
d) Bruce Springsteen
a) Cyndi Lauper


2) What name is given to a purple helmet with white horns and blonde braids made popular by Vikings fans? (2 points)

Brunhilda?

3) What is the most common name for a county in the US that is not the last name of a former US president? (2 points)

b) Franklin

4) Which one of these American cooking competitions has a British counterpart: (2 points)

a) Cake wars

5) Johann (Hans) Hölzel was better known by what name in the music world? (2 points)

FALCO

6) Who is the only former NFL player to have his number retired posthumously by the Minnesota Vikings? (3 points)

c) Korey Stringer


7) The British version of the American game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? was called
Are You Smarter than a ____ ? (2 points)

Note: answer is more than one word

10-year-old?


8 ) Who are the highest ranking Republican and Democratic US Senators based on seniority date? (3 points each)
Republican:

c) Orrin Hatch

Democratic:

f) Patrick Leahy

Wheelhouse Bonus: (5 points)
The ______ fix is a mechanism by which the President of the United States, in appointing a current or former member of the United States Congress whose elected term has not yet expired, can avoid the restriction of the United States Constitution's Ineligibility Clause. (5 points)

FORD

Total points available: 28

[Vandal]

I think mine was better. Wrong, but better.

I gave you full credit.

You're welcome.

Stop crying.

[Vandal]

Wheelhouse - Episode 9 answers/reveal/points

October 27, 2016


1) Put these We Are the World soloists in order as they appeared (sang) in the original video: (1 point each)
a) Cyndi Lauper
b) Michael Jackson
c) Paul Simon
d) Bruce Springsteen

c-b-d-a


2) What name is given to a purple helmet with white horns and blonde braids made popular by Vikings fans? (2 points)
Helga

3) What is the most common name for a county in the US that is not the last name of a former US president? (2 points)

b) Franklin


4) Which one of these American cooking competitions has a British counterpart: (2 points)
d) Iron Chef
(I changed the wording to say "which one" and gave partial credit if you gave two and got 1 right

5) Johann (Hans) Hölzel was better known by what name in the music world? (2 points)
Falco


6) Who is the only former NFL player to have his number retired posthumously by the Minnesota Vikings? (3 points)
c) Korey Stringer
Much easier than I figured

7) The British version of the American game show Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader? was called
Are You Smarter than a ____ ? (2 points)
Ten-Year-Old
Can't find any other name for this

8 ) Who are the highest ranking Republican and Democratic US Senators based on seniority date? (3 points each)
Republican:

c) Orrin Hatch

Democratic:

f) Patrick Leahy

Wheelhouse Bonus: (5 points)
The ______ fix is a mechanism by which the President of the United States, in appointing a current or former member of the United States Congress whose elected term has not yet expired, can avoid the restriction of the United States Constitution's Ineligibility Clause. (5 points)
Saxbe
(can't find it being called anything else)


Reveal: today's expert is Pastor Fireball, who scored 21

Points:

mysteryman ~~ 28
panic ~~ 28
krox ~~ 21
fireball ~~ 21 expert
melly ~~ 19
earendel ~~ 19
lb ~~ 19
weasel ~~ 19
esto ~~ 17
BiT ~~ 16
tangredi ~~ 15
Bob#s ~~ 14
tbone ~~ 14
flock ~~ 14
catfish ~~ 11
beebs ~~ 10
elwood ~~ 8
mikehardware ~~ 8
triviawayne ~~ 7
sprots ~~ 7

Panic, mysteryman and krox all get 3 bonus points. Fireball gets 5 expert points

[Estonut]

4) Which one of these American cooking competitions has a British counterpart: (2 points)
d) Iron Chef
(I changed the wording to say "which one" and gave partial credit if you gave two and got 1 right

With the original wording, I assumed there might be more than one, so I guessed at the most likely other one.

Looking it up, it appears from this article that there was at least a special episode, if not a full-fledged season:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/ ... ested.html

[Vandal]

That looks to be the case. I will go back and adjust accordingly.