Yes, folks; yours truly, "Esoteric" Eric Smallman, got through all five questions on this Sunday afternoon in Seattle. I picked the 5/20 (Thursday) tape date, so I'll be waiting for a call from New York from 6 - 9 AM PDT on Tuesday.
Granted, my stack wasn't particularly difficult (see further below for my misses on previous nights,) but I'm still fairly psyched about the accomplishment!
Tonight's questions (paraphrased; who's got time to write it all down when you're playing?)
Q1. Arrange words to form name of group that studies weather:
The - Organization - World - Meteorological
(The World Meteorological Organization)
Q2. Historical events, from the earliest:
Joan of Arc burned - Roman Empire falls - Spanish Armada defeated - Nagasaki bombed
(Roman - Joan - Armada - Nagasaki)
Q3. Music venues, east to west:
Preservation Hall - Hollywood Bowl - Carnegie Hall - Grand Ole Opry
(Carnegie [New York City] - Opry [Nashville] - Preservation [New Orleans] - Bowl [Los Angeles])
(Lucked out on this one; I blanked on Preservation Hall.)
Q4. Settings of TV series, east to west:
Homicide: Life on the Street - Full House - Northern Exposure - ER
(Homicide [Baltimore] - ER [Chicago] - Full House [San Francisco] - Northern Exposure ["Cicely", AK])
Q5. Books in reverse order of publication:
"On the Road" - "Of Mice and Men" - "Snow Falling on Cedars" - "O Pioneers!"
("Snow Falling..." - "On the Road" - "Of Mice and Men" - "O Pioneers!")
Esoteric Eric, with his now - final stats for this series:
Q1. 6 / 7
(Thought attorney known as "The King of Torts" was "King of the Torts." Ouch.)
Q2. 4 / 6
(Got the kids on Home Improvement mixed up, marked the oldest one as younger than the Olsen Twins. Also erred on severity of National Weather Service notices.)
Q3. 3 / 4
(Missed on USDA grades of beef: Commercial - Prime - Standard - Select. Thought Commercial was below Standard.)
Q4. 2 / 3
(Ballet productions in reverse order?!?!? Not this boy...)
Q5. 1 / 2
(Organs by weight in average human, highest to lowest: Kidney - Liver - Spleen - Skin. I had Skin - Liver - Spleen - Kidney.)
Total 16 / 22
