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Any Questions #198

WAMC's Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel take a spin.

Last week's challenge
Start with the name of the actor E.G. MARSHALL. Change one letter to an L (not either of the two that are already there, of course) and you can rearrange the result to spell two five-letter antonyms. What are they?
Answer: If you change the H to an L, you can spell LARGE and SMALL.

THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: GLOBES
On-air questions: On June 12, 1997, a modern reconstruction of Shakespeare's Globe Theater was opened with a production of Henry V. It sits approximately 750 feet from the site of the original theater, which was built in 1599 and burned down in 1613. One year later, a new theater was built which was closed, along with all the other theaters in London, by the Puritans in 1642. In honor of the famous theater, this week our quiz is about globes.
1. While the Golden Globe Awards are often seen as predictors of Oscar wins, in one actor? case, it hasn? panned out. Who was nominated for both a Golden Globe and an Oscar for his roles in Born on the Fourth of July, Jerry Maguire, and Magnolia, won all three Best Actor Golden Globes, and lost the Oscar all three times?  
2.  Built as the symbol for the 1964-65 World? Fair, the 120-foot-diameter Unisphere in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens is the world? largest geographical globe. In 2001, it was used as the finish line for what around-the-world reality competition show?
3. Published from 1904 until it merged with the New York Sun in 1923, the New York Globe originated what feature, a cartoon panel that presented bizarre and outlandish facts and events?
4. A young boy sits on the floor, holding a snow globe. His father says to the boy's grandfather, "...he sits there, all day long, in his own world, staring at that toy. What's he thinking about?" The camera pans in to reveal a tiny model of a hospital. Thus ends what 1980s medical drama's series finale, believed by many to imply what the boy was thinking about was the events of the entire series?
5. Despite their name, the Harlem Globetrotters were founded in Chicago in 1926. Over the years, many future NBA stars have played for the Globetrotters, including what player, who holds the league record for the most points scored in a single game and the most career rebounds?

Extra credit
1. Eartha, the world's largest rotating globe, is located in Yarmouth, Maine, at the headquarters of the DeLorme corporation. Appropriately, DeLorme was founded in 1976 as a manufacturer of what?
2. "Dark Globe" is a 1970 song released on The Madcap Laughs, the debut album by Syd Barrett. The album was recorded after Barrett left what influential progressive rock band?

This week's challenge
Start with the words GLOBE and EARTH. Change one letter to an M and you can rearrange the result to spell an adjective that might describe something that comes from the earth. What's the word?
ANSWERS
On-air questions
1. Tom Cruise
2. The Amazing Race
3. Ripley's Believe It Or Not!
4. St. Elsewhere
5. Wilt Chamberlain

Extra credit
1. Maps
2. Pink Floyd
 

A lifelong resident of the Capital Region, Ian joined WAMC in late 2008 and became news director in 2013. He began working on Morning Edition and has produced The Capitol Connection, Congressional Corner, and several other WAMC programs. Ian can also be heard as the host of the WAMC News Podcast and on The Roundtable and various newscasts. Ian holds a BA in English and journalism and an MA in English, both from the University at Albany, where he has taught journalism since 2013.
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