WAMC's Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel switch sides for another journey to the center of the trivia earth.
Last week's challenge
Start with the word ELEPHANT. Change one letter to an O and rearrange the result to spell the name of another animal you might see in Africa. What is it?
Answer: Change the H to an O and you can rearrange those letters to spell ANTELOPE.
THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: FAMOUS JOURNEYS
On-air questions: On November 14, 1889, the famous journalist and author Nellie Bly, who wrote about stunts and was considered a legendary muckraker, began an attempt to travel around the world in 80 days. She would complete the trip eight days ahead of schedule. So today’s quiz is all about famous journeys.
1. Jon Krakauer wrote Into The Wild about Chris McCandless, who famously left everything behind and journeyed to the wilderness but starved and died at age 24 in 1992. In which state did he die?
2. One of the best-loved Apple II computer games, which game sent pioneers in a covered wagon from Independence, Missouri to the Willamette Valley, during which they face disease, thieves, and whitewater rapids?
3. Which pair explored the new lands acquired under the Louisiana Purchase of 1803 between 1804 and 1806, helped along by Shoshone woman Sacajawea?
4. Although thousands of people have already applied with companies hoping to complete the journey, the BBC recently reported 13-year-old Alyssa Carson of Baton Rouge, who has completed three NASA space camps, is hoping to become the first person to travel where?
5. Consisting of many impressions and gourmet meals, what is the name of the feature film featuring Brits Rob Brydon and Steve Coogan playing somewhat fictional versions of themselves that began as a BBC miniseries?
Extra credit
1. Which rock opera contains the song “Amazing Journey,” and who wrote it, so to speak?
2. Born Mildred Lisette Norman, what did Norman alliteratively rename herself during at least eight coast-to-coast walks over nearly three decades until 1981?
This week's challenge
Start with the location Norwegian Roald Amundsen became the first to reach on December 14, 1911. Rearrange the letters and you can spell a five-letter word for a thing that can be built and a four-letter word for a place where it might be built. What are the words?
ANSWERS
On-air questions
1. Alaska (still fascinated by the case, Krakauer published a 2013 New Yorker article that contends McCandless probably poisoned himself by foraging and eating the wrong kind of seeds).
2. The Oregon Trail
3. Lewis and Clark
4. Mars
5. The Trip (sequel The Trip To Italy came out in 2014)
Extra credit
1. Tommy, the Who/Pete Townshend
2. Peace Pilgrim
