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Any Questions #504: "Ordinal Numbers"

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WAMC's Ian Pickus and resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel get ready for the 4th.

Last week's challenge

Start with the phrase SHARED SPACES. Rearrange the letters to spell a seven-letter word for things that have marshals and a five-letter word for something that has kings. What are the words?

Answer: PARADES, CHESS

THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: ORDINAL NUMBERS  
On-air questions: OK Mike, this weekend is a holiday one for many listeners. Sunday is the 4th of July, marking Independence Day. Before you fire up the grill and light some sparklers, we’ll do a quiz today inspired by the fourth in which all the correct answers are ordinal numbers.

1. Among the sequels of what film franchise that dates to 1980 include the title character living, going to hell, taking Manhattan, and facing off against Freddy, among many others?
2. Under Roberts Rules of Order, what must be done to introduce a new piece of business or a decision, postpone a motion, amend a motion, commit a motion, table a motion, or adjourn the meeting?
3. What world leader who lived until 1715 was married to his double first cousin Maria Theresa of Spain, and was nicknamed le Roi Soleil, now the name of a French musical?
4. With the Demilitarized Zone running about 150 miles along it, what line of longitude has separated the Korean peninsula since 1945?
5. Multiple winners of what annual NBA honor include Kevin McHale, who won the second and third iterations of the honor, Detlef Schrempf, who won it in 1991 and 1992, Jamal Crawford, who won it for a third time in 2016, and Lou Williams, who matched him with a third honor in 2019?

Extra credit
1. In Shakespeare, what title character is Catesby addressing when he says, “Withdraw, my lord; I’ll help you to a horse”?
2. The follow-up to 2005’s “American Idiot,” what Green Day album released in 2009 included three songs used in the Broadway musical adaptation of “American Idiot” ?

This week's challenge
Start with the phrase BUNKER HILL. Rearrange the letters and you can spell a world capital and a comic book character. What are the words?

ANSWERS
On-air questions

1. Friday the 13th (the latest installment was a 2009 reboot sharing the title of the original)
2. A second (Robert’s Rules of Order date to a book by Henry Martyn Robert first published in 1876)
3. Louis XIV
4. 38th Parallel
5. Sixth Man of the Year Award

Extra credit
1. Richard III
2. “21st Century Breakdown”

 

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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