Any Questions?
Fridays, 6:25 p.m. on Northeast Report Late Edition
- Hosted by Ian Pickus
- Local Host Mike Nothnagel and Ian Pickus
About Any Questions?
WAMC's Friday quiz segment, Any Questions?, puts news director Ian Pickus in the hot seat, as he and listeners field questions from resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel. Nothnagel is Associate Professor of mathematics at The Culinary Institute of America, and a crossword constructor for the New York Times and Games Magazine, among other outlets. Often, Mike and Ian switch seats or feature guest answerers, such as Will Shortz, Liane Hansen, John Flansburgh and Mike Doughty. Any Questions? airs Friday during Northeast Report Late Edition on WAMC.
Last week's challenge: 100, 1, 5, 1, 100 is another way of describing what popular car?
Answer: CIVIC (Roman numerals).
THIS WEEK'S CATEGORY: WHERE AM I?
On-air questions: Unfortunately, many of us aren’t traveling as much these days, so I thought we’d take some trips tonight. I’m going to describe a journey and you tell me where I end up.
1. I start at the Washington Monument and walk directly west past the World War II Memorial and along the length of the Reflecting Pool. What landmark am I standing in front of?
2. I get on a boat in the Black Sea and travel along the Danube River. I pass three of the four capital cities along the river – Belgrade, Serbia; Budapest, Hungary; and Bratislava, Slovakia; before stopping in the fourth capital city on the Danube. In what city am I?
3. I get on the 101 Freeway in Hollywood and travel south. I take the Alvarado Street exit and turn left onto Alvarado Street, then right onto Sunset Boulevard. I drive for about a mile and turn left on to Vin Scully Avenue. I enter the Sunset Gate. What building am I at?
4. I leave Earth's atmosphere and pass the moons known as Deimos and Phobos. I go through an asteroid belt and land on the next planet in our solar system. What planet am I on?
5. I am traveling through another dimension, a dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. A journey into a wondrous land whose boundaries are that of imagination. Where am I?
Extra credit1. I drive on Interstate 80, starting just south of Chicago. I follow the highway east as it crosses three state borders. What state am I in?
2. I board a southbound Amtrak Empire Service train at the Albany-Rensselaer station. I get off the train three stops later. Which city am I in?
This week's challenge: Start with the phrase TAKES A TRIP. Rearrange the letters to spell a six-letter word for a type of waterway and a four-letter word for part of a landmass. What are the words?
About Any Questions?
WAMC's Friday quiz segment, Any Questions?, puts news director Ian Pickus in the hot seat, as he and listeners field questions from resident quizzer Mike Nothnagel. Nothnagel is Associate Professor of mathematics at The Culinary Institute of America, and a crossword constructor for the New York Times and Games Magazine, among other outlets. Often, Mike and Ian switch seats or feature guest answerers, such as Will Shortz, Liane Hansen, John Flansburgh and Mike Doughty.
Any Questions? airs Friday during Northeast Report Late Edition on WAMC.
