Word of the Week - 7-21-2008

Word of the Week
TICKY-TACKY
Pronunciation: \ˌti-kē-ˈta-kē\
Function: noun
Etymology: reduplication of tacky
Date: 1962
: sleazy or shoddy material used especially in the construction of look-alike tract houses; also : something built of ticky-tacky

Function: adjective
Date: 1964
1 : of an uninspired or monotonous sameness
2 : tacky
3 : built of ticky-tacky


Interesting Fact
James Naismith was the Canadian physical education instructor who invented basketball in 1891. James Naismith was born in Almonte, Ontario and educated at McGill University and Presbyterian Cllege in Montreal. He was the physical education teacher at McGill University (1887 to 1890) and at Springfield College in Springfield, Massachusetts (1890 to 1895). At Springfield College (which was then the Y.M.C.A. training school), James Naismith, under the direction of American phys-ed specialist Luther Halsey Gulick, invented the indoor sport of basketball.

The first formal rules were devised in 1892. Initially, players dribbled a soccer ball up and down a court of unspecified dimensions. Points were earned by landing the ball in a peach basket. Iron hoops and a hammock-style basket were introduced in 1893. Another decade passed, however, before the innovation of open-ended nets put an end to the practice of manually retrieving the ball from the basket each time a goal was scored.


Trivial Pursuit
Ready to test your TV acumen?
Here are the questions – 1 point for each correct answer
The category this week is Classic:
Which Monty Python member traditonally said “And now for something completely different” ?
John Cleese
Eric Idle
Terry Jones
Michael Palin
Graham Chapman

Who voiced Charlie on Charlie’s Angels?

Who shot J.R. on Dallas?

Who (influenced by BOB) killed Laura Palmer on Twin Peaks?

Did Scully give birth to a boy or a girl on Season 8 of The X-Files?

Who was the first host of the Tonight Show?

On Batman, a button to access the Batcave was hidden in a bust of which famous literary figure?

Who guest starred as alcoholic Uncle Ned on Family Ties?

Match the show with its spin off:
Barney Miller
All in the Family
Maude
Murder, She Wrote
The X-Files
The Carol Burnett Show
Who’s The Boss?
Happy Days
Soap
Cheers
Diff’rent Strokes
M*A*S*H
21 Jump Street
Party of Five
The Mary Tyler Moore Show

1. Trapper John, MD
2. Mork & Mindy
3. The Lone Gunmen
4. Phyllis
5. The Facts of Life
6. Benson
7. Time of Your Life
8. Booker
9. Mama’s Family
10. Living Dolls
11. Good Times
12. Maude
13. Fish
14. The Tortellis
15. The Law & Harry McGraw


Here are last week’s answers:
The category last week was Reality:
What sport did Ralph famously pretend to have ability in to impress his boss on an episode of The Honeymooners? Golf

Match the guest star with the show he/she appeared on:
a. The A-Team – 4. Boy George
b. Gilmore Girls – 3. Madeline Albright
c. Batman – 2. Liberace
d. Dynasty – 5. Henry Kissinger
e. The Love Boat – 1. Andy Warhol

1. Andy Warhol
2. Liberace
3. Madeline Albright
4. Boy George
5. Henry Kissinger

What was the name of the car that “ran great” in the All in the Family theme song? LaSalle

What did the abbreviation KITT on Knight Rider stand for? Knight Industries Two Thousand

Match the restaurant / bar / coffee shop with the corresponding TV series that called it home?
a. Moe’s Tavern – 5. The Simpsons
b. The Peach Pit – 9. Beverly Hills 90210
c. The Regal Beagle – 2. Three’s Company
d. Café Nervosa – 6. Frasier
e. Tropicana Club – 10. I Love Lucy
f. Monk’s Café – 4. Seinfeld
g. Boars Nest – 8. The Dukes of Hazard
h. Central Perk – 3. Friends
i. The Lobo Lounge – 1. Roseanne
j. The Bronze – 7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

1. Roseanne
2. Three’s Company
3. Friends
4. Seinfeld
5. The Simpsons
6. Frasier
7. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
8. The Dukes of Hazzard
9. Beverly Hills 90210
10. I Love Lucy

What planet is ALF from? Melmac

Match the host with his game show:
a. Bob Eubanks – 4. Card Sharks
b. Chuck Woolery – 1. Scrabble
c. Bert Convy – 3. Tattletales
d. Jim Lange – 2. The $100,000 Name That Tune

1. Scrabble
2. The $100,000 Name The Tune
3. Tattletales
4. Card Sharks