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Today’s Answers
Today’s questions have a simple theme.
One
Olney, Buckinghamshire, holds England’s oldest pancake race; on what day does it recur annually?
Answer: Shrove Tuesday.
The tradition of ‘pancake races’ on Shrove Tuesday in the UK, which is said to have originated in Olney, Buckinghamshire, in 1445. The tradition began when a housewife, rushing to church upon hearing the bells, ran while still carrying her frying pan and pancake. Today, these races remain a common festive tradition, particularly in England, where participants run while tossing a pancake in a frying pan.
Two
What song contains the line “We are drinking beer at noon on Tuesday”? Who wrote this song, and featured it on their debut album, what was that album called?
Answer: All I Wanna Do; Sheryl Crow; Tuesday Night Music Club**.
All I Wanna Do is a 1994 hit song by American singer Sheryl Crow from her debut album, Tuesday Night Music Club. Written by Crow, David Baerwald, Bill Bottrell, and Kevin Gilbert, the song’s lyrics were adapted from Wyn Cooper’s 1987 poem Fun. It became Crow’s breakthrough US hit, peaking at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 and winning the 1995 Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Three
This actress was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her role as Katherine Dunn in the 1977 film Looking for Mr. Goodbar. Who is she?
Answer: Tuesday Weld.
Tuesday Weld (born Susan Ker Weld; August 27, 1943) is a retired American actress who began her career as a child and transitioned to mature roles in the late 1950s. She won a Golden Globe for Most Promising Female Newcomer in 1960 and built a career playing dramatic, often impulsive characters. Her accolades include nominations for a Golden Globe (Play It as It Lays), an Academy Award (Looking for Mr. Goodbar), an Emmy (The Winter of Our Discontent), and a BAFTA (Once Upon a Time in America). Her acting appearances became infrequent after the 1980s, with her final role in 2001’s Chelsea Walls.
Four
Which weekday links songs by the Rolling Stones, the Moody Blues and the Pogues; and what, respectively, are the songs?
Answer: Tuesday; Ruby Tuesday; Tuesday Afternoon; Tuesday Morning.
The Rolling Stones: Ruby Tuesday was released in 1967, reaching Number 1 on the US Billboard Hot 100; The Moody Blues: Forever Afternoon (Tuesday Afternoon) which was released in 1967 on their landmark album Days of Future Passed and The Pogues: Tuesday Morning was released in 1993 and was their highest-charting UK single without Shane MacGowan.
Five
Apparently being fat on this particular day is cause for the culmination of a carnival: what carnival?
Answer: Mardi Gras.
Mardi Gras, also known as Shrove Tuesday, is the final day of Carnival before the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. The name translates to ‘Fat Tuesday’ in French, referring to the tradition of consuming rich, fatty foods before the Christian fasting season of Lent begins. In places like the United Kingdom, it is commonly known as Pancake Day.
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