0-10: '9' Trivia

1. In 1983, the song "99 Luftballons" hit number two on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. What was the name of the German band who recorded this song?

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Answer: Nena

"99 Luftballons" was also made into an English version, titled "99 Red Balloons". The song tells of a girl and her boyfriend who release a red balloon into the sky, thus sparking a major alarm from the government and military, believing the country to be under an attack. The song ends with the girl looking at the ruins of a city and releasing a new red balloon.

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Answer: They broke the Enigma Code.

The submarine contained an Enigma machine and a collection of code books. The Enigma Code was used by German forces to relay all kinds of information from military maneuvers to weather reports. Code-breakers from Poland and mathematicians Dilly Knox, John Jeffreys, Peter Twinn, and Alan Turing used what was found to break the code.

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Answer: Macbeth

This line is spoken by the Three Witches in Macbeth (Act I sc iii) as they cast a spell on the title character. Three was often regarded as a mystical number so nine was triply so. This idea of a trinity of trinities being especially powerful probably explains why there are nine Muses in Greek myth, nine worlds in Norse myth, nine spheres in Ptolemy's astronomy and so on.

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Answer: Cats

In some cultures, such as Italy and Greece, cats are said to have seven lives, and in Arabic traditions they have six. The number of lives is nine in many other cultures. Whatever the number, the myth is thought to have come from the natural agility of cats and their ability to escape danger.

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Answer: Cats

"Cats have nine lives" is an old saying, but which still makes sense. Cats are known for disappearing from their owners for several days and then reappearing suddenly; they have also been known to survive accidents well. A 1963 Disney film played off of this saying, titled "The Three Lives of Thomasina".

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Answer: Samuel

The ninth book of the Bible is 1 Samuel and starts with Hannah's story. She was married and unable to have children until Samuel came along. She dedicated him to God and he was brought up by a priest called Eli. Hannah had five more children after Samuel was born.

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Answer: Cherubs

In scripture, the cherubs (or cherubim) are the second highest order of angels after the seraphs or seraphim. They appear in Ezekiel Chapter 10 having four wings and four faces, but with no mention of the Cupid-like appearance seen in Mediaeval and Renaissance Art.

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Answer: Fluorine

Fluorine is mixed with sodium and added to toothpastes, mouthwashes, and other dental products. In many countries around the world, fluoride is added to the water supply because it can prevent cavities.

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Answer: Hexagon

The six-pointed star created by drawing these nine diagonals is called an enneagram and is much used as a symbol of the occult. The Enneagram of Personalities is said to represent nine personality types (Critics, Carers, Achievers, Romantics, Observers, Loyalists, Enthusiasts, Challengers and Mediators).

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Answer: stitch

"A stitch in time saves nine" refers to mending that often must be done on clothing and other fabric items. If mended while the tear is small, it will save you having to conduct a massive repair later when the tear is larger. In this case, the number nine has no hidden meaning other than that it rhymes with "time"!

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Answer: Evanescence

Being on 'cloud nine' means being in a state of bliss. In an interview with VH1, singer and songwriter Amy Lee said that the song was about a relationship break-up - not really a situation you'd describe as cloud nine! The song is on the album 'The Open Door', released in 2006. The words 'cloud nine' aren't actually in the lyrics.

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Answer: 8 1/2

Federico Fellini's 1963 film "8 1/2" is said to be one of the best films about film making. It is about a put-upon director with writer's block who has a mental breakdown and starts having fantasies. Fellini had made six films plus three short (1/2) films to date making that his 8 1/2-th, hence the title. The 1982 musical "Nine", based on the film won a Tony for best musical and a 2003 award for best musical remake.

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Answer: A tolling of bells to report a death

In "The Nine Tailors", Lord Peter finds himself involved in a crime in a rural English town. The church of this town has a tradition of the bell ringers ringing "the nine tailors" at the death of a villager--tolling the church bells to report the death. These bells are, of course, the unlikely instruments of a particularly nasty death in the book.

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Answer: Christopher Ecclestone

'Doctor Who' began in 1963 with William Hartnell playing the first Doctor. The numerical order of actors playing the character was straightforward until the 50th anniversary special in 2013. John Hurt played a regeneration between Paul McGann (Doctor eight) and Christopher Ecclestone (Doctor nine). The numerical continuity is maintained, however, because John Hurt's Doctor is referred to as 'the War Doctor',

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Answer: Bert Campaneris

He performed this feat for Kansas City Athletics in 1965. Scott Sheldon is one of the few players to have done it since. The others mentioned were famous cricketers.

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Answer: 40

There are roughly four weeks in a month, give or take a few days. If you multiply that by the nine months a pregnancy is supposed to last, you come out with 36 weeks - 37 or 38 if you add up all of the extra days. Due dates are calculated from the date of the woman's last period and are roughly 40 weeks later, not 36.

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Answer: The Weakest Link (UK version)

An edition of "Jeopardy" starts with three contestants. "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" starts with ten awaiting the Fastest Finger First round (plus anyone left in the chair from the last show). "Celebrity Squares" (UK) or "Hollywood Squares" (US) had nine celebrities but never got through nine contestants in a show.

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Answer: Before 2006

Before 2006, Pluto was officially considered to be a planet, and thus there were nine planets in the solar system. As early as 2000, however, Pluto began to be left off of some charts of the planets. When other celestial bodies were found that nearly equaled Pluto's size in 2005, the International Astronomical Union met and decided in 2006 to classify Pluto as a dwarf planet. After that date, however, Pluto was considered too small to be a planet, and the number dropped to eight. Pluto is now considered to be a dwarf planet, and is the ninth-largest object orbiting the sun.

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Answer: Yarborough

That's not the word I use if I get a hand like that! The word takes its name from the second Earl of Yarborough (1809-1897) who would offer odds of 1,000 to 1 against such a hand occurring. The odds are actually 1,827 to 1 against. The other three are pieces of horse tackle. Coincidentally, as I didn't realise when I picked the word as an option, Pelham is also the family name of the Earls of Yarborough!

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Answer: Revolution 9

"Revolution 9" is an experimental song from The Beatles' 1968 album "The White Album". The rumor of Paul's death is said to have been started by Fred LaBour, who claimed that Paul had died in a car crash in 1966 and that clues to this could be found in the band's music and on their album covers. If played in a certain way, he claims that the words "turn me on, dead man" can be heard in "Revolution 9". He also claimed to have heard the words "Paul is dead" in the Beatles song "I Am the Walrus".

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Answer: January and February

'November' comes from the Latin word 'novem', meaning 'nine'. January and February were added to the calendar year to make it closer to the solar year (the original ten months didn't fit with the seasons). They were originally called Ianuarius and Februarius.

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Answer: Gustav Mahler

After Beethoven died leaving nine symphonies, composers became a little superstitious about writing a ninth symphony. Mahler wrote one but called it "Das Lied von der Erde". He then made the mistake of calling his tenth symphony the Ninth Symphony. Needless to say, he died with the Tenth Symphony (his eleventh) unfinished. Dvorak also died leaving nine symphonies while Bruckner had two unnumbered symphonies so his number 9 was his eleventh.

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Answer: Plutarch

Plutarch's 'Lives' stands out as one of the fantastic works of ancient historical literature. Plutarch includes biographies on five Greeks (Themistocles, Pericles, Aristides, Demosthenes and Alcibiades) and four Romans (Cariolanus, Cicero, Caesar and Antony), along with several critical comparative chapters. Plutarch's work serves as a significant source for several Shakespeare plays...can you guess which ones?

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Answer: Antelope

Sable antelopes are the one of the few mammals to share the same average length of gestation period with humans--270 days. Some other mammals, such as the gorilla, the harbor porpoise, and the deer, have similar gestation periods. The stripe-faced dunnart, a small mouse-like mammal of Australia, has the shortest gestation period of any mammal, at 11 days on average.

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Answer: Three

A square root is the opposite of a square number. A square number is the product of multiplying a number by itself: in this case, 3 x 3 = 9. Do the inverse and you have 9 ÷ 3 = 3, so three is the square root of nine.

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Answer: New

In French, German and Spanish, "nine" becomes "neuf", "neun" and "nueve" while their words for "new" are "neuf", "neu" and "nuevo". Why they should be so similar is a bit of a mystery. I suppose it could represent the new start when nine as a digit is followed by zero. Thanks for playing and if you scored full marks you should be on cloud nine!

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