Nine departments is correct indeed. I thought it was ten, but i remembered that Litoral, a region found on my wall hanging that names the regions, was lost to Chile in the Pacific war. Good job, mkl.
also, sorry about excluding other reptiles and amphibians. when i was in elementary, a guy with a bunch of snakes came, and called himself a herpetologist, so that kinda stuck in my head.
Perfectly correct.
What are the singular forms of the words kudos, nachos, and caries?
I thought *kudos * was from the Greek and was already singular. I think *caries * (if it’s from the Latin) would be correct as either a singular or a plural form. I don’t know about nachos.
Riding in on Cunctator’s shirt-tails, I’d say they are all singular already.
Think Suen Ng Hung (Cantonese), think Sun Wu Kong (Mandarin), think Son Goku (Japanese), think Ton Ngo Khong (Vietnamese)…
Think the King of Heaven…
Think The Monkey King!
Hmm. I wasn’t thinking of shorts, but you’re correct if you include those. Including shorts, more than 500 theatrical films starting the Monkey King have been made in Eastern cinema.
If you consider only feature length films, the answer would still be Eastern–Wong Fei Hung.
And of course, 38 feet is the correct answer to Bob walking around the world.
That’s stretching the definition of “fictional character” a bit, as Wong was born not so far from here, in fact near my father-in-law’s ancestral village.
If by “fictional character” one means legends grew up around him and fiction was written about him, then maybe so. But, in that case, then I’d imagine Jesus Christ would be in with a shout. Think Life of Brian, think Biblical epics. It also depends how strictly one defines “subject”.
Well, I seriously doubt Drunken Master 2 has anything to do with the real Wong Fei Hung. The movies about him are certainly fiction films that at best, draw on his legend, and at worst, just borrow his name.
But that’s just quibbling. You’re right. So I’ll amend that to the character who is featurued in the most feature length films.
Right, after all that nitpicking, I better keep the ball rolling!
Who was the first Korean player to play in the top flight of English football, and which club did he play for?
Dammit, if Mrs. Six were here, I could ask her. She actually cares about stuff like sports and follows Korean football leagues.
As The Complete Works of William Shakespeare [abridged] correctly points out, Romeo later in the scene offers a solution to Juliet, an alternative name by which she may know him: [http://www.clicknotes.com/romeo/T22.html]Call me butt-love!, he pleads.
Daniel
Oy vey.
Call me butt-love!
Daniel
Though nearly every trivia site on the net gives the answer as ‘two’, I’ve long held the answer to be ‘zero’ for just the reason you sited.
I like the way you think. 
::applauds quietly in awe::
The conversational habits of some of my kin.
Because the Lincoln-Mercury division of the Ford Motor Company bought naming rights.
Aside to Left Hand of Dorkness: Hiya, buttlove!
Yes, I’m feeling snarky today. What’s it to ya??
Hee. I hear The Reduced Shakespeare Company is looking for an actor to play the part of Juliet; sounds like you got it down!
Daniel
What unusual distinction did Hester Grenville (1720-1803) have in relation to the British Prime Ministership in the late 18th and early 19th centuries?
Yes, precisely, although to be strictly correct *caries *is also the plural of caries. It just bothers me to see them used in the plural all the time:
Hey, who ordered these nachos?
Ugh.
Well she was related to most of them: she was William Grenville’s aunt, Pitt the Elder’s wife, and so Pitt the Younger’s sister-in-law.
Good answer Loopus. Here’s another one in the spirit of the OP.
The Battle of Hastings took place in England in 1066. What is the town or village that is closest to the battle site? (Hint - the location is part of the name.)
The village of Battle. It grew up near an abbey that was constructed on the site of the battlefield. The battle was actually named for the district of Haestingas. What is now the port of Hastings was a minor fishing village at the time, about 5 miles away.
Any answers for the women’s right to vote and Lincoln Memorial questions?
What is wrong with this proof?
a = b
a × a = a × b
a² = ab
a² – b² = ab – b²
(a + b)(a – b) = b(a – b)
a + b = b
a + a = a
2a = a
2 = 1