Friday, June 29, 2012
ANSWER: Musical Instruments
Tuba
The sousaphone is a type of tuba that is widely employed in marching bands. Designed so that it fits around the body of the musician and is supported by the left shoulder, the sousaphone may be readily played while being carried. The instrument is named after American bandmaster and composer John Philip Sousa, who popularized its use in his band.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 487-411
The sousaphone is a type of tuba that is widely employed in marching bands. Designed so that it fits around the body of the musician and is supported by the left shoulder, the sousaphone may be readily played while being carried. The instrument is named after American bandmaster and composer John Philip Sousa, who popularized its use in his band.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 487-411
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
QUESTION: Television
What TV show's intro featured a voice saying "Do not attempt to adjust the picture?"
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Monday, June 25, 2012
Friday, June 22, 2012
Thursday, June 21, 2012
ANSWER: Science
8 minutes, 19 seconds
The mean distance of the Sun from the Earth is approximately 149.6 million kilometers (1 AU), though the distance varies as the Earth moves from perihelion in January to aphelion in July.At this average distance, light travels from the Sun to Earth in about 8 minutes and 19 seconds.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 484-410
The mean distance of the Sun from the Earth is approximately 149.6 million kilometers (1 AU), though the distance varies as the Earth moves from perihelion in January to aphelion in July.At this average distance, light travels from the Sun to Earth in about 8 minutes and 19 seconds.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 484-410
Wednesday, June 20, 2012
ANSWER: Stocks
Share price & earnings
A valuation ratio of a company's current share price compared to its per-share earnings.
If a company is currently trading at $43 a share and earnings over the last 12 months were $1.95 per share, the P/E ratio for the stock would be 22.05 ($43/$1.95).
Matt: WRONG
Record: 484-409
A valuation ratio of a company's current share price compared to its per-share earnings.
If a company is currently trading at $43 a share and earnings over the last 12 months were $1.95 per share, the P/E ratio for the stock would be 22.05 ($43/$1.95).
Matt: WRONG
Record: 484-409
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Thursday, June 14, 2012
ANSWER: Flag Day
United Nations
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The United Nations' headquarters may fly the flags of all 188 member nations in alphabetical order. Although it is technically located within the United States (banks of the East River in Manhattan), the headquarters is owned by all the members of the United Nations, so it is not considered to be American soil.
Matt: --
Record: 484-408
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The United Nations' headquarters may fly the flags of all 188 member nations in alphabetical order. Although it is technically located within the United States (banks of the East River in Manhattan), the headquarters is owned by all the members of the United Nations, so it is not considered to be American soil.
Matt: --
Record: 484-408
QUESTION: Flag Day!
What is the only place in the U.S. that another flag is allowed to be hung above the American flag?
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Wednesday, June 13, 2012
ANSWER: Books
Cuban Missile Crisis
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis is Robert F. Kennedy's account of the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962. The book was released in 1969, a year after his assassination.
Thirteen Days describes the meetings held by the Executive Committee (ExComm), the team assembled by US President John F. Kennedy to handle the tense situation that developed between the United States and the USSR following the discovery of Sovietnuclear missiles in Cuba, 90 miles (140 km) from Florida. Robert Kennedy, who was the US Attorney General at the time, describes his brother John's leadership style during the crisis as involved, but not controlling. He explains, for example, that the president would often withhold his views in meetings, knowing that others would tend to parrot his ideas rather than offer honest appraisals. Robert Kennedy viewed the military leaders on the council sympathetically, and recognized that their lifelong concentration on war was difficult to set aside.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 484-408
ANSWER: Toys
Yes
The 20 answers inside a Magic 8-Ball are:
Record: 483-408
The 20 answers inside a Magic 8-Ball are:
- ● It is certain
- ● It is decidedly so
- ● Without a doubt
- ● Yes – definitely
- ● You may rely on it
- ● As I see it, yes
- ● Most likely
- ● Outlook good
- ● Yes
- ● Signs point to yes
- ● Reply hazy, try again
- ● Ask again later
- ● Better not tell you now
- ● Cannot predict now
- ● Concentrate and ask again
- ● Don't count on it
- ● My reply is no
- ● My sources say no
- ● Outlook not so good
- ● Very doubtful
Record: 483-408
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
ANSWER: Meteorology
Harvest moon
The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. It is the first full moon closest to that equinox. About once every four years, it occurs in October in the northern hemisphere. Currently, the latest possible Harvest Moon is on October 11. When the night of the Harvest Moon coincides with the night of the equinox, it is called a "Super Harvest Moon".[1] In 2010, the harvest moon happened only 5 1/2 hours after the autumnal equinox, creating the first Super Harvest Moon since 1991.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 482-408
The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox. It is the first full moon closest to that equinox. About once every four years, it occurs in October in the northern hemisphere. Currently, the latest possible Harvest Moon is on October 11. When the night of the Harvest Moon coincides with the night of the equinox, it is called a "Super Harvest Moon".[1] In 2010, the harvest moon happened only 5 1/2 hours after the autumnal equinox, creating the first Super Harvest Moon since 1991.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 482-408
Friday, June 8, 2012
QUESTION: Meteorology
What is the name of the full moon that occurs closest to the autumnal equinox?
ANSWER: Sports
Colorado Avalanche
The Avalanche were founded in 1972 as the Quebec Nordiques as a member of the rival World Hockey Association (WHA). The Nordiques became members of the NHL in 1979 with the merger of the two leagues. Following the 1994-95 season, the Nordiques were sold to the COMSAT Entertainment Group of Denver and relocated there, where they were renamed the Avalanche. In their first year in Denver, the Avs won the Pacific Division and went on to sweep the Florida Panthers in the Finals, becoming the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup in the season following a relocation.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 481-408
The Avalanche were founded in 1972 as the Quebec Nordiques as a member of the rival World Hockey Association (WHA). The Nordiques became members of the NHL in 1979 with the merger of the two leagues. Following the 1994-95 season, the Nordiques were sold to the COMSAT Entertainment Group of Denver and relocated there, where they were renamed the Avalanche. In their first year in Denver, the Avs won the Pacific Division and went on to sweep the Florida Panthers in the Finals, becoming the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup in the season following a relocation.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 481-408
Thursday, June 7, 2012
ANSWER: Products
After Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe constructs his own umbrella in imitation of the ones he had seen used in Brazil. "I covered it with skins", he says, "the hair outwards, so that it cast off the rain like a pent-house, and kept off the sun so effectually, that I could walk out in the hottest of the weather with greater advantage than I could before in the coolest." From this description the original heavy umbrellas obtained the name of "Robinson", which they retained for many years, both in England and France.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 481-407
Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe constructs his own umbrella in imitation of the ones he had seen used in Brazil. "I covered it with skins", he says, "the hair outwards, so that it cast off the rain like a pent-house, and kept off the sun so effectually, that I could walk out in the hottest of the weather with greater advantage than I could before in the coolest." From this description the original heavy umbrellas obtained the name of "Robinson", which they retained for many years, both in England and France.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 481-407
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
ANSWER: Places
Dayton, OH
The bicycle business of the Wright brothers, the Wright Cycle Company (originally the Wright Cycle Exchange) occupied five different locations in Dayton, Ohio. Orville and Wilbur Wright began their bicycle repair business in 1892, and soon added rentals and sales. In 1896 they began manufacturing and selling bicycles of their own design, the Van Cleve and St. Claire, named after their ancestors. They invented the self-oiling hub and the innovation of machining the crankarm and pedal on the left side of the bike with left-hand threads to prevent the pedal from coming unscrewed while cycling. They also ran a printing shop on the second-floor of their rented brick building at 22 South Williams St., Dayton, Ohio, the only extant building that housed a Wright bicycle shop on its original foundation and in its original location.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 481-406
The bicycle business of the Wright brothers, the Wright Cycle Company (originally the Wright Cycle Exchange) occupied five different locations in Dayton, Ohio. Orville and Wilbur Wright began their bicycle repair business in 1892, and soon added rentals and sales. In 1896 they began manufacturing and selling bicycles of their own design, the Van Cleve and St. Claire, named after their ancestors. They invented the self-oiling hub and the innovation of machining the crankarm and pedal on the left side of the bike with left-hand threads to prevent the pedal from coming unscrewed while cycling. They also ran a printing shop on the second-floor of their rented brick building at 22 South Williams St., Dayton, Ohio, the only extant building that housed a Wright bicycle shop on its original foundation and in its original location.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 481-406
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
ANSWER: Kid's Songs
Honah Lee
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 481-405
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 481-405
Monday, June 4, 2012
ANSWER: Television
Woman
Sonja Eve Christopher is a contestant from Survivor: Borneo. She placed 16th. She was the first person voted out of her tribe, Sonja has the distinction of being the first person ever voted off from the American Survivor franchise.
Although she was well liked by all of her tribemates, and very popular within the tribe, she performed badly in the immunity challenge, causing her tribe to lose. At tribal council, she was voted out for being the weakest member.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 480-405
Sonja Eve Christopher is a contestant from Survivor: Borneo. She placed 16th. She was the first person voted out of her tribe, Sonja has the distinction of being the first person ever voted off from the American Survivor franchise.
Although she was well liked by all of her tribemates, and very popular within the tribe, she performed badly in the immunity challenge, causing her tribe to lose. At tribal council, she was voted out for being the weakest member.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 480-405
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