Thursday, February 28, 2013

QUESTION: Sports

On what golf course would you find the three holes referred to as Amen Corner?

ANSWER: Magazines

1974

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 544-461

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

QUESTION: Magazines

What year did People magazine debut?

ANSWER: Television

Rudy Giuliani

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 544-461

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

QUESTION: Television

In Seinfeld, who was elected mayor due to the non-fat yogurt scandal?

ANSWER: Cartoons

Bikini Bottom

Bikini Bottom also known as Downtown (formerly known as Dead Eye Gulch and before that Bikini Gulch and Bikini Town in Japan) is the main setting in SpongeBob SquarePants series. The city has a proper population of about 537. The city consists of various businesses, including restaurants, stores, and manufacturers. The city has a stable economy, a balanced education system, questionable health care (as seen in "The Lost Mattress") and labor laws, a structured government, and a firm law enforcement system. There are even stadiums, amusement parks, and other recreational facilities. Bikini Bottom first was mentioned in the episode: "Plankton!" but first appeared in the episode: "Help Wanted." Bikini Bottom is also home to almost all of the characters in the show.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 543-461

Monday, February 25, 2013

QUESTION: Cartoons

What is the name of the undersea city where Spongebob lives?

ANSWER: Music

Eye of the Tiger



Matt: WRONG
Record: 542-461

Friday, February 22, 2013

QUESTION: Music

What song was written in 1981 because Sylvester Stallone couldn't get the rights to Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust"?

ANSWER: Places

Cockney

The term Cockney has geographical, cultural and linguistic associations. Traditionally, it refers to people born within a certain area of London, that is covered by "the sound of Bow bells". Geographically and culturally, it is often used to refer to working-class Londoners, particularly those in the East End. Linguistically, it can refer to the accent and form of English spoken by this group.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 542-460

Thursday, February 21, 2013

QUESTION: Places

What can you call yourself if you were born within the area covered by the sound of London's Bow bells ringing?

ANSWER: Space

Friendship 7

On February 20, 1962, John H. Glenn, Jr., became the first American to orbit Earth. An Atlas launch vehicle propelled a Mercury spacecraft into Earth orbit and enabled Glenn to circle Earth three times. The flight lasted a total of 4 hours, 55 minutes, and 23 seconds before the Friendship 7 spacecraft splashed down in the ocean. Most major systems worked smoothly, and the flight was a great success as an engineering feat.

Matt: --
Record: 542-459

Wednesday, February 20, 2013

QUESTION: Space

What was the name of the spacecraft that John Glenn orbited the earth in?

ANSWER: Medicine

Alexander Fleming

Sir Alexander Fleming, FRSE, FRS, FRCS(6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish biologist, pharmacologist and botanist. He wrote many articles on bacteriology, immunology, and chemotherapy. His best-known discoveries are the enzyme lysozyme in 1923 and the antibiotic substance penicillin from the mould Penicillium notatum in 1928, for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1945 with Howard Florey and Ernst Boris Chain.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 542-459

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

QUESTION: Medicine

Who won the Nobel Prize for discovering penicillin?

ANSWER: Food

Ghee

To prepare ghee, butter is melted in a pot over medium heat. This is usually done with plain butter only, but, when made at home, different spices are added to the butter to add a unique flavour to the ghee. The butter begins to melt, forming a white froth on top. It is then simmered, while occasional stirring reduces the froth slowly and the color of the butter changes to pale yellow. Then it is cooked on low heat until it turns golden. The residues (and spices, if any) settle at the bottom and the ghee, which is now clear, golden, translucent and fragrant, is ready. The ghee is then filtered and it solidifies when completely cool.

Matt: --
Record: 542-458

Monday, February 18, 2013

QUESTION: Food

What clarified butter is often used in Indian food? (HINT: 4 letters)

ANSWER: Executions

Mary Queen of Scots

Mary, Queen of Scots, was born in 1542 and was executed on 1587. It is generally believed that Mary's execution - ordered by Elizabeth I - was the final reason Philip II needed to launch the Spanish Armada. There are few other figures in Tudor England who had such an eventful life, though for Mary, Queen of Scots, it was to end in tragedy.

Matt: --
Record: 542-458

Friday, February 15, 2013

QUESTION: Executions

Whose execution caused the Spanish Armada to sail against England?

ANSWER: Anatomy

4


Matt: CORRECT
Record: 542-45
8

Thursday, February 14, 2013

QUESTION: Anatomy

How many chambers does the human heart have?

ANSWER: TV/Names

Eunice

While Mr. Howell always called her "Lovey", the other castaways always called her "Mrs. Howell". There are only two times someone besides Thurston calls her Lovey: in the pilot, when the radio is announcing the missing people, the announcer says "Thurston Howell, III, and his wife, Lovey"; and in the episode in which Gilligan thinks he wins the lottery and invites all the people into the Howells' club, The Professor addresses Mr. and Mrs. Howell as Thurston and Lovey. In one episode in which the Howells were having marital problems, she mentioned her maiden name was Wentworth, and in another episode a radio broadcast mentions that her given name is Eunice.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 541-458

Wednesday, February 13, 2013

QUESTION: TV/Names

On Gilligan's Island, what was Lovey Howell's real first name?

ANSWER: Birthdays

1809

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln, in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky (now LaRue County). He is descended from Samuel Lincoln, who arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts, from Norfolk, England, in the 17th century. Lincoln's paternal grandfather and namesake, Abraham, had moved his family from Virginia to Kentucky, where he was ambushed and killed in an Indian raid in 1786, with his children, including Lincoln's father Thomas, looking on. Thomas was left to make his own way on the frontier. Lincoln's mother, Nancy, was the daughter of Lucy Hanks, and was born in what is now Mineral County, West Virginia, then part of Virginia. Lucy moved with Nancy to Kentucky. Nancy Hanks married Thomas, who became a respected citizen.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 541-457

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

QUESTION: Birthdays

Abraham Lincoln was born on this day, in what year?

ANSWER: Mascots

Bloodhound


Matt: CORRECT
Record: 540-457

Monday, February 11, 2013

QUESTION: Mascots

What breed of dog is McGruff the crime dog?

ANSWER: Books

Anne Rice


Matt: WRONG
Record: 539-457

Friday, February 8, 2013

QUESTION: Books

The Devil, named Memnoch, appears in what author's series of books?

ANSWER: Elections

George McClellan

George Brinton McClellan (December 3, 1826 – October 29, 1885) was a major general during the American Civil War and the Democratic Party candidate for President in 1864. He organized the famous Army of the Potomac and served briefly (November 1861 to March 1862) as the general-in-chief of the Union Army.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 539-456

Thursday, February 7, 2013

QUESTION: Elections

What general ran against Lincoln in the 1864 election?

ANSWER: Sports

Pittsburgh (Black & Gold)


Matt: --
Record: 538-456

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

QUESTION: Sports

What city's three pro sports teams all have the same two main team colors?

ANSWER: Music

Hollywood & Redwood

Matt: WRONG
Record: 538-456

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

QUESTION: Music

In what two cities did Neil Young look for a Heart of Gold?

ANSWER: Laws

Singapore

The chewing gum ban in Singapore was enacted in 1992 and revised in 2004 and 2010.[1] It bans the import and sale of chewing gum in Singapore. Since 2004, only chewing gum of therapeutic value is allowed into Singapore following the Singapore–United States Free Trade Agreement.

This law was created because people disposed of gum incorrectly by sticking it under places like chairs or tables. Chewing gum is banned in Singapore under the "Regulation of Imports and Exports (Chewing Gum) Regulations." Except for chewing gum of therapeutic value, the "importing" of chewing gum into Singapore is banned. Gum can be bought from a doctor, but must be prescribed.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 538-455

Monday, February 4, 2013

QUESTION: Laws

What country bans the importation and/or sale of chewing gum?

ANSWER: Flags

11


Matt: WRONG
Record: 538-454

Friday, February 1, 2013

QUESTION: Flags

On the Canadian flag, how many points are there on the maple leaf?

ANSWER: Vocabulary

Emeritus

-adj
( usually postpositive ) retired or honourably discharged from full-time work, but retaining one's title on an honorary basis: a professor emeritus

Matt: WRONG
Record: 538-453