Sunday, February 28, 2010
ANSWER: Baseball
Ash
The majority of wood baseball bats today are made from northern white ash harvested from Pennsylvania or New York. White ash is used because of it's hardness, durability, strength, weight and "feel". Trees that provide the lumber for baseball bats are often 50 years old, and of all the lumber harvested - the top 10% is saved for pro bats.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 212-170
The majority of wood baseball bats today are made from northern white ash harvested from Pennsylvania or New York. White ash is used because of it's hardness, durability, strength, weight and "feel". Trees that provide the lumber for baseball bats are often 50 years old, and of all the lumber harvested - the top 10% is saved for pro bats.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 212-170
Thursday, February 25, 2010
ANSWER: Music
Granny Smith
Standard Apple album and single labels displayed a bright green Granny Smith apple on the A-side, while the flipside displayed the apple cut in half. The bright green apple returned for Beatles CDs releases in the 1990s, following initial CD releases on Parlophone. However, on the U.S. issue of the Beatles' Let It Be album, the Granny Smith apple was red. The reason was that in the United States that album, being the soundtrack to the movie of the same name, was, for contractual reasons, being manufactured and distributed by United Artists Records and not Capitol Records, so the red apple was used to mark the difference.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 211-170
Standard Apple album and single labels displayed a bright green Granny Smith apple on the A-side, while the flipside displayed the apple cut in half. The bright green apple returned for Beatles CDs releases in the 1990s, following initial CD releases on Parlophone. However, on the U.S. issue of the Beatles' Let It Be album, the Granny Smith apple was red. The reason was that in the United States that album, being the soundtrack to the movie of the same name, was, for contractual reasons, being manufactured and distributed by United Artists Records and not Capitol Records, so the red apple was used to mark the difference.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 211-170
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
QUESTION: Music
What variety of apple was used as the symbol for the Beatles' record label, Apple Records?
ANSWER: Shopping
James Cash
JCPenney was founded by James Cash Penney and William Henry McManus. The original name for the store that started Penney in the dry goods business was The Golden Rule Store, owned by T. M. Callahan in Longmont, Colorado. It was later changed to J. C. Penney Company when it was sold in 1912 by T. M. Callahan to his protege, J. C. Penney. The mother store is located in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and still operates, as of 2009, albeit with hours shorter than many of its other store locations.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 210-170
JCPenney was founded by James Cash Penney and William Henry McManus. The original name for the store that started Penney in the dry goods business was The Golden Rule Store, owned by T. M. Callahan in Longmont, Colorado. It was later changed to J. C. Penney Company when it was sold in 1912 by T. M. Callahan to his protege, J. C. Penney. The mother store is located in Kemmerer, Wyoming, and still operates, as of 2009, albeit with hours shorter than many of its other store locations.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 210-170
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
ANSWER: Baking
Chocolate and Hazelnut
Gianduja is a sweet chocolate containing about 30% hazelnut paste, invented in Turin by Caffarel in 1852. It takes its name from Gianduja, a Carnival and marionette character who represents the archetypal Piedmontese, the Italian region where hazelnut confectionery is common.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 209-170
Gianduja is a sweet chocolate containing about 30% hazelnut paste, invented in Turin by Caffarel in 1852. It takes its name from Gianduja, a Carnival and marionette character who represents the archetypal Piedmontese, the Italian region where hazelnut confectionery is common.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 209-170
Monday, February 22, 2010
ANSWER: American
Postage Stamps
United States adhesive postage stamps were first officially issued in 1847, picturing the inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin (on the five-cent stamp) and first president George Washington (on the ten-cent stamp). Portraits of presidents and others who have made significant contributions to American life have since been featured on United States stamp issues; portraits of living people, however, are forbidden. Stamp subjects (with the exception of United States presidents) have to have been deceased for ten years. Postage stamps issued by the United States Postal Service commemorate individuals, events, and achievements that have shaped the political and social history of America.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 209-169
United States adhesive postage stamps were first officially issued in 1847, picturing the inventor and statesman Benjamin Franklin (on the five-cent stamp) and first president George Washington (on the ten-cent stamp). Portraits of presidents and others who have made significant contributions to American life have since been featured on United States stamp issues; portraits of living people, however, are forbidden. Stamp subjects (with the exception of United States presidents) have to have been deceased for ten years. Postage stamps issued by the United States Postal Service commemorate individuals, events, and achievements that have shaped the political and social history of America.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 209-169
Sunday, February 21, 2010
QUESTION: American
Where is it illegal for a portrait of a living person to appear in the United States?
Thursday, February 18, 2010
ANSWER: Miscellaneous
Pancreas
The Islands of Langerhans are irregular clusters of endocrine cells scattered throughout the tissue of the pancreas that secrete insulin and glucagon.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 209-167
The Islands of Langerhans are irregular clusters of endocrine cells scattered throughout the tissue of the pancreas that secrete insulin and glucagon.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 209-167
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
ANSWER: Presidential
Andrew Johnson
ANdrew Johnson had been a heavy drinker for several years. Both his sons, Charles and Robert, were alcoholics. Charles Johnson died in April 1863 after falling from his horse. Colonel Robert Johnson, a member of the Union Army, was found to be drunk while on duty and was sent home in order to avoid further embarrassment to the Vice President.
On inauguration day Johnson was drunk while he made his speech to Congress. After making several inappropriate comments Hannibal Hamlin, the former Vice President had to intervene and help him back to his seat. After the inauguration, one of the senators, Zachariah Chandler, wrote to his wife that Johnson "was too drunk to perform his duties and disgraced himself and the Senate by making a drunken foolish speech."
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 209-165
ANdrew Johnson had been a heavy drinker for several years. Both his sons, Charles and Robert, were alcoholics. Charles Johnson died in April 1863 after falling from his horse. Colonel Robert Johnson, a member of the Union Army, was found to be drunk while on duty and was sent home in order to avoid further embarrassment to the Vice President.
On inauguration day Johnson was drunk while he made his speech to Congress. After making several inappropriate comments Hannibal Hamlin, the former Vice President had to intervene and help him back to his seat. After the inauguration, one of the senators, Zachariah Chandler, wrote to his wife that Johnson "was too drunk to perform his duties and disgraced himself and the Senate by making a drunken foolish speech."
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 209-165
Monday, February 15, 2010
QUESTION: Presidential
Who was accused of being drunk when sworn in as Abraham Lincoln's vice president?
ANSWER: Olympics
Nordic Combined
The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The sport was included at the 1924 Winter Olympics, and has been on the program ever since. The United States had never won a medal in the event until Johnny Spillane won silver in the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 208-165
The Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in both cross-country skiing and ski jumping. The sport was included at the 1924 Winter Olympics, and has been on the program ever since. The United States had never won a medal in the event until Johnny Spillane won silver in the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 208-165
Sunday, February 14, 2010
ANSWER: Geography
Sudan
Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest country in Africa, and the Arab World, and tenth largest in the world by area. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. The world's longest river, the Nile, divides the country between east and west sides.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 208-164
Sudan is a country in northeastern Africa. It is the largest country in Africa, and the Arab World, and tenth largest in the world by area. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, Kenya and Uganda to the southeast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Central African Republic to the southwest, Chad to the west and Libya to the northwest. The world's longest river, the Nile, divides the country between east and west sides.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 208-164
Thursday, February 11, 2010
ANSWER: Music
Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion
The typical orchestra is divided into four groups of instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. The typical Western marching band, school band, or wind ensemble (woodwinds and brass together are winds) leaves out the strings, but otherwise uses most of the same instruments as the orchestra.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 207-164
The typical orchestra is divided into four groups of instruments: strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion. The typical Western marching band, school band, or wind ensemble (woodwinds and brass together are winds) leaves out the strings, but otherwise uses most of the same instruments as the orchestra.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 207-164
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
ANSWER: Movies
His dog
Wayne's family moved to Palmdale, California, and then in 1911 to Glendale, California, where his father worked as a pharmacist. A local fireman at the station on his route to school in Glendale started calling him "Little Duke", because he never went anywhere without his huge Airedale Terrier dog, Duke. He preferred "Duke" to "Marion," and the name stuck for the rest of his life.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 206-164
Wayne's family moved to Palmdale, California, and then in 1911 to Glendale, California, where his father worked as a pharmacist. A local fireman at the station on his route to school in Glendale started calling him "Little Duke", because he never went anywhere without his huge Airedale Terrier dog, Duke. He preferred "Duke" to "Marion," and the name stuck for the rest of his life.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 206-164
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
ANSWER: Mythology
Paris
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Paris, the son of Priam, king of Troy, appears in a number of Greek legends. Probably the best-known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War. Later in the war, he fatally wounds Achilles in the heel with an arrow, as foretold by Achilles's mother, Thetis.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 205-164
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Paris, the son of Priam, king of Troy, appears in a number of Greek legends. Probably the best-known was his elopement with Helen, queen of Sparta, this being one of the immediate causes of the Trojan War. Later in the war, he fatally wounds Achilles in the heel with an arrow, as foretold by Achilles's mother, Thetis.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 205-164
Monday, February 8, 2010
ANSWER: Nature
Kit or Kitten
Starting out life, kits, or baby beavers, are born to parents who have probably been together for years. Beavers are known to mate for life, and with a life span of about eight years, (there have been those aged as old as nineteen years) a male and female will produce many litters of kits throughout their lives.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 205-163
Starting out life, kits, or baby beavers, are born to parents who have probably been together for years. Beavers are known to mate for life, and with a life span of about eight years, (there have been those aged as old as nineteen years) a male and female will produce many litters of kits throughout their lives.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 205-163
Sunday, February 7, 2010
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
QUESTION: Food
According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, what is the minimum a gallon of ice cream must weigh?
ANSWER: Music
The Muppet Movie
The band's first film role was performing the song "Can You Picture That?" in The Muppet Movie. They also performed "Night Life" and participated in "Happiness Hotel" in The Great Muppet Caper, and performed "Jingle Bell Rock" in A Muppet Family Christmas. They appeared in The Muppets Take Manhattan (sans Lips), where Dr. Teeth sang "You Can't Take No For An Answer." Following the deaths of two of the group's puppeteers, they were limited to brief instrumental background music for years. However, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem backed Miss Piggy for a song in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz and performed alongside Miley Cyrus in the Studio DC: Almost Live television special. More recently, they appeared on the YouTube channel as part of the 2009 parody cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" that many Muppet characters took part in.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 204-161
The band's first film role was performing the song "Can You Picture That?" in The Muppet Movie. They also performed "Night Life" and participated in "Happiness Hotel" in The Great Muppet Caper, and performed "Jingle Bell Rock" in A Muppet Family Christmas. They appeared in The Muppets Take Manhattan (sans Lips), where Dr. Teeth sang "You Can't Take No For An Answer." Following the deaths of two of the group's puppeteers, they were limited to brief instrumental background music for years. However, Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem backed Miss Piggy for a song in The Muppets' Wizard of Oz and performed alongside Miley Cyrus in the Studio DC: Almost Live television special. More recently, they appeared on the YouTube channel as part of the 2009 parody cover of Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" that many Muppet characters took part in.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 204-161
ANSWER: Anatomy
Mouth
The mouth, buccal cavity, or oral cavity is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food and begins digestion by mechanically breaking up the solid food particles into smaller pieces and mixing them with saliva. The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane epithelium lining the inside of the mouth.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 203-161
The mouth, buccal cavity, or oral cavity is the first portion of the alimentary canal that receives food and begins digestion by mechanically breaking up the solid food particles into smaller pieces and mixing them with saliva. The oral mucosa is the mucous membrane epithelium lining the inside of the mouth.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 203-161
Monday, February 1, 2010
ANSWER: Language
Nook: a corner
Cranny: a crack or crevice
English muffins do not have nooks...or crannies really.
Matt: DRAW
Record: 202-161
Cranny: a crack or crevice
English muffins do not have nooks...or crannies really.
Matt: DRAW
Record: 202-161
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