Thursday, January 31, 2013
QUESTION: Vocabulary
What word for a retired professional comes from the Latin for "having earned a discharge"?
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
ANSWER: Books
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
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Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car is a children's book written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham. It was initially published in three volumes, the first of which was released on 22 October 1964 by Jonathan Cape in London.
Fleming, better known as the creator of James Bond, took his inspiration for the subject from a series of aero-engined racing cars called "Chitty Bang Bang", built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s at Higham Park. Fleming had known Higham Park as a guest of its later owner, Walter Wigham, chairman of Robert Fleming & Co.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 537-452
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Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang: The Magical Car is a children's book written by Ian Fleming for his son Caspar, with illustrations by John Burningham. It was initially published in three volumes, the first of which was released on 22 October 1964 by Jonathan Cape in London.
Fleming, better known as the creator of James Bond, took his inspiration for the subject from a series of aero-engined racing cars called "Chitty Bang Bang", built by Count Louis Zborowski in the early 1920s at Higham Park. Fleming had known Higham Park as a guest of its later owner, Walter Wigham, chairman of Robert Fleming & Co.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 537-452
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Monday, January 28, 2013
Friday, January 25, 2013
ANSWER: Mergers
Dollar
Chrysler once owned Thrifty and, in 1990, combined it with Dollar Rent A Car. The joint company was spun off in 1997.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 536-451
Chrysler once owned Thrifty and, in 1990, combined it with Dollar Rent A Car. The joint company was spun off in 1997.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 536-451
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
ANSWER: States
New Jersey & Oregon
All stations in New Jersey and Oregon offer only full service and mini service; attendants are required to pump gas because customers are barred by statutes in both states from pumping their own gas. The only exceptions are at the filling stations next to the indian reservation casinos in Pendleton and Grand Ronde Oregon where self service is allowed.
New Jersey banned self-service gasoline in 1949 after lobbying by service station owners. Proponents of the ban cite safety and jobs as reasons to keep the ban. Likewise, the 1951 Oregon statute banning self-service gasoline lists 17 different justifications, including the flammability of gas, the risk of crime from customers leaving their car, the toxic fumes emitted by gasoline, and the jobs created by requiring mini service.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 535-450
All stations in New Jersey and Oregon offer only full service and mini service; attendants are required to pump gas because customers are barred by statutes in both states from pumping their own gas. The only exceptions are at the filling stations next to the indian reservation casinos in Pendleton and Grand Ronde Oregon where self service is allowed.
New Jersey banned self-service gasoline in 1949 after lobbying by service station owners. Proponents of the ban cite safety and jobs as reasons to keep the ban. Likewise, the 1951 Oregon statute banning self-service gasoline lists 17 different justifications, including the flammability of gas, the risk of crime from customers leaving their car, the toxic fumes emitted by gasoline, and the jobs created by requiring mini service.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 535-450
Tuesday, January 22, 2013
ANSWER: Television
His original name was Ralph Hinkley but was changed when John Hinckley Jr. shot the president.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 534-450
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 534-450
Friday, January 18, 2013
QUESTION: Television
Why did the Greatest American Hero's name get quickly changed to Ralph Hanley in 1981?
Thursday, January 17, 2013
ANSWER: Candy
Milk Duds
According to the manufacturer, the word "Milk" in the name refers to the large amount of milk in the product; the use of "dud" came about because the original aim of having a perfectly round piece was found to be impossible. Milk Duds were first created in 1926 by S. le Noble.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 533-449
According to the manufacturer, the word "Milk" in the name refers to the large amount of milk in the product; the use of "dud" came about because the original aim of having a perfectly round piece was found to be impossible. Milk Duds were first created in 1926 by S. le Noble.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 533-449
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
QUESTION: Candy
Which candy's name came from the inability to make it perfectly round during the manufacturing process?
ANSWER: Sports
1951
The 1951 Pro Bowl was the NFL's inaugural all-star game which featured the league's outstanding performers from the 1950 season. The game was played on Sunday, January 14, 1951, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California in front of 53,676 fans. The American Conference squad defeated the National Conference by a score of 28–27.
Matt: --
Record: 533-448
The 1951 Pro Bowl was the NFL's inaugural all-star game which featured the league's outstanding performers from the 1950 season. The game was played on Sunday, January 14, 1951, at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in Los Angeles, California in front of 53,676 fans. The American Conference squad defeated the National Conference by a score of 28–27.
Matt: --
Record: 533-448
Monday, January 14, 2013
ANSWER: Birds
Dodo
The name Dodo comes from the Portuguese word for simpleton.Dodo birds aided digestion by swallowing large stones; these were used by the Dutch sailors to sharpen their knives with. One of these stones, nearly an inch and a half in length, of extremely hard volcanic rock, is in the Cambridge University museum in England. The Dodo was first encountered in the late 1500s or early 1600s and was probably extinct by the mid 1600s - as a result of human hunting, and especially the introduction of rats and pigs. The early accounts suggest that the animals did not recognise humans as a predator - and were easy to hunt.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 533-448
The name Dodo comes from the Portuguese word for simpleton.Dodo birds aided digestion by swallowing large stones; these were used by the Dutch sailors to sharpen their knives with. One of these stones, nearly an inch and a half in length, of extremely hard volcanic rock, is in the Cambridge University museum in England. The Dodo was first encountered in the late 1500s or early 1600s and was probably extinct by the mid 1600s - as a result of human hunting, and especially the introduction of rats and pigs. The early accounts suggest that the animals did not recognise humans as a predator - and were easy to hunt.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 533-448
Friday, January 11, 2013
Thursday, January 10, 2013
ANSWER: Medical
Cornea
LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. A mechanical microkeratome (a blade device) or a laser keratome (a laser device) is used to cut a flap in the cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this flap. The flap is folded back revealing the stroma, the middle section of the cornea. Pulses from a computer-controlled laser vaporize a portion of the stroma and the flap is replaced.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 532-447
LASIK stands for Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis and is a procedure that permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. A mechanical microkeratome (a blade device) or a laser keratome (a laser device) is used to cut a flap in the cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this flap. The flap is folded back revealing the stroma, the middle section of the cornea. Pulses from a computer-controlled laser vaporize a portion of the stroma and the flap is replaced.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 532-447
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
ANSWER: Phones
112
112 is the common emergency telephone number that can be dialed free of charge from any telephone or any mobile phone in order to reach emergency services (Ambulances, Fire & Rescue Service and the Police) in the European Union (EU), its candidates for accession, members of the EEA agreement, as well as several other countries in the world.
112 is managed and financed in the European Union by each Member State (country) which also decide on the organisation of the emergency call centres. The International Telecommunications Union recommends that member states that are selecting a primary or secondary emergency number choose either 911, 112 or both.[1] 112 is one of two numbers (the other being the region's own emergency number) that can be dialed on most GSM phones even if the phone is locked.[2] The GSM mobile phone standard designates 112 as an emergency number, so it will work on GSM phones even in North America where GSM systems redirect emergency calls to 911, or Australia where emergency calls are redirected to 000.
Matt: WRONG
Record:531-447
112 is the common emergency telephone number that can be dialed free of charge from any telephone or any mobile phone in order to reach emergency services (Ambulances, Fire & Rescue Service and the Police) in the European Union (EU), its candidates for accession, members of the EEA agreement, as well as several other countries in the world.
112 is managed and financed in the European Union by each Member State (country) which also decide on the organisation of the emergency call centres. The International Telecommunications Union recommends that member states that are selecting a primary or secondary emergency number choose either 911, 112 or both.[1] 112 is one of two numbers (the other being the region's own emergency number) that can be dialed on most GSM phones even if the phone is locked.[2] The GSM mobile phone standard designates 112 as an emergency number, so it will work on GSM phones even in North America where GSM systems redirect emergency calls to 911, or Australia where emergency calls are redirected to 000.
Matt: WRONG
Record:531-447
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
ANSWER: Minerals
Coal
Bituminous coal is a dense sedimentary rock, usually black, but sometimes dark brown, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material; it is used primarily as fuel in steam-electric power generation, with substantial quantities used for heat and power applications in manufacturing and to make coke.
Anthracite, the highest rank of coal, is a harder, glossy black coal used primarily for residential and commercial space heating. It may be divided further into metamorphically altered bituminous coal and "petrified oil", as from the deposits in Pennsylvania.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 531-446
Bituminous coal is a dense sedimentary rock, usually black, but sometimes dark brown, often with well-defined bands of bright and dull material; it is used primarily as fuel in steam-electric power generation, with substantial quantities used for heat and power applications in manufacturing and to make coke.
Anthracite, the highest rank of coal, is a harder, glossy black coal used primarily for residential and commercial space heating. It may be divided further into metamorphically altered bituminous coal and "petrified oil", as from the deposits in Pennsylvania.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 531-446
Monday, January 7, 2013
ANSWER: Pets
Tarzan
Tantor is Tarzan's and Terk's best friend and the secondary tritagonist in Disney's 1999 feature film Tarzan, its midquel, sequel, and its television series. He was voiced by Wayne Knight in the first film, and later by Jim Cummings in the spin-off productions.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 531-445
Tantor is Tarzan's and Terk's best friend and the secondary tritagonist in Disney's 1999 feature film Tarzan, its midquel, sequel, and its television series. He was voiced by Wayne Knight in the first film, and later by Jim Cummings in the spin-off productions.
Matt: CORRECT
Record: 531-445
Friday, January 4, 2013
Thursday, January 3, 2013
ANSWER: Mascots
Montreal
Amik (Montreal, Canada 1976) - My name is Amik, which means beaver in the Algonquin Indian language. I was chosen as the mascot for the 1976 Montreal Games because I represent the friendliness, patience and hard work that helped build Canada. My red sash is the same as the ribbons that were attached to the Olympic medals.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 529-445
Amik (Montreal, Canada 1976) - My name is Amik, which means beaver in the Algonquin Indian language. I was chosen as the mascot for the 1976 Montreal Games because I represent the friendliness, patience and hard work that helped build Canada. My red sash is the same as the ribbons that were attached to the Olympic medals.
Matt: WRONG
Record: 529-445
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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