ANSWER: Military

Star-Spangled Banner


The weekend of December 6 and 7, 1941, promised to be a great time for the sailors who had returned to Pearl. There wasn't the slightest hint of trouble; even the weather seemed to be smiling on the tropical port. When the sun rose on Sunday morning young sailors from around the United States had little opportunity to be homesick; there was too much to see and do.

As the hour neared the 8 o'clock muster and the raising of the colors, all was peaceful and relaxed.A large number of sailors gathered on the beach for an outdoor morning chapel service. On the USS Nevada the band was beginning the first strains of the National Anthem for the hoisting of the flag.

It was 7:53 A.M. and events were about to unfold that would propel the United States into a World War that would ultimately cost more than a quarter-million American men and women their lives. On this day alone more than 2,400 men, women and children would die in Paradise.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 10-5

QUESTION: Military

What song was the Navy band playing at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked?

ANSWER: Presidential

Woodrow Wilson


High-denomination currency was prevalent from the very beginning of U.S. Government issue (1861). $500, $1,000, and $5,000 interest bearing notes were issued in 1861, and $10,000 gold certificates arrived in 1865. There are many different designs and types of high-denomination notes.

The high-denomination bills were issued in a small size in 1929, along with the $1 through $100 denominations. The designs were as follows:

* The $500 bill featured a portrait of William McKinley
* The $1,000 bill featured a portrait of Grover Cleveland
* The $5,000 bill featured a portrait of James Madison
* The $10,000 bill featured a portrait of Salmon P. Chase
* The $100,000 bill featured a portrait of Woodrow Wilson

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 10-4

QUESTION: Presidential

What president's mug graces a $100,000 bill?

ANSWER: Math

Twenty


An icosahedron is any polyhedron having 20 faces, but usually a regular icosahedron is implied, which has equilateral triangles as faces.

Matt: WRONG
Record: 9-4

QUESTION: Math

How many equal sides does an icosahedron have?

ANSWER: Baseball

Middle Finger


The curveball has a sideward spin that causes it to break inward. Hold the ball with your wrist bent at a 90-degree angle. Your palm should be facing in, toward your body. Your grip is simple: the second and middle fingers should lay across two seams of the ball. Spin is given by applying pressure with your middle finger as you flick your wrist downward. The pitch is thrown with an outward snap of your wrist that causes the back of your hand to face the batter.


The slider is nothing more than a fast curveball. It even looks like a fastball until it starts to break. Sliders are often thrown sidearm, and because of that, the grip is slightly different from that of a curve. Hold the ball with your wrist bent at a 45-degree angle, with your palm half facing in toward you. Your index and middle fingers should be placed along the seam on the two-seam side of the ball. The middle finger should be cut across the center axis of the baseball, turned toward you. This may sound like a contortionist act, but when you pick up a baseball you will discover it's not very difficult at all. And when you throw the pitch you'll find it breaks less than a conventional curveball and moves down and across on an even plane.

Matt: CORRECT
Record: 9-3