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Previous Questions
Where did the dodo bird live before it became extinct ? Mauritius
What was the symbol of the 1939-1940 New York City World Fair ? It was the Trylon & Perishpere.
Where is the Islets of Langerhans ? In the pancreas..
A Frenchman calls it La Belle Joconde while a person from Spain calls it La Gioconda. What is it ? It is the Mona Lisa. My questions must be too easy....this was answered nearly as soon as I asked it.
What is the opposite of the following scrambled word ? RUECTLY We have a winner. The correct answer is kindness...
Who is the only professional athletic to be drafted in three sports - professional baseball, the NBA & the NFL ? Finally, Dave Winfield.
What three world leaders met at the Cario Summett during World War II ? We have the correct answer from Camden, TN. It is FDR, Churchill, and Chang Kai-shek.
If 8-22-5-22-13 equates to seven, and 7-4-12 makes two, how would you write ten ? The answer is 7-22-13 !!!
What word is the opposite of the scrambled word "CWCADORIE" ?We finally have the correct answer. It is bravery ....the opposite of cowardice.
Helvitia is the Latin name for what country ?The correct answer Switzerland.
How long was the original foot ball field and if/or when whas it changed ? 110 yards and it was changed in 1903.
How many U.S. Presidents have been left handed ? We have a winner from Camden, Tennessee. The answer is 7.
Her social name was Mrs John Rolfe. What was she better know as ? We have the correct answer from Indiana....it is Pocahontas.
To what country does Greenland belong ? Canada & the United States on the west coast.
What species of living things has the greatest life expectancy ? We have a correct answer from Camden, Tennessee. It is a tree.
What is the easternmost state in the United States ? The correct answer is Alaska....it is also the westernmost state.
Where was the last "home" of Davy Crockett ? It was Rutherford in West Tennessee.
Who entered the Baseball Hall of Fame the soonest after playing his last game ? We have a winner. It was Roberto Clemente after he was killed in a plane crash on a humaitarian mission in 1972.
Who is the only player to lead the NCAA, NBA, and ABA is season scoring ? The answer is Rick Barry.
What was the only NCAA school to make it to the finals in its only appearance in the "big dance" ? Well, someone from Indiana has already gotten the correct answer, Indiana State...It was Bird against Magic.
Who was the only man on either side in the Civil War who started the war as a private and ended the war as a Lieutenant General ?
Who was the only man on either side in the Civil War who started the war as a private and ended the war as a Lieutenant General ? The answer is Nathan Bedford Forrest from Tennessee.
Who was the last golfer to win the 3 majors in the same year ? The answer is Ben Hogan.
What were the only two James Bond movies filmed in Jamaica ? The correct answers are "Dr No" and "Live & Let Die".
In an ordinary deck of playing cards, how many eyes are on the four Jack cards ? Since each Jack has two faces, the total number is 12.
In the board game Monoply, what city gave its street names to the game as the positions on the board ? We have a winner from Camden, TN. The correct answer is Atlantic City.
What college football team won the last game in the 20th Century ? The correct answer is the University of Mississippi.
What was table tennis originally known as ? The answer is "gossima".
What is a newly-hatched swan called ? We have a winner. The answer is cygnet.
In order to write the numbers 1 to 100. How many times will you have to write the number nine ? The answer is 20.
What's the fastest-growing thing in the plant and animal kingdoms ? The answer is the great blue whale.
Geography Question......How many islands make up the Hawaiian Island chain ? We already have a correct answer. It is 132.
Who was the first woman to be named All-American in two sports by the NCAA ? Finally...Natalie Williams from UCLA in basketball & volleyball.
According to Walt Disney, how many spoken words were there in the movie "Bambi" ? We finally have a real close guess. There were 800 spoken words in Bambi....all be children chosen by Walt Disney.
What wheel did Blaise Pascal invent in his search for perpetual motion ? We have a winner from Ft Wayne, Indiana. It is the roulette wheel.
How many rooms are there in Buckingham Palace ? We already have a winner. The answer is 600.
What kind of feathers are used in making Big Bird's costume ? We have a winner from Bradford Elementary School in Bradford, Tennessee. The correct answer is dyed turkey feathers.
What school has won the fewest conference football games in the South East Conference ? We finally have a winner. It is Sewanee, the University of the South. They were one of the original members of the SEC. There record was 0 wins and 9 losses fellow SEC teams.
What two college football teams have played each other the most? We ...finally...have a winner. The correct answer is Wisconsin and Minnesota.
Which U.S. Supreme Court justice wrote the greatest number of majority opinions ? We have a winner. The correct answer is Oliver Wendell Holmes. He wrote 873 from 1902 to 1932.
On what continent have more meteorites been discovered than have been found in all the rest of the world ? We have a winner. The correct answer is Antarctica. More than 6,000 have been found there.
What country includes several groups of islands including the Laccadives, the Andamans and the Nicobars ? We have a correct answer. It is India.
What was the name of Porky Pig's father ? No one has come up with the correct answer.So guess I'll have to give it to you. It is Phineas Pig.
What are the only two days that professional sports are not played in the U.S. ? We have a winner. The correct answer is the day before and the day after the baseball all star game...that is up to 1999. On the day after the major league baseball all star game this year the WNBA held their all star game.
What are the names of the six Gummi Bears ? We have a winner from Auburn, Indiana. The correct answer is Gruffi, Cubbi, Zummi, Sunni, Tummi and Grammi.
What was the first automobile to have air-conditioning ? We finally have a winner. The answer is the 1939 Packard.
What name was given to the baby born aboard the Mayflower during its historic voyage to the New World ? We have a winner. The correct answer is Oceanus Hopkins.
What riddle asked: "What is it that walks on four legs, then on two legs, and then on three?" We finally have a winner.....The Riddle Of The Sphinx.
Who was the first U.S. President born in a hospital ? We have a winner. The correct answer is Jimmy Carter.
What film is Warren Beatty's "Heaven Can Wait" a remake of ? We have a winner. The answer is "Here Comes Mr. Jordan."
How many colored squares are there on a "Rubik's Cube" ? We have a winner. The answer is 54.
How many points are there in a perfect Cribbage hand ? We have a winner from Bolivar Elementary. A perfect cribbage hand has 29 points.
Besides being a bird, what is an albatross ? We have a winner. In honor of the Masters Golf Tournament, an albatross is 3 under par. The most famous "albatross" was made by Gene Sarazen on the 15th hole in the 1935 Masters
Who is the victim of the murder in the game of "Clue" ? We have a winner from Bolivar Elementary School. The correct answer is Mr Boddy.
Who was Tarzan's son in the books by Edgar Rice Burroughs ?. In the original books written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan's son was called "Korak".
What is the longest winning streak in basketball history ? The longest "unofficial" winning streak belongs to the Harlem Globetrotters at 8,829 games. The "official" longest winning streak in basketball history belongs to Passaic High School in Passaic, New Jersey of 159 games. The UCLA Bruins have have longest NCAA winning streak at 88 games and the LA Lakers have the longest winning streak in the NBA of 33 games.
Where did the Sesame Street character's Bert & Ernie get their names ?We have a winner from Alexander School in Jackson, Tennessee. They were named after the characters from the movie "Its A Wonderful Life" by Francis Ford Copela. Bert was the cop and Ernie was the taxi driver.
Who is the only player to play in the NCAA college national championship game for two different teams ? We have a winner. Bob Bender, currently the coach at Washington, played for Indiana in 1976 as a Freshman and then transferred to Duke. As a Senior he played for Duke in the championship game against Kentucky....and lost. At Indiana he was a member of the 1976 undefeated national championship squad
What is the highest navigable lake in the world ? We have a winner again from Bolivar Elementary School. The answer is Lake Titicaca.
Who was the first Africian-American All-American Bastketball player? George Gregory...this question was answered by someone from East Side Elementary School in Brownsville.
What country's flag has lasted the longest without change ? Denmark ...this question was answered by someone from Main Street Elementary School in Humboldt.
What is the largest lake in the world ? Caspain Sea ... this question was answered by someone from Bolivar Elementary School.
When Mendeleev formulated the periodic table there was a mistake.What was the mistake and who corrected it? Mendeleev put the elements in order of atomic mass instead of atomic number. Mosley corrected it.