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The 2001 Final Standings:

First place: Dave R with 258 points

Second place: Mike B with 248 points

Third place: Rahmen A with 206 points

The 2001 questions

01-02-01
Q: I just got a new Star Trek calendar, which even lists the birthdays of the of the key
people. So, what is the birthday of Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek? (Month and
day).
A: August 19
Winner: Mike B
Runners up: Mike J, Peter M, Anne R, Rahmen A, Mark L, Len H, Dave R

01-08-01
Q: What country is Haagen Dazs Ice Cream from?
A: USA: Teaneck, NJ. Creator, Ruben Mattus, a Polish immigrant deliberately put a Scandinavian
sounding name on the Ice Cream to attract buyers.
Winner: Gunther M
Runners up: Rosanne K, Len H, Rahmen A, Jeff S, Steve M, Dave R

01-16-01
Q: What are the names of the four ghosts in Ms. Pacman video game?
A: Blinky (Red), Pinky (Pink), Inky (Blue) and Sue (Orange)
For regular pacman: Inky, Pinky, Blinky & Clyde
Winner: Eric G
Runners up: Len H, Rosanne K, Rahmen A, Dave R, Joey O, Mike B,  Dan O, Jeff S

01-22-01
Q: What colors are opposite of each other on a standard Rubik's Cube?
A: Red/Orange, Blue/Green, White/Yellow
Winner: Jeff S
Runners up: Peter M, Dave R

01-29-01
Q: Geographically speaking, what city is considered to be the center 
of the continental United States?
A: Lebanon, Smith County, Kansas
Winner: Dave R
Runner up: Len H, Mike B, Anne R

02-05-01
Q: What is the origin of the phrase: "To Wing it?" (Definition: to do something with little
or no preparation)
A: Originally comes from the theater. "the hurried study of the role in the wings of
the theater." a stage term referring to understudy actors who had to quickly prepare for
a performance, commonly rehearsing their lines in the wings of the stage just before
coming on stage. OR From the theatre, where impromptu performances were given by actors who
received prompts from the wings.
Winner: Steve M
Runner up: Scott V, Mike B, Dave R, Anne R

02-12-01
Q: What is the number one reason why airlines upgrade to newer planes?
A: Fuel efficiency saves them $$.
Winner: Alex D
Runner up:Bob K, Gunther M, Mark L, Dave R

02-20-01
Q: Who was our last President to be born a British subject?
Who was our first President to be born an American Citizen?
A: The last born a Brisitsh subject was: William Henry Harrison - born 2/9/1773
The first born in the US was: Martin Van Buren - born 12/5/1782
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Dave R, Mike B, Peter M, Mark D

02-26-01
Q: What new 5 States Quarters will be issued this year?
A: New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermount, Kentucky
Winner: Len H
Runners up: Peter M, Mike B, Dave R, Dan O, Rahmen A, Scott V,
Mike J, Mark D

03-05-01
Q: In geographical area, what is the smallest country in the world?
A: Vatican City is the smallest country in the world, with a population of
1000 and a size 108.7 acres (0.2 square miles).
Rounding out the top 5 are: Monaco - 0.7 square miles, Nauru - 8.5 square miles,
Tuvalu - 9 square miles, San Marino - 24 square miles
Winner: Rahmen A
Runners up: Scott V, Mark D, Mark L, Jen R, Dave R, Mike B,
Chris O, Mike J, Gunther M, Anne R.

03-12-01
Q: What are the three most visible man-made structures that can be seen while orbiting the earth?
A: The Great Wall of China, The Pyramid at Geza, Panama Canal, The Millennium Dome in London.
Winner: Chris O
Runners up: Rahmen A, Len H, Peter M, Dave R, Mark D, Gunther M,
Anne R

03-19-01
Q: What are the strings tuned to 6 string guitar? (normal tuning, not any alternative
tuning, please!)
A: E A D G B E
Winner: Dan O
Runners up: Peter M, Anne R, Dave R, Mike B, Rahmen A, Marco D


03-26-01
Q: What animal did Ben Franklin want to be the USA national symbol. (Fortunately, the
eagle won!)
A: Ben Franklin wanted the turkey, not the eagle, to be the U.S.
national symbol. He considered the eagle a "bird of bad moral character"
because it lives "by sharping and robbing."
Winner: Mark D
Runners up: Dave R, Anne R, Peter M, Joey O, Eric G, Len H,
Darcy D, Alan Branch, Chris O, Gunther M, Alex D, Mike B,
Bob K

04-02-01
Q: What was the first television broadcast of a major league baseball game?
A: August 26, 1939, Cincinnati Reds vs. Brooklyn Dodgers
Bonus: Who won the game?
Winner: Mark D
Runners up: Dave R, Mike B
Bonus: Len H, Dave R, Mike B

04-09-01
Q: Who invented stilts?
A: Stilts were invented by French shephards who herded sheep in marshes near the Bay of
Bicscay. (Also some sources state it was first seen in Scandinavian countries)
Winner: ** QUESTION TOO OBSCURE ** no winner named.
Runners up:

04-16-01
Q: Where did SoHo, NYC get it's name?
A: South of Houston Street.
Winner: Len H
Runners up: Mike B, Jeff S, Gary Eckert, Darcy D, Rahmen A,
Mark L, Bob K, Mark D, Anne R

04-18-01
Q: Where is the new TV quiz show, "The Weakest Link" taped? (The US version)
A: Burbank, CA
Winner:Dave R
Runners up: Anne R

04-24-01
Q: At the 2001 NYC autoshow, Chrysler was show a PT Cruiser concept vehicle. What is so special
about this car?
A: It's a convertible
Winner: Rahmen A
Runners up: Chris O, Joey O, Peter M, Mike B, Mike J

04-30-01
Q: Who wrote the Band-Aid Jingle, "Stuck on Me?"
A: Barry Manilow
Winner: Mark D
Runners up: Rahmen A, Len H, Dan O, Bob K, Mike B

05-07-01
Q: Hollywood is know for being the land of the fake. People there don't even use their
What's in a name? How many celebrities' 'stage' names can you name? You must supply the
stage name as well as their real (or original) name.
Some notes:
- The stage name must be one they the celebrity uses all the time.
- The following categories are ok to use: tv/movie celebrities, music stars,
sports stars.
- Any name other than the star's original name is counted as a valid stage name, provided
it is truly a stage name. Except for:
- The artist using his/her first or last name only (Ex: Madonna just dropped her last name)
- An artist using a known nickname (Ex: Billy Joel is really William Joel)
- An abbreviation of the name (Ex: k.d. Lang)
- If the artist changed his/her name (first or last) that's ok.
- Stars are people who are well known. 'Obscure' stars will not count.
A: Various.
Winner: Mike J (329)
Runners up: Mike B (215), Dave R(190), Mark D(149), Len H(20)

05-14-01
Q: In 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin (Buzz) Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon.
What was the name of their space craft?
A: Apollo 11
Bonus: Who became known as the loneliest man in the universe when he stayed in the orbiter while Armstrong and Aldrin walked on the moon?
A: Mike Collins
Winner: Eric G
Runner up: Mike B, Alex D, Gunther M, Alan Branch, Mark D, Dave R,
Rahmen A
Bonus winners: Rahmen A, Len H, Mike B, Alex D, Gunther M, Mark D,
Dave R, Heather Stewart

05-23-01
Q: Today is the series finale of Star Trek, Voyager. This series almost never left the ground:
the original actress for Janeway quit after three days, the executives weren't sure whether
the show should be aired on a network or in syndication. But this type of contraversy isn't
new to the Star Trek universe. The original series was almost cast away! What was the network
that finally, begrudgingly accepted ownership and began airing Star Trek back in 1966?
A: NBC
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Alan Branch, Mark D, Rahmen A, Mike B, Jeff S, Mark L,
Dave R

05-29-01
Q: Who invented the charcoal brickette?
A: Henry Ford basically invented charcoal brickettes. Production of the Model T's produced a lot of scrap wood and sawdust. He wanted to promote his cars with the idea of country picnics, so formed sawdust and powdered coal together for a picnic heat source. Today they are basically coal, clay and a binder.
Winner: Mike B
Runner up: Rahmen A, Len H, Jeff S, Dave R

06-04-01
Q: According to Mattel, what is Barbie's last name?
A: Roberts
Source: Uselessknowledge.com
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Rahmen A, Jeff S, Mike B, Dave R, Mark D

06-11-01
Q: Who is the first character to speak in the movie, "Star Wars?"
A: C3PO
Winner: Rahmen A
Runner up: Alan Branch, Mike B, Jeff S, Mark L, Eric G, Dave R,
Chris O, Mark D

06-18-01
Q: Why are police called, "the Fuzz?"
A: London police used to wear fuzzy helmets.
Winner: None
Runner up:

06-25-01
Q: What is the origin of the phrase, "All your base are belong to us." ?
A: Zero Wing game with poor English translation for the Sega gaming system
Winner: Rahmen A and Len H
Runner up: Anne R, Mike J, Peter M, Mike B, Dave R

07-03-01
Q: What was Istanbul, Turkey called before they changed the name to Instanbul?
A: Constantanople, also Byzantion (Byzantium in Latin)
Winner: Jeff S
Runner up: Jen R, Peter M, Eric G, Mike J, Mark L, Mike B,
Mark D, Dave R, Chris O, Len H, Rahmen A,
Gunther M

07-09-01
Q: Connect the nine dots below with four (only four) straight lines without ever lifting your pen or pencil from the paper.

* * *

* * *

* * *

(Note: if the example above did not come out evenly, it's simply three rows of 3 dots each: make a tic-tac-toe board, and put dots in all the spaces!)
A: See pics: box-solu and box-solu2
Winner: Peter M
Runner up: Rahmen A, Mike B, Mark D, Mike J

07-16-01
Q: What was the apartment number of Jack, Janet, and Chrissy in "Three's Company?"
A: 201
Bonus: What were the names of the other roommates?
A: Cindy and Terry
Winner: Peter M
Runners up: Len H, Dave R, Mike J, Mark D, Mike B
Bonus: Peter M, Len H, Dave R Mike J,

07-23-01
Q: Which of the following is considered a passive safety system? Anit-lock brakes,
Traction control, All wheel drive, Airbags, Cruise-control, or GPS Navigation?
A: Airbags
Winner: Chris O
Runner up: Jen R, Dave R, Gunther M, Jeff S, Peter M,
Rahmen A, Mike B, Mark D,

07-27-01
Q: What rock group sang the 80's hit: "Hold Me Now?"
A: Thomspon Twins
Winner: Mark D
Runner up: Mark L, Mike J, Len H, Rahmen A, Jeff S,
Mike B, Dave R, Peter M

08-14-01
Q: What were the original four colors of the famous Seattle Space Needle?
A: Red, Green, White, Gold
Winner: Peter M
Runner up: Rahmen A, Mike J, Dan O, Mike B, Len H, Anne R,
Dave R

08-20-01
Q: In terms of diet, what is the main difference between resident Orca whales, and transient Orca whales?
A: Residents eat fish, primarily salmon, transients also each marine mammals.
Winner: Chris O
Runner up: Rahmen A, Peter M, Len H, Mark D, Mike B, Dave R

08-28-01
Q: Who popularized the term: "evolution" and the phrase: "survival of the fittest?"
A: Not Charles Darwin, but English sociologist Herbert Spencer.
Winner: Rahmen A.
Runner up: None

09-04-01
Q: How many points are Scrabble players awarded for using all 7 letters?
A: 50
Winner: Dave R
Runner up: Rahmen A, Len H, Mike B, Mike J, Mark D

09-10-01
Q: How wide is a basketball court?
A: 50 feet
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Mark D, Peter M, Bob K, Mike B, Rahmen A,
Dave R

09-18-01
Q: Where do the world's highest tides occur?
A: Minas Basin, Bay of Fundy, between New Brunswick & Nova Scotia, Canada
Winner: Darcy D
Runner up: Mark D, Dave R, Len H, Peter M, Rahmen A,
Alex D, Mike B, Anne R

09-25-01
Q: Which city had the first traffic light?
A: London, England (December 10, 1868) Bridge Street and New Palace Yard off Parliment Square.
Winner: Mike B
Runner up: Dave R

10-03-01
Q: What type of media cartridge did the 1970's robot, "2XL" use?
A: 8-Track tapes
Winner: Rahmen A.
Runners up: Eric G, Len H, Mike B, Jeff S, Mike J, Jen R, Dave R, Anne R, Marc D

10-08-01
Q: In our postal system, we use 5 (or 9) digit ZIP codes to help the postal service determine
where our mail goes. What does ZIP stand for?
A: Zone Improvement Program
Winner: Mike B
Runners up: Len H, Chris O, Jen R, Dave R, Bob K, Jeff S,
Mike J, Rahmen A, Anne R

10-15-01
Q: How many time zones does the United States of America span?
A: Nine (Eastern, Central, Mountain, Pacific, Alaska, Hawaii-Aleutian, Samoa, Wake Island, and Guam)
Winner: Peter M
Runners up: None

10-22-01
Q: What was Sylvester the cat's original name?
A: Thomas
Winner: Dave R
Runners up: Mark D, Mike B, Rahmen A

10-29-01
Q: What was President McKinley's parrot's name?
A: Washington Post
Winner: Len H and Mike B
Runners up: Rahmen A, Dave R

11-05-01
Q: What MLB baseball team besides the Yankees won 3 World Series Titles in a row?
A: Oakland A's.
Winner: Peter M, Mike B
Runners up: Dave R, Jen R, Chris O, Len H, Bob K,
Marc D

11-13-01
Q: What is the origin of driving on the LEFT side of the road (like in England, Australia,
S. Africa...etc)?
A:  It goes back to the fact that most humans are right-handed. Long before we had modern weapons such as guns and automobiles, people had to do battle using swords and horses. Now if you are right-handed, you wear your sword on the left, so that you can draw it out rapidly with your right hand. But with that long, dangling scabbard encumbering your left side,
the only way you can mount a horse is by throwing your free right leg over him. And unless you are in a Mel
Brooks movie and want to wind up sitting backward on your steed, that means that the horse's head has to
be pointing to your left. To this day we still train horses to be saddled and mounted from their left sides.
Now that you are mounted, you will want to stay on the left side as you start down the road, because anyone
coming toward you will be on your right, and if that someone turns out to be an enemy, you can whip out your
sword with your right hand and be in position to run the scoundrel through. Thus, prudent horsemen have
always ridden on the left side of the road. This left-side convention was also honored by horse-drawn carriages
in order to avoid annoying collisions with horsemen. When horseless carriages made their appearance, some
countries continued the habit, especially during the overlap period when both kinds of carriages were competing
for road space. So why do people drive on the right in the U.S. and many other countries?
When swords went the way of bows and arrows, the need for defending one's right flank disappeared and traffic
rules were suddenly up for grabs. Younger or less tradition-bound countries migrated to the right, apparently
because the right-handed majority feels more comfortable hugging the right side of the road. It quickly occurred
to left-handed people that it was unhealthy to argue with them. Some countries that I've been in must have
large populations of ambidextrous people, because they seem to prefer the middle of the road.
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Dave R, Mike B, Bob K, Marc D

11-20-01
Q: In the movie: Terminator 2, Judgement day, what was the name of the corporation that eventually will create
the robotics that take over the world?
A: Cyberdyne Systems
Winner: Mike B
Runner up: Mike J, Bob K, Len H, Dave R, Rahmen A, Chris O

11-26-01
Q: In the recent movie, Tomb Raider, Lara Croft fights with a robot. What is the name of the
robot?
A: Simon
Winner: Mark L
Runner up: Len H, Mike B, Rahmen A, Marc D, Dave R

12-03-01
Q: What was the first toy advertised on network TV?
A: Jon Gnagy Set (Kid's painting set) (1946, NBC); 2nd: Ovaltine Secret Decoder (1950, Dumount),
Mr. Potato Head (1952)
Winner: Dave R
Runner up: None

12-10-01
Q: Why do they call them "Blue Laws?" (Strict legal code regulating personal conduct)
A: It was the color of the paper they were printed on. (In 1665, Theophilus Eaton, gov. of New Haven Colony, and
clergyman John Davenport drew up the stict legal code regulating personal conduct that
subsequently was called Blue Laws.)
Winner: Rahmen A, Peter M
Runners up: Mike B, Dan O, Eric G, Mark L, Dave R, Anne R, Len H, Jen R, Marc D

12-17-01
Q: Who were the only two "real" people whose heads have appeared ontop of a PEZ Dispenser?
A: Daniel Boone & Betsy Ross
Winner: Dave R
Runner up: Peter M, Eric G, Rahmen A, Mike B, Mike J, Chris O, Marc D


12-21-01
Q: How many cities in the USA can you name that are based on or derived from state names.
A: There are many: ex: Jersey City, NJ, York PA...etc.
Winner: Dave R (198)
Runner up: Alan B (5), Len H (94), Marc D (6), Mike B (131)
 

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