Monday Blues Archive
The 2005 Final Standings:
First place: Len H with 241 points
Second place: Anne R with 240 points
Third place: Mike B with 226 points
| Contestant | Wins (10 points) | Runner up (5 points) | Source (5 points) | 1 point bonus | Verminator (-5 points) | Overall score |
| Len H | 9 | 30 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 241 |
| Anne R | 4 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 240 |
| Mike B | 3 | 39 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 226 |
| Marc D | 1 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 181 |
| Rahmen A | 4 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 180 |
| Peter M | 2 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 170 |
| Katie B | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 151 |
| Dave R | 1 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 121 |
| Mike Ro | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 120 |
| Mike J | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 111 |
| Jeff S | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Stephen T | 1 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 76 |
| Ken S | 4 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 75 |
| Bob K | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 65 |
| Alex D | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Matt H | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Mark L | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 |
| Alan B | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45 |
| Christine O | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 |
| Dan O | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| William B | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Joey O | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| Eric G | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Jen R | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Mike Ry | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Hannah B | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Pat H | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Zoltan K | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Gunther M | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Jen C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jill D | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary E | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kim K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug K | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve M | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Donna P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike P | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jon S | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott V | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Susanna W | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No winner | 2 |
The 2005 questions:
12-22-05
Question: What was the first town in the
United States to be given a biblical name?
Answer: Salem (a shortening of Jerusalem)
Winner: Anne R
Runner up: Len H, Jen R, Dave R, Zoltan K
12-20-05
Question: In the movie, "Pee Wee's Big
Adventure," where exactly did the clairvoyant predict Pee Wee would find his
bicycle?
Answer: In the basement of the Alamo
Winner: Mark L
Runner up: Len H, Anne R, Mike B, Rahmen A, Mike J, Jeff S, Peter M, Marc D
12-15-05
Question: What was the color of the
streetcar named Desire in Tennessee William's Pulitzer Prize-winning play?
Answer: Green with red trim.
Winner: Anne R
Runner up: Katie B, Rahmen A, Peter M, Mike B, Bob K
12-13-05
Question: Four buses leave the garage at
the same time, on the same day. The first one returns to the garage every
16 hours, the second one every 12 hours, the third one every 8 hours, and the
fourth one every 4 hours. How long will it be before they all meet at the
garage again?
Answer: 48 Hours
Winner: Marc D
Runner up: Dave R, Len H, Mike J, Katie B, Joe O, Mike Ro, Mike B, Jeff S, Anne
R, Peter M
12-09-05
Question: What singing commercial became a
Top 10 Hit in 1972?
Answer: The New Seeker's "I'd Love to
Teach the World to Sing" (aka the Coca Cola song)
Winner: Katie B
Runner up: Len H, Anne R, Dave R, Mike B, Mike Ry, Chris O, Bob K, Peter M, Mike
Ro, Marc D
12-06-05
Question: We get it in our email inboxes
almost every day. Those stupid ads for everything from 'Rolex' watches to
little blue pills. SPAM. SPAM is an acronym formed from what two
words?
Answer: Spiced Ham
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Mike B, Mike J, Anne R, Mike Ro, Bob K, Marc D
12-02-05
Question: From what crop did agricultural
genius George Washington Carver produce tapioca, ink, synthetic rubber, and
postage stamp mucilage?
Answer: The sweet potato
Winner: Jeff S
Runner up: Anne R, Mike Ro, Mike J, Mark L, Marc D
11-29-05
Question: How many of Canada's 10 provinces
do not border on the United States?
Answer: Three: Newfoundland, Nova Scotia,
and Prince Edward Island
Winner: Ken S
Runner up: Anne R, Alex D
11-22-05
Question: In recent news, President Bush
visited some countries in Asia. Which president was the first to visit
China?
Answer: Ulysses S. Grant, in 1879, two
years after he left the White House.
Winner: None
11-18-05
Question: John's mother has three children.
The oldest boy named Herbert, who has brown eyes - everyone calls him Herb.
Next youngest is a girl named Penelope. Everyone calls her Penny.
The youngest child has green eyes and can wiggle his ears. What is his
first name?
Answer: John
Winner: Jeff S
Runner up: Len H, Dave R, Mike Ry, Mike B, Rahmen A, Anne R, Joe O, Mike Ro, Ken
S, Marc D, Alex D, Peter M
11-15-05
Question: What is the only airline that
Dustin Hoffman says he would be willing to fly on in the movie, "Rain Man?"
Answer: Quantas...definately Quantas.
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Mark L, Katie B, Rahmen A, Mike J, Anne R, Peter M, Mike B, Mike Ro,
Marc D, Chris O, Matt H, Steve T
11-11-05
Question: What color was Elvis Presley's
first Cadillac before he bought it and painted it pink in 1955?
Answer: Blue
Winner: Rahmen A
Runner up: Mike J, Mike B
11-08-05
Question: What was the first Lifesaver's
flavor?
Answer: Pep-O-Mint
Winner: Ken S
Runner up: Len H, Mike Ro, Mike B, Ann R, Jen R, Rahmen A, Marc D, Dan O, Bob K,
Alex D
11-04-05
Question: For over a year, two little rover
robots have been exploring the surface of Mars. They have explored a vast
area of the planet, and have returned stunning photographs as well as important
data pertaining to the history and makeup of that planet. What are the
names of the two rovers?
Answer: Spirit and Opportunity
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Mike Ro, Dan O, Rahmen A, Mike B, Alex D, Marc D, Anne R, Bob K
10-28-05
Question: Who wrote, "Fish and visitors
smell after three days?"
Answer: Benjamin Franklin
Winner: Ken S
Runner up: Matt H, Mike Ro, Mike B, Rahmen A, Peter M, Jeff, S, Bob K, Anne R,
Len H, Mike J, Mark L, Alex D, Marc D
10-25-05
Question: During his spacewalk, US
astronaut Michael Collins dropped his camera, which will orbit the Earth for an
indefinite period. What is the brand of the camera?
Answer: Hasselblad
Winner: Mike Ro
Runner up: Len H, Rahmen A, Mike B, Peter M, Mark L, Anne R
10-21-05
Question: Who was the last man on the moon?
Answer: Astronaut Eugene Cerman, commander
of Apollo 17 in December, 1972
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Matt H, Mark L, Anne R, Mike B, Marc D, Peter M, Bob K, Alan B
10-18-05
Question: In baseball, what positions make up
"the battery?"
Answer: The pitcher and catcher
Winner: Peter M
Runner up: Anne R, Mike B, Dave R, Len H, Mike J, Ken S, Marc D, Chris O
10-14-05
Question: Until 1925, you could buy one of Henry
Ford's automobiles in any color, as long as the color was black. What two
new colors did Mr. Ford introduce on his cars in 1925?
Answer: Green and Maroon
Winner: Anne R
Runner up: Len H, Marc D
10-11-05
Question: What team marches last in the opening
procession of the Olympics?
Answer: The team representing the host
country. The team from Greece marches first, and the rest of the countries
march in alphabetical order.
Winner: Mark L
Runner up: Mike B, Rahmen A, Len H, Peter M, Anne R, Matt H, Ken S, Marc D
09-16-05
Question: Who is "Elmer's Glue All" named after?
Answer: A bull - Elsie the Cow's
'husband.'
Winner: Rahmen A
Runner up: Mike B, Len H, Mark L, Anne R, Mike J, Marc D
09-09-05
Question: The motto, "In God we trust," first
appeared on US currency in 1864. What was the denomination of the coin?
Answer: The two-cent piece
Winner: Anne R
Runner up: Len H, Rahmen A, Mike D, Marc D
08-29-05
Question: How did secure, relatively
high-yielding stocks get to be called blue chips?
Answer: From poker, where blue chips are
the most valuable.
Winner: Mike Bell
Runner up: Anne R, Len H, Rahmen A, Mike J, Marc D
08-17-05
Question: What two aquatic tests must be passed
in order to graduate from the US Naval Academy?
Answer: Swim 20 laps in Olympic sized pool
in under 40 minutes; jump off a 10 meter platform into the water.
Winner: None
07-25-05
Question: What was Archie Bunker's address in the
TV sitcom "All in the Family?
Answer: 704 Hauser Street, Corona Section
of Queens, New York City
Winner: Katie B
Runner up: Anne R, Len H, Rahmen A, Peter M, Ken S, Marc D, Mike B
07-14-05
Question: If you flew due east from Cape Horn,
where would you next pass over land?
Answer: Cape Horn - there is no other land
at that same latitude (56'00 s)
Winner: Katie B
Runner up: Jeff S, Bob K, Mike B, Peter M, Marc D, Anne R
07-05-05
Question: "w" is to "n" as "d" is to...
Answer: "q" The vertical image of
"w" is "m" which is the letter before "n." Thus, the vertical image of "d"
is "p" which is the letter before "q."
Winner: Katie B
Runner up: Mike B
06-29-05
Question: In England, what are the five grades of
peerage, or nobility, entitled to seats in the House of Lords?
Answer: Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount,
Baron
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Rahmen A, Mike B, Peter M, Anne R, Chris O, William B, Marc D
06-17-05
Question: On the Domino's Pizza logo, what do the
three dots on the domino represent?
Answer: The first three original Domino's
Pizza stores.
Winner: Peter M
Runner up: Len H, Dave R, Mike J, Mike B, Anne R, Marc D, Mike Ro
06-03-05
Question: What song did William Hung perform on
"American Idol"?
Answer: Rickey Martin's "She Bangs"
Winner: Alan B
Runner up: Jeff S, Eric G, Katie B, Marc D, Chris O, Rahmen A, Len H, Matt H,
Bob K, Peter M, William B, Dave R, Mike B, Steve T, Anne R, Mike J, Mike Ro,
Alex D, Ken S
05-27-05
Question: What are the six weapons available in
the game of Clue?
Answer: The knife, rope, candlestick, lead
pipe, revolver, and wrench
Winner: Katie B
Runner up: Anne R, Rahmen A, Len H, Mike J, Matt H, Steve T, Marc D, Peter M,
Mike B, Alan B, Mike Ro, Alex D, Bob K, Dave R
05-20-05
Question: Haiti and the Dominican Republic are
the only two independent nations in the world to be located on the same island.
What is the island called?
Answer: Hispaniola
Winner: Katie B
Runner up: Jeff S, Mike Ro, Mike B, Anne R, Rahmen A, Len H, Steve T, Matt H,
Peter M, Bob K, Gunther M, Dave R, Ken S, Marc D
05-13-05
Question: What did Japan's century-old Nintendo
company manufacture before it made its mark in the world of computer games?
Answer: Playing cards
Winner: Jeff S
Runner up: Hannah B, Len H, Rahmen A, Mike B, Anne R, Mark L, William B, Mike J,
Alan B, Chris O,
Peter M, Alex D, Bob K, Dan O, Steve T, Dave R
05-04-05
Question: What is the only member of the cat
family that does not have retractable claws?
Answer: The cheetah
Winner: Katie B
Runner up: Hannah B, Len H, Rahmen A, Mike B, Anne R, Mark L, William B, Mike J,
Alan B, Chris O,
Peter M, Alex D, Bob K, Dan O, Steve T, Dave R
04-26-05
Question: What is the missing letter in this
series: B C D E I K O X ?
Answer: H (The letters can be flipped
vertically, and they remain the same)
Bonus question: What is the missing letter in this series:
A H I M O U V W X Y ?
Answer: T (The letters can be flipped
horizontally, and they remain the same)
Winner: Mike B
Runner up: Rahmen A, Peter M, Len H, Mike J, Anne R, Steve T, Dave R
Bonus winners: Mike B, Len H, Katie B, Mike J, Steve T, Dave R
04-15-05
Question: What was movie hero 'Indiana Jones's'
first name?
Answer: Henry
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Rahmen A, Mike J, Anne R, Steve T, Dave R, Eric G, Mike B, Peter M,
Chris O, Mike Ro
04-06-05
Question: Back in the 1950's and 1960's, Porsche
created a very successful series of racers known as the RSK, RS60, and RS61.
What did the "RS" stand for in these car names?
Answer: RennSport - German for 'race
sport.'
Winner: Mike Ro
Runner up: Katie B, Rahmen A, Steve T, Mike B, Marc D, Dave R
04-01-05
Question: What three ancient civilizations are
believed to have been the only ones in history to invent the zero?
Answer: The Babylonians, the Mayans, and
the Hindus.
Winner: Rahmen A
Runner up: Katie B, Dave R, Mike J, Anne R, Alan B, Mike B, Peter M, Mike Ro,
Len H, Marc D
03-24-05
Question: What two dances are among the words
used in the radio communications alphabet that begins Alpha, Bravo, Charlie?
Answer: Foxtrot and Tango
Winner: Katie B
Runner up: Steve T, Rahmen A,
Len H, Anne R, Dave R, Marc D, Mike B, Chris O, Alex D, Alan B, Mike Ro
03-18-05
Question: What is the name of the dog on the
Cracker Jack box?
Answer: Bingo
Winner: Jeff S
Runner up: Marc D, Mike B, Anne R, Dave R, Steve T, Katie B, Len H, Rahmen A,
Mark L, Matt H, Mike J, Pat H, Peter M
03-11-05
Question: How many musical groups or artists can
you name that have a color in their name?
Answer: Various (partial list):
| Letter | Groups | |||
| A | A blue Ocean Dream | Aqua Ape | ||
| A Darker Shade of Black | Aqua Ars Conto G. Verdi | |||
| A Day in Black and White | Aqua Velvets | |||
| A forest Mighty Black | Aquamen | |||
| A lighter Shade of Brown | AquaSky | |||
| Agent Orange | Aquatones | |||
| Alec Teal & BUtter Biscuit | Argent | |||
| All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors | Ash | |||
| Am I Blood | Audio Lotion Beige Mood | |||
| Angry White Youth | Average White Band | |||
| Anne Sofie von Otter & Melvyn Tan | Azure Fields | |||
| Apple, Fionna | Azure Ray | |||
| April Wine | Azure Rising | |||
| Aqua | ||||
| B | Bad News Blues Band | Black Label | Blackwell, Ed | Blue Six |
| Bananarama | Black Label Society | Blackwood | Blue Steele | |
| Berry, Chuck | Black Obelisk | Blind Lemon Jefferson | Blue Swede | |
| Big Black | Black Rebel Motorcycle Club | Blind Melon | Blue, Barry, Peggie | |
| Big Orange Cone | Black Rob | Blonde Redhead | Bluebandana | |
| Black | Black Sabbath | Blood | Blues Brothers | |
| Black 47 | Black Street | Blood Devine | Blues Explosion | |
| Black Abyss | Black Uhuru | Bloodhound Gang | Blues Image | |
| Black and Blue | Black Velvet Flag | Bloodthorn | Blues Magoos | |
| Black Beetle | Black Witchery | Blue | Blues Traveler | |
| Black Black Ocean | Blackalicious | Blue by Nature | Bob Seagar and The Silver Bullet Band | |
| Black Bomb | Blackend | Blue Cheer | Bone Crusher ? | |
| Black Box | Black-Eyed Peas | Blue Chips | Brother Blue | |
| Black Box Recorder | Blackflag | Blue Highway | Brown | |
| Black Crowes | Blackfoot | Blue Magic | Brown & Brown | |
| Black Dawn | Blackhawk | Blue Man Group | Browns | |
| Black Death | Blackman, Cindy | Blue Mitchell | Brownstones | |
| Black Flag | Blackmore's Night | Blue Murder | Brownsville Station | |
| Black Heart Procession | Blacks: Mary, Angie, Clint, Frank, Judith | Blue Nile | Bukka White | |
| Black Keys | Blackstar | Blue Orchid | Burgundy | |
| Black Lab | Blackstreet | Blue Oyster Cult | ||
| Browns: Bobby, Foxy, Ian, James, Marty, Roy, Elaine, Eddie, Al Buster, Charles, Clifford, Dean, George, Jewell, Jocelyn, Marion, Marshall, | ||||
| Maurice, Norman, Paul, Ray, Sam, Savoy, Vernon, Rick, Sarah, Speck, Rick, Greg, Bert, Ruth, Les, Dennis, Jordan, Paula, T. Graham, Clarance, Lawrence, Les | ||||
| C | Cherry Poppin' Daddies | Code Red | Cream | |
| Cherry, Buck | Code: Indigo | Crimson Glory | ||
| Cherry, Neneh | Color Me Badd | Crimson Moon | ||
| Chroming Rose | Concrete Blonde | Cyan | ||
| Climax Blues Band | Cranberries | |||
| D | Deacon Blue | Don Redman Orch | ||
| Deep Blue Something | Donnie Iris | |||
| Deep Purple | Drop the Lime | |||
| Desert Rose Band | Dust for Life | |||
| DJ Olive | DuValle Blackbirds | |||
| Don Cherry | ||||
| E | Eagle Eye Cherry | End of Green | ||
| Ebony Tears | Erase the Grey | |||
| Emeralds | Essex Green | |||
| Emily's Sassy Lime | ||||
| F | Fierce Lime | |||
| Four Non-Blondes | ||||
| G | Gold Chains | Goldsboro, Bobby | Greenlee, Charles | |
| Gold City | Gray Gordon & His Tic Toc Music | Greenschpoon, Elizabeth | ||
| Gold Coast | Grays - David, Dobie, Macy | Greenwheel | ||
| Golden Earring | Great White | Greenwood, Lee | ||
| Golden Smog | Green | Grey | ||
| Golden Tones | Green Gate | Greys: Al, Joel, | ||
| Goldenboy | Green Jelly | Grief of Emerald | ||
| Goldfinger | Green on Red | Guitar Charlie and the Stomp Down Blues Band | ||
| Goldrapp | Greenbaum, Norman | Gunmetal Grey | ||
| Golds: Andrew, Ari, Bob, Dore, Ethan, John, Roberta | Greenday | Guns N' Roses | ||
| Greens: Al, Keith, Pat, Edward, Heather, Eldin, Barry, Vivian, Tom, Billy Joe, Michael, Lyod, Benny, Emmanuel, Grant, Rodney, Urbie, William E, Adam, Bennie, Tim | ||||
| H | H is Orange | Hawk Green Band | ||
| Hank Flamingo | Heart Rouge | |||
| Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes | Hudson Blues | |||
| I | Indigo Girls | |||
| International Orange | ||||
| Iron & Wine | ||||
| J | Jade | Joan Jett and the Blackhearts | ||
| Jeff Teal Trio | John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band | |||
| Jimmy Baker and the Blues Encounter | Junior Boy Black And Washed Up | |||
| K | Kevin Tihista's Red Terror | |||
| King Crimson | ||||
| L | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | Lavish Green | Living Colour | |
| Lamont Cranston Blues Band | Lazy Poker Blues Band | Lou Gold Orch. | ||
| Laurence Welk & His Champagne Orch | Lemon Yellow | Love like Blood | ||
| Lavay Smith and her Red Hit Skillet Lickers | Lemonheads | Lucy Pearl | ||
| Lavender Diamond | Liquid Gold | |||
| M | Madelyn Lavender | Maroon Five | Mock Orange | |
| Magenta | Maroons | Moody Blues | ||
| Maroon | Mighty Lemon Drops | Moon Violet | ||
| N | New Riders of Purple Sage | No-Neck Blues Band | ||
| Nickel Creek | Noyr, Aura | |||
| Nickelback | ||||
| O | Olive | Onyx | Orange 9mm | Orange Sunshine |
| Olive & RUth-Ann | Oozie Blues | Orange Park | Out of the Grey | |
| Olive Grain | Orange | Orange Peels | Owusu & Green | |
| Olive Lucy | ||||
| P | Palace of Black | Pearl Jam | Pink Martini | |
| Paul Whiteman Orch | Pink | Pretty in Pink | ||
| Peaches and Herb | Pink Floyd | Purple Gang | ||
| Q | Quebo Gold | |||
| Quicksilver | ||||
| R | Rainbow | Red Delicious | Red Krayola | Red Stick Ramblers |
| Raspberries | Red Elvises | Red Lorry Yellow Lorry | Red Tape | |
| Ray Goodman & Brown | Red Foley | Red Meat | Red to Violet | |
| Read Yellow | Red Garland | Red Mules | Red, Corey | |
| Red | Red Grammer | Red Norvo | Redbone | |
| Red & the Red Hots | Red Guitars | Red Prysock | Rose, Tim | |
| Red Alert | Red Hot Chilli Peppers | Red Rider | Royal Blue | |
| Red Ants | Red House Painters | Red Rum | Royal Blue | |
| Red Bone | Red Ingle and the Natural Seven | Red Sovine | Ruby and the Romantics | |
| Red Chord | Red Jackets | Red Sparowes | ||
| S | Sea of Green | Silver Seratah | Sounds of Blackness | |
| Shocking Blue | Silverchair | Spencer Blues Explosion | ||
| Silver Apples | Silvers: Ron, Horace | Strawberry Alarm Clock | ||
| Silver Jews | Simply Red | Sunset Yellow | ||
| Silver Needle | Smashing Pumpkins | |||
| T | Tampa Red | Teal | True Blue | |
| Tan Dun | The Black Dahlia | TV Yellow | ||
| Tangerine Dream | Thin Red Line | Twilight Circus Dub Sound System & Eddie "Tan Tan" Thornton | ||
| Tans: Amy, Cecilia, Keith | Tommy Sands | |||
| U | Under Black Cloud | |||
| V | Velvet Blue Music | Violet Hensley | ||
| Vendetta Red | Violet Indiana | |||
| Violet Burning | Violet Says | |||
| Violet Hall | ||||
| W | Walker, Clay | White Out | White Zombie | |
| Wentus Blues Band | White Skull | Whitesnake | ||
| Whild Peach | White Stripes | Wild Cherry | ||
| White Castle | White Town | |||
| White Lion | White Trash Debutaunts | |||
| Whites: Barry, Bobby, Roland, Lenny, Jack, Tony Joe, Barbara, Chris, Judith, Kenny, Mauice, Michael, Peter, Phillip, Rocky, Sonny, Verdine, Brenda, Chris, Jeff | ||||
| Y | Yankee Grey | Yellow Man | ||
| Yellow | Yellow Pencil | |||
| Yellow Bell | Yellow Scab | |||
| Yellow Fever | Yellowcard | |||
| Yellow Hammer | Yellowjackets | |||
| Yellow Magic Orchestra |
Winner: Matt H
Runner up: Steve T, Peter M, Marc D, Rahmen A, Katie B, Anne R, Len H, Dave R,
Mike B
03-04-05
Question: In the USA, when is it legal for a dead
person to vote?
Answer: Only if the person dies after
mailing in an absentee ballot.
Winner: Steve T
Runner up: Anne R, Len H, Katie B, Mike B, Rahmen A, Matt H, Peter M, Dave R,
Mike J, Alan B, Mike Ro
02-25-05
Question: A six digit number with a 4 at the end,
becomes 4 times larger when the 4 is removed and put at the front. What is
this number?
Answer: 102564 / 410256
Winner: Mike B
Runner up: Katie B, Marc D, Anne R, Len H, Peter M, Dave R, Alex D, Steve T
02-18-05
Question: What world famous logo is made up of
eight bars?
Answer: IBM and AT&T
Winner: Dave R
Runner up: Mike J, Anne R, Mike B, Peter M
02-11-05
Question: In the Brady Bunch episode where the
Brady's go to the amusement park, Mike Brady presents architectural plans to the
amusement park board. Of course, the plans were accidentally switched with
a poster. What was on the poster? Bonus question: Who was the poster
for?
Answer: Yogi the Bear - the poster was for
Nancy, a girl Jan Brady often babysat.
Winner: Rahmen A
Runner up: Len H, Dave R, Mike J, Anne R, Peter M, Marc D, Mike B
Bonus: Marc D
02-02-05
Question: What is this car?
Answer: smart forfour (passion
trimline)
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Rahmen A, Jeff S, Joey O, Alan B, Mike Ro, Katie B, Ken S, Mike B,
Anne R
01-19-05
Question: Where was the Battle of Waterloo
fought?
Answer: 13 km south of Brussels, Belgium
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Katie B, Anne R, Rahmen A, Mike J, Mike B, Mike Ro, Marc D, Peter M,
Dan O
01-12-05
Question: What was the first person in USA
history to be elected to a major government office by write in ballot?
Answer: Strom Thurmond
Winner: Ken S
Runner up: Len H, Katie B, Anne R, Rahmen A, Marc D, Peter M, Mike B, Alex D
01-06-05
Question: Use each of the mathematical signs ( +
/ - x ) and as many brackets as you want so that ? = 4 in the following
equation: 2 2 2 2 2 = ?
Answer: (( 2 - 2)/2) + (2 x 2) = 4
(Note: this is one variation - there are other combinations)
Winner: Len H
Runner up: Jeff S, Katie B, Peter M, Mike Ro, Mike B, Alex D, Marc D, Dave R,
Anne R