2006 Monday Blues Trivia contest

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The weekly questions:

05-22-06
Question:  Where did the Audi TT get its name?

05-05-06
Question:  What is the official state beverage if Delaware??
Answer:   Milk
Winner:  Mike J
Runner up: Anne R, Howard B, Mike B, Cecilia S, Len H, Mark L, Rahmen A, Peter M, Dan O, Marc D

04-28-06
Question:  How did Kukla, the bubble-nosed puppet featured on the TV kid's show: Kukla, Fran, and Ollie,
get his name?
Answer:   Burr Tillstrom, the creator of the show, was smitten with Tamara Toumanova, a famous ballerina who was then appearing in Chicago. She invited him to her dressing room to say goodbye when she was leaving town,  and Tillstrom made her a puppet. When she saw it, she exclaimed "Kukla!" - Russian for doll, and thus Kukla got his name.
Winner:  Mark L
Runner up: Howard B, Len H, Cecilia S, Rahmen A, Mike B, Chris O, Anne R, Mike J, Peter M, Marc D, Alex D

04-19-06
Question:  Who was President Ronald Reagan quoting when he said, "I forgot to duck" after he was shot by John W. Hinckley Jr. in 1981?
Answer:   When Gene Tunney defeated Jack Dempsey for the boxing's heavyweight championship in 1926, Dempsey quipped to his wife, "Honey, I forgot to duck."
Winner:  Len H
Runner up: Rahmen A, Anne R, Howard B, Cecilia S, Mark L, Mike B, Marc D, Peter M

04-06-06
Question:  What city, more than 2.5 times the size of Rhode Island, is America's largest in area?
Answer:  Sitka, Alaska (2874 square miles)
Winner:  Peter M
Runner up: Howard B, Chris O, Joe O, Rahmen A, Len H, Marc D, Anne R, Dave R

03-29-06
Question:  What dance follows the following pattern: Triple-step, triple-step, rock-step?
Answer:  The Swing (East Coast Swing, or Jitterbug)
Winner:  Cecilia S
Runner up: Len H, Mark L, Rahmen A, Anne R, Jen R, Mike J, Peter M, Dave R, Mike B, Bob K, Marc D, Alex D

03-22-06
Question:  What did the first vending machines in the United States dispense?
Bonus: Where and in what year?
Answer:  Tutti Fruitti Chewing gum, New York train platforms in 1888.
Winner:  Len H
Runner up: Jeff S, Cecilia S, Howard B, Rahmen A, Katie B, Mike J, Mark L, Marc D, Anne R, Peter M, Mike B, Alex D 

03-13-06
Question:  What popular band, led by a single-name star, was originally known as the Strontium 90?
Answer:  The Police, led by Sting
Winner: Mark L 
Runner up: Rahmen A, Katie B, Len H, Anne R, Cecilia S, Mike J, Mike B, Howard B, Bob K, Peter M, Jeff S, Ken S, Marc D, Alex D, Joe O 

03-06-06
Question:  What Oscar winning movie was based on the 1951 Broadway play, "I Am a Camera?"
Answer:  Cabaret, starring Liza Minelli and Joel Grey
Winner: Ken S
Runner up:  Len H, Cecilia S, Anne R, Rahmen A, Mark L, Peter M, Mike Ro, Mike B, Marc D

02-24-06
Question:  What is the significance of the number: 46,664?
Answer:  It was Nelson Mandela's prisoner number
Winner: Cecilia S
Runner up:  Len H, Howard B, Mark L, Anne R, Rahmen A, Mike B, Peter M, Mike Ro, Marc D

02-10-06
Question:  When Fraiser took a vacation to Bora Bora, who did he bump into?
Answer:  Lilith, his ex-wife.
Winner: Anne R
Runner up:  Dave R, Alex D, Len H, Katie B, Cecilia S, Howard B, Mike B, Rahmen A, Peter M, Mark L, Marc D

02-02-06
Question:  You are in a house. On the first floor, there are three switches that control three separate lights in an upstairs room. You can turn on or off as many of the switches as many times as you like - but you can only enter the room once. Can you determine which switch corresponds to which light? The lights are regular incandescent 60 Watt bulbs. You have no access to any tools, and you cannot see the lights in the room until you enter the room. Once you enter the room, you must make determine what switch corresponds to what light. How can this be accomplished? 
Answer:  Turn two lights on. Wait two minutes. Turn one off. Enter room. Touch the two lights that are not on - the hotter one is the light you turned off prior to entering the room.
Winner: Anne R
Runner up:  Mark L, Mike B, Cecilia S, Katie B, Howard B, Len H, Mike Ro, Mike J, Peter M, Jeff S, Alex D, Marc D

01-25-06
Question:  The Academy of Sciences of which country is credited with creating the metric system?
Answer:   The French
Winner: Katie B
Runner up: Peter M, Rahmen A, Len H, Marc D, Anne R, William B, Mike B, Alan B, Alex D, Ken S, Mike Ro, Jeff S, Dave R

01-18-06
Question:  What was the first of H.J. Heinz' "57 varieties"?
Answer:   "Pure and Superior" Grated Horseradish
Winner: Anne R
Runner up: Len H, Dave R, Howard B, Mike Ro, Rahmen A, Mike B, Peter M, Ken S, Marc D, Alex D

01-11-06
Question:  Who is the only king to be included in the National Statuary Hal in the US Capitol building?
Answer: Hawaii's King Kamehameha I  
Winner: Katie B
Runner up: Peter M, Howard B, Len H, Anne R, Rahmen A, Marc D, Mike Ro, Mike J, Mike B, Ken S

01-04-06
Question:  How did HAL, the computer in 2001: A Space Odyssey, get its name?
Answer: It stands for Heuristic ALgorithmic Computer
Winner:  Ken S
Runner up: Peter M, Anne R, Mark L, Len H, Mike B, Rahmen A, Mike Ro, Marc D, Dave R