Monday October 26, 2009
The daily winner was Stacy C.
Answer #1
In 1904 at the St. Louis World's Fair, Richard Blechynden
popularized tea served this way. What is iced tea?
Answer #2
In 1952 this company introduced its "Flo-Thru" tea bag.
What is Lipton?
Answer #3
Teas bearing this former name of Taiwan are primarily oolong.
What is Formosa?
Tuesday October 27, 2009
The daily winner was Tim R.
Answer #1
Even before Columbus, people knew the Earth wasn't this,
but NASA's WMAP probe says the universe is. What is
flat?
Answer #2
The triangulum one of these, a spiral type, is a pretty close neighbor of
ours at 3 million light-years. What is a galaxy?
Answer #3
In the early 1900s Willem de Sitter used relativity theory to suggest that
the universe is doing this. What is expanding?
Wednesday October 28, 2009
The daily winner was Susan H.
Answer #1
This Who guitarist broke his first axe at the age of 13
when his grandma complained about the noise. Who is
Peter Townshend?
Answer #2
This Who drummer died in 1978 in the same London flat as Mama Cass.
Who was Keith Moon?
Answer #3
Ocularly speaking, "No one knows what it's like, to be the bad man, to be
the sad man" this Who title. What is "Behind Blue
Eyes"?
Thursday October 29, 2009
The daily winner was Michael W.
Answer #1
In 1926 this surrealist was expelled from art school for
refusing to allow his professors to critique his work.
Who was Salvador Dali?
Answer #2
This artist who painted many revealing self-portraits was portrayed on film
by Salma Hayek in 2002. Who
was Frida Kahlo?
Answer #3
Luis Tristan was a student of this artist, studying in his Toledo studio
from 1603 to 1608. Who was El Greco?
Friday October 30, 2009
The daily winner was Polly M.
Answer #1
The axial rotation of the Earth seems to shift the plane
of motion of this scientist's pendulum. Who was
Foucault?
Answer #2
Newton's second law is expressed as the equation F=ma, where F stands for
this, m is mass and a is acceleration. What is
force?
Answer #3
This principle says it's impossible to measure a particle's position and
momentum at the same time. What is the
Heisenberg uncertainty principle?
Weekend - October 31 & Nov 1, 2009
The weekend winner was Patti J.
Answer #1
A cut of meat from the back of an animal, between the ribs
and the rump. What is the loin?
Answer #2
Except to break ties, this presiding officer of the House of Representatives
rarely votes. What is The Speaker of the House?
Answer #3
This green gem is actually a rare variety of beryl.
What are emeralds?
Answer #4
64, a magazine devoted to this game, is from Russia, home of champions at it
like Khalifman & Kramnik. What is chess?
Answer #5
Zero, to a Brit. What is nil?