Question of the Day - December 2002

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December 31, 2002: Sometimes two nearby towns or cities are paired together to form one television market. What town is paired with Kirksville, Missouri to form one market?

Answer: Ottumwa, Iowa
Winner: Jeff Dreiman

December 30, 2002: Who was the Japanese Navy's leader in World War II?

Answer: Isoroku Yamamoto
Winner: Chris Anderson

December 29, 2002: Residents of Mississippi have generally voted for which party in Presidential elections since 1964?

Answer: Republican
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 28, 2002: Who is the coach of the University of Tennessee men's basketball team?

Answer: Buzz Peterson
Winner: Rina Edge

December 27, 2002: Wichita State University does not field a team in what major collegiate sport?

Answer: Football
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 26, 2002: What highway is the primary route between Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Milwaukee, Wisconsin?

Answer: Interstate 94
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 25, 2002: ABC will televise NBA basketball on Christmas Day for the first time this year. What network has televised such games in the past?

Answer: NBC
Winner: Rina Edge

December 24, 2002: During the Olympics, three-letter abbreviations are used for each competing country. What is the abbreviation for Spain?

Answer: ESP
Winner: Rina Edge

December 23, 2002: What Interstate highway is the main artery between Denver, Colorado and Cheyenne, Wyoming?

Answer: Interstate 25
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 22, 2002: What are hurricanes called in the Pacific Ocean?

Answer: Typhoons
Winner: Rina Edge

December 21, 2002: When is Elvis Presley's birthday?

Answer: January 8, 1935
Winner: Toni Piechocki

December 20, 2002: The Confirmation Charter of Edward I gave substantially more power to the English parliament in what year?

Answer: 1297
Winner: Jeff Dreiman

December 19, 2002: When did Benjamin Franklin first produce "Poor Richard's Almanack"?

Answer: 1733
Winner: Chris Anderson

December 18, 2002: Where is Arkansas State University located?

Answer: Jonesboro, Arkansas
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 17, 2002: What is Refrigerator Perry's first name?

Answer: William
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 16, 2002: When did Texas become a state?

Answer: 1845
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 15, 2002: What is the Atomic Number of Copper?

Answer: 29
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 14, 2002: When was the Great Spanish Armada defeated by the English?

Answer: 1588
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 13, 2002: What is the mascot of the University of Tulsa?

Answer: Golden Hurricane
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 12, 2002: Who lost the 1984 Presidential Election?

Answer: Walter Mondale
Winner: Nate Garrett

December 11, 2002: Who was the first Prime Minister of England?

Answer: Sir Robert Walpole
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 10, 2002: In what province of Canada is Winnepeg?

Answer: Manitoba
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 9, 2002: How many marriages did Henry VIII of England have, and what were his wives' names?

Answer: He had 6 wives: Katharine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves, Catherine Howard, and Catherine Parr
Winner: Joe Sears

December 8, 2002: Which former Southwest Missouri State basketball star was a member of the Harlem Globetrotters?

Answer: Arnold Bernard
Winner: Matt Haase

December 7, 2002: Which United States battleship got underway during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, subsequently running aground?

Answer: USS Nevada
Winner: Amy Stubblefield

December 6, 2002: Who was speaking when Strom Thurmond stormed out during the 1948 Democratic National Convention?

Answer: Hubert Humphrey
Winner: Nancy Haase

December 5, 2002: What is the capital of Alaska?

Answer: Juneau
Winner: Jean Stubblefield

December 4, 2002: Who was Vice-President during the administration of James Knox Polk?

Answer: George M. Dallas
Winner: Lindsay Carver

December 3, 2002: In what city do the New England Patriots play?

Answer: Foxboro, Massachusetts
Winner: Matt Haase

December 2, 2002: After 1066 until around 1400, what language was spoken in England among the nobility and upper class?

Answer: French
Winner: Matt Haase

December 1, 2002: From what state is John Kerry?

Answer: Massachusetts
Winner: Laura Courter



December Standings


Amy Stubblefield 13

Rina Edge 4

Matt Haase 3

Chris Anderson 2

Jeff Dreiman 2

Laura Courter 1

Jean Stubblefield 1

Lindsay Carver 1

Nancy Haase 1

Joe Sears 1

Nate Garrett 1

Toni Piechocki 1

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