Question of the Day - February 2002

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February 28, 2002: Who won the 1994 World Series?

Answer: No one. Major League Baseball was in the middle of a players strike, and the World Series was cancelled.
Winner: Matt Haase

February 27, 2002: What were the names of the two beaches on which the United States landed on June 6, 1944?

Answer: Omaha and Utah
Winner: Ross Eldred

February 26, 2002: What NCAA Division 1 basketball conference did the Southwest Missouri State Bears belong to before the Missouri Valley Conference?

Answer: Mid-Continent Conference
Winner: Jeff Dreiman

February 25, 2002: Who lost the 1876 presidential election?

Answer: Samuel Tilden
Winner: Ross Eldred

February 24, 2002: What was the name of the massive defensive barrier built by France on the German border before World War 2?

Answer: Maginot Line
Winner: Jennifer Damron

February 23, 2002: What is the mascot of Centenary University?

Answer: Gents
Winner: Jason Raphael

February 22, 2002: Who did Drury College beat in the NAIA National Championship game in 1979?

Answer: Henderson State
Winner: Gary Stubblefield

February 21, 2002: What bombsight was used by U.S. long range bombers in World War 2?

Answer: Norden Bombsight
Winner: Gary Stubblefield

February 20, 2002: Who articulated the Motivation-Hygiene Theory of Organizational Behavior?

Answer: Frederick Herzberg
Winner: Gary Stubblefield

February 19, 2002: Who wrote about the theory of the invisible hand?

Answer: Adam Smith
Winner: Jeff Dreiman

February 18, 2002: The Great Society was the legislative program of which President?

Answer: Lyndon B. Johnson
Winner: Kati Dreiman

February 17, 2002: What was President Harry Truman's middle name?

Answer: "S" was his full middle name
Winner: Jennifer Damron

February 16, 2002: Who was ruling France at the time of the Louisiana Purchase?

Answer: Napoleon Bonaparte
Winner: Amber Eklund

February 15, 2002: In 1980, who led the Major League in batting average?

Answer: George Brett (.390)
Winner: Lee Dishman

February 14, 2002: In what year did Social Security begin?

Answer: 1935
Winner: Rina Edge

February 13, 2002: What is name of the southeastern intersection of US Highway 60 and US Highway 63? (Hint: This intersection is southeast of Willow Springs, Missouri)

Answer: Hillbilly Junction
Winner: Gary Stubblefield

February 12, 2002: In what year was Great Britain's Glorious Revolution?

Answer: 1688
Winner: Justin Dullum

February 11, 2002: What two cities were the home to the Athletics before Oakland?

Answer: Philadelphia and Kansas City
Winner: Gary Stubblefield

February 10, 2002: What year was the Magna Carta signed?

Answer: 1215
Winner: Justin Dullum

February 9, 2002: What was the full name of the Frisco Railroad Company?

Answer: St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company
Winner: Kara Arnn

February 8, 2002: What person founded the city of St. Louis?

Answer: Pierre Laclede Liguest
Winner: Rusty Williams

February 7, 2002: What controversial law did Franklin D. Roosevelt use to supply ammunition and weapons to Great Britain in 1941?

Answer: Lend-Lease Act
Winner: Amber Eklund

February 6, 2002: Who invented the inflatable tire?

Answer: John B. Dunlop
Winner: Gary Stubblefield

February 5, 2002: Who was the leading third-party candidate in the 1948 presidential election?

Answer: Strom Thurmond
Winner: Gary Stubblefield

February 4, 2002: What college did Shaquille O'Neal attend?

Answer: Louisiana State
Winner: Gary Stubblefield

February 3, 2002: During the first round of the 1989 NBA playoffs, who was defending Michael Jordan when he hit a buzzer-beater to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 5?

Answer: Craig Ehlo
Winner: Matt Haase

February 2, 2002: President Andrew Johnson was impeached for violating what law?

Answer: Tenure of Office Act
Winner: Rusty Williams

February 1, 2002: During the 1985 World Series, what umpire made a questionable call in the 8th inning of Game 6?

Answer: Don Denkinger
Winner: Rusty Williams

February Standings


Gary Stubblefield 8

Rusty Williams 3

Justin Dullum 2

Amber Eklund (Wilks) 2

Jennifer Damron 2

Jeff Dreiman 2

Ross Eldred 2

Matt Haase 2

Kara Arnn 1

Rina Edge 1

Lee Dishman 1

Kati Dreiman 1

Jason Raphael 1

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