Question of the Day - February 2003

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February 28, 2003: In what year was the United States Forest Service formed?

Answer: 1905
Winner: Nate Garrett

February 27, 2003: What number did Michael Jordan wear when he returned from retirement in 1995?

Answer: 45
Winner: Philip Courter

February 26, 2003: What is the county seat of Reynolds County, Missouri?

Answer: Centerville
Winner: Philip Courter

February 25, 2003: What is the hometown of NASCAR driver Mark Martin?

Answer: Batesville, Arkansas
Winner: Laura Courter

February 24, 2003: What is the mascot of Washburn University?

Answer: Ichabods
Winner: Laura Courter

February 23, 2003: Who lost the 1944 Presidential election?

Answer: Thomas Dewey
Winner: Philip Courter

February 22, 2003: That European country has had the greatest influence on Senegal?

Answer: France
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 21, 2003: What are three common monotheistic religions?

Answer: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam
Winner: Philip Courter

February 20, 2003: Many ex-slaves from Great Britain settled in Sierra Leone, a small country in western Africa, in the middle 19th century. Many ex-slaves from the United States settled in what African country in the same time period?

Answer: Liberia
Winner: Kara Davis

February 19, 2003: What plan provided funds to devastated countries in Western Europe after World War II?

Answer: Marshall Plan
Winner: Philip Courter

February 18, 2003: "The Levellers" were known as a group with ideas ahead of their time. In what time frame were they most prominent, and where were they located?

Answer: They were operational during the 1640s and 1650s in England, during that nation's civil war
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 17, 2003: Who was the last member of the Democratic Party from a northern state to win a Presidential election?

Answer: John F. Kennedy
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 16, 2003: What Egyptian ruler was assassinated in the early 1980s?

Answer: Anwar Sadat
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 15, 2003: What is the name of the old American aircraft carrier with the hull designation "CV-20"?

Answer: USS Bennington
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 14, 2003: Who was the first President to be photographed in office?

Answer: James Knox Polk
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 13, 2003: Who is the Majority Whip in the House of Representatives?

Answer: Roy Blunt
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 12, 2003: The section of Interstate 5 that extends from downtown Los Angeles, CA southeast into Orange County, CA is known as what freeway?

Answer: Santa Ana Freeway
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 11, 2003: Who is the head coach of the Oklahoma State men's basketball team?

Answer: Eddie Sutton
Winner: Philip Courter

February 10, 2003: What is the capital of Zimbabwe?

Answer: Harare
Winner: Philip Courter

February 9, 2003: When was the planet Neptune discovered?

Answer: September 23, 1846 by Johann Gottfried Galle, of the Berlin Observatory
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 8, 2003: In what year was the 11th Amendment to the Constitution ratified?

Answer: February 7, 1795
Winner: Philip Courter

February 7, 2003: What seed did Southwest Missouri State receive in their first trip to the NCAA Division 1 men's basketball tournament?

Answer: 13th Seed
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 6, 2003: What is the atomic number of Plutonium?

Answer: 94
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 5, 2003: In what year was the Gadsden Purchase made?

Answer: 1853
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 4, 2003: What is the capital of Paraguay?

Answer: Asuncion
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 3, 2003: What University of Missouri men's basketball coach has the most all-time wins?

Answer: Norm Stewart
Winner: Chris Anderson

February 2, 2003: In what town does the groundhog officially decide the remaining length of winter?

Answer: Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
Winner: Michael Dauphin

February 1, 2003: Missouri has had how many constitutions?

Answer: 4: 1820, 1865, 1875, and 1945 (the current one)
Winner: Philip Courter



February Standings


Chris Anderson 14

Philip Courter 9

Laura Courter 2

Michael Dauphin 1

Kara Davis 1

Nate Garrett 1

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