Question of the Day - June 2002

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June 30, 2002: Meramec Caverns was the hideout of what two famous outlaws?

Answer: Jesse and Frank James
Winner: Rina Edge

June 29, 2002: What is the name of the major Air Force Base near Las Vegas, Nevada?

Answer: Nellis Air Force Base
Winner: Laura Walters

June 28, 2002: The band Creedence Clearwater Revival repeats "Rollin on the River" numerous times in one of their songs. What is the name of the song?

Answer: Proud Mary
Winner: Justin Peabody

June 27, 2002: When Bagnell Dam was constructed, forming the Lake of the Ozarks, what Missouri town was created for the residents displaced by the dam?

Answer: Camdenton, Missouri
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 26, 2002: What is the former name of John Q. Hammons Parkway in Springfield, Missouri?

Answer: Dollison Avenue
Winner: Rina Edge

June 25, 2002: When Satchel Paige retired from Major League Baseball, he was what age?

Answer: 59
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 24, 2002: Who lost the 1844 Presidential Election?

Answer: Henry Clay
Winner: Rina Edge

June 23, 2002: Who won the 1984 World Series?

Answer: Detroit Tigers
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 22, 2002: What elementary school is closest to the intersection of Grant Avenue and Mt. Vernon Street in Springfield, Missouri?

Answer: Campbell Elementary
Winner: Rina Edge

June 21, 2002: What was the household name for the Kansas City, Fort Scott, and Memphis railroad?

Answer: Gulf Railroad
Winner: Rina Edge

June 20, 2002: In what two cities did Jack Buck announce baseball on the radio before moving to St. Louis?

Answer: Rochester, New York, and Columbus, Ohio
Winner: Rina Edge

June 19, 2002: What miniature statue stands on the front steps of the old Greene County, Missouri courthouse?

Answer: Statue of Liberty
Winner: Rina Edge

June 18, 2002: Who holds the National League record for longest hitting streak?

Answer: Pete Rose - 44 Games
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 17, 2002: Who is on the $50 dollar bill?

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant
Winner: Rina Edge

June 16, 2002: If you travel due east from Juneau, Alaska, what Canadian province do you enter?

Answer: British Columbia
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 15, 2002: Andorra is between what two countries?

Answer: France and Spain
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 14, 2002: Who hit the game winning shot in Game 6 of the 1993 NBA Finals?

Answer: John Paxson
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 13, 2002: What are the names of all the Ivy League universities?

Answer: Harvard, Yale, Brown, Cornell, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Princeton
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 12, 2002: The Mark Twain National Forest in Missouri was organized in what year?

Answer: 1939
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 11, 2002: When Commercial Street in Springfield, Missouri was a state highway, it was what number?

Answer: Missouri Highway 88
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 10, 2002: Which American fleet aircraft carrier was the only one sunk in battle after 1942?

Answer: CVL-22 Princeton
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 9, 2002: Who was the starting pitcher for the Kansas City Royals in Game 6 of the 1985 World Series?

Answer: Charlie Leibrandt
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 8, 2002: What was the first U.S. combat jet fighter?

Answer: F-80 Shooting Star
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 7, 2002: The stretch of Interstate 5 from Los Angeles to Anaheim, California, has how many total lanes?

Answer: 8 Lanes
Winner: Jason Raphael

June 6, 2002: Michael Jordan played what in the organization of what Major League baseball team during his first hiatus from basketball?

Answer: Chicago White Sox
Winner: Amber Eklund

June 5, 2002: During the Battle of Midway, American forces were given the tactical advantage when a Japanese scout plane failed to take off on time due to mechanical problems. The scout plane was from what ship?

Answer: IJN Tone
Winner: Rina Edge

June 4, 2002: When travelling along U.S. 65 in Springfield, Missouri, there is one bridge crossing the highway between the interchange at Battlefield and the interchange at James River Freeway. What is the name of the street crossing U.S. 65 at this point?

Answer: Gasconade Street
Winner: Amber Eklund

June 3, 2002: The AAA affiliate of the St. Louis Cardinals was located in what city before they moved to Memphis, Tennessee?

Answer: Louisville
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 2, 2002: In what state is the official geographical center of North America?

Answer: North Dakota
Winner: Colt Hurst

June 1, 2002: Who was the leader of the Baldknobbers, a Taney County vigilante group in the 1880s?

Answer: Nat Kinney
Winner: Colt Hurst

June Standings


Colt Hurst 16

Rina Edge 9

Amber Eklund 2

Jason Raphael 1

Justin Peabody 1

Laura Walters (Courter) 1

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