Question of the Day - March 2002

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March 31, 2002: Name both of the largest battleships in world's history.
(Hint: They were identical to each other, and they were built by the same country.)

Answer: Yamato and Musashi (Japanese) - Served in World War 2
Winner: Amber Eklund

March 30, 2002: What isotope of Uranium can be used in nuclear fission?

Answer: Uranium-235
Winner: Lindsey Davis

March 29, 2002: What is the mascot of Kent State University?

Answer: Golden Flashes
Winner: Jeff Dreiman

March 28, 2002: What were names of the three American aircraft carriers present at the Battle of Midway on June 4, 1942?

Answer: USS Yorktown, USS Enterprise, and USS Hornet
Winner: Amber Eklund

March 27, 2002: What college did Hall of Fame NBA star Bill Walton attend?

Answer: UCLA
Winner: Lindsey Davis

March 26, 2002: What is the nickname of the Battle of the Philippine Sea, fought on June 19 & 20, 1944?

Answer: The Great Marianas Turkey Shoot
Winner: Lindsey Davis

March 25, 2002: Who was the Democratic Vice-Presidential candidate in 1920?

Answer: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winner: Colt Hurst

March 24, 2002: What is the name of the fight song of Southwest Missouri State University?

Answer: The Scotsman
Winner: Jeff Dreiman

March 23, 2002: Along what ocean is Prudhoe Bay?

Answer: Arctic Ocean
Winner: Gary Stubblefield

March 22, 2002: What military unit led by General Sterling Price was the major Confederate force at the Battle of Wilson's Creek?

Answer: Missouri State Guard
Winner: Colt Hurst

March 21, 2002: How many World Series have the St. Louis Cardinals won?

Answer: Nine
Winner: Kara Arnn

March 20, 2002: How many Supreme Court Justices did President Jimmy Carter appoint?

Answer: None
Winner: Kara Arnn

March 19, 2002: Into what body of water does the White River flow?

Answer: Mississippi River
Winner: Lindsey Davis

March 18, 2002: In the legend of how baseball was invented, a teenager from Cooperstown, New York modified the rules of a similar game and called it baseball in 1839. Who was the teenager?

Answer: Abner Doubleday
Winner: Laura Walters

March 17, 2002: Which President acquired Texas, California, New Mexico, and Arizona?

Answer: James Knox Polk
Winner: Laura Walters

March 16, 2002: For what party did Teddy Roosevelt run for president in 1912?

Answer: Progressive Party
Winner: Jennifer Damron

March 15, 2002: What is the tallest mountain in Colorado?

Answer: Mount Elbert - 14,433 feet
Winner: Laura Walters

March 14, 2002: Who was Lyndon Johnson's Vice-President?

Answer: Hubert H. Humphrey
Winner: Lowell Stubblefield

March 13, 2002: When was the last time a Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball team participated in the Final Four?

Answer: Indiana State in 1979
Winner: Laura Walters

March 12, 2002: The Falkland Islands belong to what country?

Answer: They are disputed between Argentina and Great Britain
Winner: Kara Arnn

March 11, 2002: Who hit the game winning shot for North Carolina in the 1982 National Championship game?

Answer: Michael Jordan
Winner: Gary Stubblefield

March 10, 2002: What is the county seat of Taney County, Missouri?

Answer: Forsyth
Winner: Amber Eklund

March 9, 2002: What two candidates ran for president in 1840?

Answer: Martin Van Buren and William Henry Harrison (Harrison won)
Winner: Laura Walters

March 8, 2002: What was the name of the Japanese aircraft carrier sunk in the Battle of the Coral Sea?

Answer: Shoho
Winner: Kara Arnn

March 7, 2002: During the 1900's, the political party of the President lost congressional seats in mid-term elections all but two times. In what two mid-term elections did the party of the president actually gain seats?

Answer: 1934 (FDR's First Term) and 1998 (Clinton's Second Term)
Winner: Kara Arnn

March 6, 2002: Where is the beginning and end of Interstate 90?

Answer: Seattle and Boston
Winner: Matt Haase

March 5, 2002: Which side was Japan on in World War 1?

Answer: The side of the Allies (Great Britain, France, United States, etc.)
Winner: Kara Arnn

March 4, 2002: Where were the 1984 Winter Olympics held?

Answer: Sarajevo
Winner: Kara Arnn

March 3, 2002: The Spanish-American War was sparked by the explosion of what United States Battleship?

Answer: USS Maine
Winner: Matt Haase

March 2, 2002: What is the mascot of the University of Minnesota?

Answer: Golden Gophers
Winner: Laura Walters

March 1, 2002: The town of Hermann, Missouri was settled by immigrants from what nation?

Answer: Germany
Winner: Kara Arnn

March Standings


Kara Arnn 8

Laura Walters (Courter) 6

Lindsey Davis 4

Amber Eklund (Wilks) 3

Matt Haase 2

Gary Stubblefield 2

Colt Hurst 2

Jeff Dreiman 2

Lowell Stubblefield 1

Jennifer Damron 1

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