Question of the Day - October 2002

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October 31, 2002: What is the main attraction in Chesapeake, Missouri?

Answer: Fish Hatchery
Winner: Jean Stubblefield

October 30, 2002: What is the most common goose in Missouri?

Answer: Canada Goose
Winner: Nate Garrett

October 29, 2002: Who is the current Mayor of Chicago?

Answer: Richard M. Daley
Winner: Lee Dishman

October 28, 2002: Prior to the Fuel Crisis of the 1970s, what was the normal speed limit for highways in Missouri?

Answer: None, but eventually 70 MPH
Winner: Lowell Stubblefield

October 27, 2002: The Washington Post had traditionally tended to favor which political party?

Answer: Democrat
Winner: Matt Haase

October 26, 2002: Oliver Wendell Holmes performed what governmental function?

Answer: Supreme Court Justice
Winner: Matt Haase

October 25, 2002: What was the Kansas City Chiefs record in the 1997 football season?

Answer: 13-3
Winner: Matt Haase

October 24, 2002: When was the last time a Democrat held the 7th Congressional District in Missouri?

Answer: Charles Harrison Brown left office in 1961
Winner: Matt Haase

October 23, 2002: Who performed the song "Pretty Woman"?

Answer: Roy Orbison
Winner: Rina Edge

October 22, 2002: Which attorney argued the Supreme Court Case Bush v. Gore for respondent Al Gore?

Answer: David Boies
Winner: Chris Anderson

October 21, 2002: Lake Shore Drive is an important waterfront thoroughfare in what U.S. city?

Answer: Chicago
Winner: Rina Edge

October 20, 2002: What famous line is said each week near the beginning of "Saturday Night Live?"

Answer: Live from New York, it's Saturday Night
Winner: Rina Edge

October 19, 2002: Who was George McGovern's running mate in the 1972 Presidential election?

Answer: Sargent Shriver
Winner: Rina Edge

October 18, 2002: When was the last time the (San Francisco) Giants won the World Series?

Answer: 1954
Winner: Lee Dishman

October 17, 2002: Who sang "Like a Rolling Stone"?

Answer: Bob Dylan
Winner: Rina Edge

October 16, 2002: How many years were between the beginning and the end of the Hundred Years War?

Answer: 115 Years
Winner: Tanner Womack

October 15, 2002: In what city was the TV sitcom "Cheers" located?

Answer: Boston
Winner: Lee Dishman

October 14, 2002: Simon and Garfunkel's "Mrs. Robinson" refers to what former baseball player in its lyrics?

Answer: Joe DiMaggio
Winner: Jimmy Johnson

October 13, 2002: What is meant by the latin term nisi prius, and how does it relate to medieval courts in England?

Answer: Literally "unless before," meaning cases heard nisi prius had not been previously heard by a lower court
Winner: Ross Eldred

October 12, 2002: From what state was Franklin Delano Roosevelt?

Answer: New York
Winner: Matt Haase

October 11, 2002: Who is third on the all-time Major League home run list?

Answer: Willie Mays (660)
Winner: Matt Haase

October 10, 2002: Who wrote the Shepherd of the Hills?

Answer: Harold Bell Wright
Winner: Matt Haase

October 9, 2002: Where were the Minnesota Twins located before they moved to Minneapolis?

Answer: Washington, DC
Winner: Matt Haase

October 8, 2002: What is a Bill of Attainder?

Answer: A legislative act that singles out an individual or group for punishment without a trial
Winner: Rusty Williams

October 7, 2002: The "Jazz Singer" was the first full-length talking motion picture. What year did it debut?

Answer: 1927
Winner: Matt Haase

October 6, 2002: What is the technical term for a thunderstorm cloud?

Answer: Cumulonimbus
Winner: Matt Haase

October 5, 2002: What company produced the CJ Series of Jeeps?

Answer: AMC
Winner: Rusty Williams

October 4, 2002: Around how many miles is Seattle, Washington from Juneau, Alaska?

Answer: 1630 miles by road, around 875 by air
Winner: Ross Eldred

October 3, 2002: What is traditionally the first state to have a Presidential primary?

Answer: New Hampshire
Winner: Jimmy Johnson

October 2, 2002: When travelling south on Interstate 19 from Tuscon, Arizona, what Mexican city is just across the border?

Answer: Nogales, Mexico
Winner: Lee Dishman

October 1, 2002: Why is Mickey Owen famous?

Answer: Dropped third strike in the 1941 World Series
Winner: Lee Dishman

October Standings


Matt Haase 10

Rina Edge 5

Lee Dishman 5

Rusty Williams 2

Jimmy Johnson 2

Ross Eldred 2

Tanner Womack 1

Lowell Stubblefield 1

Jean Stubblefield 1

Nate Garrett 1

Chris Anderson 1

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