Question 1:
What was the maximum weight (kg) in the men’s middleweight class for the 2012 Olympic Games? Answer: 84.
Please see Day 39 for the explanation.
Question 2:
The cities of Amsterdam, including Rotterdam, The Hague and Utrecht make up what area that is home to more than 40% of the population of The Netherlands? Answer: Randstad.
Please see Day 63 for the explanation.
Question 3:
What is the common term used by the America's Cup organization, for an object shaped like an airplane wing, designed to direct the flow of air over its surface? Answer: aerofoil.
Rather tricky, but try in the search field direct flow air over surface "America's Cup". Look for the BBC article, contained is definition of the object.
Question 1:
As Marlow approaches, what are Kurtz's final words? Answer: The horror.
Please see Day 55 for the explanation.
Question 2:
Because the company increased shareholder dividends for 25 years in a row, what S&P designation was granted the world's largest distributor of toys? Answer: S&P 500 Dividend Aristocrats.
Please seeDay 45 for the explanation.
Question 3:
What do scientists call the "aliens" and odd organisms that live below the bottom of the ocean? Answer: intraterrestrials.
If you were to type organisms that live below the bottom of the ocean in the search field, you will come across an article that gives the answer in the title. The only problem intraterrestrial, as defined by A Google a Day, doesn't meet the definition described here.
Question 1:
Who founded the company named for the man who invented vulcanized rubber? Answer: Frank Seiberling.
Please see Day 64 for the explanation.
Question 2:
In what kind of building will you find the 15 x 29 ft. mural created for the husband of Beatrice d'Este? Answer: monastery.
How you arrive at the answer depends on how many hops you are willing to go through. First type Beatrice d'Este in the search field, to come up with the name of her husband, Ludovico Sforza, which you would also type in the search field . From there add mural location to get the monastery of Chiesa Sant’Ambrogio ad Nemus in Milan.
Question 3:
The Challenger mission that carried the first African-American into space deployed a multipurpose satellite for what country? Answer: India.
Please see Day 18 for the explanation.
Question 1:
Of the five NASA space shuttles, which one flew the most missions? Answer: Discovery.
Please see Day 90 for the explanation.
Question 2:
Who is known as the "father" of the country whose national drink is a strong alcoholic beverage made from pomace? Answer: Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.
Please see Day 36 for the explanation.
Question 3:
The Indian river basin that includes approximately 25% of the country's area is bound by what mountain range to the south? Answer: Vindhya.
Please see Day 40 for the explanation.
Question 1
After centuries of being passed between Genoa, France and Sardinia what European country was finally granted sovereignty in 1861? Answer: Monaco.
This requires some digging, looking beyond the first few results for the answer. Type Genoa France Sardinia sovereignty 1861 in the search field, which will clue you into all sorts of trivia about former Sardinian possession and the Franco-Monegasque Treaty of 1861.
Question 2:
The south end of what footbridge is very near the famous theater where Ann Hathaway's husband staged his plays? Answer: Millennium Bridge.
Please see Day 6 for the explanation.
Question 3:
When Maurice Sendak first pitched the idea for the book that would eventually become "Where The Wild Things Are", what was the title? Answer: Where The Wild Horses Are.
In the search field type "Where The Wild Things Are" working title. the first page of search results will contain the answer to this classic children's book.
