Showing posts with label 2000. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2000. Show all posts

Saturday, February 6, 2016

6 Feb, 2016: Day 53

Question 1:
In what European capital can you view the city's first nude statue by Sir Richard Westmacott erected in 1822? Answer: London.


Please see Day 28 for the explanation.

Question 2:
What sportscaster, known for his catch phrase, “Oh my!” joined CBS in 2000 as a play-by-play announcer for the NFL? Answer: Dick Enberg.


Use the quote along with other information from the question to come up with an answer. Type “Oh my!” sportscaster CBS and you easily find what you are looking for.

Question 3:
In a 2005 ceremony inducting Dan Marino to the Football Hall of Fame, who was the recipient of Dan's “one last pass” thrown from the podium? Answer: Mark Clayton.


It's not Dan Marino suggesting to Alex Baldwin about building a snack stadium, but it's pretty cool and recognizing a former teammate. Let's make this simple. Place in the search field Dan Marino last pass 2005 and within the search results you will find event details of Dan Marino's induction in the Hall of Fame, throw to the ex-Fins wide receiver.

Friday, January 15, 2016

15 Jan, 2016: Day 32

Question 1:
In "Eats, Shoots and Leaves,” punctuation marks are compared to what highway safety device, because they keep words from banging together? Answer: traffic signals.


At first I thought that I could look for the passage in Google Books. After a few minutes in the book, finding everything and anything except the quote, I gave up and looked for what I needed using eats shoots and leaves punctuation marks highway safety. Buried in the results of the first page is a quote on the subject. “...punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, and stop.”

Question 2:
Who presented Tonga's royal family with the animal that, when he died, was believed to be one of the longest-living animals on record? Answer: Captain Cook.


Please see Day 7 for the explanation.

Question 3:
When Dan Marino's jersey number 13 was retired by the Dolphins in 2000, what was the only jersey number previously retired by the team? Answer: 12.


Insert retired jerseys number "Miami Dolphins" 2000 in the search bar. You have your choice of Wikipedia articles, but I didn't bother. I went to one of the fan sites instead.