28 Nov 2017, Day 99

Question 1
Who choreographed the musical based on the first novel by the 2003 winner of the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters? Answer: Debbie Allen.

First we need to find the book that won the medal. Look it up by using 2003 Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, locating that it's Stephen King Carrie. Next, place in the search field Carrie musical choreography 1988 to find the IBDB listing of the cast and crew of this late 80's flop.

Question 2:
In Chapter 1 of Laura Jackson's biography of "Bono", what was the full name of the person who collapsed at his father's funeral and died four days later? Answer: Iris Hewson.

Now the search was supposed to happen was that you would go into Google Books and look up "Bono" Laura Jackson. Then you would just browse the chapter until you read the passage depicting Mrs. Hewson's death. But that is not to be, any preview or snippets of that chapter is under embargo. So the only way to solve it is by looking at the Wikipedia article on his biography.

Question 3:
What river is impassable by man in Arunachal Pradesh and joins the Ganga River in Bangladesh? Answer: Brahmaputra.

Please see Day 49 for the explanation.

2 Feb, 2016: Day 49

Question 1:
What river is impassable by man in Arunachal Pradesh and joins the Ganga River in Bangladesh? Answer: Brahmaputra.

Try looking up the answer by usingArunachal Pradesh impassable river as the search query. The answer is within the search results.

Question 2:
Describing the reporter people loved to hate, what late columnist, born in Fort Benning, wrote, "Very few people liked Howard Cosell... but that's the point..."? Answer: Lewis Grizzard.

In the search field type the quote "Very few people liked Howard Cosell... but that's the point...". Mr Grizzard's name is listed in the search results.

Question 3:
What’s in the mouth of the cat that’s tattooed on the ankle of the actor who received a star at 6259 Hollywood Boulevard in July 2010? Answer: Tweety Bird.

There are several ways to get to what was on Marky Mark's leg. The first way is to plug in the address to find out what stars are at that location: star 6259 Hollywood Boulevard. Remember, tattoos were considered edgy until 20, 30 years ago, so that fact could be used as a filter. Another suggestion would be to use hollywood walk of fame July 2010. Afterwards, hone into the answer by typing Mark Wahlberg tattoos leg to get to the Warner Bros. cartoon characters.

28 Dec, 2015: Day 18

Editor's note: I already knew the answers to these questions. Two of the questions I knew because I grew up during that time. The last because I read The Prize : the epic quest for oil, money, and power. But the reason you're reading this is to get help in finding your own answers, right?

Question 1:
What was the more popular name for the Strategic Defense Initiative? Answer: Star Wars.

Type into the search field Strategic Defense Initiative other names and various page results come up on what is now known as Missile Defense Agency.

Question 2:
The Challenger mission that carried the first African-American into space deployed a multipurpose satellite for what country? Answer: India.

Type African-American astronaut Challenger in the search field, which will give you Guion "Guy" Bluford, who flew on STS-8. Replace the previous search query with sts-8 satellite to get the information of Challenger's payload, which included INSAT-1B.

Question 3:
What New England industry quickly collapsed with the discovery of oil in Pennsylvania? Answer: Whaling.

Using before petroleum was used in our search tells us that necessity is truly the mother of invention. "Rock oil" was a substitution product. Some say it worked wonderfully, others gripe a bit too well.