Showing posts with label Sprint Cup. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sprint Cup. Show all posts

Saturday, February 27, 2016

27 Feb, 2016: Day 74

Question 1:
Stewart-Haas Racing made an agreement with Tommy Baldwin Racing that guaranteed what female driver a spot in the 2012 Sprint Cup Opener? Answer: Danica Patrick.


Please see Day 6 for the explanation..

Question 2:
What famous college football coach was a "letterman" in 4 sports during his college years, and whose overall coaching record was 142-72-18? Answer: Homer Norton.


This question is in relation to the one posted on Day 1. For a solution try inputting in the search field 142-72-18 sports record.

Question 3:
What city is the setting of the first of two Pulitzer Prize-winning plays by the man who introduced us to Blanche and Brick? Answer: New Orleans.


If you studied theater you would know the charaters from Tennessee Williams' work, A Streetcar Named Desire being the most famous. You can find it by using Pulitzer Prize-winning plays Blanche as a seed of your search. When you find the play note the setting.

Wednesday, December 16, 2015

16 Dec, 2015: Day 6

Question 1:
The south end of what footbridge is very near the famous theater where Ann Hathaway's husband staged his plays? Answer: Millennium Bridge.


After looking up Adam Shulman on a variety of sites I asked for a hint and threw a Hail Mary for the answer. I tried to find a link between a Millennium Bridge and Adam Shulman by looking first for sources on American built versions. Found two, on in Chicago and the other in Denver. Both not near theatres.

Question 2:
Stewart-Haas Racing made an agreement with Tommy Baldwin Racing that guaranteed what female driver a spot in the 2012 Sprint Cup Opener? Answer: Danica Patrick.


"Stewart-Haas Racing" "Tommy Baldwin Racing" 2012 Sprint Cup. Look at one of the racing teams web sites that was on the first page for a press release to announce Ms. Patrick.

Question 3:
What series of four bills was signed into law by John Adams to squash the activities of radicals who sympathized with the French Revolution? Answer: Alien and Sedition Acts.


"John Adams" French Revolution four laws lead to a few sites that referred to the Acts. All relevant information was on the first page.