Question 1:
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 see Day 45 for the explanation.
Question 2:
What industry is the primary user of perchloroethylene, a chemical that researchers at Boston University have linked to mental illness, like bipolar disorder? Answer: dry cleaners.
Please see Day 8 for the explanation.
Question 3:
Who is generally regarded as one of the very first Americans to die in the struggle for liberty from British Rule? Answer: Crispus Attucks.
When you place revolutionary war first casualty in the search field you'll see two names. The other, an 11 year old boy named Christopher Seider died two weeks before Attucks, but in typical Internet fashion there are many arguments but no citations(even from an organization like the New England Historical Society, who have the means to investigate). Until source material becomes widely available Mr. Attucks is the answer.
Question 1:
In 2012, Forbes reported that the world's most valuable sports team of the 2011 season was worth how much more than the Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees combined? Answer: Unknown.
Let me state that most of the math problems I never understand. The reason why might have to do with sloppy math on my part or their (usually mine). But this problem doesn't make sense.
Let's start with how to get the material. Input forbes richest sports teams 2011 in the search field. You will come across 16 Jul, 2012 article of Forbes. Manchester United headed the leaderboard at $2.23 billion. But the combined worth of the Dallas Cowboys and New York Yankees is $3.7 billion, $1.47 more than Manchester United. The question stated that Manchester United is worth more than those two teams, but this is false. The only way to make that truth would be for Manchester United to be worth more that $3.7 billion.
Question 2:
Who is the son of the actress who played the mother-in-law of the “Sex and the City” character who graduated Harvard? Answer: Ben Stiller.
Please see Day 54 for the explanation.
Question 3:
The club that was established in 1935 to promote safety in the game of American football was named after a player with what nickname? Answer: Tiny.
Please see Day 67 for the explanation.
Question 1:
A few weeks after the birth of Michelangelo, his family returned to an Italian city that is the capital of the what region? Answer: Tuscany.
Please see Day 11 for the explanation.
Question 2:
What is the source of the pressure that has caused coyotes, which were once essentially diurnal, to adjust to a more nocturnal behavior? Answer: humans.
There's not much in the world that humans have not placed some pressures on nature, coyotes being adaptable are no exception. For the quick answer, try coyote nocturnal pressure.
Question 3:
Of the five NASA space shuttles, which one flew the most missions? Answer: Discovery.
I don't know if it's AGoolgeADay that is prompting an answer to this question or what. Nonetheless, use space shuttle most missions.
Question 1:
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 James Cook.
Please see Day 7 for the explanation.
Question 2:
Which documentary screened at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival, about the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, quotes Thomas Merton's eponymous poem? Answer: Original Child Bomb.
I won't bore you with silly details of why, just try 2004 Tribeca Film Festival atomic bombing for quick answer.
Question 3:
What was cut into the fresco, "The Last Supper", resulting in the disappearance of Christ's feet in the image? Answer: doorway.
I had to look at the hint on this one after finding that there was a doorway cut into DaVinci's work, not a lumber slab from a hardware box store. Still you can find your way to the answer using this in the search field: fresco "the last supper" christ's feet.
Question 1:
What cabinet position had been held by the head of the commission that investigated the STS-51L disaster? Answer: Secretary of State.
I looked for sts-51l investigation commission members On the first page you will see a PDF document titled Rogers Commission Report. Page three has Mr. Rogers name as commission chairman. Considering that William Rodgers served as Secretary of State and as Attonery General you are obliged to try them both.
Question 2:
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 3:
What renowned children's book set around the love for the first African-American to play major league baseball, starts with the line "The St. George Hotel?"? Answer: Thank You, Jackie Robinson.
Please see Day 45 for the explanation.
