Yesterday's Answer:
The ancient Egyptian god Thoth was most often depicted with the head of the Ibis (a long-beaked bird).
Tomorrow's Question:
What is the contemporary name for the former Roman city/town of Lutetia?
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 31, 2011; http://www.touregypt.net/godsofegypt/thoth.htm; http://www.naturephoto-cz.com/photos/mraz/sacred-ibis-05a23057.jpg; http://www.dpedtech.com/Thoth2.gif)
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Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Monday, May 30, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
George McClellan called Lincoln, his Commander in Chief, a "well-meaning baboon" and "the original gorilla."
Today's Question:
Ancient Egyptian gods were often depicted with the head of an animal. Which head did the god Thoth most often have?
I do not know this one but mostly recall birds or wolves as heads--I will guess Thoth's head was usually depicted as a wolf's.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 30, 2011; http://www.sonofthesouth.net/union-generals/mcclellan/general-george-mcclellan.htm; http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln; http://www.civilwarnovels.com/reviews/john-c-waugh-lincoln-and-mcclellan.html)
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George McClellan called Lincoln, his Commander in Chief, a "well-meaning baboon" and "the original gorilla."
Today's Question:
Ancient Egyptian gods were often depicted with the head of an animal. Which head did the god Thoth most often have?
I do not know this one but mostly recall birds or wolves as heads--I will guess Thoth's head was usually depicted as a wolf's.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 30, 2011; http://www.sonofthesouth.net/union-generals/mcclellan/general-george-mcclellan.htm; http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/abrahamlincoln; http://www.civilwarnovels.com/reviews/john-c-waugh-lincoln-and-mcclellan.html)
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
Today Answer, Tomorrow's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
A deficiency of vitamin B3 (or niacin) causes the illness pellagra?
Today's Question:
Name the general who called his Commander in Chief a "well-meaning baboon" and "the original gorilla," and to whom was he referring?
A guess only, General Castro was referring to Che Guevara.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 29, 2011; http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/vitamin-b3-000335.htm; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dm15pa.html)
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A deficiency of vitamin B3 (or niacin) causes the illness pellagra?
Today's Question:
Name the general who called his Commander in Chief a "well-meaning baboon" and "the original gorilla," and to whom was he referring?
A guess only, General Castro was referring to Che Guevara.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 29, 2011; http://www.umm.edu/altmed/articles/vitamin-b3-000335.htm; http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/dm15pa.html)
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Saturday, May 28, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
Mary Magdalene was the woman in the New Testament from whom Jesus cast seven demons.
Today's Question:
A deficiency of what vitamin or mineral causes the illness pellagra?
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 28,2011; http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/p/pellagra/intro.htm; http://bible.cc/mark/16-9.htm; http://www.gnosis.org/library/marygosp.htm; http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/412114/New-Testament)
Compiled by Otto and Patricia Ladensack
Friday, May 27, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Tomorrow's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
Lucy is the name given to a hominid (she was mostly bipedial) skeleton discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia. At the time, Lucy belonged to the oldest species in the line of human descent; she was estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago.
My understanding of anthropology is limited but what I've read suggests she is much the same as what is sometimes called, "the missing link" (a concept refuted here). I read she walked on two feet though she spent more time in the trees. She had a small brain but made tools for cutting up meat. Her brain size has been suggested as an indication that size is not directly related to intelligence level.
Today's Question:
In the New Testament, who was the woman from whom Jesus cast seven demons?
I do not know much detail of the Bible so I'll pass on this one.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 27, 2011; http://iho.asu.edu/lucy; http://www.slate.com/id/2218838/; http://www.catholic.org/bible/new_testament.php)
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Lucy is the name given to a hominid (she was mostly bipedial) skeleton discovered in 1974 in Ethiopia. At the time, Lucy belonged to the oldest species in the line of human descent; she was estimated to have lived 3.2 million years ago.
My understanding of anthropology is limited but what I've read suggests she is much the same as what is sometimes called, "the missing link" (a concept refuted here). I read she walked on two feet though she spent more time in the trees. She had a small brain but made tools for cutting up meat. Her brain size has been suggested as an indication that size is not directly related to intelligence level.
Today's Question:
In the New Testament, who was the woman from whom Jesus cast seven demons?
I do not know much detail of the Bible so I'll pass on this one.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 27, 2011; http://iho.asu.edu/lucy; http://www.slate.com/id/2218838/; http://www.catholic.org/bible/new_testament.php)
Compiled by Otto and Patricia Ladensack
Thursday, May 26, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question.
Yesterday's Answer:
If you bounce three balls off a very rigid surface, one ball made entirely of glass, one of rubber and one of solid steel, which will bounce highest? The answer is steel, then glass, and then rubber.
I'm guessing the softer the material, the more energy is absorbed by the impact.
Today's Question:
Who is "Lucy"? Where was she born? Why is she important to paleoanthropologists?
I seem to recall Lucy is the earliest bi-ped remains that have been found, she is either 2 million or 3 million years old (I'm thinking 3). I'm almost certain she is from Africa and Ethiopia is coming to mind but my memory on this is sketchy.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 26,2011; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/paleoanthropologists; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biped; http://africa.theworldatlas.net/africa.jpg)
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If you bounce three balls off a very rigid surface, one ball made entirely of glass, one of rubber and one of solid steel, which will bounce highest? The answer is steel, then glass, and then rubber.
I'm guessing the softer the material, the more energy is absorbed by the impact.
Today's Question:
Who is "Lucy"? Where was she born? Why is she important to paleoanthropologists?
I seem to recall Lucy is the earliest bi-ped remains that have been found, she is either 2 million or 3 million years old (I'm thinking 3). I'm almost certain she is from Africa and Ethiopia is coming to mind but my memory on this is sketchy.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 26,2011; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/paleoanthropologists; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/biped; http://africa.theworldatlas.net/africa.jpg)
Compiled by Patricia and Otto Ladensack
Wednesday, May 25, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
The Clipper (computer) Chip was developed and promoted in 1993 by theU.S.
I wish my guess had been correct. I am left wondering exactly what 4th Amendment rights we actually still have. I do not generally buy into "slippery slope" arguments because they are usually just not correct but we seem to be headed down a very dangerous one. Our Constitutional rights have been being assaulted since the 80's, in my opinion, and the pace is steadily quickening. I wish our elected officials would put the brakes on and act like our Constitutional rights are the guarantee we were taught it is. I believe we are on a very dire course.
Today's Question:
If you bounce three balls off a very rigid surface, one ball made entirely of glass, one of rubber and one of solid steel, which will bounce highest? Which will bounce second-highest?
Intuitively, I would say the order is rubber, glass and then steel but that seems too obvious. This question reminds me of a test of one of Galileo's discoveries I tested as a child. If you drop a balled up piece of loose leaf and a half dollar from an equal height which lands first? They drop at an equal speed! I think this question is likely similar, and will guess they all bounce the same height.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 25, 2011; http://epic.org/crypto/clipper/; http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/05/17/supreme-court-erodes-4th-amendment-protections-eases-ability-for-police-to-enter-your-home-without-warrant/; http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/slippery-slope.html; http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment04/; http://www.jimloy.com/physics/galileo.htm)
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The Clipper (computer) Chip was developed and promoted in 1993 by the
I wish my guess had been correct. I am left wondering exactly what 4th Amendment rights we actually still have. I do not generally buy into "slippery slope" arguments because they are usually just not correct but we seem to be headed down a very dangerous one. Our Constitutional rights have been being assaulted since the 80's, in my opinion, and the pace is steadily quickening. I wish our elected officials would put the brakes on and act like our Constitutional rights are the guarantee we were taught it is. I believe we are on a very dire course.
Today's Question:
If you bounce three balls off a very rigid surface, one ball made entirely of glass, one of rubber and one of solid steel, which will bounce highest? Which will bounce second-highest?
Intuitively, I would say the order is rubber, glass and then steel but that seems too obvious. This question reminds me of a test of one of Galileo's discoveries I tested as a child. If you drop a balled up piece of loose leaf and a half dollar from an equal height which lands first? They drop at an equal speed! I think this question is likely similar, and will guess they all bounce the same height.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 25, 2011; http://epic.org/crypto/clipper/; http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/05/17/supreme-court-erodes-4th-amendment-protections-eases-ability-for-police-to-enter-your-home-without-warrant/; http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/slippery-slope.html; http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/data/constitution/amendment04/; http://www.jimloy.com/physics/galileo.htm)
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Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
Thomas Paine was the source for the quotation "The world is my country, and all mankind are my brethren."
Today's Question:
What is the Clipper Chip, and why was it such a hot issue?
I do not know this answer. If I were to take a wild guess I would say it was a controversy regarding Joe Di Maggio (The Yankee Clipper) and since it was a "hot" issue I'd guess it regarded the way he hit a ball during the World Series. This is purely guesswork.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 24, 2011; http://www.ushistory.org/paine/; http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_world_is_my_country-all_mankind_are_my/149845.html)
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Thomas Paine was the source for the quotation "The world is my country, and all mankind are my brethren."
Today's Question:
What is the Clipper Chip, and why was it such a hot issue?
I do not know this answer. If I were to take a wild guess I would say it was a controversy regarding Joe Di Maggio (The Yankee Clipper) and since it was a "hot" issue I'd guess it regarded the way he hit a ball during the World Series. This is purely guesswork.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 24, 2011; http://www.ushistory.org/paine/; http://thinkexist.com/quotation/the_world_is_my_country-all_mankind_are_my/149845.html)
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Monday, May 23, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
Jazz presents an ever-changing outer surface but has a permanent inner core. Syncopation and improvisation are these two elements that are basic to all jazz music.
Today's Question:
Name the source for the quotation "The world is my country, and all mankind are my brethren."
I haven't a clue on this one, yet again.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 23, 2011; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/syncopation; http://www.apassion4jazz.net/improvisation.html)
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Jazz presents an ever-changing outer surface but has a permanent inner core. Syncopation and improvisation are these two elements that are basic to all jazz music.
Today's Question:
Name the source for the quotation "The world is my country, and all mankind are my brethren."
I haven't a clue on this one, yet again.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 23, 2011; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/syncopation; http://www.apassion4jazz.net/improvisation.html)
Compiled by Trish and Otto Ladensack
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
Modest Mussorgsky was the composer for the operatic work "Boris Gudonoff."
I like his work, "Pictures at an Exhibition" and particularly, "Night on Bald Mountain", but did not realize all or some of his work was operatic.
Today's Question:
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 22, 2011; http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/mussorgsky.php; http://www.nndb.com/people/043/000100740/; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Ca_edg6RE; http://www.apassion4jazz.net/;
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bruce-McCulloch/112518235426884; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVBYhDTK0zo)
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Modest Mussorgsky was the composer for the operatic work "Boris Gudonoff."
I like his work, "Pictures at an Exhibition" and particularly, "Night on Bald Mountain", but did not realize all or some of his work was operatic.
Today's Question:
Jazz presents an ever-changing outer surface but has a permanent inner core. Give the two elements that are basic to all jazz music.
I don't know this one either; as Bruce McCulloch said, "I hate jazz." (Actually hate is too strong--I'm not particularly fond of it.)
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 22, 2011; http://www.classical.net/music/comp.lst/mussorgsky.php; http://www.nndb.com/people/043/000100740/; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8Ca_edg6RE; http://www.apassion4jazz.net/;
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Bruce-McCulloch/112518235426884; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVBYhDTK0zo)
Compiled by Patricia and Otto Ladensack
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
In 1925, Schönberg introduced the twelve-tone technique which ensures that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale are sounded as often as one another in a piece of music, preventing the emphasis of any specific note.
Today's Question:
Identify the composer for the operatic work "Boris Gudonoff."
(Gudonoff was ruler and Tsar of Russia from 1587 to 1605)
Again, I know almost nothing about opera and could not answer this without cheating :)
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 21, 2011; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5dOI2MtvbA&feature=related; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHHctvAN4xs&feature=related; http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/history-and-mythology/boris-godunov/?gclid=CLGq_YmJ-qgCFUSo4AodelplSw)
Compiled by Otto and Patricia Ladensack.
In 1925, Schönberg introduced the twelve-tone technique which ensures that all 12 notes of the chromatic scale are sounded as often as one another in a piece of music, preventing the emphasis of any specific note.
Today's Question:
Identify the composer for the operatic work "Boris Gudonoff."
(Gudonoff was ruler and Tsar of Russia from 1587 to 1605)
Again, I know almost nothing about opera and could not answer this without cheating :)
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 21, 2011; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5dOI2MtvbA&feature=related; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHHctvAN4xs&feature=related; http://russiapedia.rt.com/prominent-russians/history-and-mythology/boris-godunov/?gclid=CLGq_YmJ-qgCFUSo4AodelplSw)
Compiled by Otto and Patricia Ladensack.
Friday, May 20, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Query
Yesterday's Answer:
Robert Louis Stevenson was the source of the quotation "A friend is a present you give yourself."
Today's Question:
In 1925, Schönberg introduced a "system" that revolutionized music for composers with a preference for atonal music. What was this system called? What did it do?
I don't know this one.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 20, 2011; http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/; http://www.last.fm/music/Arnold+Sch%C3%B6nberg; http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/41864/atonality)
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Robert Louis Stevenson was the source of the quotation "A friend is a present you give yourself."
Today's Question:
In 1925, Schönberg introduced a "system" that revolutionized music for composers with a preference for atonal music. What was this system called? What did it do?
I don't know this one.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 20, 2011; http://www.robert-louis-stevenson.org/; http://www.last.fm/music/Arnold+Sch%C3%B6nberg; http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/41864/atonality)
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Thursday, May 19, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, an extremely prolific composer, wrote hundreds of original jazz works; a number of which have become standards, such as "Solitude" and "Caravan". Give both his stage and full names.
Today's Question:
Name the source for the quotation "A friend is a present you give yourself."
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 19, 2011; http://www.biography.com/articles/Duke-Ellington-9286338; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6hUe6VkJm4; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP12RhmBIRw)
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, an extremely prolific composer, wrote hundreds of original jazz works; a number of which have become standards, such as "Solitude" and "Caravan". Give both his stage and full names.
Today's Question:
Name the source for the quotation "A friend is a present you give yourself."
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 19, 2011; http://www.biography.com/articles/Duke-Ellington-9286338; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6hUe6VkJm4; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eP12RhmBIRw)
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question.
Yesterday's Answer:
"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott, originally published as two volumes, Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy; and Good Wives was the classic work about four sisters growing up in New England during the Civil War era.
Today's Question:
"Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott, originally published as two volumes, Little Women, or Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy; and Good Wives was the classic work about four sisters growing up in New England during the Civil War era.
Today's Question:
An extremely prolific composer, he wrote hundreds of original jazz works; a number have become standards (such as "Solitude" and "Caravan"). Give both his stage and full names. (Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 18, 2011; http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/littlewomen/; http://www.online-literature.com/alcott/; http://www.jazz.com/) Compiled by Otto and Patricia Ladensack. |
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
YA, TQ...
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed Symphony No. 41 in C major, nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony, during the Classical Era. BTW--I just read he was born as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; that's a mouth full :)
Today's question:
Give the title and author of the story about four sisters growing up inNew England during the Civil War era.
This is likely to be incorrect, but I know of few classic old books about women. My guess is Little Women by Louis May Alcott.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 17, 2011; http://www.last.fm/music/Wolfgang+Amadeus+Mozart; http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=5173337&m=5174728; https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMDqBAoVSHSztM9zQHUAZsrypGcWwjwZzB05cskDuuz1UEeJEFgnE0O2kOxp7phfBIr851zugWLqDVerifoWEJUnCzTUOJHglkYrZHhcI8PjdgVjGmP2YmsrfnsrD65LcdqkEhADBcEF9/s1600/louisa_may_alcott.jpg)
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart composed Symphony No. 41 in C major, nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony, during the Classical Era. BTW--I just read he was born as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart; that's a mouth full :)
Today's question:
Give the title and author of the story about four sisters growing up in
This is likely to be incorrect, but I know of few classic old books about women. My guess is Little Women by Louis May Alcott.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 17, 2011; http://www.last.fm/music/Wolfgang+Amadeus+Mozart; http://www.npr.org/player/v2/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=5173337&m=5174728; https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCMDqBAoVSHSztM9zQHUAZsrypGcWwjwZzB05cskDuuz1UEeJEFgnE0O2kOxp7phfBIr851zugWLqDVerifoWEJUnCzTUOJHglkYrZHhcI8PjdgVjGmP2YmsrfnsrD65LcdqkEhADBcEF9/s1600/louisa_may_alcott.jpg)
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Monday, May 16, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
Alexandra Zuck was Sandra Dee's given name.
Today's Question:
Name the composer and musical era of Symphony No. 41 in C major, nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony.
Spoiler Alert--answer is in the paragraph below.
This one is easy for me because it and his 40th Symphony, often performed together, are my favorites by him. This is clearly Mozart. As for the era, I do not know much of those but I think he may have been a part of the Classical Era.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 16, 2001; http://www.nndb.com/people/399/000024327/; http://www.newshawker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dee_sandra_02_jpg.jpg; http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/?fuseaction=composition&composition_id=3187; http://www.classicalarchives.com/mozart.html; http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/history-cla.htm)
Alexandra Zuck was Sandra Dee's given name.
Today's Question:
Name the composer and musical era of Symphony No. 41 in C major, nicknamed the Jupiter Symphony.
Spoiler Alert--answer is in the paragraph below.
This one is easy for me because it and his 40th Symphony, often performed together, are my favorites by him. This is clearly Mozart. As for the era, I do not know much of those but I think he may have been a part of the Classical Era.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 16, 2001; http://www.nndb.com/people/399/000024327/; http://www.newshawker.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/dee_sandra_02_jpg.jpg; http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/?fuseaction=composition&composition_id=3187; http://www.classicalarchives.com/mozart.html; http://library.thinkquest.org/15413/history/history-cla.htm)
Sunday, May 15, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
René Descartes is often credited with founding analytic geometry and introducing modern metaphysics.
Today's Question
What was Sandra Dee's given name?
Couldn't tell you. That was my parent's era.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 15, 2011; http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-works/; http://www.jimloy.com/geometry/analytic.htm; http://godsmetaphysicsandphilosophyinmodernhistory.webs.com/; http://www.biography.com/articles/Sandra-Dee-9542304)
René Descartes is often credited with founding analytic geometry and introducing modern metaphysics.
Today's Question
What was Sandra Dee's given name?
Couldn't tell you. That was my parent's era.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 15, 2011; http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes-works/; http://www.jimloy.com/geometry/analytic.htm; http://godsmetaphysicsandphilosophyinmodernhistory.webs.com/; http://www.biography.com/articles/Sandra-Dee-9542304)
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question.
Yesterday's Answer:
Jimi Hendrix, an amazing left-handed guitarist, was acid rock's epitome.
Today's Question:
Name the person often credited with founding analytic geometry and introducing modern metaphysics.
I don't know this one. I thought of Newton at first because he was a great mathematician but thought of Einstein when I read metaphysics. This is just a stab but I'll guess Newton.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 14, 2011; http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/home; http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/acid-rock-d2690; http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/meta.html; http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Newton.html; http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html)
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Jimi Hendrix, an amazing left-handed guitarist, was acid rock's epitome.
Today's Question:
Name the person often credited with founding analytic geometry and introducing modern metaphysics.
I don't know this one. I thought of Newton at first because he was a great mathematician but thought of Einstein when I read metaphysics. This is just a stab but I'll guess Newton.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 14, 2011; http://www.jimihendrix.com/us/home; http://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/acid-rock-d2690; http://www.colorado.edu/philosophy/vstenger/meta.html; http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/biography/Newton.html; http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1921/einstein-bio.html)
Compiled by Patricia and Otto Ladensack
Friday, May 13, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question.
Yesterday's Answer:
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Had no idea, I had thought a quibble was "bickering" but actually it's more like a red herring. It's funny when people try to deflect away from the point with some irrelevent nonsense; they almost always keep trying even though it's clear it's not working. Today's Question: Acid rock's epitome, he was an amazing (left-handed) guitarist. Who was he? Thought it might be Pete Townsend but when I picture his windmill maneuver it seems it was his right arm that was swinging in wide circles. (Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 13, 2011; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/quibble; http://www.punoftheday.com/cgi-bin/disppuns.pl?cat=0&ord=F=1?=0; http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/RedHerring; http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/epitome; http://www4.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Play+2009+Melbourne+Grand+Prix+8oycIs9HHDdl.jpg) |
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Thursday, May 12, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question...
Yesterday's Answer:
Lao-Tzu was the source of the quotation, "Quarrel with a friend and you are both wrong."
Today's Answer:
What English word is based on an Italian word for "a verbal quibble"?
I think argument is too obvious so I will go with, "spat."
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 12, 2011; http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Lao-tzu/; http://www.legendinc.com/Pages/ArchivesCentral/QuoteArchives/Friendship.html)
Compiled by Patricia and Otto Ladensack
Lao-Tzu was the source of the quotation, "Quarrel with a friend and you are both wrong."
Today's Answer:
What English word is based on an Italian word for "a verbal quibble"?
I think argument is too obvious so I will go with, "spat."
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 12, 2011; http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Lao-tzu/; http://www.legendinc.com/Pages/ArchivesCentral/QuoteArchives/Friendship.html)
Compiled by Patricia and Otto Ladensack
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question
Yesterday's Answer:
Harry S. Truman, the 33rd U.S. President won the Presidency in one of the greatest political "upsets" in U.S. history against New York Governor Dewey.
Dewey had been announced in the Chicago Tribune as the winner before the tally was finished only to have that conclusion found wrong.
Today's Question:
Name the source for the quotation "Quarrel with a friend and you are both wrong."
I don't know this one.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 11, 2011; http://www.lib.niu.edu/1997/ihy970452.html; http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/displayimage.php?pointer=17821; http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents; http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hst-bio.htm)
Compiled by Patricia and Otto Ladensack
Harry S. Truman, the 33rd U.S. President won the Presidency in one of the greatest political "upsets" in U.S. history against New York Governor Dewey.
Dewey had been announced in the Chicago Tribune as the winner before the tally was finished only to have that conclusion found wrong.
Today's Question:
Name the source for the quotation "Quarrel with a friend and you are both wrong."
I don't know this one.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 11, 2011; http://www.lib.niu.edu/1997/ihy970452.html; http://www.trumanlibrary.org/photographs/displayimage.php?pointer=17821; http://www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents; http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hst-bio.htm)
Compiled by Patricia and Otto Ladensack
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Yesterday's Answer, Tomorrow's Question
Today's answer:
The acronym NLRB stands for the National Labor Relations Board. This is government entity charged with investigating unfair labor practices.
Tomorrow's Query:
What is the name and order of the U.S. President who won the Presidency in one of the greatest political "upsets" inU.S.
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 10, 2011; www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents; http://www.nlrb.gov/; http://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/employee-rights)
Compiled by Patricia and Otto Ladensack
The acronym NLRB stands for the National Labor Relations Board. This is government entity charged with investigating unfair labor practices.
Tomorrow's Query:
What is the name and order of the U.S. President who won the Presidency in one of the greatest political "upsets" in
(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May 10, 2011; www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents; http://www.nlrb.gov/; http://www.nlrb.gov/rights-we-protect/employee-rights)
Compiled by Patricia and Otto Ladensack
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