Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


The city that has been named both St. Petersburg and Leningrad has also been known as Petrograd.


Well done g8gra!

Today's Question:


What was the most recognized last name of Renaissance artist/sculptor, Michaelangelo?


I cannot remember this one but I am pretty sure it starts with a "B."


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 30, 2012; http://www.cityvision2000.com/history/petrograd.htm; http://www.enlight.ru/camera/157/index_e.html)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:




The femur is the longest bone in the human body.

Today's Question:




This city has been named St. Petersburg and Leningrad; what other name has it been known by?


I do not know this one.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 29, 2012; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/femur; www.visualphotos.com)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


Red gold is created by adding copper to yellow gold.

Today's Question:


What's the scientific name for the longest bone in the human body.



This question refers to the femur. As far as I know that is the scientific name as I've never heard it referred to another way.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 28, 2012; http://www.ehow.com/facts_5166105_red-gold-jewelry.html; www.redgoldrings.com)


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Yesterday's Answer:


The adjective that says a person is from the Isle of Man is Manx.

Today's Question:


In making jewelry, certain metals are mixed with gold to give it another tint. What metal is added to produce red gold?




(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 27, 2012; http://www.gov.im/mnh/; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/im.html)


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Yesterday's Answer:


The Magna Carta was signed in the 13th century in 1215.

Today's Question:


Given that Scotch is the adjective for Scotland, Welsh is the adjective for Wales, and Cornish is the adjective for Cornwall, what is the adjective for the Isle of Man?




I would guess Mannish though it sounds odd to me.


(Source: American Mensa, email transmission, June 26, 2012; http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/magnacarta.asp;finebooksmagazine.com; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/im.html) 




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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


The White Nile and the Blue Nile meet at Khartoum.

Map of the Blue & White Niles Meeting "The" Nile

Today's Question:


Give the century, in ordinal numbers, in which the Magna Carta was signed.



Not sure but I think this was the 13th century.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 25, 2012; http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/642430/White-Nile-River; http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/70320/Blue-Nile-River; http://www.daylife.com/topic/Khartoum; http://keralaarticles.blogspot.com/2008/03/nile-river.html)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer: 


Bangladesh is the country once known as East Pakistan.

Today's Question:


The White and Blue Niles meet at which city?



I could guess Cairo because I do not know Egypt well, but doubt that it happens be correct. Then again with two rivers available for tending the lands, Cairo, the capitol, may be a good try at this one. Have a nice day!


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 26th, 2012; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html; http://acorn.nationalinterest.in/2008/03/25/remembering-the-east-pakistan-genocide/; http://www.thebeatlesrarity.com/2011/08/26/george-harrison-bob-dylan-soundcheck-rehearsal-at-concert-for-bangladesh/)



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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


The monetary unit that is uppermost, alphabetically, is the Polish zloty.

Today's Question:


What is the current name for the country once known as East Pakistan?




I do not know this one.




Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 23, 2012; http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0884794.html; http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zloty; http://en.infoglobe.cz/poland-currency/)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


A 50's song had the refrain, "Ooh eey ooh ah ah, / Ting tang walla walla bing bang." The profession of the subject of this song was that of witch doctor (Witch Doctor was the name of the song as well--and no, I do not know what is interesting about this question).

Today's Question:


If you listed the monetary units of the world in alphabetical order, which country's money would be listed last?




I'm not sure about this. I suspect there is a currency that begins with a "z" but the only currency I can think of near that end of the range is the (Japanese) yen.




(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 22, 2012; http://www.getalyric.com/mp3/lyrics/songs/cartoons-12424/album_unknown-33482/witch_doctor-168088/; http://ex-army.blogspot.com/2012/01/political-correctness-and-witch-doctors.html)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yestrerday's Answer:



"Jabberwocky," (by Lewis Carroll) is the poem with this first verse: "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: / All mimsy were the borogroves, / And the mome raths outgrabe."

Today's Question :


A rock 'n' roll song of the '50's contains the following refrain: "Ooh eey ooh ah ah, / Ting tang walla walla bing bang." What is the profession of the subject of this song?


Don't know this but the refrain makes me think of a train engineer or a factory worker. When it comes to the nonsensical, 1950's "doowoppy" tunes I usually do not remember much because I find them annoying---probably a generational thing.



(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 21, 2012; http://www.zazzle.com/jabberwocky_poem_by_lewis_carroll_card-137574246144207282; http://www.online-literature.com/carroll/; http://englishacademy.voila.net/lewiscarroll.htm)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


Shakespeare's quote, as originally written, "All that __________ is not gold," would be completed with the word, "glisters."

It was interesting to see, while looking at Shakespeare portraits, that he is often depicted with an earring in his left ear--I had made similar searches a few times but had not noticed that detail.

Today's Question:



Name the poem with this first verse: "'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves / Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: / All mimsy were the borogroves, / And the mome raths outgrabe."



I am drawing a blank on this one.

(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 20, 2012; http://shakespeare.mit.edu/; http://www.thefreedictionary.com/glisters, www.biography4u.com)

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Yesterday's Answer:


Reykjavic is Europe's northernmost capital city.

Today's Question:


Fill in the one word missing from this Shakespearean quote exactly as it originally appeared, "All that ________ is not gold."



I do not know this one but if Led Zepplin was quoting Shakespeare then the word would be, "glitters."


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 19, 2012; http://www.reykjavik.com/; http://shakespeare.mit.edu/)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


Of the five (main) human senses, an embryo first develops the sense of touch.

Click photograph for more about touch.

Today's Question:


Which is the Northernmost European capital city?



I do not know this answer but am inclined to guess it is Reykjavik.



(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 18, 2012; http://health.howstuffworks.com/pregnancy-and-parenting/pregnancy/fetal-development/babys-development-of-senses.htm; http://topnews.in/usa/sense-touch-could-be-attributed-skin-s-hair-follicles-214603)



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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


Scotland is the country once known as Caledonia.

Today's Question:


When an embryo's five senses are developing which one is first?



I do not know this but I would guess touch would be needed, and therefore made available, first.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 17, 2012; http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/letters/cia-should-have-no-role-in-any-new-lockerbie-investigation.16252355; http://historyplanet.wordpress.com/2010/04/10/britain-saves-germany/; www.go.hrw.com)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


Saki (Farsi for "cup bearer) is the pen name of H. H. Munro?

Today's Question:


What is the name of the country once known as Caledonia?



I don't know this one but it has a Greek or Roman sound to it.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 16, 2012; http://www.online-literature.com/hh-munro/; www.heniford.net)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer: 


Jozef Korzeniowski is better known as Joseph Conrad.

Today's Question:


What is H. H. Munro's pen name?


I'm stumped on this one.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 15, 2012; http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3345.Joseph_Conrad; www.biography.com; http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/338250.html)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer: 


The Union Jack is the flag of the United Kingdom. By the way, in researching this entry I learned that though Northern Ireland is a part of the U.K. (along with the big island and it's isles), Ireland is not.

Today's Question:


What is the better known name of Jozef Korzeniowski?



Don't know this one. Stalin came to mind but then I decided the last name sounded more Polish than Russian.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 14, 2012: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/uk.html)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:

The working title of Hitler's book Mein Kampf was, "My Four and a Half Years of Struggle Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice."

Today's Question:

What is a Union Jack?

Pretty sure this refers to the flag of the United Kingdom.

(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 13, 2012; http://www.hitler.org/writings/Mein_Kampf/; http://fr.dreamstime.com)

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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:

New Zealand is comprised of the North Island and the South Island.

Today's Question:

The working title of this book was, "My Four and a Half Years of Struggle Against Lies, Stupidity and Cowardice." By what title do we know this book.

I do not know this one. If I were to guess I would try the German book which translates to "My Struggle," which is more commonly known as Hitler's "Mein Kampf."

(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 12, 2012; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/nz.html; www.lonelyplanet.com)

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Yesterday's Answer:


The biblical phrase, "You are weighed in the balances, and found wanting," is the basis for the idiomatic grafiti-related term, "the writing on the wall."

Today's Question:


Which country is comprised mostly of North Island and South Island?


Could make a guess or two but don't actually know this one.

(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 11, 2012; http://bible.cc/daniel/5-27.htm; http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/the-writing-is-on-the-wall.html; http://www.ancientl.com/roman/idioms-greek-hebrew/)


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YA, TQ

Yesterday's Answer:


Sunni and Shiite are the 2 main branches of Islam. (I provide information and do not favor one belief over another--regarding others)

Today's Question:


You are weighed in the balances, and are found wanting is the origin of what idiomatic graffiti-related phrase?


I'm clueless here. I get the point but do not know graffiti phraseology.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 10, 2012; globalwarming-arclein.blogspot.com)




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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


Cambodia is called Kampuchea by its locals.

Today's Question:


Name the 2 largest branches of Islam.


I wouldn't know.



(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 9, 2012; https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/cb.html; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdo9vbMtAwM&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLC4B8528CFD5E9583; http://youtu.be/gdo9vbMtAwM)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:

The letters D, E and F are on the 3 button of a U.S. telephone keypad.

Today's Question:

Give the English name for the country the locals call Kampuchea.

Thanks to George Harrison's support efforts in the 70s I know this refers to Cambodia.

(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 8, 2012; www.timemanagementninja.com)

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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


TAFKAP is a reference to "The Artist Formerly Known As Prince."

Today's Question:


Which three letters are shown with the number 3 on a U.S. telephone keypad?


( Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 7, 2012; http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002239/; http://www.last.fm/music/The+Artist+(Formerly+Known+As+Prince) )


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


Herbert Khaury, who had used the stage names Emmett Swink and Julian Foxglove, was most known as the singer Tiny Tim.

Click for Performance

Today's Question:


To which performer does the term TAFKAP refer? (You may use the original form of this entertainer's name).


I didn't know this one until I just had to look it up :)


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 6, 2012; http://www.tinytim.org/biography.html; http://www.tinytim.org/articles/magazines/photoplay_august_1968.html; http://roctoberreviews.blogspot.com/2011/03/tiny-tim-lost-and-found.html; http://youtu.be/skU-jBFzXl0)


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Today's Answer:


The automobile company name "Mitsubishi" translates to, "three diamonds."

Tomorrow's Question:


He was born Herbert Khaury. He used the stage names Emmet Swink and Julian Foxglove. Who did we know him as?


I'm stumped on this one.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 5, 2012; http://www.autoblog.com/mitsubishi/; http://biikeer.blogspot.com/2009/09/mitsubishi-3000gt.html; http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/stump)


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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Yesterday's Answer:


Originally, a Hansom cab was designed to hold two passengers with the driver in the rear, separately.

Today's Question:


Name the automotive company whose names translates to "three diamonds," and whose logo consists of three red diamonds.


 I am almost certain this would be Mitsubishi.


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, June 4, 2012; http://americanhistory.si.edu/onthemove/collection/object_33.html; www.ottoladensack.blogspot.com; www.patricia--ladensack.blogspot.com)


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By The Way: Check out how water customers are treated in Durham: http://www.ottoladensack.blogspot.com/2012/03/mayor-bill-bell-has-instructed-city-to.html

Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

Update:




Due to some email difficulty my own information was held up. 


I am restarting an daily page for one more year beginning Monday, June 4th when I will start by answering:


How many passengers was the horse-drawn hansom cab meant to carry?




My guess from television would be two, but it wouldn't surprise me if they started out smaller.

Also, the last answer I received before my communications went awry, was:




Alexander Pope said, "A little knowledge is a dangerous thing." He was also later quoted, "A little learning..." and is said to have borrowed the phrase himself from A History of Phanaticism by an author only know as A.B. who, in 1698, wrote:




"Twas well observed by my Lord Bacon, That a little knowledge is apt to puff up, and make men giddy, but a greater share of it will set them right, and bring them to low and humble thoughts of themselves.


In other words these quotes are not about knowledge being a threat but rather about not knowing the whole story can lead to unwanted results.


Assuming things are back to normal I will likely post these tidbits and their elaborations for one more year ending on June 2, 2013, although this coloring problem may well deter me.


Have a nice day, Otto


(Sources: American Mensa, email transmission, May & June 2012; http://www.victorianweb.org/technology/carriages/1.html; http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/a-little-knowledge-is-a-dangerous-thing.html)




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