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.

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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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Yesterday's Answer, Today's Question

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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