Directions: Carefully read each of the following questions. Note the specific tasks each question asks you to complete. (note: most questions have more than one answer) After searching the web for the answer write your name, the Round number and then list each answer according to its internal numbers. Bring the completed card to me for approval before going on to the next question.

Example:

Sue Smith

Round 2

1. answer

2. answer

2 part question -- 3 answers - Two famous men spent their winters in this Florida location - one was a famous industrialist who made a product that most Americans, older than you sophomores, use something similar to every day. The second was an inventor who literally lit up the world with his ideas! Who were they and where in Florida did they spend the winter?

Answer 1 - Name of man

Answer 2 - Name of man

Answer 3 - Name of city

3 part question - 3 answers - What is the name of the world's longest cable-stayed concrete bridge, where is it located and what is its official length?

Answer 1 - name of the bridge

Answer 2 - where is it located

Answer 3 - what is it length

- 2 part question - 2 answers - Who was the first sculptor to attempt to carve a Confederate memorial on Stone Mountain and how much of his work remains on the mountain today.

Answer 1 - name of sculptor

Answer 2 - remaining work %

- 2 part question - 3 answers - For centuries North Carolina has been famous for its coastline and was a refuge for many men, Edward Teach among them. There were several names given to the home he lived in, which still stands today, name any one of those names and the town it is in. He also left a significant piece of stolen property in the waters of the nearby inlet what was its name?

Answer 1 - name of home

Answer 2 - name of town

Answer 3 - stolen property left

3 answers. In 1863 this famous Confederate General was shot in his left arm at the Battle of Chancellorville. As a result of this injury his arm was amputated. Unfortunately, the general died from pneumonia only a week later. His left arm was buried in a separate grave from the rest of his body. Name the general, the location of the burial of his left arm, and the location of the burial of the rest of his body.

Answer 1 - Name of the general

Answer 2 - Location of the burial of his left arm

Answer 3 - Location of the burial of the rest of his body

- 2 part question - 3 answers - During the Civil War Confederates captured a commercial vessel on the Chesapeake Bay - the ship had a surprisingly holiday type name. What was its name, when was it captured? Name the man who led the raid and was promoted from captain to commodore. Find the answer to the first question - the rest are easy

Answer1 Name of the captured vessel

Answer 2 date it was captured

Answer 3 name of captain

1 part question 3 answers - Before the Potomac River was called the Potomac it was known by at least 5 different names - name any three -

Answer 1 - Prior name of the Potomac River

Answer 2 - Prior name of the Potomac River

Answer 3 - Prior name of the Potomac River

3 part question - 3 answers - With a middle name of Snavely he was a man who had no children of his own, he started a school for orphans - the town he was born in was renamed after him - he was considered a real sweet guy. Who was he, what was the name of the town he was born in, what was it renamed?

Answer 1 - Name of the man

Answer 2 - Town he was born in

Answer 3 - renamed town

5 part question - 5 answers: Exactly where can you find a statue in bronze of a Legendary Bull named "WHISPER" and who was the Legendary founder of this town? Finally, who sculpted the statue, and at what cost?

Answer 1 - name of the town

Answer 2 - name of the founder

Answer 3 - "Exactly" (I actually mean "exactly") where is the statue currently standing

Answer 4 -  name of man that sculpted the statue

Answer 5 -  the cost of the statue when it was made

- 4 part question - 4 answers - There is a small statue of this American Revolutionary War hero in Washington DC - you'll also find a larger duplicate statue in a little town in NY - Route 52/Gleneida Avenue by to be exact. What is the statue titled, what was this person's name, age, as well as the name of this person's horse when this heroic deed was performed?

Answer 1 - statue title

Answer 2 - person's name

Answer 3 - person's age

Answer 4 - horse's name

4 part question - 4 answers - What was the name of the PERSON who Orleans, MA was named for - when was the first permanent settlement established and by whom, who were the rights to the property purchased from.

Answer 1 - Name of PERSON - not title

Answer 2 - date settlement established - (just year is fine)

Answer 3 - Name of person who established it

Answer 3 - name of person(s) who sold it

Multi-part question - 6 part answer - A man from Ohio is the original artist of a most famous painting that today hangs in Marblehead. What is the name of this artist, what was his trade in Ohio, what was the painting known as when first completed, what is it known as today, what is the name of the building in Massachusetts where the painting hangs today, and in what room in that building does it hang.

Note: If you are really good you can tell me "exactly" where in the room it hangs (but this is not necessary).

Answer 1 - painter's name

Answer 2 - painter's trade in Ohio

Answer 3 - original name of painting (as named by painter)

Answer 4 - Name known by today

Answer 5 - name of building

Answer 6 - name of room

soMething differenT to challenge you

a poem and a riddle will have to do

by car or foot to this place you can climb

i've done that myself many a time

even if it Were to rain

you could even get there in a trAin

you can travel many paths i know

to arrive at thiS magnificent lofty site

there have been august days witH snow

feet on the ground you can reach great heIghts

in new england and all the northeast

even with beauty aNd sky so near

no place on land is hiGher - I'm sure at least

yet many have died while being here

names like tuckerman's and lion's head places i've seen

lake of the clouds near the top is great to be

there's a place with waterfalls - ammonoosuc ravine

yes --- thaT is the ocean to the east I see

been there on occasion with my head in the clOuds

fog so thick all was covered in shrouds

so where is this place i'm now talking about

aNnswer my questions there will be no doubt

before you think I'm being wise

the CLUE you seek is before your eyes

1. What is your altitude? - 2. What was this place called before its current name? What was the highest thing ever recorded by man on the surface of the planet at this location and how high was that recording? 5. What was the name of the man who built a railroad there? 6. Who was the man who made the first known ascent in recorded history?

Answer 1 - a number

Answer 2 - name of place before (NOT CURRENT NAME)

Answer 3 - name of thing

Answer 4 - number (recording)

Answer 5 - name of man

Answer 6 - name of man and year of ascent

- 5 answers - About 30 miles east of Quebec City is a mural of Jesus maternal grandparents and his mother, who was the painter, what are the names of his grandparents, in what room is the mural located and what is the name of building? How many times as it been built rebuilt?

Answer 1 - name of the painter

Answer 2 - grandparent's names

Answer 3 - name/location of the room

Answer 4 - name of the building

Answer 5 - number of times built/rebuilt

Referred by some as the "Big OWE" - in a city south of the northern USA border - it is the tallest inclined tower in the world and is one foot taller than the Washington Monument. What is its name in French, what city is it located in, who designed it, what international event was held there and when.

Answer 1 - name in French

Answer 2 - name of city

Answer 3 - name of designer

Answer 4 - name of event

Answer 5 - year of event

You are looking for a town that's known as "Not Just A Bump in the Road," in the early 1850's two railroad surveyors camped near here - what were their names? Later Richard P. Morgan another railroad survey engineer gave it the name it's known by today - who did he name it after? A famous road run right by this town - when was it first paved end to end? Besides the road number it had at least three other names - name two.

Answer 1 - name of two surveyors

Answer 2 - who was it named after (first and last name)

Answer 3 - year of paving (year only needed)

Answer 4 - 2 other names for this road

6 answers - In this town there are/were 5 abandoned significant modes of transportation

The Town is not Springfield nor is it Dwight

For years these behemoths were hidden from site

Look for the town and you'll be on the right track

Some were in front and some were in back

Looking around someone made quite a find

Had they been drinking wine or out of their mind

Five there were found -- yes indeed

The numbers on the side is what you'll need

In this contest if you want the fame

What's this place called - what's its name?

Answer 1 - # on side

Answer 2 - # on side

Answer 3 - # on side

Answer 4 - # on side

Answer 5 - # on side

Answer 6 - Name of place PLUS town

- 4 answers - October, 1871 was a historical time for Chicago - back then there were two buildings on the property at 137 DeKoven Street - who rented the building IN FRONT, who owned the building in 1879, what stands on this property now. In the present structure down a hallway is a maltese cross on the floor what does it represent?

Answer 1 - Name of Family (IN FRONT)

Answer 2 - Name of Family

Answer 3 - Name of building

Answer 4 - Represents what

- 4 answers - Leaving Chicago Heading north I-94 to Milwaukee, WI and then west on I-94 through Madison, WI on through Minneapolis, MN until you hit the town of Salk Centre, MN - turn north on State Highway 71 until you come to a state park named after a lake which is just past "Little Mantrap Lake". If you were a raindrop that fell in this state park's lake - how many days would it take you to reach the Gulf of Mexico, how many states would you have traveled through or bordered and how far would you have dropped (in feet) from your beginning point to the end of your journey to the Gulf? What is the name of the lake where you started your "raindrop" journey?

Answer 1 - how many days

Answer 2 - How many states

Answer 3 - number of feet

Answer 4 - name of lake

- 5 answers - From where we are travel south on I-29 to Kansas City - take I-35 and cross the OK state line - turn east at Tonkawa onto State Road 60 to State Road 77 head north - at the corner of 14th Street and Highland Lake Road you'll find something large. How heavy is it, how tall is it, what is it carrying, what is it called, what city are you in?

Answer 1 - Now heavy

Answer 2 - how tall

Answer 3 - item being carried

Answer 4 - what's it called

Answer 5 - name of city

- 4 answers - Who was the "Yellow Rose of Texas"? Her original name - her given name - what's named after her in the shadows of a famous mission - who did she "occupy" the day the final battle for Texas independence was engaged?

Answer 1 - original name

Answer 2 - commonly known name

Answer 3 - name of building

Answer 4 - name of person

- 5 answers - Cimarron stands today on the old Sante Fe Trail. In the town you'll find a hotel where the likes of Lucien Maxwell and Carlos Beaubien, Buffalo Bill Cody and his cohort, Annie Oakley, Kit Carson, Frank and Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid and Blackjack Ketchum all stayed or passed through. What's the name of this hotel, what will you find in the ceiling of the dining room for certain - what "might" you see if you stay long enough and if you continue up the road past the hotel - where will you find yourself - at 9003 feet above sea level what famous land mark sits on this property up the road that was a marker on the Sante Fe Trail

Answer 1 - name of hotel

Answer 2 - what's in the ceiling

Answer 3 - what "Might" you see in the hotel

Answer 4 - up the road - what's there (lots of boys are here)

Answer 5 - Landmark

5 questions - 6 answers - New Mexico Potpourri

1. How high is the highest capital city in the USA?

2. While in NM you can physically be in 3 other states at the same time - what are those three other states?

3. In NM who was trapped when his home was burned in 1950?

4. There is a chapel in Sante Fe - with a choir loft 22 feet in the air - what unique item exists there and who built it?

5. What percentage makes up the states total surface area of Lakes and Rivers?

Answer 1 - number of feet

Answer 2 - 3 other states

Answer 3 - name of trapeeze

Answer 4a - unique item

Answer 4b - who built it (any 1 of two possible answers)

Answer 5 - percentage

5 answers - This city in California, known as the "Crown of the Valley" was known by several names - "Crown of the Valley" was from what group of people - when was this city incorporated - what was it known as just before it became a city - what Indian tribe first occupied it - and on January 2, 1961 in a spectacular venue seen by millions on TV what was unique about the half-time show?

Answer 1 - name of group of people

Answer 2 - date of incorporation

Answer 3 - name just before becoming a city

Answer 4 - name of Indian tribe

Answer 5 - unique event

4 answers - Midnight October 1, 1910 - what law went into effect in this Nevada city that in prehistoric times was a virtual marsh of abundant water and vegetation? In that law there was specific mention about "flipping a coin" - what was it? How long did the law stay in effect? What happened to the first Hotel-Casino built in this town on June 17, 1960?

Answer 1 - law in effect

Answer 2 - coin flip law

Answer 3 - length of time

Answer 4 - event

Winding in and winding out

Fills my mind with serious doubt

As to whether "the lout"

Who planned the route

Was going to hell or coming out!

- Retired Sergeant Troy Hise

Answer 1 - Fill in the blanks (two words)

The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Answer 2 ----Fill in the blanks. What was this route dubbed - what was its nickname?

The _ _ _ _ _

What is the name and location of the newest presidential museum and/or library? What is the name of the individual, who at age 14, found a historical photograph of this president - historical because they had all been ordered destroyed by a member of his cabinet. Who was that cabinet member?

Answer 1 - name of Library and location

Answer 2 - name individual

Answer 3 - name of cabinet member