Previous questions and answers
Here are the previous questions and answers.
Answer for the week of February 21, 2021
Samuel Hopkins was granted the first US patent under a new statue signed into law by which President?
President George Washington.
Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Hopkins_(inventor).
Question submitted by Sam Robertson (W3NTS).
Answer for the week of February 14, 2021
It’s Valentine’s Day. According to the US Census Bureau, in 2018 Pennsylvania had the second-most chocolate makers per state. Which state had the most?
California.
Source: https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/sis/resources/valentines-day-ff.pdf
Answer for the week of February 7, 2021
‽, often represented by ?!, !?, ?!? or !?!, and used to ask a rhetorical question, express excitement or disbelief in the form of a question, or ask a question in an excited manner, is called a what?
Interrobang.
Answer for the week of January 31, 2021
What was the first toy to be advertised on television?
Mr. Potato Head.
Answer for the week of January 24, 2021
For what US President was English a second language?
President Martin Van Buren.
Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multilingual_presidents_of_the_United_States#Martin_Van_Buren
Question submitted by Tim Doyle (W1TCD).
Answer for the week of January 17, 2021
On May 13 2005, Jay Leno had a live Morse code vs texting contest on The Tonight Show. What was the message sent?
I just saved a bunch of money on my car insurance.
Sources: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1wltc and http://www.rfcafe.com/miscellany/cool-videos/jay-leno-tonight-show-morse-code-text-message-sms-contest.htm
Question submitted by Bill Heybruck (W4EDN).
Answer for the week of January 10, 2021
After sitting at a red light, you and a large group of vehicles around you start to go with the green. This group of closely-spaced vehicles is called a what?
Platoon.
Answer for the week of January 3, 2021
The X-Y position indicator for a display system is more commonly known as what?
The computer mouse.
Source: https://www.sri.com/hoi/computer-mouse-and-interactive-computing/
Answer for the week of December 27, 2020
The first ever New Year’s ball drop in Times Square was held December 31 of what year?
1907.
Answer for the week of December 20, 2020
No question this week.