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| #10: What specific type of rock is the Plymouth Rock? and yes, there really was a Plymouth Rock! | | |
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| #9: What is the name of the newest Island forming off the country of Iceland? | The newest island forming off the coast of Iceland is called Surtsey. | Quaranto, Oyer, Dagon, Young, Kelly, Ashdown, Giglio, Connors, Kelleher, Kerr, Kubiak.............HW BUCK: Derck (2) |
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| #8: In what year was Alfred Wegner born and in what year did he die? | Born in 1880, Alfred Wegener was barely 50 years old when he died in 1930. Had he lived to 80, he would have found out about the tectonic plates! | Abbott, Richardson, Balch, Giglio, Sharp, Ashdown, Connors, Derck, Dagon, Buisch, Oyer, Mitchell, Burdett, Capluzzi, Knighton, Kubiak, Quaranto, Smith2, Kelleher, Fuller, Class, Kelly.................................HW BUCK: Tingley |
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| #7: What are the least dense AND most dense elements on Earth?? | The least dense element is hydrogen at 0.00008988 and if you search it out, many sites list either Osmium or Iridium as the most dense at 22. | Buisch, Kelleher, Oyer, Burdett, Quaranto, Kubiak, Knighton, Smith2, Bacon, Class, Mattison, Connors ........................ HW BUCK: Giglio, Dagon, Connors |
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| #6: What lake is the source of the Hudson River in NY? | Lake Tear of the Clouds sits at the Base of Mt. Marcy and feeds the water that flows as the Hudson River. | Romanos, Martin2, Gibbs1, Knighton, Lomax, Richardson, Burdett, Capluzzi, Lorow, Smith1, Masterson, Kelleher, Bacon, Ashdown, Oyer, Kerr, D'Apice, Gibbs2, Willsey, Dugo, Mitchell, Ormsby, Kubiak, Brown, Smith2, Class, Kelly, Giglio, Quaranto, Connors, Mattison..............HW BUCK: Connors, Fuller |
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| #5: When is the next blue moon? | A blue moon is the 2nd full moon in a calendar month. The next blue moon will be December 31st, 2009. | Derck, Matacale, President, Giglio, Balch, Sharp, Mattison, Smith1, Connors, Ashdown, Bacon, Burdett, Quaranto, Knighton, Lomax, Dagon, D'Apice, Ormsby, Meyers, Kerr, Kelleher, Buisch, Kubiak, Kelly, Smith2, Oyer, Hover |
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| #4: When is the next date we will have to adjust our clocks for Daylight Savings? | COMING SOON! November 1st, 2009 is the next time we will have to "fall back" with our clocks. Be ready! | Mitchell, Giglio, Kerr, Wheeler, Oyer, Smith2, Kelleher, Dagon, Hover, Kelly, Weaver, Bacon, Lomax, Buisch, Matacale, Ashdown, Martin2, Hadsell, Connors, Richardson |
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| #3: What Washington Irving book takes place in the Catskills of NYS? | Rip van Winkle was a story set in the Catskill Mountains of NY. It told of a man who fell asleep for many years. | Burdett, Kelleher, Derck, Hover, Weaver, Davis, Kubiak, Matacale, Sharp, Balch, Connors, Mattison, Giglio, Walsh |
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| #2: What is the official New York State fossil? | The eurypterid (or sea scorpion) is the official NYS fossil...approx 400 million years old! | Ray, Payne, Dagon, Wheeler, Capluzzi, Dugo, Buisch, Quaranto, Mattison, Abbott, Richardson, President, Walsh, Ashdown, Griffin, Connors, Sharp, Smilinich, Hover, Weaver, Giglio, Bacon, Kerr, Davis, Houston, Mitchell, Kelly, Kubiak, Burdett, Oyer, Gibbs2, D'Apice, Meyers, Knighton, Lomax, NIchols, Smith2, Mahoney, Derck, Gibbs1 |
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| #1: On what day and year did Hurricane Katrina make landfall in Louisiana? | Hurricane Katrina made landfall on August 29th, 2005 as a Category 3. | Ashdown, Griffin, Mattison, President, Bacon, Kubiak, Lomax, Giglio, Davis, D'Apice, Kelly, Shaut, Billings, Henry |
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