Question #2
What, specifically, are the "Geometric Problems of Antiquity"? Were these problems ever solved?

Quadrature of the circle

Question #3
Who was Jane Barbe? (Hint: She has a very famous voice.) The famous telephone voice of such goodies as "The number you have reached is not in service." Also, "time & temperature" recordings.

Question #1
Who invented the "slurpee" machine? Omar Knedlik of Coffeyville, Kansas invented the first frozen carbonated beverage machine in 1961. He called his frozen carbonated beverage the "Icee" and began selling them in the local Dairy Queen he owned. At some point he hired a refrigeration company in Dallas to manufacture the machines for him. Southland, the parent company of 7-11, is also headquartered in Dallas. Just a few years later, a marketing team from Southland led by Billy Bob Tennison, learned of these machines and began developing their own frozen carbonated beverage, the "Slurpee", which was introduced to the public in 1966. All of which leaves the great unanswered question: "Icee" or "Slurpee"?

Question #2
The best-selling book of all time is the Bible. What is the second best-selling book of all time?
"Quotations From Chairman Mao Tse-Tung" (also known as "the little red book") - around 900 million copies sold.

Question #3
What was the original retail price of the Apple I computer? $666.66*

* (according to Steve Wozniak - co-founder of Apple Computer) "I've always collected good phone numbers with repeating digits. It goes back to when I ran the first dial-a-joke in the SF Bay Area and needed good numbers. For example, I once had 255-6666 for dial-a-joke. We first knew that the Byte Shop of Palo Alto would be buying the Apple I computers from us for $500 each. Steve came up with something like $650 or $666 or, quite likely, $667, which is a logical 4:3 ratio. I spotted this and added .66 to keep all the digits the same. I'd never attended church nor read the bible so I didn't know of any negative connotation with 666. Neither did Steve Jobs. We were quite surprised when people told us. Sorry, but no connection."

Question #1
Four women, Louise, Lise, Carole and Lily are seated at a table. They are chatting about their holidays. They went to California, Texas, Florida and Arizona riding a lion, tiger, zebra and a pony. What are the destination and method of transportation for each woman ?  Louise - zebra - California; Lise - tiger - Texas; Carole - pony - Florida; Lily - lion - Arizona.

Hints:

1- The woman riding the zebra did not smoke.
2- Carole declared that she loved Miami.
3- The woman riding the tiger had a cigarette with Lily.
4- Louise said :"Buy your pony a new saddle, Carole. I saw some during our trip to California."
5- The woman riding the tiger mentioned that she had seen the Alamo in Texas.
6- Lise was a chain-smoker.

Question #2
Three explorers and three cannibals want to cross a river. Three explorers know how to row a boat. Only one cannibal knows how to row a boat. The boat can only hold two people at one time. If there are more cannibals on either side of the river at any one time, the cannibals will eat the explorers. How do they all manage to cross the river safely?

Question #3
A lily pad doubles in size each day. In 28 days, the lily pad will cover the entire pond. In how many days will the pond be half covered? 27 days

Question #1
What are the Tropic of Capricorn and the Tropic of Cancer? The Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn each lie at 23.5 degrees latitude. The tropics are the two lines where the sun is directly overhead at noon on the two solstices - near June and December 21. The area bounded by the Tropic of Cancer on the north and Tropic of Capricorn on the south is known as the "tropics." This area does not experience seasons because the sun is always high in the sky. Only higher latitudes, north of the Tropic of Cancer and south of the Tropic of Capricorn, experience significant seasonal variation in climate.

Question #2
What is the only country that crosses both the Equator and a Tropic? Brazil

Question #3
The Gregorian Calendar is a revision of the Julian Calendar which was instituted in a papal bull by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582. One of the revisions made was to change the date of the beginning of the year to January 1. What was the date of the beginning of the year under the old Julian calendar? March 25

FRIDAY - DECEMBER 01, 2006 - Questions, answers and winner:
Questions/answers follow. The winner was Florence C.

Question #1
Theoretically speaking, approximately how many times can you slice a single piece of apple pie before you get down to a single atom? Approximately 90

Question #2
What is the main source of common table salt? Nearly half of all common table salt comes from brines produced by captive brine wells; most of the rest comes from salt mining and sea-water evaporation in that order.

Question #3
Atomically speaking, all matter is mostly empty space.
a) True - Atoms are mostly empty space. Matter is composed of atoms. Matter is mostly empty space.
b) False

Question #1
Who played the following roles on one of the most popular kid's shows of all time:  Dennis the Handyman/Mr. Moose/Mr. Bunny Rabbit/Grandfather Clock/Miss Frog/Mr. Whispers/Word Bird/Dancing Bear

Question #2
Who was Phineas T. Bluster? What was his occupation?
Mayor of "Doodyville" and banker (Howdy Doody Show)

Question #3
What was Clarabell's last name? Hornblow

Question #4
Who was the voice of Boris Badenov/Captain Peachfuzz/Cloyd/Inspector Fenwick and Dudley Do-Right on the wildly popular 1960's TV (cartoon) show "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show". Paul Frees