Author: Evelyn Beresford

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which U.S. state quarter features a guitar, a trumpet, and a fiddle?” The state quarter of Tennessee features three musical instruments – the fiddle, the trumpet, and the guitar – for the state’s three most popular kinds of music. A fiddle stands for the bluegrass music of the mountains of east Tennessee. A guitar stands for the country music of central Tennessee, where Nashville is. A trumpet stands for the blues of west Tennessee and the city of Memphis. People throughout Tennessee entered a contest to design the coin. After Mint artists developed designs from…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “What color are the two g’s in the google logo?” …How many times have you seen the Google logo today? Chances are, you’re probably seen it several times already today. The Google colors found in the logo are blue, red, yellow and green. The original graphic designer of this logo was Ruth Kedar. The colors chosen had a meaning behind them because they were the primary colors. Google intentionally used a secondary color on the L to show that Google does not always follow the rules. Google revised its logo in 2015 with slight modifications…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which European capital is home to this mermaid statue?” …1. Warsaw, Poland 2. Lisbon, Portugal 3. Brussels, Belgium 4. Zagreb, Croatia Step 2 : Answer to the question “Which European capital is home to this mermaid statue?” Warsaw, Poland – This statue of a mermaid armed with a sword and shield was first added to Warsaw’s Old Town Square in 1855, but it is not the only mermaid in town. A mermaid (known as a “syrenka” in Polish) has appeared on Warsaw’s official coat of arms since 1622, and a mermaid-like creature was on the coat…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which Madonna hit claims “If they don’t give me proper credit I just walk away”?” Madonna is one of the few performers who only needs one name to be recognized internationally. The singer and dancer, who was labeled “The Material Girl” after her hit song in the 1980s, has earned that honor. Boasting one of the most iconic lines ever, ‘Material Girl’ has a Marilyn Monroe-inspired video, and lyrics that identify with materialism. Contemporary critics have frequently identified “Material Girl” as one of the songs that established Madonna as an icon. Madonna has often remarked…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “59% of people eat which part of a chocolate Easter Bunny first?” It happens every spring, researchers say: A disturbing epidemic of confectionary rabbit auricular amputations. Or, in layman’s terms, biting the ears off of your chocolate Easter bunny. As it turns out, a new study looks at our preferences for deforming the chocolatey critters. It notes that an online survey of more than 28,000 Americans reveal that 59 percent of us eat the ears first. About 4 percent start at the other end with the feet or tail, while 33 percent of people indicate…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which event caused reporter Herbert Morrison to famously cry, “Oh, the humanity!”?” On this day in 1937, the hydrogen-filled airship Hindenburg erupted into flames and crashed in Lakehurst, New Jersey, killing 36 passengers and crew members. Radio announcer Herb Morrison, who came to Lakehurst to record a routine voice-over for an NBC newsreel, immortalized the Hindenberg disaster in a famous on-the-scene description in which he emotionally declared, “Oh, the humanity!” The recording of Morrison’s commentary was immediately flown to New York, where it was aired as part of America’s first coast-to-coast radio news broadcast. Step…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “What holiday was invented to rival the Fourth of July?” …The United States is a country of immigrants, and future Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis tried to honor that history when he gave a keynote speech at Faneuil Hall in Boston on July 4, 1915. Brandeis introduced a new holiday that would rival the Fourth: Americanization Day. He wanted it to honor and bring together both new and old United States citizens. The holiday never took hold, though. Step 2 : Answer to the question “What holiday was invented to rival the Fourth of July?” Americanization…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which airport is named after a pilot who shot down airplanes in World War II?” O’Hare International Airport is named after Edward Henry “Butch” O’Hare, a World War II flying ace for the United States Navy. O’Hare won the Medal of Honor for engaging a group of Japanese torpedo bombers in a dogfight during an attempted attack on the aircraft carrier Lexington. O’Hare and his wingman gunned down five Japanese bombers to ward off the potentially catastrophic attack. On September 19, 1949, the Chicago, Illinois airport was renamed O’Hare International Airport to honor O’Hare’s bravery.…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “Which invention was named after a medieval king?” …The name “Bluetooth,” which refers to the standard for shortrange wireless connections, is derived from Viking King Harald Gormsson, who is credited with uniting Scandinavia. Like many medieval rulers, he also had a nickname: blátonn in Old Norse. It means Bluetooth. Many scholars believe that King Harald became known as Bluetooth because he had a conspicuous dead tooth that literally looked blue. The now iconic Bluetooth logo is actually a combination of King Bluetooth’s initials in Scandinavian. Intel mobile engineer Jim Kardac came up with the name…

Step 1 : Introduction to the question “The first mile of paved concrete street in the world was Woodward Avenue, located in which city?” …The first mile of concrete pavement was placed in Detroit, Michigan on Woodward Avenue. The pavement stretched from Six Mile Road to Seven Mile Road and was built in 1909. The cost at the time was $14,000. Roads up to that point – if they were paved at all – had been built with brick, cobblestone, or a material called macadam, which was not much more than stones sprayed with a tar to form some kind of wear…