For Tuesday, May 19, 2015: How many eyes does a grasshopper have?
Answer: 5
Winners: Janessa Herring and Caleb Bustle
For Tuesday, May 12, 2015: Originally, what did each of the six flags at Six Flags theme park represent? Answer: For the six different flags that have flown over Texas. 1) France 2) Spain 3) Mexico 4) Confederacy (Old South) 5) Texas 6) USA Winner: Gabby Ezell
For Tuesday, May 5, 2015: I am seen in the water, if seen in the sky. I am in the rainbow and a jay's feather. What am I? Answer: Blue
Winners: Kaily Whittles & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, April 28, 2015: From the comic books, who are the 5 original Avengers? Answer: Thor, Iron Man, Ant Man, The Wasp, and Hulk
Winners: Alexis Hickman & Brandon Wilson
For Tuesday, April 21, 2015: What is the first name of each of the 4 founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry
Answers: Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor, Salazor Slytheran
Winners: Morgan Tipton & Makenzie Bouillon
For Tuesday, April 14, 2015: From what city did the Titanic set sail from?
Answer: Southampton, England
Winners: Zach Reick & Darvaa Byrd
For Tuesday, April 7, 2015: What has four wheels and flies?
Answer: Garbage Truck Winners: John Keogel & Gabby Ezell
For Tuesday, March 24, 2015: What local native first coined the basketball term "March Madness"? Answer: Henry V. Porter (he was born in Spring Lake Illinois and grew up in Washington, IL). Winners: Morgan Tipton & Summer Barker
For Tuesday, March 17, 2015: What is the name of the play where the phrase, "Beware the Ides of March" originates?
Answer: Julius Caesar Winners: Emilie Simpson & Rylee Smith
For Tuesday, March 10, 2015: What was Dr. Seuss's birth name?
Answer: Theodor Seuss Geisel
Winners: Paige Rogers & Breanna Ward
For Tuesday, March 3, 2015: In the original folk tale, what were Cinderella's slippers made of? Answer: Squirrel Fur
Winners: Brandon McGarr & Sam Despines
For Tuesday, February 24, 2015: I hide but my head is outside. What am I?
Answer: A nail
Winners: Asher Franklin & Coby Clelland
For Tuesday, February 17, 2015: What is Matchbox, Blink, UB, and Maroon combined? Answer: 247 (These are all bands with numbers in their names. The answer is the combination of numbers. Blink 182 + UB40 + . . . )
Winner: Gunnar Hartnett
For Tuesday, February 10, 2015: What geometric shape is a snowflake?
Answer: Hexagonal
Winners: Mashayla Moss & Ben Bowers
For Tuesday, February 3, 2015: What are the three different jersey numbers Michael Jordan wore during his NBA career? Answer: 9, 12, 23, & 45
Winners: Adam Bowers and Ross Smith
For Tuesday, January 27, 2015: How many times was Dr. Martin Luther King arrested? Answer: 30 (He was arrested 30 times for non-violent protests against racial segregation and injustice.)
Winners: Lance Wyman & Kelsie Hillier
For Tuesday, January 20, 2015: What is it that when given one, you'll have either two or none? Answer: A Chance
Winners: Bobby Morgan & Savannah Morgan
For Tuesday, January 6, 2015: What is the only day in 2015 when there is a total solar eclipse? Answer: Friday, March 20, 2015
Winners: Bobby Morgan & Chloe Chase
For Tuesday, December 16, 2014: What classic holiday film has an antagonist named Mr. Potter? Answer: It's a Wonderful Life
Winners: Jaylee Seaton & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, December 9, 2014: What is the exact name of the holiday contest that Snoopy wins? Answer: Lights and display contest
Winners: Emilie Simpson & Abby Roper
For Tuesday, December 2, 2014: What classic novel begins with the line, "Marley was dead"? Answer: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Winners: Alexis Hickman & Kaitlynn Fuller
For Tuesday, November 18, 2014: What scientific accomplishment happened in space last Wednesday? Answer: a scientific probe landed on a comet
Winners: Max Denham & Hunter Flores
For Tuesday, November 11, 2014: How many million years ago did dinosaurs become extinct? Answer: 65 Million
Winners: Gavin Miller & Alexis Puckett
For Tuesday, November 4, 2014: Who is the last former Illinois Governor that did not spend time in prisoner? Answer: Jim Edgar
Winner: Makayla Bohm
For Tuesday, October 28: What was the Snickers candy bar named after?
Answer: A horse (it was the favorite horse owned by the Mars family
Winners: Anastasia Higginbottom & Rylee Smith
For Tuesday, October 21: What famous poem concludes with the line, "Shall be lifted--nevermore!"? Answer: "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
Winners: Casey Barker & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, October 14: I never was, but I am always near, I will always show up--although I disappear the moment I arrive. What am I?
Answer: Tomorrow
Winners: Johnnie Denis & Alexis Puckett
For Tuesday, October 7: There is a common word that is 9 letters long. Each time you remove a letter, it remains a common English word. What is the original word?
Answer: Startling (Startling--starting--staring--string--sting--sing--sin--in--I)
Winners: Owen Kern & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, September 30: What planet is named for the Roman god of commerce, travel, and thievery? Answer: Mercury, messenger of the gods
Winners: Helena Bohm & Coby Clelland
For Tuesday, September 23: What digit is the least frequent between the numbers 1 and 1000? Answer: 0
Winners: Sydney Wyman & Dani Marion
For Tuesday, September 16: What is the name of the building where the United States Constitution is kept? Answer: The National Archives Building
Winners: Liam Whittaker & Alyssa Torres
For Tuesday, September 9: What common 7 words phrase has been spoken in every Star Wars movie? Answer: "I've got a bad feeling about this."
Winners: Liam Whittaker & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, September 2: What ends everything always?
Answer: The Letter "g." Winners: Helena Bohm & Rylee Smith
For Tuesday, August 26: In what year did the Warrior Way program originate at Parkview? Answer: 2009 Winners: Owen Kern & Abby Kern
For Tuesday, May 19: What is the world's tallest roller coaster and where is it located? Answer: Kingda Ka at 456 feet. It is located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.
Winner: Tim Parker
For Tuesday, May 12: What was the inspiration for Don McLean's song, "The Day the MusicDied?" Answer: The plane crash on February 3, 1959 that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Vallens, and The Big Bopper.
Winners: Logan Laughary & Madison Yates
For Tuesday, May 5: Only one color, but not one size, stuck at the bottom, but easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain, doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am ?
Answer: A Shadow
Winners: Dani Marion & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, April 29: What is the United States' National Tree?
Answer: The Oak
Winners: Brett McMahon & Brooke Chandler
For Tuesday, April 22: I am the beginning of eternity and the end of time and space. The beginning of every end and the end of every place. What am I?
Answer: The letter "E"
Winners: Ben Bowers & Lexi Dorch
For Tuesday, April 15: What was the first full length animated movie?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Winners: Sydney Wyman & Rylee Smith
For Tuesday, April 8: How many times do a clock's hands overlap during one day?
Answer: 22
Winners: Najona Swartz & Sam Desonia
For Tuesday, April 1: What do you get if you cross a motor car with a book?
Answer: Autobiography or Bookmobile
Winners: Abby Roy & Alex Watt
For Tuesday, March 12, 104: What movie is based on a novel written by Orson Scott Card? Answer: Ender's Game
For Tuesday, March 11, 2014: What movie has a protagonist named Clary Fray? Answer: City of Bones
For Tuesday, March 4, 2014: What has rivers but no water, forest but no trees, and cities with no buildings? Answer: A map
Winners: Bradley Hagaman & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, February 25, 2014: According to myth, who founded the ancient Olympic Games? Answer: Hercules Winner: Emilie Simpson
For Tuesday, February 18, 2014: In the Brother's Grimm fairy tale Snow White, what are the names of each of the 7 dwarves? Answer: Happy, Bashful, Doc, Doopey, Grumpy, Sneezy, and Sleepy
Winners: Jalen Pounds & Cierra Cabral-Murphy
For Tuesday, February 11, 2014: Who are the U.S. Presidents that considered Illinois to be their home state when they took office?
Answer: Barack Obama, Ulysses Grant and Abraham Lincoln
Winners: Helena Bohm & Dakota Jack
For Tuesday, February 4, 2014: What is the move in chess called where a king moves more than one space? Answer: Castle
Winnes: Alyssa Unger & Anthony Simmons
For Tuesday, January 28, 2014: What is 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 10,000? Answer: 1,000
Winners: Dani Marion & Kevin Ballard-Munn
For Tuesday, January 14, 2014: What prize was given to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964? Answer: The Nobel Peace Prize
Winners: Bradley Hageman & Coby Clelland
For Tuesday, December 17: In what year did Charles Dickens publish A Christmas Carol? Answer: 1843 Winners: Kylie Chapin & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, December 10: What was the original color of candy canes? Answer: White Winners: Yasmine Estelle & Samiyah Evans
For Tuesday, December 2: What battleship stands as a memorial to the attack on Pearl Harbor? Answer: U.S.S. Arizona
Winners: Jacob Skinner & Abby Kern
For Tuesday, November 29: How many words long was President Lincoln's Gettysburgh Address? Answer: 274
Winners: Ashley Bray and Gavin Worley
For Tuesday, November 12, 2013: The word "nerd" was invented by what author and originated in what book? Answer: If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss
Winners: Abby Roy & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, November 5, 2013: What was Veteran's Day originally called? Answer: Armistice Day
Winners: Gabby Darling & Natalie Lane
For Tuesday, October 29, 2013: How many total Goosebumps books did R.L. Stine write? Answer: 176
Winners: Abby Kern, Adam Schwener and Anthony Frakes
For Tuesday, October 15, 2013: What United States President is on the $2 bill? Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Winners: Alana Cortes & Austin Waggoner
For Tuesday, October 8, 2013: What are the 4 states you can see from the top of the Willis Tower? Answer: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin
Winners: Abby Roy & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, October 1, 2013: What was the original team name of the Chicago Cubs? Answer: Chicago White Stockings
Winners: Jordan Frakes & Hannah Hartman
For Tuesday, September 24, 2013: Two human babies are born on the same day, of the same year, to the same two parents. They are normal and healthy. And yet, they are not twins. How could this be? Answer: They are two of three triplets
Winner: Gavin Worley
Tuesday, September 17: What is the official name of the new Freedom Tower? Answer: One World Trade Center Winners: Alana Cortes & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, September 10, 2013: What was the name of Hagrid's three headed dog? Answer: Fluffy Winners: Brennan Ezell and Bethany Lambert
For Tuesday, September 3, 2013: What is the real identify of Robert Galbraith?
Answer: J.K. Rowling (she wrote a detective novel under a pen name)
Winner: Rylee Smith
For Tuesday, September 27, 2013: How much dirt is there in a hole that measures 9' x 7' x 4'? Answer: None! (It's a hole. There is no dirt. It's empty.)
For Tuesday, May 7, 2013: Who was the only Jedi to use a purple light saber?
Answer: Mace Windu
For Tuesday, April 16, 2013: What does Tyrannasaurus mean in Greek?
Answer: Tyrant Lizard
For Tuesday, April 9, 2013: What is the biggest food chain in China with over 4,000 restaurants? Answer: KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Winner: Kelsie Hillier
For Tuesday, March 26, 2013: What word becomes shorter when you add two letter to it? Answer: Short Winners:
For Tuesday, March 19, 2013: According to folklore, a Leprechauns daily job involves making an item that you would wear. What is it? Answer: Shoes
Winners: James Miller & Austin Rogers
For Tuesday, February 26, 2013: ISAT is an acronym that stands for what?
Answer: Illinois Standards Achievement Test
Winners: Ben Bowers and Jackson Ashburn
For Tuesday, February 19, 2013: Over what city did a meteor explode last week and how many tons did it weigh? Answer: Cheylabinsk, Russia, over the Ural Mountain Region. Winners: Joseph Fields and Tim Parker
For Tuesday, February 12, 2013: What is the most densely populated city in the world? Answer: Hong Kong with 250,000 people per square mile
Winners: Tristan Williams
For Tuesday, February 5, 2013: The Four Corner's Monument consists of what four states? Answer: Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico
Winners: Kayonna Bolding & Brionna Sally
For Tuesday, January 29, 2013: In the 5 times the 49er's have won the Super Bowl, what team did they defeat twice? Answer: Cincinnati Bengals
Winners: Lucas Raynor
For Tuesday, January 22, 2013: How many prime numbers are there between 50 and 100? Answer: 10
Winners: Ross Smith and Regina Novoa
For Tuesday, January 15, 2013: Who is the only U.S. President who was never elected to the office of Vice-President or President?
Answer: Richard Nixon
For Tuesday, January 8, 2013: In a certain country, 1/2 of 5 equals 3. If the same proportion holds, what is the value of 1/3 of 10? Answer: 4
Winners: Dawson Gill & Arin Slaughter
For Tuesday, December 18: In Tolkein's The Hobbit, Gandalf is unable to go on the adventure with Bilbo Baggins because he is dealing with what individual?
Answer: The Necromancer Winner: Maverick Wixom
For Tuesday, December 11: Who makes it has no need of it, who buys it has no use for it, who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What am I? Answer: A coffin
Winners: Anthony Frakes and Anthony Daughty
For Tuesday, December 4, 2012: In what novel is it, "Always winter but never Christmas? Answer: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Winners: Joseph Fields and Lucas Raynor
For Tuesday, November 27: What digit is the least frequent between the numbers one and 1000. Answer: 0
Winners: Alexis Puckett and Alex Watt
For Tuesday, November 13: In the U.S., what is the best selling fiction book series of all time? Answer: The Harry Potter Series
Winners: Hunter Flores and Devin Davis
For Tuesday, November 6: Name the four people who lost the presidential election despite winning the popular vote.
Answer: Al Gore, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, Samuel Tilden
Winner: Brandon Foglemark
For Tuesday, October 23, 2012: What are the names of the four Hogwart's Houses and who is the ghost for each house?
Answer: Gryffindor--Nearly Headless Nick, Slytherin--The Bloody Baron, Ravenclaw--The Grey Lady, Hufflepuff--The Fat Friar
Winners: Joseph Fields & Brecht Allen
For Tuesday, October 16, 2012: How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1000? (use only addition) Answer: 888+88+8+8+8=1000
Winners: Breanna Marble & Kevin Ballard-Munn
For Tuesday, October 9, 2012: What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes, but not in decades, years, or days? Answer: The letter "N"
Winners: Summer Barker & Nathan Lambert
For Tuesday, October 2, 2012: What year was Christopher Colombus born and what year did he discover America? Answer: 1451 and 1492
Winners: Josh McCartney and Hannah Reed
For Tuesday, September 11: Four Airplanes were hi-hacked during the 9/11 attacks. What was the intended destination of each plane?
Answer: North and South World Trade Center Towers, Pentagon, White House
Winners: Alexis Puckett and Savannah Smith
For Tuesday, September 4: How many Olympic medals did Michael Phelps win and who did he pass to become the all time Olympic medal winner?
Answer: He won 22 total medals and he passed Russian gymnist Larisa Latynina
Winner: Kara Honeycutt
For Tuesday, August 27, 2012: When did Labor Day become a Federal Holiday and when is Labor Day observed each year?
Answer: It became a Federal Holiday in 1894 & it is observed on the first Monday of September. Winners: Joseph Fields and Hannah Reed
For Tuesday, May 8: What famous document begins, "When in the course of human events . . . "? Answer: The Declaration of Independence
Winner: Josh McCartney
For Tuesday, May 1: What is NATO an acronym for and what year was it formed?
Answer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization and it was formed in 1949
Winner: Brandon Foglemark
For Tuesday, April 24: How many dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic and what was the breed of each? Answer: 2 Dogs survived--Pomeranian and Pekingese
Winners: Emily Shaw & Sierra Stramka
For Tuesday, April 17: The 1st man is the master of priceless gems. The 2nd man is the master of big sticks. The 3rd man is the master of shovels. The 4th man is the master of love. Who are they? Answer: The 4 kings in a deck of cards
Winners: Jackson Ashburn & Brook-Lynn Lundquist
For Tuesday, April 10: What NASA astronaut originated from Pekin, IL?
Answer: Scott Altman
Winners: Sevin Sheridan & Aren Kammerer
For Tuesday, April 3: He is credited for saying, "It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!" Answer: Ernie Banks
For Tuesday, March 27: I fly before the sun but cast no shadow. What am I?
Answer: Wind
For Tuesday, February 28: How can you name the capital of every U.S. state in only two seconds? Answer: Washington, D.C.
For Tuesday, February 21: In 2008, John McCain finished 2nd to Barack Obama in the Presidential Election. Who finished 2nd in each of the previous Presidential Elections, starting in 2004? Answer: 2004--John Kerry, 2000-Al Gore, 1996--Bob Dole
For Tuesday, February 14: What fruit is known as the love apple?
Answer: The tomato
For Tuesday, February 7: What is wrong with this sentence? "I watched the Chicago Bulls play the Miami Heat and Derrick Rose was literally on fire."
Answer: He was "figuratively" on fire. Literally means he was actually on fire.
Answer: 5
Winners: Janessa Herring and Caleb Bustle
For Tuesday, May 12, 2015: Originally, what did each of the six flags at Six Flags theme park represent? Answer: For the six different flags that have flown over Texas. 1) France 2) Spain 3) Mexico 4) Confederacy (Old South) 5) Texas 6) USA Winner: Gabby Ezell
For Tuesday, May 5, 2015: I am seen in the water, if seen in the sky. I am in the rainbow and a jay's feather. What am I? Answer: Blue
Winners: Kaily Whittles & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, April 28, 2015: From the comic books, who are the 5 original Avengers? Answer: Thor, Iron Man, Ant Man, The Wasp, and Hulk
Winners: Alexis Hickman & Brandon Wilson
For Tuesday, April 21, 2015: What is the first name of each of the 4 founders of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry
Answers: Helga Hufflepuff, Rowena Ravenclaw, Godric Gryffindor, Salazor Slytheran
Winners: Morgan Tipton & Makenzie Bouillon
For Tuesday, April 14, 2015: From what city did the Titanic set sail from?
Answer: Southampton, England
Winners: Zach Reick & Darvaa Byrd
For Tuesday, April 7, 2015: What has four wheels and flies?
Answer: Garbage Truck Winners: John Keogel & Gabby Ezell
For Tuesday, March 24, 2015: What local native first coined the basketball term "March Madness"? Answer: Henry V. Porter (he was born in Spring Lake Illinois and grew up in Washington, IL). Winners: Morgan Tipton & Summer Barker
For Tuesday, March 17, 2015: What is the name of the play where the phrase, "Beware the Ides of March" originates?
Answer: Julius Caesar Winners: Emilie Simpson & Rylee Smith
For Tuesday, March 10, 2015: What was Dr. Seuss's birth name?
Answer: Theodor Seuss Geisel
Winners: Paige Rogers & Breanna Ward
For Tuesday, March 3, 2015: In the original folk tale, what were Cinderella's slippers made of? Answer: Squirrel Fur
Winners: Brandon McGarr & Sam Despines
For Tuesday, February 24, 2015: I hide but my head is outside. What am I?
Answer: A nail
Winners: Asher Franklin & Coby Clelland
For Tuesday, February 17, 2015: What is Matchbox, Blink, UB, and Maroon combined? Answer: 247 (These are all bands with numbers in their names. The answer is the combination of numbers. Blink 182 + UB40 + . . . )
Winner: Gunnar Hartnett
For Tuesday, February 10, 2015: What geometric shape is a snowflake?
Answer: Hexagonal
Winners: Mashayla Moss & Ben Bowers
For Tuesday, February 3, 2015: What are the three different jersey numbers Michael Jordan wore during his NBA career? Answer: 9, 12, 23, & 45
Winners: Adam Bowers and Ross Smith
For Tuesday, January 27, 2015: How many times was Dr. Martin Luther King arrested? Answer: 30 (He was arrested 30 times for non-violent protests against racial segregation and injustice.)
Winners: Lance Wyman & Kelsie Hillier
For Tuesday, January 20, 2015: What is it that when given one, you'll have either two or none? Answer: A Chance
Winners: Bobby Morgan & Savannah Morgan
For Tuesday, January 6, 2015: What is the only day in 2015 when there is a total solar eclipse? Answer: Friday, March 20, 2015
Winners: Bobby Morgan & Chloe Chase
For Tuesday, December 16, 2014: What classic holiday film has an antagonist named Mr. Potter? Answer: It's a Wonderful Life
Winners: Jaylee Seaton & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, December 9, 2014: What is the exact name of the holiday contest that Snoopy wins? Answer: Lights and display contest
Winners: Emilie Simpson & Abby Roper
For Tuesday, December 2, 2014: What classic novel begins with the line, "Marley was dead"? Answer: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Winners: Alexis Hickman & Kaitlynn Fuller
For Tuesday, November 18, 2014: What scientific accomplishment happened in space last Wednesday? Answer: a scientific probe landed on a comet
Winners: Max Denham & Hunter Flores
For Tuesday, November 11, 2014: How many million years ago did dinosaurs become extinct? Answer: 65 Million
Winners: Gavin Miller & Alexis Puckett
For Tuesday, November 4, 2014: Who is the last former Illinois Governor that did not spend time in prisoner? Answer: Jim Edgar
Winner: Makayla Bohm
For Tuesday, October 28: What was the Snickers candy bar named after?
Answer: A horse (it was the favorite horse owned by the Mars family
Winners: Anastasia Higginbottom & Rylee Smith
For Tuesday, October 21: What famous poem concludes with the line, "Shall be lifted--nevermore!"? Answer: "The Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe
Winners: Casey Barker & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, October 14: I never was, but I am always near, I will always show up--although I disappear the moment I arrive. What am I?
Answer: Tomorrow
Winners: Johnnie Denis & Alexis Puckett
For Tuesday, October 7: There is a common word that is 9 letters long. Each time you remove a letter, it remains a common English word. What is the original word?
Answer: Startling (Startling--starting--staring--string--sting--sing--sin--in--I)
Winners: Owen Kern & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, September 30: What planet is named for the Roman god of commerce, travel, and thievery? Answer: Mercury, messenger of the gods
Winners: Helena Bohm & Coby Clelland
For Tuesday, September 23: What digit is the least frequent between the numbers 1 and 1000? Answer: 0
Winners: Sydney Wyman & Dani Marion
For Tuesday, September 16: What is the name of the building where the United States Constitution is kept? Answer: The National Archives Building
Winners: Liam Whittaker & Alyssa Torres
For Tuesday, September 9: What common 7 words phrase has been spoken in every Star Wars movie? Answer: "I've got a bad feeling about this."
Winners: Liam Whittaker & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, September 2: What ends everything always?
Answer: The Letter "g." Winners: Helena Bohm & Rylee Smith
For Tuesday, August 26: In what year did the Warrior Way program originate at Parkview? Answer: 2009 Winners: Owen Kern & Abby Kern
For Tuesday, May 19: What is the world's tallest roller coaster and where is it located? Answer: Kingda Ka at 456 feet. It is located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey.
Winner: Tim Parker
For Tuesday, May 12: What was the inspiration for Don McLean's song, "The Day the MusicDied?" Answer: The plane crash on February 3, 1959 that killed Buddy Holly, Ritchie Vallens, and The Big Bopper.
Winners: Logan Laughary & Madison Yates
For Tuesday, May 5: Only one color, but not one size, stuck at the bottom, but easily flies. Present in sun, but not in rain, doing no harm, and feeling no pain. What am ?
Answer: A Shadow
Winners: Dani Marion & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, April 29: What is the United States' National Tree?
Answer: The Oak
Winners: Brett McMahon & Brooke Chandler
For Tuesday, April 22: I am the beginning of eternity and the end of time and space. The beginning of every end and the end of every place. What am I?
Answer: The letter "E"
Winners: Ben Bowers & Lexi Dorch
For Tuesday, April 15: What was the first full length animated movie?
Answer: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves
Winners: Sydney Wyman & Rylee Smith
For Tuesday, April 8: How many times do a clock's hands overlap during one day?
Answer: 22
Winners: Najona Swartz & Sam Desonia
For Tuesday, April 1: What do you get if you cross a motor car with a book?
Answer: Autobiography or Bookmobile
Winners: Abby Roy & Alex Watt
For Tuesday, March 12, 104: What movie is based on a novel written by Orson Scott Card? Answer: Ender's Game
For Tuesday, March 11, 2014: What movie has a protagonist named Clary Fray? Answer: City of Bones
For Tuesday, March 4, 2014: What has rivers but no water, forest but no trees, and cities with no buildings? Answer: A map
Winners: Bradley Hagaman & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, February 25, 2014: According to myth, who founded the ancient Olympic Games? Answer: Hercules Winner: Emilie Simpson
For Tuesday, February 18, 2014: In the Brother's Grimm fairy tale Snow White, what are the names of each of the 7 dwarves? Answer: Happy, Bashful, Doc, Doopey, Grumpy, Sneezy, and Sleepy
Winners: Jalen Pounds & Cierra Cabral-Murphy
For Tuesday, February 11, 2014: Who are the U.S. Presidents that considered Illinois to be their home state when they took office?
Answer: Barack Obama, Ulysses Grant and Abraham Lincoln
Winners: Helena Bohm & Dakota Jack
For Tuesday, February 4, 2014: What is the move in chess called where a king moves more than one space? Answer: Castle
Winnes: Alyssa Unger & Anthony Simmons
For Tuesday, January 28, 2014: What is 1/2 of 2/3 of 3/4 of 4/5 of 5/6 of 6/7 of 7/8 of 8/9 of 9/10 of 10,000? Answer: 1,000
Winners: Dani Marion & Kevin Ballard-Munn
For Tuesday, January 14, 2014: What prize was given to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in 1964? Answer: The Nobel Peace Prize
Winners: Bradley Hageman & Coby Clelland
For Tuesday, December 17: In what year did Charles Dickens publish A Christmas Carol? Answer: 1843 Winners: Kylie Chapin & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, December 10: What was the original color of candy canes? Answer: White Winners: Yasmine Estelle & Samiyah Evans
For Tuesday, December 2: What battleship stands as a memorial to the attack on Pearl Harbor? Answer: U.S.S. Arizona
Winners: Jacob Skinner & Abby Kern
For Tuesday, November 29: How many words long was President Lincoln's Gettysburgh Address? Answer: 274
Winners: Ashley Bray and Gavin Worley
For Tuesday, November 12, 2013: The word "nerd" was invented by what author and originated in what book? Answer: If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss
Winners: Abby Roy & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, November 5, 2013: What was Veteran's Day originally called? Answer: Armistice Day
Winners: Gabby Darling & Natalie Lane
For Tuesday, October 29, 2013: How many total Goosebumps books did R.L. Stine write? Answer: 176
Winners: Abby Kern, Adam Schwener and Anthony Frakes
For Tuesday, October 15, 2013: What United States President is on the $2 bill? Answer: Thomas Jefferson
Winners: Alana Cortes & Austin Waggoner
For Tuesday, October 8, 2013: What are the 4 states you can see from the top of the Willis Tower? Answer: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Wisconsin
Winners: Abby Roy & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, October 1, 2013: What was the original team name of the Chicago Cubs? Answer: Chicago White Stockings
Winners: Jordan Frakes & Hannah Hartman
For Tuesday, September 24, 2013: Two human babies are born on the same day, of the same year, to the same two parents. They are normal and healthy. And yet, they are not twins. How could this be? Answer: They are two of three triplets
Winner: Gavin Worley
Tuesday, September 17: What is the official name of the new Freedom Tower? Answer: One World Trade Center Winners: Alana Cortes & Joseph Fields
For Tuesday, September 10, 2013: What was the name of Hagrid's three headed dog? Answer: Fluffy Winners: Brennan Ezell and Bethany Lambert
For Tuesday, September 3, 2013: What is the real identify of Robert Galbraith?
Answer: J.K. Rowling (she wrote a detective novel under a pen name)
Winner: Rylee Smith
For Tuesday, September 27, 2013: How much dirt is there in a hole that measures 9' x 7' x 4'? Answer: None! (It's a hole. There is no dirt. It's empty.)
For Tuesday, May 7, 2013: Who was the only Jedi to use a purple light saber?
Answer: Mace Windu
For Tuesday, April 16, 2013: What does Tyrannasaurus mean in Greek?
Answer: Tyrant Lizard
For Tuesday, April 9, 2013: What is the biggest food chain in China with over 4,000 restaurants? Answer: KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken)
Winner: Kelsie Hillier
For Tuesday, March 26, 2013: What word becomes shorter when you add two letter to it? Answer: Short Winners:
For Tuesday, March 19, 2013: According to folklore, a Leprechauns daily job involves making an item that you would wear. What is it? Answer: Shoes
Winners: James Miller & Austin Rogers
For Tuesday, February 26, 2013: ISAT is an acronym that stands for what?
Answer: Illinois Standards Achievement Test
Winners: Ben Bowers and Jackson Ashburn
For Tuesday, February 19, 2013: Over what city did a meteor explode last week and how many tons did it weigh? Answer: Cheylabinsk, Russia, over the Ural Mountain Region. Winners: Joseph Fields and Tim Parker
For Tuesday, February 12, 2013: What is the most densely populated city in the world? Answer: Hong Kong with 250,000 people per square mile
Winners: Tristan Williams
For Tuesday, February 5, 2013: The Four Corner's Monument consists of what four states? Answer: Arizona, Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico
Winners: Kayonna Bolding & Brionna Sally
For Tuesday, January 29, 2013: In the 5 times the 49er's have won the Super Bowl, what team did they defeat twice? Answer: Cincinnati Bengals
Winners: Lucas Raynor
For Tuesday, January 22, 2013: How many prime numbers are there between 50 and 100? Answer: 10
Winners: Ross Smith and Regina Novoa
For Tuesday, January 15, 2013: Who is the only U.S. President who was never elected to the office of Vice-President or President?
Answer: Richard Nixon
For Tuesday, January 8, 2013: In a certain country, 1/2 of 5 equals 3. If the same proportion holds, what is the value of 1/3 of 10? Answer: 4
Winners: Dawson Gill & Arin Slaughter
For Tuesday, December 18: In Tolkein's The Hobbit, Gandalf is unable to go on the adventure with Bilbo Baggins because he is dealing with what individual?
Answer: The Necromancer Winner: Maverick Wixom
For Tuesday, December 11: Who makes it has no need of it, who buys it has no use for it, who uses it can neither see nor feel it. What am I? Answer: A coffin
Winners: Anthony Frakes and Anthony Daughty
For Tuesday, December 4, 2012: In what novel is it, "Always winter but never Christmas? Answer: The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Winners: Joseph Fields and Lucas Raynor
For Tuesday, November 27: What digit is the least frequent between the numbers one and 1000. Answer: 0
Winners: Alexis Puckett and Alex Watt
For Tuesday, November 13: In the U.S., what is the best selling fiction book series of all time? Answer: The Harry Potter Series
Winners: Hunter Flores and Devin Davis
For Tuesday, November 6: Name the four people who lost the presidential election despite winning the popular vote.
Answer: Al Gore, Andrew Jackson, Grover Cleveland, Samuel Tilden
Winner: Brandon Foglemark
For Tuesday, October 23, 2012: What are the names of the four Hogwart's Houses and who is the ghost for each house?
Answer: Gryffindor--Nearly Headless Nick, Slytherin--The Bloody Baron, Ravenclaw--The Grey Lady, Hufflepuff--The Fat Friar
Winners: Joseph Fields & Brecht Allen
For Tuesday, October 16, 2012: How can you add eight 8's to get the number 1000? (use only addition) Answer: 888+88+8+8+8=1000
Winners: Breanna Marble & Kevin Ballard-Munn
For Tuesday, October 9, 2012: What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes, but not in decades, years, or days? Answer: The letter "N"
Winners: Summer Barker & Nathan Lambert
For Tuesday, October 2, 2012: What year was Christopher Colombus born and what year did he discover America? Answer: 1451 and 1492
Winners: Josh McCartney and Hannah Reed
For Tuesday, September 11: Four Airplanes were hi-hacked during the 9/11 attacks. What was the intended destination of each plane?
Answer: North and South World Trade Center Towers, Pentagon, White House
Winners: Alexis Puckett and Savannah Smith
For Tuesday, September 4: How many Olympic medals did Michael Phelps win and who did he pass to become the all time Olympic medal winner?
Answer: He won 22 total medals and he passed Russian gymnist Larisa Latynina
Winner: Kara Honeycutt
For Tuesday, August 27, 2012: When did Labor Day become a Federal Holiday and when is Labor Day observed each year?
Answer: It became a Federal Holiday in 1894 & it is observed on the first Monday of September. Winners: Joseph Fields and Hannah Reed
For Tuesday, May 8: What famous document begins, "When in the course of human events . . . "? Answer: The Declaration of Independence
Winner: Josh McCartney
For Tuesday, May 1: What is NATO an acronym for and what year was it formed?
Answer: North Atlantic Treaty Organization and it was formed in 1949
Winner: Brandon Foglemark
For Tuesday, April 24: How many dogs survived the sinking of the Titanic and what was the breed of each? Answer: 2 Dogs survived--Pomeranian and Pekingese
Winners: Emily Shaw & Sierra Stramka
For Tuesday, April 17: The 1st man is the master of priceless gems. The 2nd man is the master of big sticks. The 3rd man is the master of shovels. The 4th man is the master of love. Who are they? Answer: The 4 kings in a deck of cards
Winners: Jackson Ashburn & Brook-Lynn Lundquist
For Tuesday, April 10: What NASA astronaut originated from Pekin, IL?
Answer: Scott Altman
Winners: Sevin Sheridan & Aren Kammerer
For Tuesday, April 3: He is credited for saying, "It's a great day for a ball game; let's play two!" Answer: Ernie Banks
For Tuesday, March 27: I fly before the sun but cast no shadow. What am I?
Answer: Wind
For Tuesday, February 28: How can you name the capital of every U.S. state in only two seconds? Answer: Washington, D.C.
For Tuesday, February 21: In 2008, John McCain finished 2nd to Barack Obama in the Presidential Election. Who finished 2nd in each of the previous Presidential Elections, starting in 2004? Answer: 2004--John Kerry, 2000-Al Gore, 1996--Bob Dole
For Tuesday, February 14: What fruit is known as the love apple?
Answer: The tomato
For Tuesday, February 7: What is wrong with this sentence? "I watched the Chicago Bulls play the Miami Heat and Derrick Rose was literally on fire."
Answer: He was "figuratively" on fire. Literally means he was actually on fire.