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Come on, missed yesterday by 1.25 hours. Question #1 Category: Sports Question: The race car driver nicknamed Neiblemeister - master of the mist, was married to what famous female aviator? Total Points: 300 points Hint: German First Letters: E _ _ _ B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Answer: Elly Beinhorn Question #2 Category: Science Question: What do scientists call the "aliens" and odd organisms that live below the bottom of the ocean? Total Points: 600 points Hint: ET First Letters: I _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Answer: Intraterrestrials Question #3 Category: Science Question: As a testament to its adaptability in urban areas, what kind of animal strolled into a popular sandwich shop in the Chicago Loop area in the spring of 2007? Total Points: 1200 points Hint: Adrian First Letters: C _ _ _ _ _ Answer: Coyote Just 6 points!

Question #1 Category: Pop Culture Question: In a famous King Crimson debut album cover, the character's terrified eyes are looking down towards what side of his body? Total Points: 300 points Hint: Mirror First Letters: R _ _ _ _ Answer: Right ("Yeah, right - wait, the answer "right" is right! But which "right" is the rightfully right word to write? Okay, I'm confused now.") Question #2 Category: Geography Question: Which landmark pictured on Segovia’s coat of arms is believed by local legend to have been built by the devil? Total Points: 600 points Hint: Frio River First Letters: A _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Answer: Aqueduct Question #3 Category: Pop Culture Question: The Oscar nominated movie released in 2011 that received a "fresh" rating of less than 50% on "Rotten Tomatoes", was based on a book by what author? Total Points: 1200 points Hint: Volume First Letters: J _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ F _ ...

Question #1 Category: Science Question: The Challenger mission that carried the first African-American into space deployed a multipurpose satellite for what country? Total Points: 300 points Hint: Cow First Letters: I _ _ _ _ Answer: India Question #2 Category: Pop Culture Question: Who is the mother of the mother of the first grandchild of the "Demon of Screamin'"? Total Points: 600 points Hint: Model First Letters: B _ _ _ B _ _ _ _ Answer: Bebe Buell Question #3 Category: History Question: What former head of the Cuban Secret Service was charged with protecting the country’s prime minister for nearly 50 years? Total Points: 1200 points Hint: Staircase First Letters: F _ _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Answer: Fabian Escalante Beat 2,052 points by 11 points!

Sorry again for not doing yesterday's A Google a Day. Well, here is today's! Question #1 Category: Pop Culture Question: What was the profession of the man who served as foster father to the title character of a 1980's sitcom about a little girl and her dog, Brandon? Total Points: 300 points Hint: George First Letters: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Answer: Photographer  (I wonder if he got the idea from OneNote) Question #2 Category: Sports Question: In Jeff Savage's book on the 2005 number one pick for the NHL draft, what is the title of the second chapter beginning on page 10? Total Points: 600 points Hint: Penguin ("whaddya think, Penguin?") First Letters: S _ _ T _ _ K _ _ Answer: Sid The Kid (obviously, Jeff is a *little* childish) Question #3 Category: Art Literature Question: In "Eats, Shoots and Leaves", what analogy does the author say that grammarians use for the relationship of punctuation to words? Total Points:...

Sorry for not doing yesterday's A Google a Day. Here is today's! Question #1 Category: Sports Question: In 1963, in London, looking for his 19th consecutive win, over 50,000 people came to see what athlete battle Henry Cooper? Total Points: 300 points Hint: Thomas S. Owens First Letters: M _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ Answer: Muhammad Ali Question #2 Category: Pop Culture Question: Which documentary screened at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival, about the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, quotes Thomas Merton's eponymous poem? Total Points: 600 points Hint: First First Letters: O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ B _ _ _ Answer: Original Child Bomb Question #3 Category: History Question: What was the name of the Allied operation against which German forces launched a counteroffensive in Anzio in 1944? Total Points: 1200 points Hint: Roof First Letters: O _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S _ _ _ _ _ _ Answer...

Do you know what I think is weird? The "Feedjit" counter to the left shows a visit from Korea,---------------------------------------------- but the "Stats" page shows nothing from Korea. What do you think| is right, Blogger or Feedjit?                                                                /  /    /     |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |      |     |     |      |      ...

Question #1 Category: Science Question: Who commanded the crew of seven of the Columbia on the 38th flight of the Shuttle on STS-35 in December 1990? Total Points: 300 points Hint: USMC First Letters: V _ _ _ _ B _ _ _ _ Answer: Vance Brand (this reminded me of Lance Armstrong) Question #2 Category: Art Literature Question: Who is credited with introducing Early Renaissance-style architecture to the capital city of Lombardy, Italy? Total Points: 600 points Hint: Architect First Letters: D _ _ _ _ _ B _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Answer: Donato Bramante (this reminded me of Donatello [ but I search it up and see "Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi," too. Huh, very similar.]) Question #3 Category: Geography Question: The Indian river basin that includes approximately 25% of the country's area is bound by what mountain range to the south? Total Points: 1181 points Hint: Glaciers First Letters: V _ _ _ _ _ _ Answer: Vindhya (why did this make me think o...

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Question #1 Category: Sports Total points: 300 Question: In Bruce Jenner's motivational book, "Finding the Champion Within", the introduction begins by talking about what great Russian athlete? Hint: Decathlon First Letters: N _ _ _ _ _ _ A _ _ _ _ _ Answer: Nikolay Avilov Question #2 Category: History Total Points: 600 Question: What is the number of the bill proposed on January 6, 2009, to repeal the Constitutional amendment that limits the number of terms an individual may serve as POTUS? Hint: Serrano First Letters: H _ R _ _ 5 Answer: HJ RES 5 Question #3 Category: Geography Total Points: 1200 Question: The expansion of the earth's surface is demonstrated by what U.S. state that is believed to be increasing by 1.2 "nanostrains" per year? Hint: Enchantment First Letters: N _ _ M _ _ _ _ _ Answer: New Mexico

I will be posting questions and answers to each daily A Google a Day . Yes, this will be a spoiler, but if you're stumped, look at it!