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Post by peach on Dec 31, 2008 18:18:41 GMT
Here's your first clue, it involved the British Army.
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Post by peach on Jan 4, 2009 2:09:27 GMT
The correct answer is:
In 1884 when the British garrison at Khartoum was attacked and they required emergency assistance.
Hopefully this is a little easier.
Who had the first recorded hole-in-one in golf?
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 6, 2009 20:50:11 GMT
Tom Morris, on 14 September 1868, at the (British) Open Championships at Prestwick. www.scigolf.com/scigolf/19th/aces.htmWhat was the name of the person known as the Witch Queen of New Orleans? |
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Post by catdishy on Jan 6, 2009 21:03:07 GMT
Marie Leveau marvunapp.com/Appendix/laveau.htmWhat poet wrote "O sages standing in God's holy fire as in the gold mosaic of a wall,come from the holy fire...and be the singing-masters of my soul"? Where?What was he describing? |
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 6, 2009 22:53:26 GMT
William Butler Yeats. In his poem "Sailing to Byzantuim" (1926) he is describing Byzantium the Eastern Christendom capital. books.google.com/books?id=8UbSdr0f1McC&pg=PA257&lpg=PA257&dq=O+sages+standing+in+God's+holy+fire+as+in+the+gold+mosaic+of+a+wall,come+from+the+holy+fire...and+be+the+singing-masters+of+my+soul&source=web&ots=2ZSNqE63AD&sig=11UD-db-pZ-_yTWFAt2N2CrmfwE&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=8&ct=result#PPA257,M1 Who won the 2008 WTFDA Nationals? |
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Post by peach on Jan 7, 2009 1:29:06 GMT
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 7, 2009 16:06:08 GMT
It can be said that Isaac Singer invented Franchising with his sewing machines in the 1850's. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FranchisingWho had the nickname "Demon of the Derby" and why? |
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Post by peach on Jan 8, 2009 4:14:47 GMT
Ann Calvello, was it because of her wild temper and dyed hair? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Calvello(you could argue a case for Singer, I was thinking of Martha Matilda Harper, who in 1888, franchised Harper Hair Dressing Salons.) Where was the first photograph of a tornado taken? |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 8, 2009 12:19:27 GMT
Near Howard, South Dakota on August 28, 1884, according to www.weeuniverse.com/guess.htmlWho proposed the system for classifying cloud types, and when? |
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 8, 2009 15:44:51 GMT
An English scientist, Luke Howard, presented a classification scheme to his local scientific society in 1803. Howard classified the basic cloud shapes and the language he used was Latin, the language of science. Since combination of words was allowed in his system that left the scope for further classification. Immediate acceptance and universal admiration were the gains of his system. ezinearticles.com/?Classifying-Clouds-Is-An-Important-Part-Of-Weather-Study&id=765852I actually won a junior high school science fair with my research and study of clouds and rain...tottaly geeky I know..lol What is a Minbari?
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 8, 2009 16:57:08 GMT
A a fictional alien race featured in Babylon 5. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MinbariWhat occurred, affecting the whole population, in Canada on 2 April 1871? |
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 8, 2009 18:25:27 GMT
April 2 - The first Canadian census finds the population to be 3,689,257
How many episodes of CSI has William Petersen been in?
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 9, 2009 13:00:15 GMT
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Post by dirtygirldiva on Jan 9, 2009 19:08:48 GMT
In 2003 a new species of blind, subterranean, predatory ant discovered in the Amazon rainforest by University of Texas at Austin evolutionary biologist Christian Rabeling is likely a descendant of the very first ants to evolve. www.utexas.edu/news/2008/09/16/new_ant_species/Ooooooo Who created the first roller derby and when? |
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Post by GreenEyesToo on Jan 10, 2009 0:28:01 GMT
Leo Seltzer created the Transcontinental Roller Derby, which debuted at the Coliseum on August 13, 1935.
What are the four types of marine debris officially called?
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