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QUIZ BOWL QUESTIONS OF THE DAY: POSTED May 3, 2002
       
1. Name the only person to have ever served as governor of TWO U.S. states.
 

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        Answer: Sam Houston

          2. This lake holds one of the largest potential deposits of petroleum and natural gas,

                but multi-national conflicts over mineral rights may hamper its development. Name

                this salty body of water.

                Answer: Caspian Sea

 

          3. This film director is generally considered to be the best propagandist for the Bolshevik

                Revolution. His use of montage and on-location shooting made him a master of  

                cinematography, and one of the few directors to be successful in silent as well as talking

                pictures.  Name this director of Battleship Potemkin, Ivan Grozny, and October.

                Answer: Sergei Eisenstein

 

          4. While his name may sound French, this English-speaking mathematician is generally 

                credited with the invention of logarithms. Name him.

                Answer: Napier

 

          5. Name any of the U.S. states [or, parts of states] that do NOT observe Daylight 

                Savings Time.

                    Answer: Arizona and parts of Indiana

 

                              (E-mail answers to fr-gregory@cistercian.org.)

 

                   WINNERS OF MAY 3, 2002 QUIZ CONTEST

                                    

                        Mr. Dave Daly - Stanford University 

                        Mr. Patrick Romeo - Cistercian Prep School - Form IV

 

                    CONGRATS TO OUR TWO WINNERS!