Intergalactic Fax

To:   All HomeBase8™ Students and Families
From:   NavigatR™
Subject:  
Assistance Needed - Emergency Help
Date:   March, 2001

 

Hello Earthlings! NavigatR™ requires your assistance with the answers to the questions listed below. NavigatR™ is uncertain why NavigatR™ must have the answers by March 31th, 2001. That date has some hidden meaning and NavigatR™ will search the Universe to discover the significance.

NavigatR™ universal translator is awaiting your answers at:

navigatr@homebase8.net

Thank you! Let the search begin!

Legal Notice: Universal Translator Unit WjxzqR - the newest unit available in any galaxy - requires that all answers should be written in complete sentence form. Correct spelling and proper grammar must be used. Furthermore, no answer may violate intellectual property rights of any sentient being from any known or unknown planet.
To help NavigatR™ all answers must be received by March 31, 2001 by e-mail to: navigatr@homebase8.net

1] Why is bubble gum pink?

2] Who invented Cracker Jacks?

3] What is the official dance of the state of South Carolina?

4] What invention holds patent #139,121 from the U.S. Patent and Trademark office, dated May 20,1873?

(I bet you have a couple of these!)

5] What are "buckyballs"?

6] In addition to a state bird, a state tree, and a state flower, Wyoming has a state dinosaur. What is it?

7] What are stovebolts and why would you find them in the ocean?

8] Where can you see the next years' cars before they come out?

9] If you wanted to walk up the Eiffel Tower in Paris, how many stairs would you have to climb?

10] How many flowers must honeybees visit to make one pound of honey?

11] This former head of the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission was the first African American woman to receive a Doctoral Degree from MIT. Who is she?

12] What do we call the day in March when the day is exactly 12 hours long everywhere on earth?

13] A month and a salad were named after him?

14] The first casualty of the American Revolutionary War was not only African American but also Native American. Who is it?

15] What is the oldest continuously running burger chain in th U.S.?

16] Identify the 102nd member of the U.S. Supreme Court and that person's claim to fame.

17] How many times does your heart beat in an average lifetime?

18] What famous cartoonist has his star right next to Walt Disney's on the Hollywood Walk of Fame?

19] What is the most easterly point in North America?

20] How long does it take a sunspot to go completely around the sun?