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Which NFL team had the first cheerleading squad? | In 1954 the Baltimore Colts became the first NFL team to have cheerleaders. They were part of the Baltimore Colts Marching Band. Most NFL cheerleading squads are a part-time job. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_Cheerleading |
Why do we shiver? | When we shiver, our bodies are doing the opposite of sweating. Sweating cools the body by putting a layer of liquid on the skin. Shivering tightens the skin and shakes the muscles, a process that conserves and generates heat. | http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0921073.html |
Who forced the king to sign the Magna Carta? | On June 15, 1215, in a field at Runnymede, King John affixed his seal to Magna Carta. Confronted by 40 rebellious barons, he consented to their demands in order to avert civil war. Just 10 weeks later, Pope Innocent III nullified the agreement, and England plunged into internal war. | http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/magna_carta/ |
What does the legal term with prejudice mean? | In the formal legal world a court case that is dismissed with prejudice means that it is dismissed permanently. A case dismissed with prejudice is over and done with, once and for all, and can't be brought back to court. A case dismissed without prejudice means the opposite. It's not dismissed forever. | http://www.illinoislegalaid.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.dsp_content&contentID=6092 |
Who divided the roman empire in half? | By 285 CE the Roman Empire had grown so vast that it was no longer feasible to govern all the provinces from the central seat of Rome. The Emperor Diocletian divided the empire into halves with the Eastern Empire governed out of Byzantium (later Constantinople) and the Western Empire governed from Rome. | http://www.ancient.eu/Western_Roman_Empire/ |
What was the first permanent Spanish settlement in what is now the United States? | Pedro Menendez de Aviles hastened across the Atlantic, his sights set on removing the French and creating a Spanish settlement. Menendez arrived in 1565 at a place he called San Augustin (St. Augustine) and established the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States. | http://palmm.fcla.edu/fh/outline/1492spa1.shtml |
Who won the first NCAA basketball tournament? | Oregon, coached by Howard Hobson, won the national title with a 46-33 victory in the final game over Ohio State, coached by Harold Olsen. Jimmy Hull of Ohio State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. | http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/1939_NCAA_Men's_Division_I_Basketball_Tournament |
What makes a fruit a fruit and not a vegetable? | According to botanists (those who study plants) a fruit is the part of the plant that develops from a flower. It's also the section of the plant that contains the seeds. The other parts of plants are considered vegetables. These include the stems, leaves and roots — and even the flower bud. | http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-living/nutrition-and-healthy-eating/expert-blog/fruit-vegetable-difference/bgp-20056141 |
Why is the wedding ring worn on the third finger of the left hand? | According to a tradition believed to have been derived from the Romans, the wedding ring is worn on the left hand ring finger because there was thought to be a vein in the finger, referred to as the 'Vena Amoris' or the 'Vein of Love' said to be directly connected to the heart. | http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2010/09/the-origin-of-wedding-rings-and-why-theyre-worn-on-the-4th-finger-of-the-left-hand/ |
What year was the Canadian flag made? | 1957 version of the Canadian Red Ensign that had evolved as the de facto national flag until 1965. The Great Canadian Flag Debate (or Great Flag Debate) took place in 1963 and 1964 when a new design for the national flag of Canada was chosen. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Canadian_Flag_Debate |
When was the first website launched? | The link is a snapshot of the CERN site, the first website, as of November 1992. The Web was publicly announced (via a posting to the Usenet newsgroup alt.hypertext) on August 6, 1991. Originally Tim Berners-Lee's web catalog at CERN. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_founded_before_1995 |
Why do they call it a soft drink? | soft drink. So called in contrast to alcoholic beverages, which are "hard drinks". Any carbonated, usually sweet, non-alcoholic drink. (In this sense, juice, milk, tea and coffee are not soft drinks.) | http://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/soft_drink |
Who was Aaron Burr and what did he do? | Aaron Burr, Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was the third Vice President of the United States (1801–1805); he served during President Thomas Jefferson's first term. After serving as a Continental Army officer in the Revolutionary War, Burr became a successful lawyer and politician. | http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Burr |
Where is Heineken beer imported from? | The ever-popular flagship brew of Dutch brewing giant Heineken International, founded in 1864 by Gerard Adriaan Heineken in Amsterdam. Crisp, clean and refreshing, this fully imported Heineken is a classic European style Lager. | https://www.danmurphys.com.au/product/DM_913955/heineken-lager-stubbies-fully-imported |
What fears are we born with? | However, this is a common misconception, as people are born with only two fears – of falling and of loud noises. These two fears are incorporated in the human DNA and have become a mechanism for survival which is passed to new generations. | http://www.tydknow.com/did-you-know-that-you-are-only-born-with-two-fears/ |
When was the first Disney movie made? | In 1937, the Walt Disney Studios released its first fully animated feature film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, and pioneered a new form of family entertainment. | http://www.disneyanimation.com/studio/our-films |
Who sings the song So Close from Enchanted? | "So Close" is a song written by composer Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz for Walt Disney Pictures' Enchanted. Performed by Jon McLaughlin, the song was released on November 20, 2007 in the United States as part of the soundtrack for Enchanted. | http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Close_(Jon_McLaughlin_song) |
What kind of shape is a star? | A regular star polygon (not to be confused with star-shaped polygon) is a regular non-convex polygon. Only the regular ones have been studied in any depth; star polygons in general appear not to have been formally defined. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_polygon |
How fast can a submarine go? | U.S. nuclear-powered submarines can go faster than 25 knots (nautical miles per hour) underwater, which is approximately 29 miles per hour or 46 kilometers per hour. | http://www.navy.mil/navydata/cno/n87/faq.html |
What was the first CD ever made? | Quite fittingly, the first CD made in the United States for commercial release was Bruce Springsteen's 1984 album, "Born in the U.S.A." But it wasn't the first commercially available CD ever. That title belongs to Billy Joel's "52nd Street," which was released on CD in Japan in 1982. | http://m.livescience.com/33323-first-cd-made-in-usa.html |
Which one of the 7 wonders of the world is still standing? | The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World (from left to right, top to bottom): Great Pyramid of Giza, Hanging Gardens of Babylon, Temple of Artemis at Ephesus, Statue of Zeus at Olympia, Mausoleum at Halicarnassus (also known as the Mausoleum of Mausolus), Colossus of Rhodes, and the Lighthouse of Alexandria as depicted ... | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World |
Which country has the longest written constitution? | The Constitution of India is the longest written constitution of any sovereign country in the world, containing 444 articles in 22 parts, 12 schedules and 118 amendments, with 117,369 words in its English-language translation, while the United States Constitution is the shortest written constitution, at 7 articles and ... | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution |
How are Teddy and FDR related? | Yes, but distantly. They were fifth cousins to each other. However, Franklin's wife, Eleanor, was Theodore's niece (the daughter of his brother Elliot). This makes her more closely related to Theodore than Franklin was. | http://www.nps.gov/thri/faqs.htm |
How long does it take to cook Israeli couscous? | For Israeli couscous, cook it like regular pasta. Fill a medium saucepan about 2/3 of the way with water, add some salt and a little olive oil, and bring to a boil. Dump in 1 cup of Israeli couscous and let simmer for about 8 minutes, until the couscous is al dente. | http://www.tablespoon.com/posts/how-to-cook-couscous/83c497ae-36f3-4681-8a90-6501e0a7feb2 |
How long does a dollar bill last? | That depends on the denomination of the note. A $1 bill lasts 18 months; $5 bill, two years; $10 bill, three years; $20 bill, four years; and $50 and $100 bills, nine years. Bills that get worn out from everyday use are taken out of circulation and replaced. | http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774850.html |
Do men snore more than women? | The tongue, like other muscles, relaxes during sleep and it can then fall into this space, especially if we lie on our back, obstructing breathing or causing snoring. This space is larger in men than women, which may explain why men tend to snore while women are more likely to wake up. | http://sciencefocus.com/qa/do-more-men-snore-women |
What country's national animal is the unicorn? | Scotland's adorably shaggy ponies starred in a viral marketing campaign earlier this year, but the official national animal is a far more fantastical hoofed beast: The unicorn has been a Scottish symbol since the 12th century, when it was used on the coat of arms by William I. | http://abcnews.go.com/Lifestyle/national-animals-legendary-extinct-imaginary/story?id=20170452 |
Are foxes Social Animals? | Alongside cats and tigers, foxes are solitary hunters. There has been the rare sighting of a vixen hunting with her cub, but in general they will forage and hunt for food alone. Although a fox is classified as a carnivore they are omnivorous and will eat almost anything including fruit and vegetables. | http://www.channel4.com/programmes/foxes-live-wild-in-the-city/articles/all/are-foxes-solitary-hunters |
Why is a nautical mile longer than a land mile? | A nautical mile is based on the circumference of the earth, and is equal to one minute of latitude. It is slightly more than a statute (land measured) mile (1 nautical mile = 1.1508 statute miles ). Nautical miles are used for charting and navigating. | http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/facts/nauticalmile_knot.html |
Which continent does Turkey belong to? | Turkey: mostly situated in Asia Minor, with some territory in Southeastern Europe (Turkish Thrace). About 88% of the Turkish population lives in the Asian part. Kazakhstan: mostly situated in Central Asia, with the western parts of two of its provinces west of the Ural River in Europe. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_transcontinental_countries |
What does mig stand for in welding? | MIG welding stands for Metal Inert Gas welding (inert). An inert gas (rare gas) is e.g. Argon or Argon + Helium. Its task is to protect the welding deposit, the melting wire electrode and the arc against the oxidising effects of oxygen in the air. Application: in nonferrous metals. | http://www.jaeckle-sst.de/en/faq/why-is-it-called-MIG-MAG-welding-and-what-does-this-mean.php |
What currency was Martha Washington on? | Martha Washington is the only woman whose portrait has appeared on a U.S. currency note. It appeared on the face of the $1 Silver Certificate of 1886 and 1891, and the back of the $1 Silver Certificate of 1896. | http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0774850.html |
When did the n64 come out in America? | The console was first released in Japan on June 23, 1996. The North American version of the Nintendo 64 officially launched on September 29, 1996. It launched with just two games in the United States, Pilotwings 64 and Super Mario 64. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_64 |
What are the elements that make up living things? | The six most common elements in living things are carbon, hydrogen, oxygen, nitrogen, phosphorus, and sulfur. Atoms of these elements combine and form thousands of large molecules. These large molecules make up the structures of cells and carry out many processes essential to life. | http://www.classzone.com/vpg_ebooks/ml_sci_gr8/accessibility/ml_sci_gr8/page_340.pdf |
What is the building on the back of the 100 dollar bill? | The United States one hundred-dollar bill ($100) is a denomination of United States currency featuring statesman, inventor, and diplomat Benjamin Franklin on the obverse of the bill. On the reverse of the banknote is an image of Independence Hall. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_one_hundred-dollar_bill |
Who developed PCR? | The PCR technique was patented by Kary Mullis and assigned to Cetus Corporation, where Mullis worked when he invented the technique in 1983. The Taq polymerase enzyme was also covered by patents. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymerase_chain_reaction |
How much is the portrait of Mona Lisa worth? | Guinness World Records lists the Mona Lisa as having the highest insurance value for a painting in history. On permanent display at The Louvre museum in Paris, the Mona Lisa was assessed at US$100 million on December 14, 1962. Taking inflation into account, the 1962 value would be around US$780 million today. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_expensive_paintings |
How long is a 30 minute show without commercials? | Like American-made sitcoms, most Canadian sitcoms are half-hour programs in which the story is written to run a total of 22 minutes in length, leaving eight minutes for commercials. A few sitcoms are hour-long programs, with 16 minutes allowed for commercials. | http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitcom |
What does Shemp mean? | Fake Shemp or simply Shemp, is the term for someone who appears in a film as a replacement for another actor or person. Their appearance is disguised using methods such as heavy make-up, filming from the back, or perhaps only showing an arm or a foot. | http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fake_Shemp |
Is bratwurst pork? | A bratwurst (German: [ˈbʁaːtvʊɐ̯st] ( listen)), also known as a brat in American English, is a sausage usually composed of veal, pork or beef. The name is derived from Old High German Brätwurst, from brät-, which is finely chopped meat and Wurst, or sausage. | http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bratwurst |
What country consumes the most chocolate? | A new study in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that a country's chocolate consumption correlates strongly with the number of Nobel Prizes its citizens win. According to the author's calculations, Switzerland consumes the most chocolate and ranks second behind Sweden in laureates per capita. | http://www.slate.com/articles/life/explainer/2012/10/nobel_prize_and_chocolate_why_the_swiss_eat_and_produce_so_much_chocolate.html |
Why is the Oakland A's mascot an elephant? | After New York Giants manager John McGraw told reporters that Philadelphia manufacturer Benjamin Shibe, who owned the controlling interest in the new team, had a "white elephant on his hands," Mack defiantly adopted the white elephant as the team mascot, and presented McGraw with a stuffed toy elephant at the ... | http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oakland_Athletics |
How many frames per second are typically projected in modern movies? | Many modern 35 mm film projectors use three-blade shutters to give 72 images per second—each frame is flashed on screen three times. Motion picture film[edit] In the motion picture industry, where traditional film stock is used, the industry standard filming and projection formats are 24 frames per second (fps). | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frame_rate |
How many paintings did Picasso paint in his lifetime? | Picasso was exceptionally prolific throughout his long lifetime. The total number of artworks he produced has been estimated at 50,000, comprising 1,885 paintings; 1,228 sculptures; 2,880 ceramics, roughly 12,000 drawings, many thousands of prints, and numerous tapestries and rugs. | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pablo_Picasso |
When was baseball invented? | You may have heard that a young man named Abner Doubleday invented the game known as baseball in Cooperstown, New York, during the summer of 1839. Doubleday then went on to become a Civil War hero, while baseball became America's beloved national pastime. | http://www.history.com/news/ask-history/who-invented-baseball |
Why is it called AM and PM? | These clocks are generally known as 12-hour clocks. The first period of the day is called “ante meridiem”, which means before noon in Latin. The second period is called “post meridiem”, meaning after noon in Latin. | http://www.timeanddate.com/time/am-and-pm.html |
How big is mercury compared to Pluto? | But let's compare the dwarf planet Pluto and Mercury. In terms of size, scientists now know that Mercury is significantly larger than Pluto. The diameter of Mercury is 4,879.4 km across, while Pluto's diameter is 2,360 km across. | http://www.universetoday.com/34001/mercury-and-pluto/ |
How many thoughts does a person have in a day? | When our awareness is not covered in the details of life, we feel more of the heart of life, including the heart of one another. Here we discover and open the many gifts of our relationship. When we have between 50,000-70,000 thoughts per day, this means between 35 and 48 thoughts per minute per person. | http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bruce-davis-phd/healthy-relationships_b_3307916.html |
How many genes does a human being have? | Before the completion of the human genome project, many scientists were expecting to find 100,000 or more genes in our genome. This was based on the assumption that because we are one of the most complex creatures on Earth we should have lots of genes. However, it turned out we only have around 24,000 genes. | http://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/whoami/findoutmore/yourgenes/whatwasthehumangenomeproject/whatdidthehumangenomeprojectfind/howmanygenesdoyouhave.aspx |
How many miles does a professional basketball player run in a game? | Basketball: NBA players run nowhere near the oft-cited five miles per game. According to STATS, the player who ran the farthest per game in 2012 was Luol Deng of the Chicago Bulls, at 2.72 miles on average. | http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/sports-run-stats-show-burns-shoe-leather-article-1.1307763 |
Is your prescription for glasses different than your prescription for contact? | Contact lens prescriptions and eyeglass prescriptions are not the same. They are significantly different because eyeglass lenses are positioned approximately 12 millimeters from your eyes, whereas contact lenses rest directly on the surface of your eyes. | http://www.allaboutvision.com/contacts/faq/cls-vs-glasses-rx.htm |
Which animal sleeps 22 hours a day? | The sleepiest animal in the world is the koala, who sleeps 22 hours a day. Next is the sloth (20 hours), armadillo and opossum (tied at 19 hours each), lemur (16 hours), then hamster and squirrel (tied at 14 hours each). | http://www.neatorama.com/2008/04/26/trivia-the-sleepiest-animal-in-the-world/ |
How many pairs of ribs does a horse have? | Normally, there are 18 pairs of ribs in the horse, but a nineteenth rib on one side or both is not considered all that rare. Eight pairs of ribs are known as true ribs. They join the segments of the sternum or breastbone. The other 10 are known as floating ribs--merely overlapping and being attached to each other. | http://www.thehorse.com/articles/15786/basic-horse-anatomy-and-physiology |
Are comets made of ice? | They are composed of rock, dust, ice and frozen gases such as carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, methane, and ammonia. Sometimes called dirty snowballs, recent studies have shown that the ice of a comet is covered by a crust. Comets also contain a variety of organic compounds as well as the gases already mentioned. | http://www.universetoday.com/40692/what-are-comets-made-of/ |
Who was the city of rome named after? | According to legend, Ancient Rome was founded by the two brothers, and demi-gods, Romulus and Remus, on 21 April 753. The legend claims that, in an argument over who would rule the city (or, in another version, where the city would be located) Romulus killed Remus and named the city after himself. | http://www.ancient.eu/Rome/ |
Who came up with the term sociology? | In 1838, the French-thinker Auguste Comte (1798–1857) ultimately gave sociology the definition that it holds today. Comte had earlier expressed his work as "social physics", but that term had been appropriated by others, most notably a Belgian statistician, Adolphe Quetelet (1796–1874). | http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_sociology |
Who first introduced the concept of IQ? | History of IQ Testing. The abbreviation IQ comes from the term intelligence quotient first coined by psychologist William Stern in the early 1900's. This term was later used by Alfred Binet and the French government to objectively test and identify children in public schools with special educational needs. | https://www.boundless.com/psychology/textbooks/boundless-psychology-textbook/intelligence-11/measuring-intelligence-62/iq-tests-242-12777/ |
Is a lobster an insect? | Lobsters, like insects, belong to the invertebrate phylum Arthropoda. Besides lobsters and insects, spiders and snails belong to this group as well. These animals are closely related because of two main characteristics that they share: they all have an exoskeleton (outer skeleton) and they all have joint appendages. | http://www.parl.ns.ca/lobster/overview.htm |
How old is the oldest living man? | Guinness World Records says the oldest living person verified by original proof of birth is Misao Okawa, a 115-year-old Japanese woman. The oldest verified age was 122 years and 164 days: Jeanne Calment of France, who died in 1997. | http://www.nbcnews.com/news/other/123-year-old-bolivian-man-oldest-living-person-ever-documented-f6C10934840 |
When did the British leave America? | And the war came to its complete end with the lowering of the last British flag in the United States here on Nov. 25, 1783, and the last British troops leaving American soil.” | http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/25/celebrating-225-years-since-the-british-left-town/ |
Do cats have opposable thumbs? | Some polydactyl cats present "mitten paws," which occurs when the extra toes are attached on the medial side, or "thumb" side of the paw. This can lead to a cat that appears to have opposable thumbs. Some cats have learned to manipulate the extra digits like a human thumb. | http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=50629 |