PR -1 . In which Republic - is the southern most point of the continental United States?
http://www.fla-keys.com/keywest/index.htm
http://www.fla-keys.com/
http://www.conchrepublic.com/
http://www.conchrepublic.com/history.htm
PR -2. The author of the book "The Old Man and the Sea" lived in this city for many years it also is a part of the Conch Republic.
http://www.oldmansea.com/
http://www.hemingwayhome.com/HTML/main_menu.html
VSRR - Day 1 - 2 part question - 2 answers -What is the current name OF and
city WHERE you can find Oranges, Dolphins and Marlins.
Answer 1 - Name the place/location
Answer 2 - Name of the city
1-1 Clue 1 - the venue here on occasion has been Super
1-2 Clue 2 - The Previous owner was Joe Robbie
http://www.proplayerstadium.com/stadium_tline.html Aug. 26, 1996 note
VSRR - Day 2 - 2 part question - 3 answers - Two famous men spent their winters
in this location - one was a famous industrialist most of us use a product similar
to his every day the second was an inventor who literally lit up the world with
his ideas! Who were they and were did they winter?
Answer 1 - name of man
Answer 2 - name of man
Answer 3 - Name of city
http://www.edison-ford-estate.com/
VSRR - Day 3 - 3 part question - 3 answers - What is the name of the world's
longest cable-stayed concrete bridge, where is it located and what is its official
length?
Answer 1 - name of the bridge
Answer 2 - where is it located
Answer 3 - what is it length
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/buildingbig/wonder/structure/sunshine_skyway.html
VSRR - Day 4 - 2 part question - 2 answers - Who was the first sculptor to
attempt to carve a Confederate memorial on Stone Mountain and how much of his
work remains on the mountain today.
Answer 1 - name of sculptor
Answer 2 - remaining work
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~UG97/stone/gutzon.html
Gutzon Borglum - none
VSRR - Day 5 - 2 part question - 3 answers - For centuries North Carolina has
been famous for its coastline and was a refuge for many men, Edward Teach among
them. There were several names given to the home he lived in, which still stands
today, name any one of those names and the town it is in. He also left a significant
piece of stolen property in the waters of the nearby inlet what was its name?
Answer 1 - name of home
Answer 2 - name of town
Answer 3 - stolen property left
http://historicbeaufort.com/blackbeard1.htm
Blackbeard's house, white house, Hammock House, Beaufort NC - Queen Anne's Revenge
VSRR - Day 6 - 1 part question 3 answers - Before the Potomac River was called
the Potomac it was know by at least 5 different names - name any three - if
you use an internet link please send it with your answer in case there are more
not on my list.
Answer 1 - Prior name of the Potomac River
Answer 2 - Prior name of the Potomac River
Answer 3 - Prior name of the Potomac River
http://www.dcpages.com/History/dchistory.html
Names I found :
Coo-hon-ho-roo-ta
Espititu Santo
Elizabeth
St. Gregory
Petomeack
VSRR - Day 7 - 2 part question - 3 answers - During the Civil War Confederates
captured a commercial vessel on the Chesapeake Bay - the ship had a surprisingly
Department 56 type name. What was its name, when was it captured? Name the man
who led the raid and was promoted from captain to commodore. Find the answer
to the first question - the rest are easy
Answer1 Name of the captured vessel
Answer 2 date it was captured - year only will do
Answer 3 name of captain
The St. Nicholas.
June 28, 1862
George Hollins
http://snipurl.com/fx2n
VSRR - Day 8 - 3 part questions - 3 answers - With a middle name of Snavely
he was a man who had no children of his own, he started a school for orphans
- the town he was born in was renamed after him - he was considered a real sweet
guy. Who was he, what was the name of the town he was born in, what was it renamed?
Answer 1 - Name of the man
Answer 2 - Town he was born in
Answer 3 - renamed town
http://www.visithhc.com/miltonsh.html
http://www.hersheymuseum.org/pdf/manbehindchocolate.pdf
answers
Milton S. Hershey
Derry Church, PA
Hershey, PA
VSRR - Day 9 - 2 part question - 2 answers Where can you find a statue in bronze
of a Legendary Bull named "WHISPER" and who was the Legendary founder
of this town
Answer 1 - name of the town
Answer 2 - name of the founder
http://users.frii.com/~nmetro/bull.html
http://www.smithlib.org/page_library_history.html#legend
answers
Smithtown
Richard Smith or Smythe
VSRR - Day 10 - 4 part question - 4 answers - There is a small statue of this
American Revolutionary War hero in Washington DC - you'll also find a larger
duplicate statue in a little town in NY - Route 52/Gleneida Avenue by Gleneida
Lake to be exact. What is the statue titled, what was this person's name, age,
as well as the name of this persons horse when this heroic deed was performed?
Answer 1 - statue title
Answer 2 - persons name
Answer 3 - person's age
Answer 4 - horses name
http://staff.bbhcsd.org/colemanj/piasciksybill.html
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/HVBandits/sybil.jpg
Female Paul Revere
Sybil Ludington
16
Star
VSRR - Day 11 - 4 part question - 4 answers - What was the name of the PERSON
who Orleans, MA was named for - when was the first permanent settlement established
and by who, who were the rights to the property purchased from.
Answer 1 - Name of PERSON - not title
Answer 2 - date settlement established - (just year is fine)
Answer 3 - Name of person who established
Answer 3 - name of person(s) (seller)
http://www.capecod-orleans.com/Tour/AboutOrleans.htm
Answer 1 - The town was incorporated in 1797, named for Louis Philippe Joseph, Duke of Orleans, to honor France's allegiance during the American Revolution.
http://www.capebuyerbroker.com/3_TowninfoORLEANS.htm
Answer 2, 3 & 4 - the first permanent settlement established and by - Nicholas Snow 1642 - the rights to the property purchased from - Mattaguason, sachem of the Manamoyick Indians
VSRR - Day 12 - Multi-part question - 6 part answer - There is a famous original
painting (there are/were several versions) that hangs in Marblehead It was painted
by a man from Ohio , what is his name, what was his trade in Ohio, what was
the painting known as when first completed. What is it known as today, what
is the name of the building it is located in, in Massachusetts and what room
in that building does it hang.
Answer 1 - painters name
Answer 2 - painter's trade in Ohio
Answer 3 - Original name of painting (named by painter)
Answer 4 - known as today
Answer 5 - name of building
Answer 6 - name of room
http://www.americanrevolution.org/spirit.html
http://www.barnettrading.com/marblehead/
http://www.cviog.uga.edu/Projects/gainfo/spiritof76.htm
Answer 1 - Archibald McNeal Willard
Answer 2 - Carriage painter
Answer 3 - "Yankee Doodle"
Answer 4 - "Spirit of 76"
Answer 5 - Abbott Hall
Answer 6 - Selectman's Room
Day 13 QOD
soMething differenT to challenge you
a poem and a riddle will have to do
by car or foot to this place you can climb
i've done that myself many a time
even if it Were to rain
you could even get there in a trAin
you can travel many paths i know
to arrive at thiS magnificent lofty site
there have been august days witH snow
feet on the ground you can reach great heIghts
in new england and all the northeast
even with beauty aNd sky so near
no place on land is hiGher - I'm sure at least
yet many have died while being here
names like tuckerman's and lion's head places i've seen
lake of the clouds near the top is great to be
there's a place with waterfalls - ammonoosuc ravine
yes --- thaT is the ocean to the east I see
been there on occasion with my head in the clOuds
fog so thick all was covered in shrouds
so where is this place i'm now talking about
aNnswer my questions there will be no doubt
before you think I'm being wise
the CLUE you seek is before your eyes
1. What is your altitude? - 2. What was this place called before its current
name? - 3 & 4 What was the highest thing ever recorded by man on the surface
of planet here and how high was that recording? 5. What was the name of the
man who built this railroad? 6. Who was the man who made the first known ascent
in recorded history?
Answer 1 - a number
Answer 2 - name of place before (NOT CURRENT NAME)
Answer 3 - name of thing
Answer 4 - number (recording)
Answer 5 - name of man
Answer 6 - name of man
http://www.mountwashington.org/observatory/index.html
http://www.mountwashington.com/deaths/index.html
http://www.mountwashington.com/summit/index.html
http://www.thecog.com/cog_history.php
Answer 1 - 6288 ft
Answer 2 - Agiocochook
Answer 3 - Wind
Answer 4 - 231 mph
Answer 5 - Sylvester Marsh
Answer 6 - Darby Field - 1642
VSRR - Day 14 - 5 answers - About 30 miles east of Quebec City is a mural of
Jesus maternal grandparents and his mother, who was the painter, what are the
names of his grandparents, in what room is the mural located and what is the
name of building? How many times as it been built rebuilt?
Answer 1 - name of the painter
Answer 2 - grandparents names
Answer 3 - name/location of the room
Answer 4 - name of the building
Answer 5 - number of times built/rebuilt
http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/sainta03.htm
http://www.ssadb.qc.ca/en/histoire.htm
Answer 1- Frédéric Doyon
Answer 2 - Anne and Joachim
Answer 3 - basement chapel
Answer 4 - St. Anne de-Beapre or Basilique Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
Answer 5 - 5
VSRR - Day 15 - Referred by some as the "Big OWE" - in a city south
of the northern USA border - it is the tallest inclined tower in the world and
is one foot taller than the Washington Monument. What is its name in French,
what city is it located in, who designed it, what international event was held
there and when.
Answer 1 - name in French
Answer 2 - name of city
Answer 3 - name of designer
Answer 4 - name of event
Answer 5 - year of event
Stade Olympique (English: Olympic Stadium) is a multi-purpose stadium located
in Montreal. It hosted ceremonies for the 1976 Summer Olympics and was the home
ballpark of Major League Baseball's Montreal Expos from 1977 until the franchise
was moved to Washington, DC at the end of the 2004 season. The park opened for
baseball on April 15, 1977, with the Philadelphia Phillies beating the Montreal
Expos 7-2. The Expos played their home games at the stadium from then on, excepting
13 games played on the road in 1991 and 22 home games played at Hiram Bithorn
Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico in each of the 2003 and 2004 seasons. Their
final home game was a 9-1 loss against the Florida Marlins on September 29,
2004.
Nicknamed "The Big O", the stadium was designed to be a very elaborate
facility and was to feature a retractable roof, which was to be retracted by
a huge 556 foot (approx. 169 1/2 meters) tower-a foot taller than the Washington
Monument, the tallest inclined structure in the world, and the sixth tallest
building in Montreal-located outside of the stadium. Designed by Paris architect
Roger Taillibert, the park was very expensive, with the total cost of the stadium
being over C$1 billion. Due to its extremely high cost, the stadium has also
been dubbed The Big Owe.
Problems plagued the stadium from the time it opened for the Olympic Games.
The 58,500 seat stadium was not fully completed in time for the games due to
strikes by construction workers. Both the tower and the roof, made of over 60,000
feet (approximately 18,500 meters) of kevlar, were not completed for over a
decade, and it wasn't until 1988 when it was possible to retract the roof. The
65-ton roof then proved difficult to retract, and was occasionally torn in heavy
winds.
The roof is only 52 metres (171 ft) above the field of play. As a result, a
number of pop-ups and long home runs have hit the roof since play began, necessitating
the painting of orange lines on the roof to separate foul balls from fair balls.
Olympic Stadium was remodeled in 1991, with 12,000 seats being removed for Expos
games. On September 8 of that year, support beams snapped and caused a 55 ton
concrete slab to fall on to an interior walkway. No one was injured, but the
Expos had to play their final 13 home games on the road. The following season,
the retractable roof concept was abandoned in favor of a permanent cover. The
fixed roof was removed in May of 1998, turning the park into an outdoor stadium
for the season. A new permanent roof was installed for the 1999 season and has
remained on the park since.
In addition to the Expos, the park was home to the Canadian Football League's
Montreal Alouettes for a number of years, but they now use the Percival Molson
Stadium of McGill University. However, the stadium is often still used for the
team's playoff games. The stadium also has various other multipurpose uses:
indoor exhibitions, monster truck shows, and so forth. Among its options for
the future of the stadium, the Quebec government is known to be studying its
demolition, a project that would cost a further $500 million and be very technically
complex. [1] In 2005, the FieldTurf surface was sold for $1 million (Canadian)
to the BC Place domed stadium in Vancouver, British Columbia which is being
used by the CFL B. C. Lions.
The stadium is directly connected to the Pie-IX station on the green line of
the Montreal Metro.
VSRR - Day 16 - facts - two question - 3 Answers
43.613720N
-084.089164W
OR in other numbers (Exactly the same)
43:36:49:392N
84:05:20:990W
Where are you and who lives there? What do the two sets of numbers represent?
Answer 1 - where are you
Answer 2 - who lives there (somebody in the group)
Answer 3 - what do the TWO sets numbers represent
http://www.geocode.com/modules.php?Accept=Show+the+Results&cmd=td_a&kval=0000000000020926783987411&name=TestDrive_Eagle
Answer 1 - Auburn, MI
Answer 2 - Barney
Answer 3 - Latitude and Longitude in decimal degrees and degrees in minutes
and seconds
VSRR - Day 17 - 1 answer
The race has been long and not yet through
So an easy questions and a break is due
Even though some places we have missed
There still quite a few to do - on that list
Countries and states we've pasted right through
Even left some laundry - that's not new
But what should interest us the most
Is the one we're going to and who will host
Of all the entrants this state has more
Tell how many to earn your score
Answer 1 - number
Answer 1 - five
VSRR - Day 18 - 3 answers - What is the name and location of the newest presidential
museum and/or library? What is the name of the individual, who at age 14, found
a historical photograph of this president - historical because they had all
been ordered destroyed by a member of his cabinet. Who was that cabinet member?
Answer 1 - name of Library and location
Answer 2 - name individual
Answer 3 - name of cabinet member
http://www.alplm.org/home.html
Answer 1- The Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum and Library in Springfield,
IL
Formal Dedication - April 19, 2005
Coming Soon ... a look back at a memorable four days when America formally dedicated
its newest presidential museum. URL
http://showcase.netins.net/web/creative/lincoln/news/rietveld.htm
Answer 2 - Ronald Rietveld
Answer 3 - Edwin M. Stanton
VSRR - Day 19 - 4 answers - We'll be heading to the town that's known as "Not
Just A Bump in the Road," in the early 1850's two railroad surveyors camped
near here - what were there names? Later Richard P. Morgan another railroad
survey engineer gave it the name it's known by today - who did he name it after?
A famous road run right by this town - when was it first paved end to end? Besides
the road number it had at least three other names - name two.
Answer 1 - name of two surveyors
Answer 2 - who was it named after (first and last name)
Answer 3 - year of paving (year only needed)
Answer 4 - 2 other names for this road
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/IL-Dwight.html
http://www.legendsofamerica.com/66-Facts.html
Answer 1 - James Spencer and T.C. Myer
Answer 2 - Henry Dwight
Answer 3 - 1937
Answer 4 - Mother Road, The Main Street of America and the Will Rogers Highway
- Route 66
In 1926 only 800 miles of Route 66 were paved. Only in 1937 did Route 66 get
paved end-to-end.
Route 66 is also know as "Mother Road", "The Main Street of America"
and "The Will Rogers Highway".
It all began in the early 1850s when two railroad surveyors by the names of
James Spencer and T.C. Myer camped near what would soon be Dwight. Soon the
railroad was built and when the first Alton and Sangamon (later the Chicago
and Alton) train came through from Chicago to St. Louis in 1854, there were
just two small wood buildings and a water tank. They called the "station"
West New York. However when Richard P. Morgan, another survey engineer, was
asked to give the place a name, he suggested Henry Dwight of New York who had
invested a fortune into the building of the railroad. And so it was.
VSRR - Day 20 - 6 answers - In this town there are/were 5 abandoned significant modes of transportation
The Town is not Springfield nor is it Dwight
For years these behemoths were hidden from site
Look for the town and you'll be on the right track
Some were in front and some were in back
Looking around someone made quite a find
Had they been drinking wine or out of there mind
Five there were found -- yes indeed
The numbers on the side is what you'll need
In this virtual race if you want the fame
What's this place called - what's its name?
Answer 1 - # on side
Answer 2 - # on side
Answer 3 - # on side
Answer 4 - # on side
Answer 5 - # on side
Answer 6 - Name of place PLUS town
http://www.hsrr.com/monee.htm
http://www.chicagolandbeerhistory.com/Memories.htm
http://www.hsrr.com/steam.htm
http://magnum.smugmug.com/gallery/553864/1/23009668
VSRR - Day 21 - 4 answers - October, 1871 was a historical time for Chicago
- back then there were two buildings on the property at 137 DeKoven Street -
who rented the building IN FRONT, who owned the building in 1879, what stands
on this property now. In the present structure down a hallway is a maltese cross
on the floor what does it represent?
Answer 1 - Name of Family (IN FRONT)
Answer 2 - Name of Family
Answer 3 - Name of building
Answer 4 - Represents what
http://www.thechicagofire.com/house.php
Answer 1 - McLaughlin
Answer 2 - Anton Kolar
Answer 3 - Chicago Fire Academy
Answer 4 - Oleary's Barn
VSRR - Day 22 - 4 answers - Leaving Chicago Heading north I-94 to Milwaukee,
WI and then west on I-94 through Madison, WI on through Minneapolis, MN until
you hit the town of Salk Centre, MN - turn north on State Highway 71 until you
come to a state park named after a lake which is just past "Little Mantrap
Lake". If you were a raindrop that fell in this state park lake - how many
days would it take you to reach the Gulf of Mexico, how many states would you
have traveled through or bordered and how far would you have dropped (in feet)
from your beginning point to the end of your journey to the Gulf? What is the
name of the lake where you started your "raindrop" journey?
Answer 1 - how many days
Answer 2 - How many states
Answer 3 - number of feet
Answer 4 - name of lake
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_River
Answer 1 - 90 days
Answer 2- 10 states
Answer 3 - 1475
Answer 4 - Lake Itasca
VSRR - Day 23 - 5 answers - From where we are travel south on I-29 to Kansas
City - take I-35 and cross the OK state line - turn east at Tonkawa on State
Road 60 to State Road 77 head north - at the corner of 14th Street and Highland
Lake Road you'll find something large. How heavy is it, how tall is it, what
is it carrying, what's it called, what city are you in?
Answer 1 - Now heavy
Answer 2 - how tall
Answer 3 - item being carried
Answer 4 - what's it called
Answer 5 - name of city
http://www.poncacity.com/attractions/pioneer_woman.htm
Answer 1 - 12,000 pounds
Answer 2 - 17 feet
Answer 3 - Bible
Answer 4 - Pioneer Woman Statue
Answer 5 - Ponca City, OK
VSRR - Day 24 - 4 answers - Who was the "Yellow Rose of Texas"? Her
original name - her given name - what's named after her in the shadows of a
famous mission - who did she "occupy" the day the final battle for
Texas independence was engaged?
Answer 1 - original name
Answer 2 - commonly know name
Answer 3 - name of building
Answer 4 - name of person
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_West_Morgan
Answer 1 - Emily D. West
Answer 2 - Emily Morgan
Answer 3 - Emily Morgan Hotel
Answer 4 - Santa Anna
VSRR - Day 25 - 5 answers - Cimarron stands today on the old Sante Fe Trail
- in the town you'll find a hotel where the likes of Lucien Maxwell and Carlos
Beaubien, Buffalo Bill Cody and his cohort, Annie Oakley, Kit Carson, Frank
and Jesse James, Wyatt Earp, Billy the Kid and Blackjack Ketchum. All stayed
or passed through. What's the name of this hotel, what will you find in the
ceiling of the dining room for certain - what "might" you see if you
stay long enough and if you continue up the road past the hotel - where will
you find yourself - at 9003 ft above sea level what famous land mark sits on
this property up the road that was a marker on the Sante Fe Trail
Answer 1 - name of hotel
Answer 2 - what's in the ceiling
Answer 3 - what "Might" you see in the hotel
Answer 4 - up the road - what's there
Answer 5 - Landmark
http://www.stjamescimarron.com/
Answer 1 St. James Hotel
Answer 2 bullets
Answer 3 - ghosts
Answer 4 - Philmont Scot Ranch
Answer 5 - Tooth of Time
VSRR - Day 26 - 5 questions - 6 answers - New Mexico Potpourri
1. How high is the highest capital city in the USA?
2. While in NM you can physically be in 3 other states at the same time - what
are those three other states?
3. In NM who was trapped when his home was burned in 1950?
4. There is a chapel in Sante Fe - with a choir loft 22 feet in the air - what
unique item exists there and who built it?
5. What percentage makes up the states total surface area of Lakes and Rivers?
Answer 1 - number of feet
Answer 2 - 3 other states
Answer 3 - name of trapee
Answer 4a - unique item
Answer 4b - who built it (any 1 of two possible answers)
Answer 5 - percentage
http://www.50states.com/facts/newmex.htm
http://www.lorettochapel.com/html/history.html
Answer 1 - 7000
Answer 2 - Colorado, Utah, Arizona
Answer 3 - Smokey the Bear
Answer 4a - Loretto Staircase
Answer 4b - St Joseph or unknown
Answer 5 - .002%
VSRR - Day 27 - 5 answers - this city In California known as the "Crown
of the Valley" was know by several names - "Crown of the Valley"
was from what group of people - when was this city incorporated - what was it
know as just before it became a city - what Indian tribe first occupied it -
and on January 2, 1961 in a spectacular venue seen by millions on TV what was
unique about the half-time show (sounds like something Dale would have done
in his youthful days)
Answer 1 - name of group of people
Answer 2 - date of incorporation
Answer 3 - name just before becoming a city
Answer 4 - name of Indian tribe
Answer 5 - unique event
http://www.wemweb.com/traveler/towns/34pasade/34_hist/history.html
http://www.ci.pasadena.ca.us/History/default.asp
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/pranks/rosebowl.html
Answer 1 - Chippewa
Answer 2 - June, 19, 1886
Answer 3 - Rancho San Pasqual
Answer 4- Hahamogna tribe
Answer 5 - CalTech Flipcard Rose Bowl Hoax
VSRR - Day 28 - 4 answers - Midnight October 1, 1910 - what law went into effect
in this Nevada city that in prehistoric times was a virtual marsh of abundant
water and vegetation? In that law there was specific mention about "flipping
a coin" - what was it? How long did the law stay in effect? What happened
to the first Hotel-Casino built in this town on June 17, 1960?
Answer 1 - law in effect
Answer 2 - coin flip law
Answer 3 - length of time
Answer 4 - event
http://www.lvol.com/lvoleg/hist/lvhist.html
Answer 1 - strict anti-gambling law
Answer 2 - forbidden
Answer 3 - 3 weeks
Answer 4 - razed by fire
VSRR - Day 29 - 6 answer - We are heading to the home state of the largest
computer software manufacture in the world - almost every letter of the following
software acronyms stand for a specific word - what are they?
CP/M = ?
DOS = ?
QDOS = ?
MS DOS = ?
DR DOS = ?
PC DOS = ?
http://members.fortunecity.com/pcmuseum/dos.htm
Answer 1 - Control Program/Monitor
Answer 2 - Disk Operating System
Answer 3 - Quick and Dirty Dos
Answer 4 - Microsoft Disk Operating System
Answer 5 - Digital Research Disk Operating System
Answer 6 - Personal Computer Disk Operating System
VSRR - Day 30 - 2 parts - MUST BE answered in 2 separate e-mails
Part 1 ---- answer in a separate e-mail
The _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Winding in and winding out
Fills my mind with serious doubt
As to whether "the lout"
Who planned the route
Was going to hell or coming out!
- Retired Sergeant Troy Hise
Answer 1 - Fill in the blank
Part 2 ---- answer in a separate e-mail
What was this route dubbed - what was its nickname?
_ _ _ _ _
Answer 2 - fill in the blank
http://www.themilepost.com/history.html
Answer 1 - Alaska Highway
Answer 2 - Alcan
The Alaska Highway
winding in and winding out
fills my mind with serious doubt
as to whether "the lout"
who planned this route
was going to hell or coming out!"
- Retired Sergeant Troy Hise
(written while he was stationed at Summit Lake, Historical Mile 392