Willie Young's Monthly Mind Clutter

June's Questions & Answers

1. If you invested $1800 in CISCO stock in 1990, what would it have been worth as of March 2000?
2. What year did the ACC (Athletic Coast Conference) start?
3. What year was the O.E.D., Oxford English Dictionary first published?
4. What car company used the motto, "the shape of things to come"?
5. Who was the first Black to play in the NHL?
6. What was the only college founded in 1776?
7. As of 1990, how many "dimples" did the average golf ball have?
8. What is "reasonable accommodation"?
9. What color of car has the highest visibility?
10. What tree is struck most often by lightning?

Answers

1. $1.9 million.
2. 1953
3. 1928
4. The Triumph, TR7 was marketed under this motto, due to the car's wedge like shape.
5. Willie O'ree, in 1958, for the Boston Bruins.
6. Hamton-Sidney, in Virginia.
7. 336
8. Reasonable accommodation means of responding to those of special needs.
9. White
10. The oak tree, due to the length of the root system (yes, oak tree roots are longest) and their subsequent contact with water.