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May 2008 Question: What does WYSIWYG stand for? What You See Is What You Get -- Oxford English Dictionary
April 2008 Question: If your job title is Debubblizer, what do you do? Tends high-pressure heating equipment that removes internal solvent bubbles from nitrocellulose rod stock in the plastics industry. -- The Book of Lists: the '90's edition.
March 2008 Question: Can you name four or more good luck charms? -- 4 Leaf Clover, Rainbow, Rabbits Foot, Horseshoe, Scarab, Keys, Bells, and more.
February 2008 Question:True or False. You can save searches and have them e-mailed to you using both the Library Catalog and EBSCOhost? True! Ask the reference librarian for a demonstration.
January 2008 Question: If Peter Piper picked a PECK of pickled pepers, how many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick? 8 Quarts --Oxford English Dictionary
December 2007 Question: How many ENGLISH words can you make from the word “Christmas?" No names allowed.
2 letter words = 1 point
3 letter words = 2 points
4 letter words = 3 points
5 letter words = 4 points
6 letter words = 5 points
November 2007 Question: What president signed the proclamation making Oklahoma a state?
A. Lincoln
B. Roosevelt
C. Taft
Roosevelt. Oklahoman Archives, November 16th, 1907.
October 2007 Question: True of False, Bats are blind? False. Bats have small eyes that are functional and sensitive to light. Several Oklahoma bats, such as Rafinesque's and Townsend's big-eared bats, have greatly enlarged ears to help in echolocation, but bats also use sight to perceive their environment. -- Northern Prairie Wildlife Research Center
September 2007 Question: What do the initials i.e. stand for? id est, Latin for "That is." -- Hutchinson Dictionary of Abbreviations (Ebrary).
August 2007 Question: Library room 504 is a gift from whom? Rudolph Hillman -- Gift plate on the door.
July 2007 Question: On July 4th, 1776 the USA declared their independance from what country? Great Britain -- Declaration of Independance http://www.archives.gov
June 2007 Question: OCU began a football team in 1921. What were they called? The Goldbugs -- Oklahoma City University: A Miracle at 23rd and Blackwelder
May 2007 Question: What is the Texas School Book Depository famous for? Lee Harvey Oswald Shot Lincoln from a 6th floor window of this building. -- http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/organ4.htm
http://www.dallasarchitecture.info/schooldeposit.htm
April 2007 Question: How many Easter eggs can you find in this month's newsletter? 119
March 2007 Qeustion: Who said “It takes less time to do a thing right than to explain why you did it wrong”? Henry Wadsworth Longfellow - Bartlett's Unfamiliar Quotations, page 334
February 2007 Question: What country holds the record for the longest life expectancy of 83.5 years? Andorra - Guinness Book of World Records, page 13.
January 2007 Question: From what group of people in the United States did New Year's Resolutions originate? Haiti - The Folklore of World Holidays 2nd ed., page 3.
November & December 2006 Question: What French Composer was also a Dentist? Francis Lopez - Grove Music Online.
October 2006 Question: What is an Octothorpe and who coined the term? An Octothorpe is the "#" sign and the term was cointed by Don MacPherson of Bell Labs - Oxford English Dictionary Online.
August & September 2006 Question: When was the first American Library Started? The first American Library was founded in South Carolina in 1698 by Thomas Bray - Famous First Facts, 5th edition. |
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