(1) How many teaspoons of sugar does Coca Cola typically use in a year? A FEW BAD WORDS IN THIS FILE!!!
Answers:
2 million tons
4.4 billion pounds
425 billion teaspoons
Found:
http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/society/A0810367.html for 1/4 US Sugar Consumption
and http://www.rotten.com/library/crime/drugs/sugar/ for 8 million tons, 17.6 billion pounds, 1.7 trillion teaspoons. HUH
(2) What continents have deserts? OK
Answers: All But Europe
Found: http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0770099.html
(3) What is the shortest distance in miles by boat from the North Pier of the US Coast Guard Station in Portsmouth to the 49th street boat ramp at Old Dominion University? HUH
Answers: http://www.webwalking.com/googlemap.htm
Found: 1.85 miles
(4) How does the fastest roller coaster in the world reach its top speed? OK
Answers: Hydraulic Launch
Found: http://www.rcdb.com/id2832.htm
(5) Which of these acronyms is also an initialism? NATO, WTO, OPEC OK
Answers: WTO
Found: http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=initialism
(6) Which state in the United States is also a name of a country? OK
Answers: Georgia
Found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)
(7) What is the most dangerous animal in North America? Mammal
Answers: White-Tail Deer
Found: http://www.reason.com/rb/rb112101.shtml
(8) What year did ODU play in a bowl game? IT WAS A REGULAR SEASON GAME.
Answers: 1932 against Miami
Found: http://www.odu.edu/ao/alumni_magazine/fall02/lookingback.html
(9) What is the maximum depth of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel? IS IT NECESSARILY THE DEEPEST?
Answers: 75 feet (North Channel)
40 feet (Fisherman Inlet)
Found: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chesapeake_Bay_Bridge-Tunnel
(10) If a four engine, passenger 747 takes off from London to Bombay (Mumbai) weighing 394 tons. How much does it weigh when it lands, before the passengers depart the plane. Not clear.
Answers: 394 - 95 = 299 tons
Found: http://www.airnewzealand.com/aboutus/fleet/aircraft_statistics.htm
http://www.seniorindian.com/air_travel_faqs.htm