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Stump
Me Questions Answered in January 2004
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Q.: Is there one English word that uses all the vowels?
- No Name Given
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A.: Well,
the word emulation comes to mind. So there's one.
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Q.: Do you know if all
Seinfeld episodes have been compiled on a DVD or video, and if this is available for sale? If not, is there talk by NBC about doing this?
- Greg S.
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A.: I
called NBC to find out what's the deal, and I have some good
news for you. They're planning on releasing the episodes
on DVD sometime in 2004, but I wasn't told when.
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Q.: In the 1960's television series
My Mother the Car, who was the voice of the car?
- Pete C.
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A.: According
to the Internet Movie Database, it was Ann Southern.
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Q.: Do you know when or if
Saturday Night Live has had Tobey Maguire as a host? If they already have when will that rerun be on Comedy Central?
- No Name Given
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A.: Again,
courtesy of the Internet Movie Database, Tobey Maguire has
hosted SNL once: April 18, 2000. As for when it will
re-air, that can happen at any time because Comedy Central and
E! both show the reruns.
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Q.: Can you name seven Division
I schools whose team nicknames do not contain a color or an "s" in their
name?
- No Name Given
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A.: It really
wasn't that difficult. Here's 8 off the top of my head:
1. Notre Dame Fighting Irish
2. Stanford Cardinal
3. North Carolina State Wolfpack
4. Illinois Fighting Illini
5. Navy Midshipmen
6. Marshall Thundering Herd
7. Nevada Wolfpack
8. Massachusetts Minutemen
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Q.: What was the first company that was forced to break into smaller companies due to the monopoly law? What companies were formed due to this breakup?
- Chris D.
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A.: Two
companies were forced to break up in the early 1900s: Standard
Oil and American Tobacco. From what I can tell, the
American Tobacco Company was the first to be broken up in
1911. It became American Tobacco Company, R.J. Reynolds, Liggett &
Meyers Tobacco Company , Lorillard and British American Tobacco.
Thanks to Stephen St. E. for the help.
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