By: By Jeanell Varnadore
September, 2010
Last month’s “Stump Dr. Hill” was a great success. Although some students stated they enjoyed the article, the largest response to this new column was the teachers. So, to the teachers, this month’s “Stump Dr. Hill” goes to you. Ten teachers thought of a question to attempt to “stump” Dr. Hill:
1. Who won the 2004 National Championship?--Coach Williams
2. What kind of engine would an original VW beetle have?---Dr. Price
3. Name 5 out of the 14 college mascots that don’t end in ‘s’. -Coach Yellot
4. What is Mohammad (founder of Islam)’s full name? --Coach Staggs
5. Who is the head designer of Jimmy Choo? -Mrs. Bradley
6. Name the lead guitarist of the band Queen.--Mrs. Broussard
7. Name the lead singer of an Australian band of industrious young men who revived his 1980’s hit in a cameo appearance
on the TV show Scrubs. -Mrs. Blanchard
8. What is the derivative of cos x? -Mr. Stansbury
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9. What country does Greenland belong to? --Mr. Thompson
10. Who is Carrie Bradshaw’s
(from Sex in the City) favorite shoe designer? --Ms. Johnson
This month Dr. Hill answered questions 1, 2, 9, and 10 correctly.
The answers:
1. LSU
2. Four-cyclinder air cooled engine
3. Tulane’s Greenwave, St. John’s Red Storm, Syracuse’s Orange Men, Navy’s Midshipmen, Cornell’s The Big Red, Nevada’s Wolfpack, Notre Dame’s Irish, Stanford’s The Cardinal, Alabama’s Crimson Tide, Illinois’s Illini, Tulsa’s Golden Hurricane, Marshall’s Thundering Herd, NC State’s Wolfpack, and North Texas’ Mean Green
4. Mohammad Ibn Abdullah
5. Tammra Melon
6. Brian May
7. Colin Hay
8. -sin x
9. Denmark
10. Manolo Blahnik
Dr. Hill Recieved a
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