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Past Challenge Questions (and Answers)

2011

  • May Viva California!
  • April What do these people have in common?
  • March Fermat's Last Theorem
  • February Southern Sudan is probably looking into this

2010

  • November But what happens if you butter the cat?
  • October Antonio Salieri and the Crime of the Century
  • September The world's biggest family reunion
  • August Drink up!
  • July A question of values
  • June One-part legislating
  • May Marco Polo and Chinese food
  • April Painted mummies
  • March Where the ocean meets the sky, I'll be saaaailing...
  • February This question is sponsored by the letters P, B and S.

2009

  • November Here's looking at you, Taft
  • October Narcissism and the Roman calendar
  • September Why it's good to be vice president
  • August This is what happens when scientists are allowed to set the thermostat
  • July Hunting for the biggest hole in the Solar System
  • June A dark and stormy question
  • May This is a banner question
  • April It's all in who you know, if you know Kevin Bacon
  • March These are the games that never end...
  • February Great Works of Fake Art
  • January Arthur, Lancelot, and all the rest

2008

  • December Stairway to Heaven
  • November Auctioning radio waves
  • October Enrico Fermi, gambling, and nuclear war
  • September The medical history of the British royal family
  • August Some very unhappy diplomats
  • July Prime numbers