Jesse Day 24

3/6

1. What are the scientific names, in order, of the tissue in plants (mostly dead at maturity) that transports water and dissolved minerals, and the tissue (containing living conducting cells) that transports sugars and other compounds?
Correct Answer: XYLEM, PHLOEM
Your Answer: Branches and stems
Points Assigned: 3

I was thinking of Xylem, but could not think of Phloem. Went with an even worse answer. 

2. In 1842, British mathematician Augustus De Morgan criticized the notation for what mathematical operation, calling it "among the worst of barbarisms" and complaining that it gave mathematical pages "the appearance of expressing surprise and admiration"?
Correct Answer: FACTORIAL
Your Answer: Something to do with an exclamation mark
Points Assigned: 2

I am terrible at math, but I knew an exclamation mark was used for something. 

3. What hairstyle was created by Chicago hairstylist Margaret Vinci Heldt after Modern Beauty Shop magazine had asked her to devise a hairstyle representing the new decade? Heldt reportedly used a fez-like hat she owned as inspiration for the silhouette of the hairstyle, which is also known as the B-52 style (as it resembles the nose cone of a B-52 bomber), and which in turn inspired the name of the band The B-52's.
Correct Answer: BEEHIVE
Your Answer: Beehive
Points Assigned: 1

Just knew it. 

4. Standard Oil, one of the earliest and most famous holding companies, used the structure to control dozens of petroleum businesses before its 1911 breakup. What present-day holding company, headquartered in the Cornhusker State with subsidiaries spanning insurance, railroads, candy, energy, and furniture, is a well-known example today?
Correct Answer: BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY
Your Answer: Berkshire Hathaway
Points Assigned: 2

The Oracle of Omaha.

5. In American-style pool, the 1 ball and the stripe on the 9 ball share what color? The single ball of this same color in snooker is worth two points.
Correct Answer: YELLOW
Your Answer: Yellow
Points Assigned: 0

I played a lot of pool in my youth.

6. Which U.S. president was actually born with the first name of Hiram, but, due to an administrative error, took his middle name as his first name and a totally different letter (not H) as his middle initial when he enrolled at West Point as a 17-year-old?
Correct Answer: ULYSSES S. GRANT
Your Answer: Eisenhower
Points Assigned: 1

I answered too quickly.