Navigation Contest Results
Below are the questions and answers for last month's Navigation Contest.
- Why do both spans of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge curve on the Western side of the bridge?
C. To align the center span 90o with the channel per United States Army Corps of Engineers requirements.
- In The Barefoot Navigator, author Jack Lagan describes how to navigate the seas using the skills of the ancients. In one section, he discusses how to use the stars to find North and South. First he outlines how the star Polaris can be used to find North. Next, he explains how to find South in the Southern Hemisphere. Since Polaris is not visible in the Southern Hemisphere, you can use a constellation called the “Southern Cross”. In order to locate the Southern Cross, you must first look across the Milky Way until you find a hole. This hole is known as the:
C. Coal Sack
Below is the list of names of those who answered both questions correctly. One person has been randomly selected from these names as the winner. We will send that person their $100 gift certificate.
Laurie Boucino
is the $100.00 Weems and Plath gift certificate winner for the January 2010 Trivia Contest.
- Ashley Broussard
- Betsy Sharrett
- Arne Kristoffer Olstad
- allen newman
- Trevor Barlow
- Wilda Austin
- Barbara Raeuber
- Brenda Dawson
- Hal Breuninger
- Charles Wells
- Craig Roser
- Dan Rollins
- Edward Wiseley
- Franklin Williams
- Gary Gorson
- Hannah Beck
- Ian Power
- James West
- Jessica Wode
- Jim Burns
- Jim Christman
- Jeffrey Thayer
- Josef Vanek
- Kathy Williams
- Elizabeth McFee
- Lawrence Meekma
- G. McCue
- Michael Rockwell
- Holly Worley
- Mark Flynn
- Laurie Boucino
- Iris Gonzales
- RF
- Raymond H. Goldstone
- RICK RISLEY
- Ron Schaper
- Sam Faith
- Sam Devon
- Stacie Clark
- Stacy Tolley
- Steve VonDOllen
- Ray Kirkham
- Dave Johnson
- Bruce Weber Sr
