20 a's for 20 q's

Hello out there and beyond what is out there and beyond what I see and what I've seen and heard is out there from television and radio and on-line. Instead of doing the normal, everyday, nothing-ness and irrelevant kind of post - I have decided to do something I have never done. Something relevant? No. I will ask the Internet random questions, as if 'it' were alive and in the same room as I (which it is - present, not breathing, though the tower's fan has breathing-like qualities)random questions in hopes of getting precise answers as opposed to random answers. If anything this will entertain me for a few hours and test my all-too-powerful Internet search engine skills I acquired while in college. Let us begin, shall we.

1) How much does a school bus driver in Winnipeg get paid per hour, on average?
2) If I were to build a back yard rink, what is the easiest (and cheapest) way to
apply the blue and red lines, face-off circles and creases?
3) Does Providence, Rhode Island have a sister city? And if so - where, and
why?
4) Who was the Toronto Maple Leafs highest lowest paid player in 1997?
5) Who is the President of Mexico's wife and where was she born?
6) Who invented the TV tray table?
7) What was the best selling book of 1979?
8) Who won the Heisman trophy in 1947 and is he still alive?
9) Is bowling considered a game, sport or past-time?
10) What is the largest bird in Rio de Janeiro?
11) If I were to mix the colours pink, purple and yellow - what colour would I get?
12) If I were in Boston, what part of town would I try to avoid?
13) Who led the majors in hit by the pitch in 1924?
14) Does Tony Danza have a younger brother and is he a registered republican?
15) What is the tallest building in Slovakia?
16) What was Steve Guttenburg's second last movie role?
17) How do you say, "Please, bring me a chair. My feet are tired," in Icelandic?
18) How much was a Big Mac last year in Iceland?
19) What song was #47 on the Billboard Top 100 Chart in March, 1972?
20) Are woman better at men in any sport?

Ok, let's see what we can find out here:

1) $12.84/hour.
2) One crude-but-effective way is to take a spike with a rope attached and,
measuring off the center point of the rink, drive the spike into the ice. Attach
your brush to a pole and fasten the rope to the pole. Using this simple device,
you can paint the circumference of each face-off circle. Once this is done, let
the paint dry.
3) Yes it does. Four in fact. Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Florence, Italy. Riga, Latvia
and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. The reasons are unclear at this time.
4) Defenceman David Cooper and forward Lonny Bohonos at $279,760 (10 pts combined
in 15 total games)
5) Margarita Zavala de Calderón born Margarita Esther Zavala Gómez del Campo, was
born in Mexico City
6) The inventor of the TV table has been forgotten, however, ads first appeared
on TV for the tray in 1952, a full year before Swanson introduced the TV
dinner in October of 1953.
7) The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum of The Bourne Identity, Supremacy and
Ultimatum fame.
8) John Christopher Lujack Jr. Quarterback at Notre Dame. Now 85, he lives in
Bettendorf, Iowa and lends his name to a large car dealership in neighboring
Davenport, Iowa.
9) According to mybowler.com, and New York Daily News Columnist Mike Pettinella
from an academic perspective, bowling fits the definition of a sport. However,
on the flip side, many people still look at bowling as a social activity played
by beer-drinking, chain-smoking men and women who demand easy lane conditions to
post scores above their abilities. Could bowling be both a sport and a game?
10) The flightless rhea (Portuguese: ema), found in the cerrado and Pantanal. It
grows to 1.4m tall and weighs some 30kg.
11) Bluish-Mauve.
12) Roxbury.
13) Hall of Famer Henry "Heinie" Emmett Manush, outfielder for the Detroit Tigers.
He got beaned 16 times.
14) Yes. No word on Matty Danza Jr.'s politcal stance though, but he did appear on
Hannah Montana in 2006 as the character, 'Jimmy.'
15) The Dubnik Transmitter was built in 1961 and is 1,043 feet tall.
16) 2008's children's film, 'Heidi for Paws.' He was the voice of Sebastian, an
apricot poodle who is also the butler for the Sesehound household.
17) "Þóknast , koma með mig a stóll. Minn feet ert þreyttur."
18) 509 Kronur, or $7.44.
19) "I Can See Clearly Now," by Johnny Nash
20) Tough question. We'll delve into that one in the up coming days.