Week three treasure hunt clues hidden in trivia

By: 
John Bernhisel

This is the third set of clues in the search for two silver bars hidden somewhere in the Big Horn Basin. Look for new clues each week in April. For more information, visit Big Horn Basin Treasure Hunt on Facebook.

 

Questions:

Name all the last names that appear twice in a list of U.S. Presidents.

As the bird flies, how many miles is it from the Montana state line near Frannie to the Thermopolis airport?

The number 19 written in binary is 10011. What is the base ten value for 100000?

Grover Cleveland was the first U.S. president to marry while in office. What was the name of his wife and their first daughter?

Name the variety of bleu cheese that is only produced in the Combalou Caves of France.

 

Fun Facts:

In 1944 and 1945, the Heart Mountain Relocation Center had a basketball team. Their record was 16-13. The head coach was Fuzzy Shimada.

For most of the 1930s, there were at least 18 high schools in the Big Horn Basin. Only one of the 18 mascots was definitely not a mammal.

On August 13, 1919, Sheriff Wickwire arrested G. F. Altmark with two barrels and 25 cases of illegal liquor in his truck. Not only did he forfeit the liquor, but his truck was also confiscated and became state property.

King Alfonso XIII of Spain may have helped fuel the myth that his wife’s cousin, Grand Duchess Anastasia, survived the execution of Tsar Nicholas II and Empress Alexandra Feodorovna. At 31, he also fell so gravely ill that reports of his imminent death spread widely around the world. He lived until 1941.

Three of the ten tallest peaks in the Big Horn Mountains remain unnamed. One is rather comically labeled “Innominate,” while two others are known only by their elevations: 12,601 and 12,486 feet. Innominate means having no name.

When Big Horn County was split into four smaller counties around 1910, all the new boundaries followed lines of latitude and longitude. None followed natural features like rivers or mountain ranges. Some communities were split, including Frannie, which was divided down its Main Street.

Many of Disney’s most iconic songs from the 1930s and 1940s were composed by Frank E. Churchill. He died in 1942 from a self-inflicted gunshot wound while seated at his piano.

The official state flower of Colorado is the columbine.

 

Answers:

Adams (John and John Quincy), Harrison (William Henry and Benjamin), Johnson (Andrew and Lyndon), Bush (George and George W.)

90.1 miles (Less than 90 percent of that path is over irrigated land)

32 (Each digit represents a power of two)

Frances was his wife and Ruth was their child. (The Baby Ruth candy bar is perhaps named for their child)

Roquefort (The crumbly cheese has distinctive veins of blue mold.)

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