Mandatory Space Content / Quiz answers

While the Yankees get beat on in Cleveland, I figured I better get this post out.

I am the Brave Astronaut. I went to a school with halls named for the three astronauts who died in the launchpad fire. Today's mandatory space content from the annals of history. On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik and the space race was on.

Here's an article from Tuesday's Washington Post. And be sure to check out this list of the 50 best space highs and lows from Time Magazine here.

And here are the answers to last week's quiz.

1. How many birthdays does the average man have? Just one
2. Some months have 31 days; how many have 28? All of them have 28 days!
3. How many outs are there in an inning? Six outs in an inning (three per side)
4. Divide 30 by ½ and add 10. What is the answer? 70 (30 divided by ½ equals 60!)
5. If there are three apples and you take away two, how many do you have? Two, you took them, remember?
6. A doctor gives you three pills telling you to take one every half an hour. How many minutes would the pills last? 60 Minutes, start with the 1st pill, 30 minutes later take the 2nd, then 30 minutes for the 3rd!
7. A farmer has 17 sheep, and all but nine die. How many are left? Nine, if 8 out of 17 die, all but 9 die, right?
8. A clerk in the butcher shop is 5' 10" tall. What does he weigh? Meat, a butcher weighs meat!
9. How many two cent stamps are there in a dozen? 12, there are twelve 2-cent stamps in a dozen!
10. What is the least amount of coins it takes to make 55 cents if one of the coins is a quarter? Three coins. One quarter, another quarter, and a nickel!