Potent Potables
in Other Words
Famous Inventors
ATA Chairman
And The Award Goes To
Also Known As
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Phillips head or flat blade.
What is a Screwdriver?
100
This founding father invented the bifocals and a carriage odometer. He was also the first Postmaster of the United States.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
This Past Chairman’s company is based in the oldest city in Indiana, and maybe the “best” city.
Who is James McCormick?
100
Major League Baseball’s annual championship, played in a best-of-seven game playoff, is called this.
What is the World Series?
100
Eldrick Tont Wood, resident here on Windermere Island, is most commonly known by this name.
Who is Tiger Woods?
200
NYC borough that has the Murray Hill neighborhood.
What is a Manhattan?
200
He was responsible for inventing a reading system for the blind. The system was rightly named after him.
Who is Louis Braille?
200
This Past Chairman met his wife at a Purdue University Softball Game.
Who is Charles “Shorty” Whittington?
200
This team won this year’s NBA Championship for the second year in a row, defeating the San Antonio Spurs. They made Florida proud.
Who are the Miami Heat?
200
American rap music entertainer and “8 Mile” actor born Marshall Mathers.
Who is Eminem?
300
A Caucasian Muscovite.
What is a White Russian?
300
He invented the air brake, the electric chair, and the AC unit.
Who is George Westinghouse?
300
This Maryland based former ATA Chairman has an extensive collection of antique cars.
Who is Don Bowman?
300
These two teams played in the BCS National Championship for the 2012 season at Sun Life Stadium in Miami.
Who are Alabama and Notre Dame?
300
This Western movie icon was born Marion Morrison.
Who is John Wayne?
400
Paired with “The Master” in a Bulgakov novel.
What is a Margarita?
400
He founded the first company to manufacture blue jeans.
Who is Levi Strauss?
400
President George W. Bush appointed this Past Chairman to serve as the Chairman of the Student Loan Marketing Association.
Who is Duane Acklie?
400
These awards are given annually for the best science fiction or fantasy works of the year. The awards are named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction magazine “Amazing Stories.”
What are the Hugo Awards?
400
This “Kissed by a Rose” singer was born Sealhenry Samuel.
Who is Seal?
500
A collegiate mascot from West Lafayette, Indiana.
What is a Boilermaker?
500
He invented the cotton gin, which was one of the key inventions of the Industrial Revolution.
Who is Eli Whitney?
500
This former ATA Chairman’s wife wrote a book titled “Cousin Camp: A Guide to International Grandparenting.”
Who is Roger Roberson?
500
This is the U.S. award for achievements in newspaper, online journalism, and literature, awarded annually by the Columbia School of Journalism.
What is the Pulitzer Prize?
500
This Chinese movie star and martial arts specialist, who is known for performing his own stunts, was born Chan Kong-Sang.
Who is Jackie Chan?