June 5- Music

Can you believe those writers at The Daily Question? 2 entire days without posts! Well, hopefully I can succeed in quelling your zero-Daily Question sadness. A few hours ago, I got back from a dance.. on a boat. All in all, it was pretty good, however, there were a few songs that no one really likes, and kind of stands in the side of the room for. Anyhow, when I was fashionably standing on the side, I thought of what question I should ask today. Then it hit me! I'm listening to MUSIC, on a BOAT! How about a question inquiring into the realm of nautical music! Back in the good ole' days, large sailing ships were controlled by sails. This method was used late into the 19th century. To control the sails, many sailors would have to pull at different ropes at the right times to get the desired speed. As you could imagine, getting dozens of people to do something perfectly in unison could be a difficult task. To help combat this problem, songs came into being that had a certain rhythm for pulling. Each job had its own beat, making the pulling completely efficient. So for my daily question I ask: What is the name of this kind of song?







The name of this genre of music is a "Sea Shanty".

May 6- Geography

I was flipping through an atlas today, and was looking at some of the smaller country names. At this point, I was thinking of demonyms. A demonym is what you call a person from where they live. For example, I am from America, so I am an American. Someone from Spain would be a Spaniard, and so on. Anyway, one of the countries I noticed was Monaco. Monaco is a very tiny country that is entirely city and is on the Mediterranean Sea. And though I knew all of that, I didn't know what you called a person from Monaco, which brings me to my question of the day: What do you call a person from Monaco?





You call someone from Monaco a Monégasque or Monagasque.
If you would like to learn more about Monaco, visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monaco

April 15- Geography

As I'm sure you know, pirates are everywhere these days. Unfortunately, they aren't even the fun kind with peg legs and hooks. Right now after the Maersk takeover, the kind of pirate you hear about now are the Somalian pirates. Constantly out on the Indian Ocean, it seems like all kinds of ships are in danger, which brings me to my question: "The Indian Ocean is the name of the ocean the pirates are on, what is the name of the body of water to the North of Somalia?



The name of the body of water to the North of Somalia is the Gulf of Aden