1) #4 - Sparkling Muscatel

#7 - no clue, but I like the idea!

2) #10 Washington Monument?

3) #3 Because it's the National Aquarium?

4) Ames, where are you? I know you have the answers!

5) #1 Famous People's Birth names
#3 It is the Institute for Local Self-Reliance, they grow fish in the basement
#4 Way to go Sally!
#5 MGM & NBC trademarked sounds, Harley could not
#6 Pluto
#7 Charger
#8 Tre Skilling Banco World's Most Valuable Stamp
#10 Eiffel Tower
from K8Day & Ames

6) Two hours later and no idea on number 2!

7) Sally - YES for #4
YammaSue - YES for #3
K8Day & Ames - CLOSE on #1
YES for #5
YES for #6
YES for #7
YES for #8
YES for #10

Nice work!

2 and 9 left - and you can get a little more specific with #1 if you want. :)

8) #1 Kept their last name changed their first name

9) hmmm....not so much 'changed' their first names...... :)

10) #1 They are known by their middle names

11) #9 Coco & Kelly Miller !

12) Ames -- YES for 1 & 9!!!!!
Nice job....now what about #2?

13) Mars?

14) I'll give you 8 more guesses. :)

15) LOL! Ok I'm working on it

16) I'll give you a hint...

I can do a Google search for 2 of the words from the question, plus the name of the planet, and get instant confirmation that it's the right answer.

17) Jupiter

18) Ding! See how easy that was? :)

1) What do the following people have in common?
Arthur Chamberlain
Henry Beaty
Terence McQueen
Steven Cleveland
Eleanor Carter


All are people that we know better by their middle names:
Arthur Neville Chamberlain
Henry Warren Beaty
Terence Steven McQueen
Steven Grover Cleveland
Eleanor Rosalynn Carter

2) What planet did the number 119 meet in Utah?

On May 10, 1869 at Promontory, Utah, Union Pacific No. 119 and Central Pacific No. 60 (better known as the Jupiter) locomotives were drawn up face-to-face to mark the completion of the world's first transcontinental railroad.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_spike

3) Why aren't people alarmed to find fish in the basement across the street from the Ronald Reagan building in Washington DC?

The National Aquarium operates from the basement of the US Department of Commerce Building.

4) According to Steve Martin, what is one of the finest wines of the Gem state?

"Sparkling Muscatel. One of the finest wines of Idaho." -- Waiter (Steve Martin), in The Muppet Movie (1979)

5) What did Harley Davidson fail to do that NBC and MGM pulled off?

In the 1980's Harley Davidson tried to secure a trademark for the sound of it's engine, but gave up after six years of legal proceedings. NBC and MGM have both been granted trademarks for sounds. NBC for the three-toned chime, and MGM for the roar of it's lion mascot.

6) What character started off as a rover and ended up a god of the underworld?

The Disney dog Pluto (Greek god of the underworld) was originally called Rover.

7) I recently did a Google Image Search for a single word. Look at some of the images that were returned by the search and tell me what word I searched for:

'CHARGER'

8) What is the name of this stamp?

The Treskilling Yellow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treskilling_Yellow

9) Paul, Michael, Sarah, Michelle, Rulon...what twin sisters preceded this group?

Sullivan Award Winners:
Tim Tebow
Jessica Long
JJ Redick
Paul Hamm
Michael Phelps
Sarah Hughes
Michelle Kwan
Rulon Gardner
Coco and Kelly Miller

10) What is missing from this photo?

The Eiffel Tower