NEW WEEKLY CHALLENGE, WEEK OF 8 NOVEMBER

Here's the challenge for the week of 8 November: This challenge is now closed.

Seniors:  Who is likely to become the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives?  Congratulations to C/CPO D. Levien who correctly identified the presumptive Speaker as Rep. John Boehner.  

Juniors:  Name the ship on which the closest thing to a mutiny in the U.S. Navy actually occurred.  No, it was not the Amistad!  The correct answer:  The Brig of War, USS Somers, 1842, en route to the United States from a Mediterranean deployment. 

Sophomores:  This is more of a contest--Come up with the most interesting quotation you can find.  From the quotations submitted, I will select the one that I consider most interesting.  Congratulations to Cadet Robert Ferguson who submitted a number of interesting entries.  One of my favorites:  "A ship without Marines is like a garment without buttons." - Admiral David Porter, USN  (It is a documented fact that the United States government, sometime after Admiral Porter's remarks, commissioned the development of Velcro specifically to avoid the need for buttons on garments.  Thin about it.)

Freshmen:  Who is third in the line of succession to the presidency of the United States?  (Second if you don't include the president.)  Congratulations to C/SA Jorge Esquivel who correctly identified the Speaker of the House as being third in line. 

This challenge will close out at 0730 on Friday 12 November.  Remember, there is no school on Friday.