No more geography this week. As always, please make your guess without reference to anything other than your own memory.
On December 6, 1884, the tip of the Washington Monument was capped with a small pyramid roughly one foot in height. Of what then-uncommon substance was this pyramid made?
Post your answer to comments. Winner this week to receive a charming souvenir of the big Japanese mall at 3rd and Alameda in downtown Los Angeles.
Posted by BT at February 22, 2002 10:08 AMwasn't it aluminum?
Posted by: jessica on February 22, 2002 05:22 PMthis is what i get for being laid off and hooked up to satellite tv...
Posted by: jessica on February 22, 2002 05:23 PMVanilla ice cream?
Posted by: Gavin on February 23, 2002 02:32 PMMissouri! Tennessee! Catalan! Creosote! Helllllllppppp!
Posted by: Rory on February 24, 2002 01:49 PMAll hail Jessica and our Secretary of the Alcoa, Crazy Paul O'Neill, the Aluminum Treasury King and inspiration for this week's question. Jessica will receive a lovely example of the pleasures of poorly translated English in combination with knockoff Sanrio characters -- just what a Brookyln girl needs to make it through a tough day.
Posted by: BT on February 24, 2002 04:11 PMsee, it pays to pet the wombat. i'd like to thank jesus and my mama for this award. xoxo to you all.