Problem: Hoping to rebound from their tough divisional road loss to the 49ers, the Cardinals played their Week 2 homeopener against their NFC West foe, the Seattle Seahawks.  In the first quarter, the Cards took to the skies first with kicker Neil Rackers getting a 28-yard field goal for the only score of the period.  In the second quarter, Arizona continued to pound away with QB Matt Leinart completing a 30-yard TD pass to TE Leonard Pope, along RB Edgerrin James getting a 17-yard TD run.  The Seahawks would get their only score of the half with QB Matt Hasselbeck completing a 24-yard TD pass to WR Nate Burleson. In the third quarter, the Cardinals' lead was gone with Seattle RB Shaun Alexander getting a 16-yard TD run and kicker Josh Brown getting a 28-yard field goal.  In the fourth quarter, the Cards trailed as Brown got another 28-yard field goal.  Arizona responded with Rackers kicking a 52-yard field goal.  Late in the game, the Cards defense managed to recover a Seahawk fumble.  It would eventually turn into Rackers' 4th career game-winning field goal as made it from 42 yards out as time ran out. Q1 - ARZ - 1:27 - Neil Rackers 28-yard FG (ARZ 3-0) Q2 - ARZ - 14:07 - Leonard Pope 30-yard pass from Matt Leinart (Neil Rackers kick) (ARZ 10-0) Q2 - ARZ - 5:43 - Edgerrin James 17-yard run (Neil Rackers kick) (ARZ 17-0) Q2 - SEA - 1:16 - Nate Burleson 24-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck (Josh Brown kick) (ARZ 17-7) Q3 - SEA - 8:42 - Shaun Alexander 16-yard run (Josh Brown kick) (ARZ 17-14) Q3 - SEA - 3:34 - Josh Brown 28-yard FG (17-17) Q4 - SEA - 9:52 - Josh Brown 28-yard FG (SEA 20-17) Q4 - ARZ - 4:44 - Neil Rackers 52-yard FG (20-20) Q4 - ARZ - 0:01 - Neil Rackers 42-yard FG (ARZ 23-20)

How many field goals did Neil Rackers make?
Answer: 3

Problem: Henry XVI already had a dispute with Louis VII's father Stephen III. On 17 April 1414, Henry and other enemies of Louis VII founded the Parakeet Society.  On 8 July 1415, the society was changed into the League of Constance, an alliance for mutual defense against Louis VII.  In 1417 in Constance, Louis insulted Henry by calling him "the son of a cook". When Louis then accused Henry of having shed human blood, Henry and fifteen of his followers physically attacked Louis and injured him severely. After this attack, Louis described Henry as a pluethunt , which did little to defuse the conflict. Henry XVI evaded punishment for the attack on Louis VII only through the intercession of Frederick of Brandenburg and his cousins Dukes Ernest and William III in Munich and especially by paying 6000 guilders to King Sigismund.  Henry XVI wanted revenge. The conflict escalated into a war when an army from Bavaria-Ingolstadt burned down the castle of the Burgrave of Nuremberg. John III, who had succeeded his brother William II as Duke of Bavaria-Straubing in 1418, remained neutral.

Whose cousins are from Munich?
Answer: Frederick of Brandenburg

Problem: Labor unions generally ignored government employees because they were controlled mostly by the patronage system used by the political parties before the arrival of civil service. Post Office workers did form unions. The National Association of Letter Carriers started in 1889 and grew quickly. By the mid-1960s it had 175,000 members in 6,400 local branches. Several competing organizations of postal clerks emerged starting in the 1890s. Merger discussions dragged on for years, until finally the NFPOC, UNMAPOC and others merged in 1961 as the United Federation of Postal Clerks.  Another round of mergers in 1971 produced the American Postal Workers Union .  In 2012 the APWU had 330,000 members.  The various postal unions did not engage in strikes.

How many more members did the APWU have in 2012 over the National Association of Letter Carriers in the mid-1960s?
Answer: 155000

Problem: Hoping to rebound from their loss to the Giants the Texans played on home ground for an AFC duel against the Chiefs. In the first quarter the Chiefs took the early lead with QB Matt Cassel getting a 2-yard TD pass to OLB Mike Vrabel. The Texans responded and tied the game with QB Matt Schaub making a 5-yard TD pass to TE Joel Dreessen. The Chiefs rallied with Cassel making a 17 and then a 42-yard TD pass to WR Dwayne Bowe in the 3rd quarter. The Texans replied with RB Derrick Ward getting a 38-yard TD run. Then kicker Ryan Succop made a 24-yard field goal to put the Chiefs up 24-14. In the fourth quarter the Texans closed the gap with RB Arian Foster making a 2-yard TD run, but the Chiefs tried to pull away with RB Thomas Jones getting an 11-yard TD run. However, the Texans replied and eventually snatched the win with Foster making a 1-yard TD run, and then with Schaub finding WR Andre Johnson on an 11-yard TD pass. With the win, Houston went into their bye week at 4-2.

Which players caught TD passes in the first half?
Answer:
Mike Vrabel