1 - True or False: There are more birds than people on Earth.
2 - Sarnian Michael Marinaro is competing in the Beijing Winter Olympics in what sport?
3 - What famous rock singer, born Marvin Lee Aday, passed away in mid-January at age 74?
4 - What Sarnia auto mechanic has published a book entitled “A Mechanic’s Handbook to God of the Bible”?
5 - Fill in the blank: The Flying ______ is the name of a legendary ghost ship that is doomed to roam the oceans forever.
6 - What is the term for a long accompanied song for a solo voice, typically one found in an opera?
7 - Butterscotch is a sweet primarily made up of butter and which ingredient?
8 - What Florida city, the state’s capital, derives its name from the native name for “old town” or “old fields”?
9 - What is the geometric shape of the twelve identical dark patches on a soccer ball?
10 - In which European island nation (population 300,000) does one in every ten residents publish a book during his or her lifetime?
- Tom St. Amand (Column #345)
ANSWERS: 1 - True (approximately 50 billion birds); 2 - Figure Skating; 3 - Meat Loaf; 4 - Mike Borthwick; 5 – Dutchman; 6 - Aria; 7 - Brown Sugar; 8 – Tallahassee; 9 – Pentagon; 10 – Iceland.