1 - What two colours comprise the Greek flag?
2 - Corunna’s Rob Thomson, current bench coach of the Philadelphia Phillies, will be inducted this June into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. In what Ontario city will this take place?
3 - How many Super Bowls has Patriots’ QB Tom Brady won? 4 6 8
4 - Anthony Wing is the new director of what local orchestra, replacing Anne Brown who retired recently?
5 - Whose face was said to have “launched a thousand ships”?
6 - In what state did Rosa Parks famously refuse to relinquish her seat on a public bus?
7 - In the late 1980s, what crime-solving tool was used for the first time to convict accused killers?
8 - “The Pelican Brief, “A Time to Kill” and “The Whistler” were written by what lawyer-turned best selling author?
9 - Canada’s motto, “A Mari Usque ad Mare”, means what?
10 - In Alfred Hitchcock’s black and white horror classic, Psycho, what was used instead of blood for the famous shower scene?
Chocolate Syrup Grape Juice Ketchup
- Tom St. Amand (column #230)
ANSWERS: 1 - Blue and white; 2 - St. Marys; 3 – 6; 4 - International Symphony Orchestra; 5 - Helen (of Troy); 6 – Alabama; 7- DNA; 8 - John Grisham; 9 - From sea to sea; 10 - Chocolate Syrup.