1 – Edam cheese is named for a town in what European country — the one where Rembrandt was born?
2 – EWYN Studios is a weight-loss franchise that opened in Sarnia in 2017. What does EWYN stand for?
3 – If you are in Timbuktu, you are in what continent?
4 – Sarnia’s Alex De Carolis, 26, has just signed a contract to play what sport professionally in Canada?
5 – The river Tiber flows through which European capital city?
6 – A pyrogen is a substance that causes
a) fever b) hiccups c) bad breath?
7 – In “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves,” what two words opened Ali Baba’s cave?
8 – Approximately how much skin does each person shed in his/her lifetime?
a) 300 grams b) 3 kilograms c) 50 kilograms
9 – In which Bill Murray movie does the song “I Got You Babe” play every morning on the radio to awaken him?
10 – International Women’s Day is celebrated annually in what month?
– Tom St. Amand (column #232)
ANSWERS: 1- The Netherlands; 2 – Exactly What You Need; 3 – Africa (Mali); 4 – Soccer (with the Halifax Wanderers); 5 – Rome; 6 – Fever; 7 – Open Sesame; 8 – 50 kilograms; 9 – Goundhog Day; 10 – March.
