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.