1 - Owing to its rolling, green hills and lush landscapes, what country is known as “The Emerald Isle”?
2 - After holding the job for nine years, Jim Costello is retiring from what position when he steps down in August?
3 - What musical has such songs as “Bring Him Home” and “Master of the House”?
4 - A long-standing tradition is that the captain of the year’s first salt-water vessel to arrive in Sarnia receives what type of hat?
5 - True or False: Dimples on a golf ball help reduce drag and increase the distance the ball flies.
6 - What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture this year?
7 - What novel by George Orwell opens with the line, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”?
8 - How many times a year does an equinox occur?
9 - Two popular cast members of Saturday Night Live died at the age of 33. Name one.
10 - What tea is known as “The Champagne of Tea”?
Darjeeling Earl Grey Tetley
- Tom St. Amand (column #237)
ANSWERS: 1 – Ireland; 2 - Director of the Lambton-Kent District School Board; 3 - Les Miserables; 4 - Top hat; 5 – True; 6 - Green Book; 7 - 1984; 8 - Two (March and September); 9 - John Belushi (1982) and Chris Farley (1997); 10 – Darjeeling.