1 – Breaking a mirror is said to bring bad luck for how many years?
2 – Congratulations! Deborah Lumley, a Grade 5/6 teacher at Rosedale School, won a 2020 national teaching award for her leadership in what area?
3 – What is the last letter of the Greek alphabet?
4 – When schools closed in March, St. Patrick’s student, Christopher Blair, earned a course credit by spending two months rebuilding and restoring what?
5 – Regarding card tournaments, what does the acronym WSOP stand for?
6 – Name one of the two countries with the highest percentage per capita of people over 65?
7 – The British Navy revealed they played whose music to ward off Somali pirates who hated the sound of it?
a) Britney Spears b) Celine Dion c) The Spice Girls
8 – What is the name of the artery that carries blood out of the heart to the lungs?
9 – In Greek mythology, what did Prometheus steal from the gods?
a) fire b) food c) weapons
10 – Complete this quotation by Rudyard Kipling: “Oh, East is East and West is West and . . .”
– Tom St. Amand (column # 295)
ANSWERS: 1 – Seven; 2 – Environment; 3 – Omega; 4 – A car (a 1980 Pontiac Trans Am); 5 – World Series of Poker; 6 – Japan and Italy; 7 – Britney Spears; 8 – Pulmonary; 9 – Fire; 10 – Never the twain shall meet.
