1 – According to the expression, necessity is the mother of what?
2 – Last week, Leigh Cunningham, the voice of the Sarnia Sting, announced his a) 500th b) 1000th c) 1,500th game in the Ontario Hockey League?
3 – Which Chinese actor, star of such films as Police Story and Kung Fu Panda, has incurred over 200 broken bones while doing his own stunts?
4 – What invaluable service club with its motto of “Service Above Self” recently celebrated its 95th year of operation in Sarnia?
5 – In geometry, how many sides does a trapezoid have?
6 – What does the abbreviation ECG stand for in medicine?
7 – What would you do with a Polynesian lei? a) wear it b) drink it c) smoke it
8 – In the 1990s, which fast-food chain settled a lawsuit for $500,000 because of its too-hot coffee?
9 – In Stephen King’s novel “11/22/63” a teacher hurtles back in time to 1963 and attempts to stop what monumental event?
10 – Four nations--including three in Africa—use the same word in their names. Hint: it begins with the letter “G”.
– Tom St. Amand (Column #387)
ANSWERS: 1 – Invention; 2 – c) 1,500th (Congratulations, Leigh); 3 - Jackie Chan; 4 – Rotary Club; 5 – Four; 6 – Electrocardiogram; 7 – a) wear it; 8 - McDonald’s; 9 - The assassination of John F. Kennedy; 10 – Guinea