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The Sarnia Journal trivia challenge

1 - What American averaged one patent for every three weeks of his life? 2 - In 1874, the first high school in Lambton County was built.
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1 - What American averaged one patent for every three weeks of his life?

2 - In 1874, the first high school in Lambton County was built. Which one? (still exists today not far from the original location)

3 - Toronto Maple Leafs player Auston Matthews was born in the same year that Princess Di passed away. What year?

4 - What Sarnian has led the fight for 27 years to have Remembrance Day recognized as a legal holiday?

5 - The Luxor Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas features what 33 metre high structure at its entrance?

6 - In cooking terms, the outer, coloured part of citrus peel is called what?

7 - Tom Thumb Golf was the original name for what type of golf?

8 - When our hearts pump blood, the blood first goes “here” before returning to the heart and then to the rest of your body. Where is here?

9 - Christopher Columbus gave what Central American country its name, Spanish for “rich coast” because he probably believed that gold would be found here?

10 - What popular Internet search engine takes its name from a made up word that Jonathon Swift used in Gulliver's Travels, referring to a rude and unsophisticated person?

Tom St. Amand (column #180)

ANSWERS: 1 - Thomas Edison; 2 - LCCVI in Petrolia; 3 – 1997; 4 - Wilma McNeill; 5 – Pyramid; 6 – Zest; 7 - Miniature Golf; 8 – Lungs; 9 - Costa Rica; 10 – Yahoo.


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