1 – Where would you find stellar winds: the oceans, the deserts, or the stars?
2 – What percentage of Sarnia-Lambton residents voted in the recent provincial election?
- 4 62.5 65.1
3 – In a thunderstorm, which comes first: lightning or thunder?
4 – Mulligan International, a golf ball recovery service, recently retrieved how many thousand golf balls from the ponds at the popular Holiday Inn Golf Course? (within a thousand)
5 – The 2010 film “The Social Network” is about the founding of what Internet networking website?
6 – The flags of Italy and Mexico share what three colours?
7 – What Ontario city is home to Fort Henry, built by the British and used as a fort during the fur-trading era?
8 – The period between July 3 and August 11th is better known by what name?
9 – What animal is the face of campfire and forest fire safety around North America?
10 – In 1963, Canadian Sam Jacks invented what game in North Bay after watching girls playing with broken hockey sticks and a can?
– Tom St. Amand (column #197)
ANSWERS: 1 – The stars; 2 – 62.5 (provincial average was 58%); 3 – Lightning; 4 – 15,000 golf balls; 5 – Facebook; 6 – Green, white and red; 7 – Kingston; 8 – Dog Days of Summer; 9 – Smokey the Bear; 10 – Ringette.
