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THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 24,1997. PAGE 43.
Rate your Christmas
Trivia knowledge!
How to Score:
The (a) questions: Easy. You should get these.
The (b) questions: Hard. These are toughies. If you get
these, you're good.
The (c) questions. Challenging. If you get more than one,
hats off to you!
Irving Berlin won the Oscar for
Best Song in 1942.
a) For what song?
b) From what movie?
c) Berlin made Oscar night history
with his award. How?
II
Captain James Cook landed at
this island on December 25,
1777.
a) What name did he call it?
b) The island lies in what ocean?
c) What country administers the
island today as a territory?
Ill
This company's inter-locking
plastic blocks have long been a
hit under the tree.
a) What is their trademark name?
b) In what country is their head
office?
c) In what decade were the
blocks introduced?
IV
In the carol, "We Three Kings" the
Magi brings gifts of gold,
frankincense, and
a) ... and what?
b) You get 3 points for spelling it
right!
c) What is its other common
name?
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It's reindeer time!
a) Start with Dasher and name
the eight.
b) This cowboy singer
popularized Rudolph.
c) Is it the male or female
reindeer that wears the antlers?
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between 22 and 31 ... you are definitely above average
32 and over.. you are exceptional!
Courtesy Five Minute Challenge #1, by Ken Weber
Published by Stoddart Publishing Ltd, Fall 1997
Happy 19th
Birthday David
December 31
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Love Mom, Dad
Laurel, Omi & Opa
VI
On December 25, this leader...
a) called it quits in Russian in
1991.
b) was crowned king of England
in 1066.
c) from France, was made Holy
Roman Emperor in 800.
VII
"Yes," Francis P. Church wrote to
a little girl in 1897, "there is a
Santa Claus."
a) What was the little girl's first
name?
b) In what NY paper was Church
writing?
c) How old was the little girl at the
time?
VIII
This king went out to help a
peasant gathering fuel and
'dented' the snow.
a) What was the king's name?
b) From what (present day)
country?
c) On what date is the Feast of
Stephen?
IX
A most famous poem about
Christmas Eve ...
a) Where did the stockings hang?
b) What is the title of the poem?
c) Who wrote the poem?
X
"Silent Night": no carol is better
known.
a) In what language was it first
heard?
b) In what country was it first
heard?
c) On what instrument was it first
heard?
A musical message
Former Blyth Festival Artistic Director Janet Amos and her
husband, actor, director, writer Ted Johns sang a tribute to
Blyth during their performance at the Christmas pageant,
Saturday night.
W. Wawanosh accepts quote
Continued from page 41
Shields And North Huron restruc
turing, Alton and Miller.
A quote from Hensail Co-op for
propane for township sheds, at a
price of 20.9 cents, was approved
by council.
Road Superintendent George
Humphrey was authorized to bill
farmers and workers for the clean
up of mud and/or debris deposited
on the roads while exiting from
muddy fields.
The town of Wingham will be
asked to print the tax bills for the
township.
Between Jan. 1 and March 31,
the landfill site will be open Satur
days, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Accep
tance of garbage from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. will resume April 1.
Road and general accounts, in the
amounts of $11,411.71 and
$177,540.05, were approved for
payment.
KEB
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