Trivia Day, Teacher Wins Contest 
01-04-2008

Friday is National Trivia Day, so we gave out some tidbits all morning long. We discussed the holidays with Karen, and looked forward to the OSU game on Monday. Not to mention, that one of my son's teachers won the trivia contest this morning.

Nearly Impossible Trivia Question
Karen Miller won a breakfast tote, orange juice mug, and a shower radio this morning for answering the question correctly. She mentioned that she is one of my son's teachers. Uh oh...I wonder how many people he knows listens to me talk about him in the mornings. Hmmm...hadn't really thought about that very much before.

Question: What is the most popular juice to drink for breakfast?

Answer: Orange Juice.

We do the contest everyday at 6:40 a.m. so get ready to call 387-WDCM(9326).

National Trivia Day
It's National Trivia Day. To celebrate, here's some totally useless information:

  • Every day more money is printed for Monopoly than for the U.S. Treasury.
  • Hawaiian alphabet has 12 letters.
  • Men can read smaller print than women; women can hear better.
  • There's a 50% chance that an American lives within 50 miles of where they grew up.
  • Hong Kong is the city with the most Rolls Royce's.
  • Alaska has the highest percentage of people who walk to work.
  • 28% of Africa that is wilderness. 38% of North America is wilderness.
  • 44% of American adults who go on diet each year.
  • The average West German goes without washing his underwear for 7 days.
  • Hallmark makes cards for 105 different family relationships.
  • It costs about $6400 to raise a medium-size dog to the age of eleven.
  • The average number of people airborne over the U.S. any given hour is 61,000.
  • 70% of Americans who have visited Disneyland or Disney World.
  • The average life span of a major league baseball is 7 pitches.
  • One third of potatoes sold are french fried.
  • 7% of Americans eat at McDonald's every day.
  • James Buchanan was the only U.S. president to remain a bachelor.
  • Antarctica is the only continent without reptiles or snakes.
  • The pig is the only animal besides human that can get sunburned.
  • Ostriches stick their heads in the sand to look for water.
  • Intelligent people have more zinc and copper in their hair.
  • The world's youngest parents were 8 and 9 and lived in China in 1910.
  • Mark Twain didn't complete elementary school.
  • Proportional to their weight, men are stronger than horses.
  • Jupiter is bigger than all the other planets in our solar system combined.
  • Hot water is heavier than cold.
  • Cream does not weigh as much as milk.
  • Iceland consumes more Coca-cola per capita than any other nation.
  • Heinz catsup leaving the bottle travels at 25 miles per year.
  • It is possible to lead a cow upstairs but not downstairs.
  • Men get hiccups more often than women.

Garbage and Recycling Stats
Are you concerned about the environment? Maybe you just don't care because it will be someone else's problem to deal with. Me, I'm more in the middle of that. I'm concerned, I try to do my part to help, but I don't let it rule my life...that much.

What ever side of the fence you're on, here are some interesting facts.

  • 4.4 pounds is the average amount of waste generated per person per day in the United States in 2001.
  • 2.7 pounds was the average amount of waste generated per person per day in the United States in 1960.
  • 50% of the world's garbage is produced by the United States. We're only 6% of the world's population.
  • 1896 is the first year a recycling center opened its doors in America.
  • 500,000 trees could be saved each week if everyone recycled their Sunday newspaper.
  • 50% of all U.S. paper is now recycled, according to the Environmental Protection Agency.

Weather Kid
Today's Weather Kid was Brendon. He did a great job, even though I threw him off because I don't think he could hear me very well.

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Coming Up
Monday is pretty much all about the Buckeyes as they play LSU for the National Championship on Monday night. Wayne Rowe from OSU - Marion will be in to talk sports and the local campus. We'll also have candy buckeyes from Shirk's Candies to give away in addition to the regular Nearly Impossible Trivia Question.