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Morning Mindtwister
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5-13-08
QUESTION: This artist makes a record 24th appearance on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on 5/13. Name the artist that has the most musical performances on the Tonight Show?
ANSWER: DWIGHT YOAKAM (24 appearances)
Winner: Lori Dzincioloski of Crest Hill
Listen this week to win tickets to Rick Krafft's Match Race Mania this Saturday @ Route 66 Raceway.
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4-14-08 QUESTION: According to Forbes what are some of the US Industries they say will see deep declines in employment, revenue, and output over the next 4 years?
ANSWER: Bowling Alleys, Music Publishing, Laundry Services, Beer Production, Wired Telecoms, Arcades, Tobacco Farming, Newspaper Publishing, DVD Rental, & Footwear Manufacturing
4-15-08 QUESTION: The 2008 National Pie Championships take place in Celebration, Florida this weekend. A survey asked Americans which TV mom could bake the best pie? Who came out #1?
ANSWER: Carol Brady of the Brady Bunch (Carol Huxtable from the Cosby Show was #2)
4-16-08 QUESTION: What popular doll was a symbol of the anti-vaccine movement?
ANSWER: RAGGEDY ANN (political cartoonis Johnny Gruelle created the Raggedy Ann doll as a toy for his daughter Marcella in 1918. When Marcella was vaccinated at school for smallpox without parental consent and subsequently died from the vaccine, the doll became a symbol of that dissent)
4-17-08 QUESTION: Forbes Magazine listed the most and least valuable baseball franchises. The New York Yankees were the most valuable at $1.3 billion dollars. What franchise did they list as the least valuable?
ANSWER: FLORIDA MARLINS (The Cubs were #5, White Sox #14)
4-18-08 QUESTION: According to strangefacts.com, the average person uses appoximatley 57 of these every day. What?
ANSWER: SHEETS OF TOLIET PAPER
4-21-08 QUESTION: According to Forbes, how much would you pay for the world's most expensive cocktail?
ANSWER: $51,200 (The Dazzle, served on the 2nd floor at the high-end department store Harvey Nichols in the UK. It features rose champagne along with strawberry and lychee liquor, with a ring made of 18-carat white gold with diamonds and pink tourmaline at the bottom.
4-29-08 QUESTION: The National Retail Foundation asked consumers some questions about what they are going to buy mom for Mothers Day coming up on May 11th. What was the number one thing consumers say they will spend on mom?
ANSWER: Special Dinner or Brunch (Flowers were #2)
4-30-08 QUESTION: Merle Haggard served nearly 3 years in San Quentin Prison in the late 1950's. What crime sent him to jail?
ANSWER: BURGLARY
5-1-08 QUESTION: In 1974 country star Roy Acuff visited then President Richard Nixon at the White House and gave him what kind of lessons?
ANSWER: YO-YO LESSONS
5-2-08 QUESTION: MSN.com listed the best times of the day that woman should ask men particular questions. According to the survey, what time is the best to ask a man to agree to your plans?
ANSWER: 3pm-4pm (If you want him to fix something or help you move ask between 9am-noon)
5-5-08 QUESTION: On average, 100 people choke to death on this every year?
ANSWER: BALLPOINT PENS
5-6-08 QUESTION: According to new research by the University College London Hospital, this contains more harmful bacteria than a toliet seat. Something many of us use everyday. What is it?
ANSWER: COMPUTER KEYBOARDS
5-7-08 QUESTION: What is the most popular month for having babies in the US?
ANSWER: AUGUST (Tuesday is the most popular day)
5-8-08 QUESTION: TiVo has announced the results of a survey that ranked the top TV MOMS of all time. Claire Huxtable from the Cosby Show was ranked #1, who was ranked #2?
ANSWER: CAROL BRADY of the Brady Bunch & MARION CUNNINGHAM from Happy Days were tied
5-9-08 QUESTION: According to the US Census Bureau, what is the average age of women in the US to give birth for the first time?
ANSWER: 25.2
5-12-08 QUESTION: According to a Greyhound Bus survey, what state in the US is most visited by Americans?
ANSWER: FLORIDA ( California was #2)
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