Answers to Doug's Trivia Questions
Doug's Trivia Questions - Feb 27, 1999
1. What event *outside* Mme Finan's house used to cause the operator to lose
track of all phone connections in Holtyre?
-Lightening, which caused all the magnetic gizmos to fall
down.
2. Gold was discovered at the Dome mine one year, the Hollinger mine the
next year, the McIntyre mine the following year, and the year after that,
the municipality of Timmins was founded. What year did all this start?
-1909, according to the Timmins home page
3. Whose oven quit part way through cooking a turkey for a family gathering
in Southern Ontario?
-I think that was at Bert's place in Burlington, in about
1987
4. How many holes are there on the wooden board used to play marbles?
-I get 117 when I count
5. Where did Londoners John and Catherine start their tradition of having
the year's first barbeque on New Year's day?
-beautiful Pickle Lake, Ontario
6. What was the pay scale in the 1960's for setting pins in the Holtyre bowling
alley?
-we're not sure - probably either 5 or 10 cents per
game
7. How deep is the deepest mine in Canada?
-The Giant Yellowknife Mines Ltd. Schumacher Division
measures almost a mile and a half deep -7,400 feet.
8. What event occurred during a snowstorm in front of the nativity scene
in London's Victoria Park on Thursday, December 21, 1978?
-Doug proposed to Johanne
9. Which family member has been in the same automobile as an international
tennis star?
-Leo, in his part time job as a BMW chauffeur for tennis
tournaments
10: Which family member's first and last initials form a French word, as
well as the initials of their spouse, children and pets?
-that would be Johanne Elliott (je) and Doug, Lindsey
and Nicole (de, le & ne) as well as the rabbit Misty, the dog Mentor,
and the mouse Tequila (me & te)
Answers to Jumble #1
typed backwards: sraey ytmewt, repaid, elttob, ynnarg, lwarc, sevy
Answers to Jumble #2
typed backwards: selttob morf gniknird, rednet, gnitae, rekcor, elims, birc
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