1. Arctic Red River
2. Mount Pleasant
3. Hemaruka
4. winter
5. Tlingit

http://www.cangeo.ca/GeoQuiz/

August 19 to August 25
1. Fosse
2. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
3. Hannibal
4.Days of our Lives??(not sure on this one)
5.Fifteen

http://www.biography.com/features/index_quiz.html

Originally posted by belgiankona August 19 to August 25 4.Days of our Lives??(not sure on this one) http://www.biography.com/features/index_quiz.html

I don't watch soaps but I checked on-line and apparently CBS' "The Young and the Restless'' has been the No. 1 daytime drama for 16 years.

Originally posted by dewcat I don't watch soaps but I checked on-line and apparently CBS' "The Young and the Restless'' has been the No. 1 daytime drama for 16 years.

Even though I don't watch the Y&R, it is definatly the right answer.

Wordsworth weekly book contest

For the week ending August 25-
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. " is the first line from :
The Hobbit by JRR Tolkein. (duh!)

The correct answers are below.

1.) a U-shaped urban area
2.) 16
3.) Conservatives
4.) two-thirds
5.) Mary Ellen Smith
6.) Orillia
7.) Ontario
8.) 1938
9.) Nipigon
10.) Ottawa

http://www.clt.ca/TestQuiz/quizstart.cfm

Simone's Catherine Keener starred opposite Brad Pitt in what early 90s cult film, which also featured Bad Seeds frontman Nick Cave?
Answer: Johnny Suede

This week's answers:
1. Escape
2. Surfing
3. Saskatoon
4. Pink Floyd
5. Jack Nicholson

http://www.muchmoremusic.com/

Originally posted by belgiankona Simone's Catherine Keener starred opposite Brad Pitt in what early 90s cult film, which also featured Bad Seeds frontman Nick Cave? Answer: Johnny Suede

Hey belgiankona, how do you know all this stuff?? Thanks so much for the answers and I hope you have won something in this contest since you're such a big help to others!

Thank you Belgiankona. You are an

No I am not a trivia queen. I just use a great search engine to find answers.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Help/search.html:)

Geo quiz answers for August 26-September 1,2002.

1. Scotland
2. exiled French Canadians sent there after the aborted rebellions of 1837-8 in Lower Canada
3. Iowa
4. Acapulco
5. St. Paul, Minnesota

http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/

"Nobody was really surprised when it happened, not really, not on the subconscious level where savage things grow. "
is the first line from:

Carrie by Stephen King


Wordsworth weekly book contest
for the week ending Sept 1st

1.) What was Lester B. Pearson's middle name?
Your answer: Bowles
Correct Answer: Bowles

2.) What disease was known to Hurons as "medicine of the black robes"?
Your answer: smallpox
Correct Answer: smallpox

3.) What is a Ptarmigan?
Your answer: an arctic bird
Correct Answer: an arctic bird

4.) Which is the smallest of the Great Lakes?
Your answer: Lake Ontario
Correct Answer: Lake Ontario

5.) Which of the following is not a western Canadian mountain range?
Your answer: the Southamptons
Correct Answer: the Southamptons

6.) When was Canada's last census prior to 1996?
Your answer: 1991
Correct Answer: 1991

7.) What is jazzman Ed Bickert's instrument of choice?
Your answer: guitar
Correct Answer: guitar

8.) Which occured first?
Your answer: the Seven Years'War
Correct Answer: the Seven Years'War

9.) When did Newfoundland become part of Canada?
Your answer: 1949
Correct Answer: 1949

10.) At what age are senators required to retire?
Your answer: 75
Correct Answer: 75

http://www.clt.ca/TestQuiz/quizstart.cfm

This week's answers are:
1.No Such Thing
2. Appetite...
3. Antz
4. Def Leppard
5. Steve McQueen

http://www.muchmoremusic.com/

Have a great weekend everyone!