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Where Knowledge Junkies Get Their Fix

for Monday, September 16, 2002

By Sandy Wood & Kara Kovalchik

1)What classic Charles Ward song featured lyrics by John Palmer, which began with the words: Casey would waltz with a strawberry blonde ...?

A. "Down by the Old Mill Stream"
B. "The Band Played On"
C. "A Bicycle Built for Two"
D. "Waltzing Matilda"

2)A "strawberry roan" has reddish hair mixed with white. What type of animal is a strawberry roan?

A. a horse
B. a collie
C. an otter
D. a rabbit

3)In 1983, Darryl Strawberry was named the National League Rookie of the Year. For what team did he then play?

A. the San Francisco Giants
B. the New York Yankees
C. the Los Angeles Dodgers
D. the New York Mets

4)What company's headquarters are located on Strawberry Lane in the town of Orrville, Ohio?

A. Birds Eye Foods
B. the J.M. Smucker Company
C. Breyer's Ice Cream
D. the Sara Lee Corporation

5)What renowned director's 1957 film "Wild Strawberries" depicted the life of an elderly professor?

A. Ingmar Bergman
B. Billy Wilder
C. Cecil B. DeMille
D. Orson Welles

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