| February 2012 Trivia Challenge: | What did the town of Danvers change its name from? |
| February 2012 | What did the town of Danvers change its name from? |
| Answer | Check back at the end of the month |
| Winners | George F., Beth F. |
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| January 2012 | Click here to solve the Middle Earth Challenge |
| Answer | Ongoing contest! |
| Winners | None! |
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| December 2011 | In the book and the movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest", why did McMurphy end up hosing down patients with cold water? |
| Answer | Because a game of Monopoly got too heated up. |
| Winners | None! |
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| November 2011 | Click here to solve the Middle Earth Challenge |
| Answer | Ongoing contest! |
| Winners | None! |
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| October 2011 | What famous explorer first made note of the pumpkin and what did he call it? |
| Answer | In 1584, after French explorer Jacques Cartier explored the St. Lawrence region of North America |
| Winners | None! |
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| September 2011 | Click here to solve the Middle Earth Challenge |
| Answer | Ongoing contest |
| Winners | None! |
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| August 2011 | If you saw this road sign in Quebec, what would you do? "Chute de Pierres" |
| Answer | Look out for falling rocks! |
| Winners | George F., Caitilin T. |
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| July 2011 | What possession of Jack Benny's did Mel Blanc lend his voice to? |
| Answer | His Maxwell car |
| Winners | George F., Mary R. |
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| June 2011 | What is the name of the annual summer festival which will feature productions of "Love's Labour's Lost" and "Winter's Tale"? |
| Answer | Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan |
| Winners | George F., Beth F. |
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| May 2011 | What do you get if you multiply six by nine? |
| Answer | 42 - the answer to the Universe of course - "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" - Douglas Adams |
| Winners | Beth F. |
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| April 2011 | Out of all the famous people mentioned in the history calendar for April, who I am distantly related to? |
| Answer | Napoleon (very distant uncle through one of his wives) There is rumour that we have connections to Robert Louis Stevenson though my cousin's mention was the first we had heard of that one. Quite likely, Napoleon is the same with her? |
| Winners | None! |
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| March 2011 | What was the name of the horse which Eomer lent to Aragorn? |
| Answer | Hasufel |
| Winners | Elise H. |
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| February 2011 | What was the name of the neighboorhood in the Goonies? |
| Answer | The Goondocks |
| Winners | George F. |
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| January 2011 | What was the name of Sam McGee's hometown and state? |
| Answer | Plumtree, Tennessee |
| Winners | George F. |
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| December 2010 | Who gave Santa his bright red suit trimmed with white fur, North Pole workshop, elves, and his wife, Mrs. Claus? |
| Answer | Political cartoonist Thomas Nast |
| Winners | George F. |
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| November 2010 | Click here to solve the Middle Earth Challenge |
| Answer | On going contest |
| Winners | None! |
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| October 2010 | What were the first Jack O' Lanterns carved from? |
| Answer | Turnips, potatoes and beets |
| Winners | Susan Lutkin, George F. |
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| September 2010 | According to The Hobbit how was the game of golf invented? |
| Answer | Old Took’s great-granduncle "charged the ranks of the goblins of Mount Gram in the Battle of the Green Fields, and knocked their King Golfimbul’s head clean off with a wooden club. It sailed a hundred yards through the air and sent down a rabbit hole and in this way the battle was won and the game of Golf invented at the same moment." |
| Winners | Caitilin Terfloth, Beth Finis |
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| August 2010 | What is Moose Jaw's giant roadside attraction? |
| Answer | Mac the Moose |
| Winners | George F., Joanne D. |
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| July 2010 | How many times did Robin exclaim "Holy" during the 120 episodes of Batman? |
| Answer | Burt Ward's official site lists 352 however other sources have listed 356. |
| Winners | George F. |
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| June 2010 | Who are the two Inspectors in "The Man with the Twisted Lip"? |
| Answer | Inspector Barton and Inspector Bradstreet |
| Winners | George F. |
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| May 2010 | Who has been the only artist to ever refuse Weird Al's request to parody their song? |
| Answer | Prince (and the Artist formally known as Prince) and Sir Paul McCartney refused Al making "Live and Let Die" as his version, "Chicken Pot Pie" was insulting to Sir Paul's vegetarianism. |
| Winners | George F., Caitilin T. |
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| April 2010 | What did William Shakespeare leave his wife in his will? |
| Answer | His second best bed |
| Winners | Caitilin T., Beth F., George F. |
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| March 2010 | Where and when was the first St. Patrick's Day parade? |
| Answer | In New York City on March 17, 1762. |
| Winners | George F. |
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| February 2010 | How many lives were claimed during the Salem witch trials? |
| Answer | In total, 19 witches were hung, one man was tortured to death and five others (including a baby) died in prison. |
| Winners | George F. |
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| January 2010 | On
what did J.R.R. Tolkien first pen the words - "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit."? |
| Answer | On the back of a blank test paper he was marking. |
| Winners | George F. |
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| December 2009 | How many spaces are there on a Monopoly board? |
| Answer | 40 |
| Winners | George F. |
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| November 2009 | Click here to solve the Middle Earth Challenge |
| Answer | On going contest |
| Winners | None! |
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| October 2009 | What was the first published drawing by Charles Schultz? |
| Answer | Schulz’s first published drawing, a sketch of Spike, the family's black and white dog. |
| Winners | George F., Beth F. |
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| September 2009 | Who could communicate with the thrushes in "The Hobbit"? |
| Answer | The men of Dale |
| Winners | None! |
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| August 2009 | What did the Ringlings brothers pay for their largest competitor -- Barnum & Bailey Circus? |
| Answer | $400,000.00 |
| Winners | George F. |
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| July 2009 | What did ABC have a skywriter advertise above the Rose Bowl game in 1966? |
| Answer | Batman is coming! |
| Winners | George F. |
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| June 2009 | When is Lex Luthor first introduced in Superman comics (year and issue)? |
| Answer | April 1940, #23 |
| Winners | George F. Joanne D. |
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| May 2009 | What was the reason Chewbacca swore loyalty to Han Solo? |
| Answer | Han Solo freed Chewbacca from the slave labour camps controlled by the Empire. |
| Winners | George F. |
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| April 2009 | What sculpture project was Leonardo da Vinci working on while painting The Last Supper? |
| Answer | A 24 foot statue of the Duke Lodovico Sforza's father on horseback. |
| Winners | George F. |
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| March 2009 | In what unique way did William Shatner raise $75,000. for Habitat for Humanity? |
| Answer | Captain Kirk donated his kidney stones |
| Winners | George F. |
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| February 2009 | What treat contains more antioxidants than red wine? |
| Answer | Chocolate - dark that is. Also, pomegranate seeds and juice are very high in antioxidants. |
| Winners | Lana Wilson Dice, George F, Caitilin T |
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| January 2009 | Which is not a valid SCRABBLE word - YAKITORI, TZIGANE, SVEDBERG, FOGHAT, WIDDY, GJETOST, SHICKER or PHIZ? |
| Answer | Foghat |
| Winners | Mary Rockefeller |
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| December 2008 | Why was "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" written? |
| Answer | The Montgomery Ward Department Store's copywriters created Rudolph's character as an advertising gimmick in 1939. |
| Winners | George F, Deb F, Beth F |
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| November 2008 | Click here to solve the Middle Earth Challenge |
| Answer | To be given at the end of the month. |
| Winners | None! |
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| October 2008 | What is the first line Snoopy writes as an author? |
| Answer | "It was a dark and stormy night..." |
| Winners | None |
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| September 2008 | How many guests did Bilbo and Frodo invite to their big birthday party held on the eve of Bilbo's departure? |
| Answer | 144 or one gross |
| Winners | Beth F. |
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| August 2008 | What is a circus Zany? |
| Answer | A circus clown |
| Winners | None! |
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| July 2008 | What is the interesting fact relating to the character surnames of the Corner Gas characters? |
| Answer | With the exception of the Mayor, all the surnames are the names of towns in Saskatchewan. |
| Winners | George F., Caitilin Terfloth, Lana Wilson Dice |
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| June 2008 | What play was being performed when Shakespeare's first Globe Theatre burned down? |
| Answer | King Henry VIII |
| Winners | George F., Beth F. |
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| May 2008 | What fictional beast is described this way - "a creature so foul and cruel that no man yet has fought with it and lived. Bones of full fifty men lie strewn about its lair ..." |
| Answer | The Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog. |
| Winners | George F. Beth F. |
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| April 2008 | What was the prototype spaceship "Phoenix" was constructed from? |
| Answer | The "Phoenix" was constructed from from an old nuclear missile. |
| Winners | George F. |
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| March 2008 | Philippe Auguste's fortress of 1190 is now known as what famous attraction? |
| Answer | The Louvre |
| Winners | George F., Halfrek |
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| February 2008 | Sean Astin is celebrating a birthday this month. Who will be "following" his character, Twoflower, in the upcoming movie, "The Colour of Magic"? |
| Answer | The Luggage |
| Winners | None! |
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| January 2008 | In
honour of (maybe not approved by...) JRR Tolkien's birthday, there will
not be a question this month, but rather a casting wish list for "The
Hobbit" movie. Please submit your wish list for the characters as
follows:
Bilbo, Thorin Oakenshield, Beorn, Bard, Thranduil (Elvenking), Bolg (son of Goblin King), Goblin King, Master of Esgaroth, Trolls (Tom, William, Bert) voices, Smaug voice, Roac voice (Carc's son - Raven) and Lord of the Eagles voice. Bonus prize for Balin, Dwalin, Ori, Dori, Nori, Oin, Gloin, Bilfur, Bofur, Bombur, Kili and Fili. It is assumed that Sir Ian McKellen will play Gandalf, Hugh Weaving will play Elrond and Andy Serkis will play Gollum. |
| Answer | Entries posted as received |
| Winners | None! |
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| December 2007 | What beasts draw Jultomten's sleigh in Scandinavia? |
| Answer | Goats!! |
| Winners | Mary Rockefeller |
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| November 2007 | Click here to solve the NEW Middle Earth Challenge |
| Answer | On going... |
| Winners | Stumped you all! |
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| October 2007 | What is considered to be the first film to tell the tale of Dracula? |
| Answer | Nosferatu: A Symphony in Terror (1922) |
| Winners | George F., Lana Wilson Dice, Beth Finis, Geoffrey Dice |
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| September 2007 | What was tied to the ox-cart (instead of tin cans) that carried Klinger and Soon-Lee following their wedding on "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen", the final episode of M*A*S*H? |
| Answer | A string of Klinger's old high-heeled shoes. |
| Winners | Grant Lederhouse |
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| August 2007 | Where would you find Mac the Moose? |
| Answer | Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada |
| Winners | Jo Doxtater, Grant Lederhouse |
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| July 2007 | What was the first cartoon to feature the voice of Mel Blanc? |
| Answer | Picador Porky |
| Winners | Deb, Jo Doxtater |
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| June 2007 | Why did Superman give Batman a ring containing Kryptonite and who did it originally belong to? |
| Answer | Batman keeps the ring at the Batcave in case Superman ever loses control of his powers or if he falls under the control of an evil influence. The ring originally belonged to Lex Luthor. |
| Winners | Mary Rockefeller |
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| May 2007 | The chess computer "Deep Thought" was named after who? |
| Answer | Deep Thought was the computer in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. |
| Winners | George F., Jennifer Lindberg |
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| April 2007 | What mind-boggling event occurred on September 10th, 1945 in Fruita, Colorado? |
| Answer | Mike the chicken lost his head but lived for 18 months. |
| Winners | George F. |
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| March 2007 | Can you name two shows prior to Star Trek that William Shatner turned down leading roles on? |
| Answer | The Defenders and Dr. Kildare |
| Winners | Beth Finis |
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| February 2007 | Who was Tituba and what did she have to do with Salem? |
| Answer | Tituba was the first person accused of witchcraft in Salem Village. |
| Winners | Deb |
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| January 2007 | What is the only day of the week to have an anagram and what is the anagram? |
| Answer | Monday - dynamo |
| Winners | Caitilin Terfloth, Ken Finis, Joanne Doxtater |
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| December 2006 | Where was Dr. Watson shot while he was an assistant surgeon in Candahar? |
| Answer | Dr. Watson was shot in the shoulder. |
| Winners | Mary Rockefeller, Joanne Doxtater |
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| November 2006 | Click here to solve the NEW Middle Earth Challenge |
| Answer | On going ... |
| Winners | None Yet |
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| October 2006 | Ergot infection on grains is a possible explanation for what creature phenomenon? |
| Answer | Werewolves |
| Winners | Jennifer Lindberg, Sarri Lutkin |
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| September 2006 | What nickname did Bandobras Took take after the Battle of Greenfields? |
| Answer | Bullroarer |
| Winners | Joanne Doxtater, Peter Lutkin |
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| August 2006 | What name is "Drip Drip Drop" better known by? (Not the song!) |
| Answer | Duck, Duck, Goose. |
| Winners | Geoff Dice |
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| July 2006 | Solve the 12 PUZZLES |
| Answer |
1. eggshell - two pairs of double letters
2. you - pronounced as a letter of the
alphabet
3. tablet - initial and last letter match
4. weevil - contains a pronoun
5. intermittent - contains four of the same
letter
6. stink - second word when spelled
backwords
7. tracing - second word with initial letter
removed
8. mimic - roman numerals
9. nudism - alphabetical order of last and
initial letters
10. collection - synonyms of set
11. ought - last letter can be placed in
front of word
12. almost - letters are in alphabetical
order
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| Winners | Sarri Lutkin |
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| June 2006 | What happens to Superman when he withstands the explosion of a hydrogen bomb? |
| Answer | Superman suffers the effects of a slight headache |
| Winners | None! |
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| May 2006 | Name this ice cream - coffee liqueur ice cream with a chocolate cookie crumb swirl and fudge cows? |
| Answer | Vermonty Python |
| Winners | Jennifer Lindberg |
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| April 2006 | What did William Shakespeare bequeath to Thomas Combe? |
| Answer | His sword |
| Winners | None! |
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| March 2006 | What Irish fairy folk wear small red caps made of feathers? |
| Answer | Merrows |
| Winners | Sarri Lutkin, Lana Wilson Dice |
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| February 2006 | What animal do the storytellers at Cape Crocker use to predict spring? |
| Answer | A bear. |
| Winners | None! |
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| January 2006 | Click here to solve the NEW Middle Earth Challenge |
| Answer | On going ... |
| Winners | None Yet |
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| December 2005 | What name is given to Boardwalk Avenue in Monopoly games released in England? |
| Answer | Mayfair |
| Winners | Beth Finis, Mary Rockefeller |
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| November 2005 | Click here to solve the NEW Middle Earth Challenge |
| Answer | On going ... |
| Winners | None! |
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| October 2005 | What did the Romanian Military name in honour of Dracula? |
| Answer | The AH1 RO-Dracula is a Romanian assault helicopter. |
| Winners | None! |
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| September 2005 | Which "M*A*S*H*" character attempted to eat a jeep, part by part? |
| Answer | Corporal Max Klinger |
| Winners | Sarri Lutkin, Geoff Dice |
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| August 2005 | What is the most popular animal used in signs and statues in Canada? |
| Answer | The Moose |
| Winners | Mary Rockefeller, Sarri Lutkin |
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| July 2005 | What television show regularly made use of speech balloons filled with BAM! POP! ZLOP!? |
| Answer | Batman |
| Winners | Mark Hopkins, Caitilin Terfloth, Hoops, Sarri Lutkin, Beth Finis, Nancy88 |
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| June 2005 | In Sherlock Holmes "The Man with the Twisted Lip," what do Neville St. Clair and Hugh Boone have in common? |
| Answer | They were the same person - Neville was posing as the beggar, Hugh. |
| Winners | Mary Rockefeller, Sarri Lutkin |
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| May 2005 | What is the item Yoda wears around his neck in Star Wars? |
| Answer | A small flute called a Blissl |
| Winners | Layne Myhre |
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| April 2005 | Which General Hospital actor had a role in U.H.F.? |
| Answer | Anthony Geary played Philo |
| Winners | Ellen Geisser, Sarri Lutkin |
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| March 2005 | Name three cacti or succulent shown in the pictures from our New Mexico trip. |
| Answer | Prickly Pear, Cholla and Yucca |
| Winners | None |
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| February 2005 | Give the first and last names of the characters on Poodie's t-shirt. |
| Answer | Willow Rosenberg, Xander Harris, Buffy Summers, Rupert Giles, Cordelia Chase |
| Winners | Sarri Lutkin, Beth Finis |
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| January 2005 | Name one palindrome that would score a bingo (7 letters long) in Scrabble. (Word must be in the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary) |
| Answer | repaper, deified, reviver, rotator |
| Winners | Mary Rockefeller, Grant Lederhouse |
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