| DATE |
QUESTION |
ANSWER |
Thursday
02/01/07 |
More than half of the ladies that responded
to a recent poll said this was what they wanted most
for valentine's day - guys, the answer will surprise
you! |
A simple card or hand-written love
letter was the answer given by 59% of the readers of
"Ladies Day" magazine. Natasha Stoltenberg
of Rochester was our winner today! |
Friday
02/02/07 |
On an average day here in America,
this happens about 4 times every minute...and it happens
to men just about as often as it happens to women. |
Laura Johnson of Chatfield scored the
prize today when she called in and guessed "marriage".
4 times a minute, 6,000 times a day, 2.3 million times
a year a couple is exchanging wedding vows! |
Monday
2/5/07 |
Chances are that you saw or used one
of these at work today - and they were invented in Spring
Valley! Name it! |
Congrats to Brian Sauer of Spring Valley...the
town that is credited with inventing the stapler! |
Tuesday
2/6/07 |
Can you name for me the hobby that
Americans collectively spend the most money on? |
I was amazed to learn that gardening
was the hobby we spend the most on - in my house, gardening
is a job only half-way done...she ought to just finish
burying the poor plant the first time around! Wayne
Nutter of Sauk Rapids was our winner today |
Wednesday
2/7/07 |
If a waitress does this, it will typically
increase her tips by nearly 20% - but a waiter will
lose tips by doing the exact same thing! |
It's the little things...drawing a
smiley face on the bill will boost her tips by as much
as 18% - but a male who draws a smiley face on the bill
will lose tips. Congrats to Bill Wagner of Rochester! |
Thursday
2/8/07 |
You will spend one year, four months
and five days of your life doing this...what is it? |
Going to the bathroom! 11,862 hours
over the course of a lifetime - gee whiz! Jessie Cherney
of Adams was our winner today. |
Friday
2/9/07 |
A recent survey by a leading magazine
says that this was the gift that most men hoped to have
received this past holiday season - |
Joespeh Oswald of Rochester scored
the prize today when he guessed "tickets to a sporting
event" |
Monday
2/12/07 |
Here's our challenge for you today:
what do "Splash", "Thunder" and
"Space" have in common? |
They're all mountains built by Disney!
Space Mountain and Splash mountain are at Disneyworld,
and Thunder Mountain is at Disneyland. Ian Swanton of
Grand Meadow won today. |
Tuesday
2/13/07 |
There will be 1.5 billion of these
sold this week - not the most popular valentine's treat,
but pretty high on the list! |
Sondra McGeary of Fountain called in
with today's winning answer: Hershey's Kisses! |
Wednesday
2/14/07 |
Every year over 9,000 people in the
U.S.A. will pay for one of these - and then never use
it! |
There are over 9,000 marriage licenses
issued every year that don't get used - Donna Wilhelm
of Dodge Center won today! |
Thursday
2/15/07 |
When you buy one of these from your
favorite fast food outlet you're buying 1,200 calories
and 42 grams of fat...name the product! |
The answer today is a large milkshake,
and our thanks go out to Bob Cramer of Rochester for
solving today's mystery! |
Friday
2/16/07 |
Typically, one will spend $8,800 for
An American one of these, $6,480 for a British one,
and $2,500 for one in Mexico...same thing, different
price - |
Of
course there are a lot of variables, but the cost
of an average funeral was today's answer. Suzanne
Million was our winner today! |
Monday
2/19/07 |
This happens on Friday between 3p and
6p more often than at any other time...what? |
According to one large auto insurance
company, that is when you are the most likely to be
involved in an auto accident. Rod Milks of Adams was
our winner today! |
Tuesday
2/20/07 |
Two-thirds of teenagers today say that
they have never owned one of these...yet we "old-timers"
couldn't imagine life without one... |
Huge thanks to Nicole Yunker of Rose
Creek, who called with the right answer today - a watch!
Cell phones and other electronic devices have made watches
a rare commodity! |
Wednesday
2/21/07 |
If you are a typical woman and you
own one of these, chances are that it is silver... |
Statistically, women choose silver
more often than any other color when buying a car! Jesse
Cherney of Adams was today's winner! |
Thursday
2/22/07 |
17% of the ladies admit that they've
done this when they were mad... |
THROWN
SOMETHING! Hell hath no fury...and Billie Wilkinson
from New Richland was today's winner |
Friday
2/23/07 |
The typical man will do this for the
first time when he's 29, tell me what! |
Scott Keller was listening in Dodge
Center this afternoon, and called in to guess "Golf".
That's all it took for Scott to win the Four O'Clock
Follies! |
Monday
2/26/07 |
When you eat a typical serving of this,
you're also eating approximately 8 insect legs... |
There's nothing in the world that would
convince most folks to give up chocolate - even this
tasty little fact! |
Tuesday
2/27/07 |
A typical American will eat 200 pounds
of this in a lifetime...what? |
My sincerest thanks to Brenda Wobig
of Pine Island who knew today's answer: peanuts! |
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