| DATE |
QUESTION |
ANSWER |
Wednesday
1/2/08 |
If you're playing by the rules, this
needs to be exactly five feet and eight inches off of
the floor |
The game in question is darts,
and the bulls-eye needs to be exactly
five feet and eight inches off of the floor! The first
"Follies" of 2008 was won by Todd Mehrkens
of Mazeppa. |
Thursday
1/3/08 |
85% of adults will wear one of these,
but only 20% of teens say that they will. It's a sign
of the times! |
Cell phones are the reason that fewer
and fewer folks wear watches! |
Friday
1/4/08 |
There are literally millions of these
in the USA, most of them are made out of cedar... |
Craig Ugland of Rochester supplied
the winning answer today: PENCILS! |
| Monday
1/7/08 |
According to Match.com, a large percentage
of men refuse to date a woman that has two or more of
these! |
Congrats to Chad Gimbel of Blooming
Prairie - he supplied the winning answer today: CATS! |
Tuesday
1/8/08 |
According to sleep experts, wearing
this to bed will help you get to sleep 27% faster! |
Who'd a thunk it? A simple pair of
socks will help you get to sleep 27%
faster - a fact that won Mary Beth Espinoza of Mantorville
the grand prize today! |
Wednesday
1/9/08 |
According to the US Census Bureau,
16% of all Americans have two of these - |
16% of us work entirely too hard at
our two jobs! Tim Benike of Wykoff
supplied the winning answer today! |
Thursday
1/10/08 |
The typical American woman will go
through 111 of these in her lifetime... |
Purses! Thanks to
Kyle Welch of Rochester for the winning answer today |
Friday
1/11/08 |
There are over half a million of these
stolen daily all over the USA, by common, normally law
abiding folks |
Eric Clark of Kasson won today - Hotel
Towels was the winning answer! |
Monday
1/14/08 |
The typical American adult will be
given 41 pounds of this in a given year... |
Barb Jorgenson, who delivers the mail,
knew the right answer immediately: Junk Mail! |
| Tuesday
1/15/08 |
Complete this set: Count Chocula, Frankenberry,
Boo Berry and...??? |
The fourth "monster" themed
General Mills cereal was "Fruit Brute",
a cereal loving werewolf. Michelle Buckingham of Kasson
was our winner today! |
| Wednesday
1/16/08 |
What are the two best selling spices
in the world? |
Easy as PEPPER and MUSTARD
said Cory Faulhaber of Spring Valley! |
| Friday
1/18/08 |
This is the most widely consumed fruit
in the USA - name it and win! |
My guess was the apple...but the humble
banana actually took top honors, and
Ashlyn Gilson of Rochester won our silly contest today |
| Monday
1/21/08 |
40% of high school seniors say that
they have one of these, but haven't learned to use it
properly. |
Would you believe that today's winning
answer is a checking account? Bill
Schouweiler of Plainview was our winner! |
| Tuesday
01/22/08 |
29% of us say that if we had the time,
we'd do a lot more of this... |
Reading! Many thanks
to Suzanne Million of Eyota! |
| Wednesday
1/23/08 |
Of the men surveyed, 57% said that
this had made them cry - |
When she said "yes"
to the marriage proposal - congrats to Dave
Rye of Austin! |
| Thursday
1/24/08 |
Of
all the things typically lost, women said this was
the thing that they lost most often |
Keys
and cell phones were on the list, but passwords
was the top answer! My thanks to Maureen Newell of
Rochester! |
| Friday
1/25/08 |
Women say that when looking for "Mr.
Right", this can be significantly more important
than looks |
This isn't rocket science boys...if
you stink, so do your chances at romance!
Cindy Vogt of Sargeant was our winner today |
Monday
1/28/08 |
According to manufacturers and sales
records, this was the most popular vehicle color in
2007 |
Many thanks to Renalle Lindquist of
Stewartville - she knew that the answer was white! |
Tuesday
1/29/08 |
The statistics tell me that you'll
use an average of 4,200 of these in your lifetime -
|
Rolls of toilet paper, and
Kyle Casey of Rochester wiped out the competition with
the winning answer! |
Wednesday
1/30/08 |
Just under a quarter of all American
adults has stolen something while visiting one of these
- |
Many thanks to Chris Lehman of Rochester
who provided the winning answer today: a hotel! |
Thursday
1/31/08 |
According to one popular ladies magazine,
over half of the gals thought that this would be the
ideal valentine's present! |
54% of "Women's Day" readers
said that a love letter was what they
wanted most this valentine's day - Nikki Kelly of Rochester
supplied the winning answer! |
