The Sarnia Journal trivia challenge

1 – What character in The Wizard of Oz sings, “If I only had a brain”? 2 – Sarnia born Mike Ward was an internationally renowned athlete in what sport before his untimely death in 1906 at the age of 21? 3 – What American state borders Lake Ontario to

1 – What character in The Wizard of Oz sings, “If I only had a brain”?

2 – Sarnia born Mike Ward was an internationally renowned athlete in what sport before his untimely death in 1906 at the age of 21?

3 – What American state borders Lake Ontario to the south?

4 – Including the Howard Watson Trail, which is a linear park, and small parks classified as  “parkettes,” how many parks are there within Sarnia’s borders?

50 – 75           76  – 100       101 – 125

5 – What mountain range is allegedly home to the Yeti or the Abominable Snowman?

6 – For 27 years, Sarnia’s Wilma McNeill has fought to have what day recognized as a statutory holiday?

7 – Ancient Romans referred to what country as “Caledonia”?

8 – Sarnians Donovan Woods and Maria Dunn are nominated for awards at what televised annual show in Ottawa in early April?

9 – And it wasn’t even homework: How was the first draft of the original manuscript of John Steinbeck’s novel Of Mice and Men destroyed?

10 – In the 19th century, the disease known as ‘consumption’ became known as what?

– Tom St. Amand

ANSWERS: 1 – Scarecrow; 2 – Boxing (Mike was the World Featherweight Champion); 3 – New York; 4 – 101 – 120  (110 parks); 5 – Himalayas; 6 -Remembrance Day; 7 – Scotland; 8 – Juno Awards; 9 – His dog ate it; 10 – Tuberculosis