The Sarnia Journal trivia challenge

1 – Owing to its rolling, green hills and lush landscapes, what country is known as “The Emerald Isle”? 2 – After holding the job for nine years, Jim Costello is retiring from what position when he steps down in August? 3 – What musical has such song

1 – Owing to its rolling, green hills and lush landscapes, what country is known as “The Emerald Isle”?

2 – After holding the job for nine years, Jim Costello is retiring from what position when he steps down in August?

3 – What musical has such songs as “Bring Him Home” and “Master of the House”?

4 – A long-standing tradition is that the captain of the year’s first salt-water vessel to arrive in Sarnia receives what type of hat?

5 – True or False: Dimples on a golf ball help reduce drag and increase the distance the ball flies.

6 – What movie won the Oscar for Best Picture this year?

7 – What novel by George Orwell opens with the line, “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”?

8 – How many times a year does an equinox occur?

9 – Two popular cast members of Saturday Night Live died at the age of 33. Name one.

10 – What tea is known as “The Champagne of Tea”?

      Darjeeling      Earl Grey     Tetley

– Tom St. Amand (column #237)

ANSWERS: 1 – Ireland; 2 – Director of the Lambton-Kent District School Board; 3 – Les Miserables; 4 – Top hat; 5 – True; 6 – Green Book; 7 – 1984; 8 – Two  (March and September); 9 – John Belushi (1982) and Chris Farley (1997); 10 – Darjeeling.