THE WAKE UP CALL
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(QUESTIONS ON THE MORNING SHOW THAT DESERVED A PAGE OF THEIR OWN!)
Please thank the sponsors of the
"wake up call"
with your patronage:
Sid's Flowers, Main Street Ionia
The Lamplight Grill, Downtown Ionia
The Ionia Theatre--"More than just
Movies!"
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWER FOR OUR WAKE UP CALL
QUESTIONS
BY E-MAILING US AT:
morning@i1430.com
Our first question of 2007 (began on January 2nd) is:
AN ELEPHANT CAN DO THIS BETTER THAN MAN IF PROPERLY TRAINED.........
Clue Number 1: The subject of the answer to this question can be found downtown at the Lamplight Grill!
The answer: An elephant can pitch a baseball faster than a human being! Congratulations to Dawn Ketchum of the Ionia Area Chamber of Commerce, who was our winner, live on the radio Monday, March 12th!
A:
"8
MILLION GRAINS OF SAND......." THIS TIME, WE'RE LOOKING FOR THE QUESTION OR
THE ITEM(S)
WE ARE REFERRING-TO. SO.... WHAT IS THE QUESTION OR ITEM(S) THAT THIS IS THE ANSWER
FOR?
q: THE AMOUNT OF SAND THAT A QUART PAIL CAN HOLD!
Q:
Youll do this around 50
thousand times in your life, if you're average. What is it you'll do? (Oct 10th)
A:
Take a ride in a
car.
Q:
4 MILLION
AMERICANS DO THIS REGULARLY. WHAT IS IT?
A:
SLEEPWALK, NIGHTLY!
Q:
35 MILES IS THE LENGTH OF WHAT?
Question began September 27, 2006)
A: THE LENGTH A PENCIL
COULD WRITE A CONTINUOUS LINE!
Q: 40
Miles per hour is the average speed of what?
A: A TORNADO!
Q: There is enough of this product
used each year in the U.S. to equal the space of 10 85-story
skyscrapers. What is the item or product?
A: Styrofoam Peanuts! Winner: Mark Mulford of Lansing! Thanks
for listening!
Q: The average American had to work 71.6 hours in
1962 to buy this item. By 1992 it took only 60.7
hours to buy the same item. What is the item?
A: A Mattress! Congratulations to Katherine, the winner of this
question!
Q: At one time in
Alaska, it was illegal to do this from an airplane. What is it that was
illegal to do?
(this could still be on the books, we're not
sure!!)
A: Looking at a moose! Shawn, from Manpower in Ionia on Main
Street was our winner!
June 13th:
Q: At one time in Paris, These were sold
door to door.....what was sold?
Not: Condoms,
toilet paper, newspapers, roses, flowers, wine, stereographs, Automobiles, cemetery plots,
funerals, false
teeth, wheels of cheese, eggs, doors, guns, hats, chastity belts for "the city of
love" poodles,
American books,
women's nylon hosiery, Artwork, Bathtubs, ......
A: Not the Bathtubs.....but.....the baths themselves!
June 12th:
Q: What toy, still sold
today, began as a weapon?
A: The Yo-Yo. Began in the Philippines, weighing around 4 pounds with a
20 foot cord.
Winner: Mike from Muir!
May 23rd:
Q: "Sales of this item actually tend to go up
in economically harder times. What is the item?
A:
Aspirin! (People tend to "self
medicate" when money is tighter?
Winner: Shawn, from Manpower in
Ionia
May 22nd:
Q: "90 Acres of this disappears every day. What is
it?
A: Pizza, eaten by Americans.
May 9th:
Q: "Statistics show that people with blue eyes and red hair are
more likely to do what than people
with brown eyes and brown hair?
A: Bite their Fingernails, the answer e-mailed in on Thursday the
18th,
Winner: "At work" so I have to remain anonymous.
April 27th:
Q: "Termites will double the rate at which they chew through wood
when what happens?"
(this is according to tests at several University laboratories.)
A: "When loud rock
music is played at them!
Winner: Dan Trieweiler of Ionia on Wednesday May 3, 2006
April 26th:
Q: "One out of ten of these are made in
Miami........What are we talking about?"
A: "Dirty" or
"Naughty" movies.
Winner: Robbie from Wolbers' Landscaping, Ionia
April 12th:
Q: Many restaurants in Argentina Customarily serve what
with each meal?
A: Dice! Loser pays!
Winner: Angi, who listens at Clothing Care in Ionia!
March 28th:
Q: Only one out of every 40 of these items sold actually ever gets
used. What is the item?
A: Kites!
Winner: Katherine of Ionia