January Trivia Contest Answers

Home Delivered Meal clients received a winter trivia flyer at the beginning of January. Anyone who completed the trivia and returned it to WCCOA was entered to win a gift basket (pictured below) sponsored by Walker Family Funeral Homes & Crematory! 

The winner of the January gift basket was Rebecca Locke-Gagnon from Perrysburg, Ohio!

JANUARY TRIVIA ANSWERS

Correct answers are underlined.

1. What year did the historic blizzard occur in Wood County, Ohio?   1978

2. What is the birthstone for the month of January?   Garnet 

3. Born on January 8, 1935, this star was known as the “King of Rock and Roll”?    Elvis Presley

4. A person in the U.S. who moves from the north to the south during the winter is referred to as this. Snowbird

5. In what city does the New Year’s Eve ball drop every year?    New York City

6. What is the name of the traditional New Year’s Eve song?   Auld Lang Syne

 

7. Which of the following is NOT affected by wind chill?

    A. Person                  B. Dog

    C. Car Radiator       D. Bird

8. What shape are snowflakes?

     A. Octagons        B.  Hexagons

     C. Pentagons      D. Polygon

9. How much snow is equivalent to an inch of rainfall?

    A. 4 inches       B. 6 inches

    C. 13 inches    D. 20 inches

10. This winter sport is sometimes referred to as “the roaring game.”

    A. Curling              B. Hockey

    C. Figure Skating    D. Snowboarding

11. What American holiday is celebrated on the third Monday of January?

      A. Washington’s Birthday                 B. Columbus Day              

      C. Memorial Day                              D. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 

12. In figure skating, what is the term for a jump which includes a one-half extra rotation, generally considered to be the hardest skill?

      A. Axel              B. Lutz

      C. Toe Loop      D. Salchow

13. Which sport is the official national winter sport of Canada?

      A. Figure Skating        B. Ice Hockey

      C. Football                  D. Skiing 

14. To be considered a blizzard, snow must be blowing at a minimum of 35 mph and have reduced visibility

       under what distance?

      A. 1/4 mile         B. 1/2 mile

      C. 3/4 mile         D. 1 mile

15. The New Year’s tradition of eating pork & sauerkraut is supposed to do what?

      A. Cleanse your system          B. Reduce the production of beef

      C. Bring you good luck       D. Promote social gatherings 

16. The first Winter Olympics took place in the French Alps during what year?

      A. 1910       B. 1924

      C. 1930      D. 1941

17. The popular narrative poem "The Raven" was first published in January of 1845. Who is its author?

      A. Ann Taylor                B. William Wordsworth

      C. Thomas Godfrey       D. Edgar Allen Poe

18. The tradition of a New Year’s kiss has been around since the Middle Ages.  TRUE

19. Sneezes regularly exceed 100 m.p.h.   TRUE

20. Bacon fat was used to make explosives during WWII.   TRUE

21. Groundhogs Day falls on January 2 every year.  FALSE (Correct Answer: February 2)

22. There is an average of 105 snow-producing storms in the United States in a typical year.  TRUE

23. The coldest continent is Antarctica.    TRUE

24. Water freezes at 34 degrees Fahrenheit.  FALSE (Correct Answer: 32 degrees)

25. January is the overall most popular month for birthdays.  FALSE (Correct Answer: August)

  

Tale Through the Mail: Perrysburg Area Senior Center Edition

 In August of 2020, we started a Collaborative Story Project! Eight different stories originated from our eight senior center locations. Participants were asked to do the following:  

1. Record your information on the contact sheet.

2. Add a sentence or two to the story on the blank pages provided. 

3. Mail or hand-deliver the story to a friend or family member! 

We asked that the stories be returned to WCCOA around October 31, 2020 to be published here. We hope to receive our last five tales through the mail in the coming months. 

Perrysburg Area Senior Center Story

Contributing Authors: 

Willis Beck & Marty Hogle

It was the middle of the summer of 2020. Each day's newspapers brought the news of the passing of one of our former friends. I drove down to Bowling Green and walked around the Wood County Fairgrounds for about twenty minutes. 

This has been a very unusual season controlled by the Corona Virus curtailing of our simple pleasures. Meetings with friends and family, no church attendance or Senior Center gatherings. Even meals and gatherings with family prohibited. No shopping trips or restaurants to enjoy. But we are survivors and books came off bookshelves and TV became our daily companion. Our home became our palace. We survived!

Tale Through the Mail: Northeast Area Senior Center Edition

 In August of 2020, we started a Collaborative Story Project! Eight different stories originated from our eight senior center locations. Participants were asked to do the following:  

1. Record your information on the contact sheet.

2. Add a sentence or two to the story on the blank pages provided. 

3. Mail or hand-deliver the story to a friend or family member! 

We asked that the stories be returned to WCCOA around October 31, 2020 to be published here. Check back here on January 22 when the Perrysburg Area Senior Center story will be published!

Northeast Area Senior Center Story

Contributing Authors: 

Jan Baker, Dana Kel, Shirley Kingsley, Brenda Oakley, Lois Sounders, 

Mary Wilkolek, and Paul Zam

The phone did not stop ringing all day...

I found out it was the tinnitus in my ear. Whew! Glad I didn't try and answer it... so I got that straightened out. 

I got calls about Medicare, electricity, computer service (I don't have a computer), lower interest on my credit card, debt forgiveness, I won 2.5 million dollars from a contest I never entered, etc. Went back to smoke signals! No more prank calls. 

Seeing the smoke signals, I jumped in my saddle and rode in the other direction, heading further west to the mountains and settled into a wooded area to rest. 

The Lone Ranger and Tonto came and got me. Hi-Yo Silver! We rode away. 

They took me to Walmart so I could get toilet paper and puppy food. I saw a bunch of people I haven't seen in months. 

It was a cold icy winter and my steps on my front porch were covered with ice. I didn't want anyone to slip on them and get hurt so I attempted to remove the ice by getting on my stomach and scraping the ice off. I slipped on each step and ended up in the hospital with a broken wrist and other damages. I only fell five more times since. I now am in my 90s and doing quite well. Thank God. Keep me in your prayers. 

And then the phone rang! It was an evangelist telling me he would pray for me. 

And it rang again. It seems that my car warranty has expired. So I gave my car to Kars for Kids. 

Now it seems that I have won a trip and need to be at the airport PDQ. Unfortunately I'm having trouble hitchhiking with a broken wrist. 

Oh wait... I think I see the Lone Ranger and Tonto. Hi-Yo Silver!! 

December Trivia Contest Answers

Home Delivered Meal clients received a Holiday trivia flyer at the beginning of December. Anyone who completed the trivia and returned it to WCCOA was entered to win a gift basket (pictured below) sponsored by Walker Family Funeral Homes & Crematory! 

The winner of the December gift basket was George Leslie from Northwood, Ohio!

DECEMBER TRIVIA ANSWERS

Correct answers are underlined.

1. What is Ralphie’s little brother’s name in the movie A Christmas Story? Randy

2. What Christmas decoration was originally made from strands of silver? tinsel

3. What was Frosty the Snowman’s nose made out of?  a button

4. What beverage company has been using Santa Claus in its advertising since 1931? Coca-Cola

5. What is the number one best-selling holiday single of all time?  White Christmas

6. This Saturday Evening Post artist was known for his whimsical pictures of Santa Claus? Norman Rockwell

7. This one reindeer is never mentioned in “The Night Before Christmas”?

    A. Donnor       B. Rudolph

    C. Comet          D. Dasher

8. In what city did Miracle on 34th Street take place?

     A. New York         B.  Philadelphia

     C. San Diego          D. Pittsburg

9. This appliance became Santa’s sleigh in this memorable commercial from the 1960’s?

    A. Norelco Electric Shaver     B. Vacuum Cleaner

    C. Toaster                                  D. Microwave

10. Which hymn’s second verse begins with “Christ by highest heaven adored”?

    A. Away in the Manger        B.  O’ Holy Night

    C. Little Drummer Boy        D. Hark the Harold Angels Sing

 11. In 1949, Gene Autry recorded this holiday song?

      A. Frosty the Snowman                    B. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer             

      C. Silent Night                                  D. Deck the Halls

12. What’s the most popular Christmas play featuring toys that come to life?

      A. The Nutcracker                 B. Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

      C. Phantom of the Opera         D. The Grinch

13. Which holiday song mentions “figgy pudding”?

      A. Jingle Bells             B. We Wish You a Merry Christmas

      C. Deck the Halls       D. The Twelve Days of Christmas

14. In the movie “A Christmas Story,” what was the name of the next door neighbors whose dogs ate the Christmas turkey?

      A. The Bumpuses            B. The Burkes

      C. The Brooks                   D. The Bells

15. Who said “God  bless us, everyone!”?

      A. Santa Claus              B. Tiny Tim

      C. Charlie Brown         D. Ebenezer Scrooge 

16. Which one of the these is NOT one of Santa’s reindeer?

      A. Donner        B. Dancer

      C. Dasher          D. Dixon

17. As the clock chimes midnight to ring in the New Year, a Spanish tradition involves eating twelve of  what – one for each chime?

      A. Pecans              B. Chocolates

      C. Sugarplums     D. Grapes

18. Gingerbread houses were inspired by the fairy tale Hansel & Gretel.  True

19. A star is the most popular Christmas tree topper.  False (Correct Answer: Angel)

20. Jingle Bells was the first song ever to be played from outer space.   True

21. Theodore Roosevelt banned Christmas trees in the Whitehouse.  True

22. Candy canes were made to imitate a shepherd’s hook in honor of Jesus. True

23. Ten reindeer drive Santa’s sleigh.  False (Correct Answer: nine reindeer)

24. The ox and lamb kept time with the Little Drummer Boy.   True

25. In A Charlie Brown Christmas, Lucy charges 10 cents for her psychiatric services.  False (Correct Answer: 5 cents) 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tale Through the Mail: Wood County Senior Center Edition

In August of 2020, we started a Collaborative Story Project! Eight different stories originated from our eight senior center locations. Participants were asked to do the following:  

1. Record your information on the contact sheet.

2. Add a sentence or two to the story on the blank pages provided. 

3. Mail or hand-deliver the story to a friend or family member! 

We asked that the stories be returned to WCCOA around October 31, 2020 to be published here. Check back on January 8 when the Northeast Area Senior Center Story will be published!

Wood County Senior Center Story

Contributing Authors: 

Charlene Avery, Carol Ballard, Becky Bhaer, Vicki Carver,  Linda Frizzell, Nada Knauss, Debbie LeGalley, Joyce Osterud, Marilyn Riewaldt, and Jo Sipes.  

There's an old legend that talks about magical fairies living in the forest... 

    Stacy's grandparents have a farm near the forest, or "big woods" as they call it. Stacy knew about the legend and magical fairies, and although she didn't really believe in fairies, she did wonder...

    Whenever Stacy visited her grandparents' farm she loved to walk through the woods and ponder how she would recognize the signs of the fairies' existence. She listened and observed as she walked along well-loved paths. Then one day...

    Stacy saw something flitting in the trees and felt as if she was being watched. 

    "It's only my imagination playing tricks on me," she thought. But after a few minutes, she realized she HAD seen something - a small human-like form with diaphanous wings, long golden hair, and a lovely smiling face. It seemed harmless enough, almost friendly in its appearance so Stacy approached the tree in which the being appeared to be sitting. 

    Stacy said very quietly and slowly, "HELLO". A big voice answered back and said, "I am Susie Sunshine. Do you want to be friends?"

    Stacy thought about answering and finally said "OK, I'd like to be your friend. Can I tell my grandparents about you? Will they believe me? How did you get up there in the tree? Did you fly?"

    Stacy, when your grandparents were young, they believed in fairies. As people lose their innocence of youth, their visions of fairies dim. Perhaps we could rekindle their excitement. Let's try! Ready for an adventure?

    Stacy felt immediately that she could trust the new friend. And she lifted her arms to be caught up in the awe of Susie Sunshine. Together, they flew into the dense forest around and around until a bright glow appeared in the thickest part of the "big woods". As they floated down to a wondrous sight of diaphanous beings dancing and singing, Stacy could hardly wait to tell her grandparents all about this.

    Stacy and Susie Sunshine headed west towards the farm. It was quite a long walk and as they went along their way, Stacy noticed Susie Sunshine wasn't as bright as she was earlier in the day. Stacy asked Susie Sunshine if she would like to stop and rest. Susie Sunshine explained to Stacy that she would be setting soon but would be back bright and early the next morning. Stacy was so excited she hurried back to her grandparents to tell them all about the amazing adventures she had that day. When Stacy got back to the farm her grandmother was outside hanging up the laundry. She looked very busy so Stacy went to look for her grandfather. Stacy looked for quite a while and couldn't find him anywhere. She started walking towards the woods to see if maybe he had gone to collect firewood. As she went further into the woods she came to a clearing and was shocked to see who her grandfather was with...

    He was sitting on a log with a sad look on his face and there was a little gnome, looking equally distressed, standing beside him. Although shocked at the sight of the gnome, Stacy was more surprised by the sad look on her grandfather's usually smiling face. 

"What is wrong, Papa?", she asked with tears starting to flood her eyes. 

"One of my favorite cows has wandered off into the forest, he replied, so I came to ask my friend Lucky Nocktonick if he could help me find her. It's his job to watch over the livestock, but he was distracted by another cow giving birth and didn't see Clover go off alone. He has been unable to find her and, since Clover is also due to have a calf soon, I'm afraid wolves or a bear might get her and her calf if it's born in the forest. I love Clover and don't want anything to happen to her, but the forest is so big. I don't know how we'll find her before it's too late." 

Stacy smiled a big smile and practically shouted "I'll get Susie Sunshine and her friends to look for her." 

"Susie Sunshine?" Her grandfather asked with a puzzled look. 

"She's my new fairy friend", Stacy said with glee, and there are many more like her. They can search the whole forest in no time because they fly so fast!" Stacy took off and ran into the forest yelling "Susie Sunshine, I need you!" 

Within seconds, Stacy was surrounded with what seemed like hundreds of fairies with Susie Sunshine in the lead. "What do you need?" Susie asked with concern. Stacy quickly explained and the fairies took off with a whoosh of tiny wings. 

Stacy ran to tell her Grandfather and the words were no sooner out of her mouth than Susie Sunshine was beside her reporting that Clover had been found and she did indeed have a healthy new baby. The other fairies were standing guard over her until Lucky Nocktonick could stay with her and the calf until they were able to walk back to the barn. Susie led Papa, Stacy and Lucky to where Clover was. Papa decided to name the calf Sunshine to honor Susie Sunshine. He was so grateful to the fairies that he invited all of them to come to his farm anytime they wanted and enjoy all the fresh cream and butter his cows supplied that they could use. Stacy could not wait to tell her mom and dad that she had met a fairy AND a gnome and what they had done. Her parents just smiled sweetly and her mother said "That's nice honey. We'd better go home and put you in bed. Your imagination is running away with you."