Quote of The Month

Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives. The greatest discovery of my generation is that a human can alter his life for the better by altering his attitudes of mind.
William James



The Great FSS Trivia Challenge

1) If you listen closely, included in the Mounds/Almond Joy advertising jingle first introduced in 1953 and still being used today is the name of this company, which makes both candy bars.

2) According to the 1972 Chicago hit, “Saturday In the Park” lyric, Funny days in the park, every day is this day.

3) The world consumes about 50 billion pounds of this product annually, one of the few products sold in American stores that is often measured in metric quantities.

4) Americans adopt more children from this foreign nation than any other foreign country.

5) What was the name of the computer that beat World Chess Champion Gary Kasparov in a chess match in 1997?

6) What American Indian tribe is associated with the “Trail of Tears” march in 1838 in which 4,000 died along the way?

7) What famous U.S. Memorial did Ohio native Maya Lin design?

8) Speaking of famous Ohioans, this very successful one once tried to invent a machine that could let us talk to the dead. He didn’t get this one to work.

9) At what Walt Disney World resort hotel would you find a giant Woody?

10) All located west of the Mississippi River, five U.S. State Capital names start with these same two letters.

11) What name is given to the union of two or more metals?

12) In what country did the concept of Kindergarten begin?

13) What American city was once called New Amsterdam?




Last Issue’s Puzzle Solution
1) Ted Bundy
2) John Ratzenberger
3) The Bellagio
4) Dale Chihuly
5) Alaska
6) George Moscone
7) Diamond
8) France
9) Andre Maginot
10) Atlantic City, NJ
11) O Negative
12) Davey Crockett