Quote of The Month

Character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life—is the source from which self respect springs.
- Joan Didion


The Great FSS Trivia Challenge

1) In 2006 this American city’s airport experienced over 976,000 takeoffs and landings, making it officially the world’s busiest.

2) Titanic is till the top grossing film of all time, but can you name the top grossing animated film of all time?

3) How many time zones are there in the world?

4) He owned just one share of Standard Oil stock on the day he died in 1937 at age 97 in his home in Ormond Beach, Florida.

5) This former President was at one time an All American college football player. His number 48 was retired by Michigan in 1994.

6) Speaking of presidents, this one had a degree in Nuclear Physics and served in the Navy on a nuclear submarine. (Hints: It was not GWB and he was the last president who was right-handed)

7) This company is America’s largest private energy user with an annual power bill that tops 1 billion dollars.

8) According to the U.S. Postal Service, since 1847, these two famous Americans have appeared the most on postage stamps.

9) What English word having to do with time reads exactly the same whether read, forward, backwards or upside down when written in all capital letters?

10) What 1970’s and early 80’s sitcom character was known for putting up “imaginary walls” and wore a bandage somewhere on his body in every episode in which he appeared?

11) This lawyer turned political activist authored the book, “Wake-Up Call, The Political Education of a 9/11 Widow.”

12) Tiger Woods was recently named AP male athlete of the year for 2006, but can you name the now notorious athlete that garnered the award in 1973?




Last Issue’s Puzzle Solution
1)The Best Damn Band In The Land
2) The School Up North
3)Tony Dorsett, Marcus Allen
4) The Round Table Buffet - Excalibur Hotel Las Vegas
5) Alabama
6) Jingle Bells
7) Coral
8) The Statue of Liberty
9) John Deere
10) Portland, Oregon
11) Thomas Ricks
12) Michael Martin Murphy
13) The Edmund Fitzgerald