Quote of The Month

Regard your good name as the richest jewel you can possibly be possessed of—for credit is like fire; when once you have kindled it you may easily preserve it, but if you once extinguish it, you will find it an arduous task to rekindle it again. The way to gain a good reputation is to endeavor to be what you desire to appear.
- Socrates

The Great FSS Trivia Challenge

1) This longtime CBS news correspondent who was famous as the voice of the children's program "In the News" the 2 1/2 minute feature on one news topic broadcast on Saturday mornings in the 1970s and 80s, recently died at 68.

2) In 2005, the notorious BTK serial killer of Wichita, Kansas was finally apprehended and convicted after a 25 year odyssey. Name him.

3) Where in the world would you find the R.C. Harris Filtration Plant, affectionately known as the “Palace of Purification?”

4) Who won the titles of Hot 100 Single of the Year, Hot 100 Airplay Single of the Year, and Top 40 Track of the Year with the song “How You Remind Me” at the 2002 Billboard Music Awards?

5) What State’s flag is the only one of the 50 not shaped like a rectangle?

6) What monstrous nickname did protesters coin to describe genetically-engineered food?

7) Charles Barkley was known as “The Mound Round of Rebound” but who was dubbed "The Unsound Clown of Rebound" by Sport magazine?

8) What type of animal has been dubbed the official mascot of Coca-Cola?

9) Speaking of soft drinks, Coca-Cola is still the best selling soft drink in the U.S., followed by Pepsi. Can you name the soft drink that is third on the sales list?

10) What is the study of the origins of words called?

11) Who were the two old cronies that heckled the characters on the Muppet Show?

12) When this singer first burst onto the music scene at just 13 years of age, she was often referred to as “the reincarnation of Patsy Cline.”



Last Issue’s Puzzle Solution
1) Jennifer Wilbanks
2) Jim Hightower
3) Stephen Foster
4) Colorado River
5) Snickers
6) Tootsie Roll
7) America
8) All Saints Day
9) Keith Olbermann
10) Bill O’Reilly