Question #1
The official legal difference between a fruit and vegetable was decided by the United States Supreme Court in 1893. How did the U.S. Supreme Court define "Vegetable" and "Fruit" in that decision?  Any plant or part of a plant generally eaten as part of the main course of a meal is a vegetable.  Any plant or part of a plant generally eaten as an appetizer, a dessert, or out of hand is a fruit.

Question #2
What country are you in if you see Green Giant canned sweet corn advertised as a topping for ice cream? South Korea

Question #3
It is illegal to hunt camels in the U.S. state of Arizona.

a) True
b) False

Question #4
What is the title of our latest "Rant"? "They Can't Steal My Christmas"

Question #1
What U.S. city is known as "The Cornbread Capitol Of The World"?
South Pittsburgh, Tennessee

Question #2
What U.S. city is called "SpaghettiOs Capital of the World"?
Grand Rapids, Michigan

Question #3
How did "Spam" (the meat product - not the email kind) get its name? What do the letters "SPAM" represent?

"Introduced on July 5, 1937, the name "Spam" was chosen in the 1930s when the product, whose original name was far less memorable (Hormel Spiced Ham), began to lose market share. The name was chosen from multiple entries in a naming contest. A Hormel official once stated that the original meaning of the name spam was "Shoulder of Pork and hAM". According to writer Marguerite Patten in Spam – The Cookbook, the name was suggested by Kenneth Daigneau, an actor and the brother of a Hormel vice president. The current official explanation is that the name is a syllabic abbreviation of "SPiced hAM", and that the originator was given a $100 prize for coming up with the name".

Question #4
Values on the Monopoly game-board are the same today as they were in 1935:

a) True
b) False

Question #1
On average, how many people choke to death on ballpoint pens every year?

a) 1000
b) 500
c) 100
d) 200

Question #2
What is the only natural food that is made without destroying any kind of life? Honey

Question #3
The giant red star Betelgeuse has a diameter larger than that of the Earth's orbit around the sun. 

a) True
b) False

Question #4
Two-thirds of the world's eggplant is grown in this U.S. state:

a) New Jersey
b) California
c) Florida
d) Georgia
e) Arkansas

Question #1
The infamous gangster Al Capone carried business cards. What did his business cards say his occupation was?

a) A Car Dealer
b) An Insurance Man
c) Owner of a Produce Company
d) A Furniture Dealer

Question #2
What do bullet-proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers and laser printers all have in common? All were invented by women.

Question #3
What is the next line in the following sequence:

1
11
21
1211
111221
312211
13112221
1113213211
31131211131221

Question #4
You shouldn't Throw rice at weddings because when birds eat it it swells in their stomachs and causes hemorrhaging.

a) True
b) False

FRIDAY - DECEMBER 22, 2006 - QUESTIONS/ANSWERS/WINNER
Questions & answers are below. The winner was Hope K.

Question #1
You throw away the outside and cook the inside. Then you eat the outside and throw away the inside. What did you eat? Corn-on-the-cob

Question #2
Former U.S. President George Washington's wooden dentures were actually made of hippo and elephant ivory on a solid gold base.

Question #3
The Dundas was the world's first steam-powered vessel, not Robert Fulton's Clermont.

Question #4
After his death, the body of this Pope was dug up and tried for various crimes. What was this Pope's name? Pope Formosus

Christmas Weekend - December 23 through December 26 - Questions/Answers/Winner
Questions & answers are below. The winner was Larry M.

Question #1
In 1935, Bruno Hauptmann was convicted of kidnapping and killing Charles Augustus Lindbergh Jr, the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh and his wife Anne. What was the primary evidence that brought a guilty verdict?

a) Ransom money found in Hauptmann's garage

b) A handprint on a ladder leading to the baby's room

c) A photograph

d) An anonymous letter sent to the Lindberghs
 

Question #2
Inventor Nicola Tesla's mother was also an inventor. Which of the following did she invent?

a) Hydrogen-powered lawn mower

b) Electric egg beater

c) Perpetual-motion baby carriage

d) Solar-powered washing machine


Question #3
What initially sparked Albert Einstein's interest in science?

a) A garden he grew in his back yard

b) A family trip to a science museum

c) A chemistry set given to him by an uncle

d) A compass he received
 

Question #4
How much did Amelia Earhart earn for being the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean?

a) Nothing

b) $200.00

c) $1000.00

d) She lost money on the trip - she had to pay her own expenses.
 

Question #5 (long weekend you know :-) )
Which book earned Physicist Carl Sagan a Pulitzer Prize in 1978?

a) Cosmos

b) Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future In Space

c) Dragons of Eden

d) Contact