Editorial

Front Page - Friday, January 28, 2011

Brainbuster — Make your brain tingle!

Kay Bona

1. Which fast-food chain’s new mascot made the first ever national television appearance during the 1966 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, and later had a hot air balloon in the 1987 parade? The clown for Jack in the Box; Colonel Sanders for Kentucky Fried Chicken; Ronald McDonald for McDonalds; or Burger King’s ‘King’
2. What is the state motto for Arkansas, and what does it mean? “Regnat Populus” – The People Rule; “Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere” – We Dare Defend Our Rights; “Qui Transtulit Sustinet” – He Who Transplanted Still Sustains”; “Eureka” – I Have Found It.
3. True or False: Is there a real Chef Boyardee?”
4. The word “phobia” is a term that refers to a group of symptoms brought on by feared objects or situations. If you have been diagnosed as having “ablutophobia:, what are you afraid of: darkness; vomiting; washing or bathing; streets and/or crossing the street.
5. Who said it? “Middle age: when you’re sitting at home on a Saturday night and the telephone rings and you hope it isn’t for you.” Tenneesee Williams; Ogden (Ferdiric Nash;) Oscar Wilde; or W. C. Fields.
6. What is the only letter of the alphabet that does not appear in the name of any state in the United States?
7. What state sports the three cities named Bagdad, Goobertown; and Why? Ariz-ona; Alabama; Mississippi; Virginia.
8. If you are diagnosed with a phobia called “eleytherophobia,” what are you afraid of: knowledge; the color red; cats; freedom?
9. What do you call a group of cats? Brood; Heard; Sounder; Clowder.
10. For those of you studying your family’ss roots, what is the most common surname in the United States? Williams; Jones; Smith; Johnson.
ANSWERS:
1. The clown for Ronald McDonald. 2. Regnat Populus, meaning “The People Rule.” A 1907 act changed the motto to its current language from “Regnant Populi,” the motto selected in 1864. The exact origin of this motto is somewhat obscure. “Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere” is the motto for Alabama; “Qui Transtulit Sustinet” is the motto for Connecticut; and “Eureka” is the motto for California. 3. True, there is a Chef Boyardee, although his name is not spelled that way. Hector Boiardi, an Italian immigrant, came to the United States in 1914 when he was only 17. Upon his arrival, he immediately got a job as a chef at New York’s Plaza Hotel, where his brother worked as a waiter. After moving to Cleveland, he perfected his spaghetti and meatball recipe in 1929. His customers kept asking for bottles of his pasta sauce so they could have it at home, and he obliged. He then added cheeses and pasta to the sauce. The results were so popular that he started to sell the products in area stores, and later in stores outside the area. Boiardi remained an advisor in the canned pasta business until his death at age 87 in 1985. Hector’s picture on the label. 4. Washing or bathing. Vomiting is emetophobia, darkness is achluophis, and agyrophia is corssing the street. 5. Ogden Nash, 1902-1971. He also is credited with saying, “Marriage is the alliance of two people, one of whom never remembers birthdays and the other who never forgets them.” 6. Q. 7. Arizona. 8. Freedom. The fear of knowledge is called epistemophobia; fear of the color red is erythropobia; and the fear of cats is called elurophobia or Allurophobia. 9. Clowder. 10. Smith (no surprise).

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