Many people know that one of the things I do is ask trivia questions and vocabulary words. For instance, most days on my board at work I post some type of trivia question. With my nieces and nephews I will put $1 bill on the table and ask the definition of a word or ask a general knowledge question. (Thanks to the Gayniers for getting me started on vocabulary words at the dinner table. Ryan, can you say morass?)
Earlier this week the board “question” was list the 23 U.S. states that border an ocean. Everyone could add one or two states to the list. That evening I was at my friends’ home eating dinner so I put $1 on the table for Brian and said I’d give it to him if he could name the 23 U.S. states that border an ocean. I was quite impressed that he pretty quickly got about 15 of them. He then took about 5+ minutes to get 7 more. He was stuck on the final one—RI—for quite awhile. Renae, Glenn, and I were having a good time with this. Brian didn’t want a clue for quite awhile. Finally I offered him the first letter—I; after all, it is the first letter of the second word. He went through Iowa, Illinois, Indiana and was really struggling with it. Finally Glenn said, “Look around, who asked you the question?” Brian, thinking back to where I came from said, “Ohio?” We about died laughing. Finally, he came up with Rhode Island.
He was a good sport.
Someone else at the table said, “Can you name the seven Great Lakes?” I offered him $1 to do so!
2 comments:
Ok, so now what are correct answers? When I went to school in the 30's and 40's, there were five Great Lakes. Guess evolution must have played a role to make seven. This is from an ardent creationist.
That's why I was so willing to offer $1 for the 7 Great Lakes since there are only 5!
--Rhoda
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