My #BlogAversary! - Answers to the Trivia Questions - dSavannahRamblesdSavannahRambles

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For those of you who played the Trivia Contest, here are the correct answers! I’ve also included the link where you could/can find the answer, as well as the most creative ~ but wrong ~ guesses {if there were any}. I had a marvelous time reading what y’all came up with.

A special thanks to Betsy and Christopher, who played every single day! (I think that deserves an extra prize, don’t you?!?!)

#BlogAversary! – Day 1

1. How many people have answered The Questions?

Correct answer: 44
Where you can find this info: Obviously, there are several ways. The easiest would be to click on the link “About the Questions” and count the number of names. Of course, this is a trick question, as two people answered The Questions twice: alex kimmell {9/14/12 and 5/6/13} and Shay West {8/27/2012 and 5/28/13}. If you just counted bullets, you’d end up with 46.

2. What was the name of my very first post?

Correct answer: “Start at the Beginning”
Where you can find this info: By clicking August 2012 under “Archives” and finding the first post. This is also sort of a trick question, because my very first post is listed on page 2 of the August archives.

3. What skill does Jeffrey Koterba wish he’d learned as a kid?

Correct answer: b) swimming
Incorrect answers, which Jeff may actually want to learn, but that I made up:
a) knitting
c) biking
d) hiking
e) mountain climbing
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Jeffrey Koterba: writer, cartoonist, musician, of course!

4. As a child, my family once transported what in our car?

Correct answer: c) a coffin; also a trick question, because it wasn’t really one, but it looked like one {in my memory anyway!}
I wouldn’t be surprised if we also transported any of the incorrect answers, but I don’t remember doing so:
a) drums
b) snakes
d) a mummified elephant
e) 50 boxes of Gideon Bibles
Most creative answer: “Fifty boxes of Gideon Bibles, I wanted to say a coffin but that would take a really big car!” {I think 50 boxes of Bibles would take a rather large car as well. Course, this was the 70s, the era of big ole cars…}
Where you can find this info: my post called, appropriately enough, “The Coffin in my Car“

5. Where does author Ann Harth live?

Correct answer: Australia
Isn’t it great how small the world is these days? I can edit a book by an author in Australia, and tell y’all about it!
Most creative answer: “In her mind” ~ I love this, because don’t we all, especially us authors! 🙂
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Ann Harth: writer & editor

#BlogAversary! – Day 2

6. Joe Schmidt is working on his first book. What is the title?

Correct answer: Sugarballs
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Joe Schmidt: very funny man

7. One of The Questions is “Lara Croft or Wonder Woman?” Who did author alex kimmell choose?

Answer he gave: Wonder Woman.
Correct answer {imho}: Lara Croft. 🙂
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Alex Kimmell: writer; this is also a trick question, as he answered the #OrangeKaren edition too

8. h. l. nelson once worked as:

Correct answer: c) a mannequin
Incorrect answers that I totally made up:
a) a mascot for a major-league sports team
b) a barista for the President of her college
d) a foot model
e) an elephant trainer
Where you can find this info: The Questions with h. l. nelson: writer, editor, former mannequin

9. One of the people who answered The Questions is possibly an alien. Who is it?

Correct answer: a) R. J. Davnall; so-called because the only pics any of us have seen of him he is blue and alien-like
Incorrect answers, tho each of these people answered The Questions:
b) Jim Snowden
c) alex kimmell
d) Jerry Gentry
e) Jason McIntyre
Where you can find this info: The Questions with R. J. Davnall: writer, musician, PhD student, possible alien

10. Whose music inspires Sarah Martinez the most?

Correct answer: b) Marilyn Manson
Incorrect answers {did y’all notice I went for alliteration on the other options?}:
a) Mumford and Sons
c) Meatloaf
d) Metallica
e) Mama Mia
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Sarah Martinez: writer & editor

#BlogAversary! – Day 3

11. I first met author K.D. McCrite where?

Correct answer: d) at a writers’ group in the Ozarks
Incorrect answers:
a) at a Nascar race in Charlotte, NC {I don’t think you’d catch either of us at one of those; too noisy!}
b) at a writers’ convention in Cincinnati, Ohio {that’s a possibility, but I’ve never even been to Cincinnati}
c) at Walmart, where we bonded over the frozen foods {in a small Arkansas town, this is actually quite likely to happen, but that’s not the case here}
e) at the Laura Ingalls Wilder house in Mansfield, MO {we have been there, together even!}
Most creative answer: “D, baby” LOL!
Where you can find this info: The Questions with K.D. McCrite: writer

12. In November, I wrote three posts titled “So, I haven’t been blogging”. Name one thing I was doing instead.

Correct answers: editing, writing reviews, hooking (crocheting), shooting a family, traveling, collecting answers for The Questions
Most creative answer: “Hooking. You KNEW I’d pick that one! :P”
Where you can find this info: Um, click on November 2012 under “Archives” and read the posts. Duh!

13. What day did my book, A Spicy Secret, get released?

Correct answer: December 6, 2012
Where you can find this info: you’d have to do a little searching, but the info is in the post Some More Favorite Quotes: Faith

14. Who dedicated one of their books to me?

Correct answer: e) K.D. McCrite
Incorrect answers, tho these ladies all answered The Questions:
a) Nikki Van De Car
b) Trish Marie Dawson
c) Elise Stephens
d) Shay West
Most creative answer: “Crap- I don’t remember…”
Where you can find this info: in the post Serendipity; I’m still in awe that she dedicated her book to me

15. What is one of artist Bryan Wilson’s guilty pleasures?

Correct answer: Watching Scandal with his wife
Most creative answer: I don’t think I can actually share it… tho it made me LOL. And blush.
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Bryan Wilson: Artist, Designer, Educator…Overall VISIONary

#BlogAversary! – Day 4

16. What super-power does author Jason McIntyre wish he had?

Correct answer: a) power to stop time
The answers provided by other authors:
b) invisibility – wished for by someone, but I can’t figure out who… Lemme know if you can!
c) flying – wished for by Stu Jenks
d) controlling storms – wished for by A.J. Aalto
e) shape-shifting – wished for by David Fumarola
Where you can find this info: since Jason answered every single question, there are three posts to read! The answer is actually in Part 3.

17. Why did I turn Orange for a brief time in April of this year?

Correct answer: e) to help an author with orange hair
Incorrect answers:
a) too much tanning lotion {This could have been likely about 20 years ago when I was still a sun-worshiper, but not now!}
b) too many carrots {I like carrots, but not that much!}
c) modeling for a performance art piece about oranges {A strong contender, but nothing I’ve ever done! (Yet, anyway)}
d) painting a mural in my house {nope! Never done that either.}
Where you can find this info: by clicking the #TeamOrange category link

18. What is the name of author Christopher Cantley’s cat?

Correct answer: another trick question, as he has four of them: Mickey, Tinkerbell, Ninja, and Abbie, but the photo showed Tinkerbell licking his face
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Christopher Cantley: #TeamOrange edition

19. Which #TeamOrange author named a character “Savannah” after me?

Correct answer: c) Cara Michaels. The main character in her fabulous story “Change Finds You” is named Dr. Savannah Welborn. I like being a doctor!
Incorrect answers, tho these gentlemen are all in #TeamOrange:
a) R.B. Wood
b) Jeff Tsuruoka
d) Jerry Gentry
e) Jesse James Freeman (the only one who didn’t answer the #TeamOrange edition of the Questions)
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Cara Michaels: #TeamOrange edition

20. Author Katie Reiter once missed an audition for a big TV show. What was it?

Correct answer: Even Stevens
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Katie Reiter: writer

#BlogAversary! – Day 5

21. Author A.J. Aalto wishes she had enough money to what?

Correct answer: Hire a manservant.
Where you can find this info: The Questions with A.J. Aalto: writer

22. What year did my grandmother turn 16?

Correct answer: 1934. This is the year she got a lovely wooden desk for her birthday… and which is now one of my treasured possessions. By the way, she turns *95* this September!
Where you can find this info: my post called “Acts of Faith“

23. Who is obsessed with hula hoops?

Correct answer: a) Stu Jenks; he uses them in his amazing photography, most of them wrapped in Christmas lights
Incorrect answers, tho these people all answered The Questions:
b) Stephanie Kate Strohm {tho it would be fun if her next book involved them!}
c) Valerie Haight
d) Robert Chazz Chute
e) Bharti Kirchner
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Stu Jenks: writer, photographer & musician (Pt. 1) and Pt. 2

24. Who has a doctorate degree in Human Medical Genetics?

Correct answer: d) Shay West – who is a smarty-mcSmarty person. I like that about her.
Incorrect answers, tho these people all answered The Questions:
a) Tim Queeney {magazine editor, filmmaker, celestial navigation instructor, dad and offshore sailor}
b) Christina Esdon {author and mermaid}
c) Amy Davis {illustrator}
e) Eric Kobb Miller {humorist}
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Dr. Shay West: writer, scientist, teacher or her second edition

25. Which of my questions has been answered the most by my guests?

Correct answer:#5. What skill(s) do you wish you’d learned as a kid? {25 of the guests answered this one, and most of them wanted to learn a musical instrument} {also, only one person guessed this correctly!}
Incorrect answers:
#3. If you could trade places with anyone for a week, living or dead, who would it be and why?
#8. Your favorite book growing up? Your favorite book now? – This one is actually the #2 most answered Question.
#18. Your work space: neat or messy?
#26. I wish I was rich enough to ____?
#35. Tell me one random fact about you that not a lot of people know.
Where you can find this info: Okay, so, to actually get this info, you’d have to count every single question from every single guest, so …. doable, but I doubt anyone has that kind of time! I actually have a spreadsheet where I keep track of such things. 🙂

#BlogAversary! – Day 6

26. What famous author did Eric Kobb Miller impersonate in high school?

Correct answer: a) F. Scott Fitzgerald
Incorrect answers:
b) Charlotte Bronte
c) Ernest Hemingway
d) Laura Ingalls Wilder
e) Albert Camus
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Eric Kobb Miller, aka Spit Toon: humorist

27. When is my birthday?

Correct answer: 7/11 {only the best birthday *ever*!}
Where you can find this info: on any of the three posts with my birthday twin, Betsy Madden

28. What famous historic figure is my birthday twin related to?

Correct answer: c) Meriwether Lewis from Lewis and Clark, the explorers
Incorrect answers:
a) Mary Todd Lincoln, wife of President Abraham Lincoln
b) Samuel Morse, inventor of the telegraph
d) Florence Nightingale, the nurse
e) Annie Oakley, American sharpshooter
Where you can find this info: The Questions with Betsy Madden: Birthday Twin & Bibliophile (pt. 3)

29. How many questions did I have when I first started my blog?