I was driving back to work today from Rotary – flipping through 3 radio stations trying to decide which had the most acceptable tunes (okay, I admit, one of them was NPR but sometimes their mid-day classical selections beat the drivel from the commercial stations!). Settled on Oldies 105.1 when they gave the noontime trivia question: What happens to more people in the month of January than any other month?
Now I truly had no idea but figure it’s worth a try – especially since I usually get a busy signal but Bing! – the call went through and I gave my first guess – people get separated or divorced. BZZZZZZZ – incorrect! Back to the drawing board with my 2nd phone call which also went through and netted me a gift certificate to d’Arpino’s Restaurant when I gave the correct answer. Last month I won the weekly drawing from Jimmy John’s - perhaps it’s time to buy a lottery ticket.
So what was the correct answer? Send me your answer – first correct answer gets a big ATTABOY along with bragging rights! Whoo-Hoo!
Hmmm, so many answers come to mind on this one. I’ll say, more people get pregnant in January. At least I’m willing to bet that happened this last month during the ice storm.
My second guess is that more people have heart attacks during the month of January.
Good guesses but incorrect. The bit about getting pregnant may prove true but stats for many years have shown that happens more in November and December – that’s why we plan for more activity in L&D in August and September every year.
Keep thinking! It’s not just pertinent to Springfield or any particular geographic area according to Summer Stevens on KOSP.
Join health clubs? Go on diets? Answer mindless trivia questions from the radio?
Cindy – good guesses but you are also incorrect. The answer is one that on the surface would indicate the person had no control over what happens but I don’t totally buy into that theory in all instances. Keep thinking – keeps the gray matter active!