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Mystery Monday & Mission Trip!

Today Malisa hid dried fruit in the Mystery Box!  I love dried fruit…apricots, apples, prunes, mango, etc…and it’s GOOD FOR YOU!

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Congratulations to Phyllis of Danville who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Malisa also shared some of her experiences from her mission trip to Indianapolis, where she worked with Burmese refugees. What will she take away from this experience?  IN her words, “Humans are humans, and sometimes we have to look beyond politics, open our hearts and love all people.”

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Thanks for listening!
– Joe

 

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The Mystery of the Cheese Doodle

Maybe it should be called “orange fingers day,” but we celebrate the cheesy, poofy, crunchy snack today.

The National Day Calendar shares this information:

“The actual inventor of Cheese Doodles is under debate. Generally, the credit goes to a man named Morrie Yohai who made a variety of extruded snack foods in the 1940s for his family’s company called Old London Foods. Other sources show patents for similar products in the 1930s and still other competing accounts in Wisconsin and in New Orleans as well.”

Frito-Lay says it produces Cheetos in 22 countries and there are 50 different flavors! They include Fizzy Pepsi Cheetos in Japan, Japanese Steak in China, Ketchup Cheetos in Poland and Strawberry Cheetos in Russia.

Today’s Mystery Question: How many cows does it take to make a year’s worth of Cheetos?

The answer, according to Frito-Lay’s communications office, is 5,000! A year-long production run requires 11 million gallons of milk, or 10 million pounds of cheddar cheese used in the Cheetos seasoning. WHOA.

Congratulations to Daniel of Mount Vernon, who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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Stamp of Approval!

Mystery Monday

Today Malisa hid a stamp in the Mystery Box – it took several clues, several calls and finally, Jen from Mount Vernon solved the mystery!  She wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Thanks to everyone who bought tickets to the WNZR Valentine’s Banquet – we’re looking forward to a great time Friday.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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Mystery Monday…and Malisa!

Mystery Monday

Today we introduced our new Monday co-host for the spring semester of the show…

Malisa (pronounced mah-LEE-sah) Simco is a sophomore double major in Journalism and Media Production/American History from Portsmouth, Ohio.  This is her first semester on WNZR after completing the Introduction to Radio Performance course this fall.  She’ll be pinch-hitting for Lilly, who has two Monday afternoon classes this spring.

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Malisa got right into it today with trying to figure out what was in the Mystery Box ! Our item today was a Gingerbread Cookie K-Cup.  Congratulations to Randy from Centerburg, who guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

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Mystery Monday – Winter Jam!

Mystery Monday

Today we launched Winter Jam Week on The Morning Thing and the Afternoon Drive – that means artist conversations and pass giveaways all week!

Today our trivia question was about Newsong and we shared Daria Swisher’s conversation with band member Eddie Carswell.

Q: In what church and in what city was Newsong founded?
A: Morningside Baptist Church in Valdosta, Georgia

Congratulations to Kyndall from Gambier, who won the passes and the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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A ‘Clean’ Mystery Monday!

Welcome in to another week full of excitement here at WNZR!
Joe had a Food for the Hungry meeting this evening, so Rachel sat in for him today!

The Mystery Box made it’s triumphant return for 2018!
I hid something in the box, and Rachel had to guess what it was!

Rachel, from the shake test, learned that it’s not contained in its’ own box, and that it’s an irreguar shaped item. From the smell test, we learned that this item is used for making yourself smell good. (After we eliminated your house, and your car, we settled on yourself! From the touch test, we learned exactly what it was!|
Congratulations to Linda from Utica!
It was a soap bar shaped like a gemstone!
Pretty neat Christmas gift I got from my friend Megan : )

Our word of the day today was…
Stardust! || noun

1. (not in technical use) a mass of distant stars appearing as tiny particles of dust.
2. a naively romantic quality:

There was stardust in her eyes
First recorded in 1835-45; star + dust

Thanks for listening!
– Lilly

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A Christmas Mystery Monday!

One of my favorite Christmas songs is the 12 Days of Christmas.
My Mystery Question for today is related to that song…

If you received ALL of the presents mentioned in the song… how many presents would you receive in total!?

1 Partridge in a pear tree X 12 days  = 12
2 Turtle Doves X 11 days = 22
3 French Hens X 10 days = 30
4 Calling Birds X 9 days = 36
5 Golden Rings X 8 days = 40
6 Geese-a-laying X 7 days = 42
7 Swans a Swimming X 6 days = 42
8 Maids a Milking X 5 days = 40
9 Ladies Dancing X 4 days = 36
10 Lords a Leaping X 3 days = 30
11 Pipers Piping X 2 = 22
12 Drummers Drumming X 1 day = 12

12+22+30+36+40+42+42+40+36+30+22+12= 364 gifts.

Without counting the multiple times the gifts are mentioned, it would cost $34,363.49.
Counting the multiple mentions, it would cost $156,507.88.

So if you’re looking for gift ideas this Christmas… this is probably not it.

Congratulations to our Different Kind of Winner from our Different Kind of Giveaway!
Ashley from Howard is winning 2 tickets to see the Different kind of Christmas tour with Mark Schultz and Love and the Outcome on December 10th!

If you would like more information on the concert, check out our website, WNZR.fm.

We’re also gearing up for Food for the Hungry! Our live broadcast is on December 9th, and it will be live streamed on MVNU.tv! For more information, click here!

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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Mystery Monday, post-Thanksgiving

Mystery Monday

Today’s show featured a Mystery Question and our first “Different Kind of Giveaway…”

Our question today focused on one of Ohio’s native sons: Who is the ONLY American to hold the offices of both President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court? And what is his hometown?

The answer? William Howard Taft, who was our President from 1909-1913 and Chief Justice from 1921 until 1930.  He was born and raised in Cincinnati.

Congratulations to Dean, an MVNU student (and history major), who guessed correctly and wins the $5 gift certificate from Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

We also launched ‘A Different Kind of Giveaway’ to win tickets to see Mark Schultz and Love and the Outcome on December 10th here at MVNU. Congratulations to Betsy of Mount Vernon who correctly identified Mark’s song “He Is”…

Our Word of the Day today was illustrious, an adjective meaning “notably or brilliantly outstanding because of dignity or achievements or actions.”

Thanks for listening!
– Joe

 

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Mystery Monday!

Steppin’ in to a brand new week here on the Afternoon Drive! (Haha. Mystery Box Pun).
(Read on to find out why that’s funny).

First thing’s first, he figured out that it was not very fragile and not edible.
He also figured out that the item “slides” pretty easily. (HA another item pun).
The item has a part that is made of a spongy material, and it is mostly used often outside.

From the sniff test, we learned that it is not a gardening item, nor is it a sports item.
We also learned that my feet have a medicated smell. So that’s a thing. Idk man.

eurhythmic

  1. characterized by a pleasing rhythm; harmoniously ordered or proportioned.

    The English eurhythmic conflates two Greek adjectives: rhythmikόs meaning “set to time,rhythmical (movement)”; eurhythmόs, having the wider range of meanings “rhythmical, harmonious (in music, dancing, or song); regular (of a pulse);graceful, orderly (of a person).” The prefix eu- is from Greek eû, an adverbial use of the neuter singular of the adjective eǘs “good, brave, noble,” very common in epic poetry. Eurhythmic is restricted in English to harmony and proportion in architecture and to the   system of exercise with music and dancing. Eurhythmic entered English in the 19th century for the architecture sense, and in the 20th century for the music and dancing sense.

    Thanks for listening!
    -Lilly

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