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Here comes…spring?

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Today was the first day of spring semester courses at MVNU…but weather-wise, it’s NOT spring! Nevertheless, everyone’s back in the classroom and here’s our lineup for the Afternoon Drive:

Mondays – Joe Rinehart and Eddie Dilts
Tuesdays – Eddie and Hannah Radke
Wednesdays – Joe and Hannah
Thursdays – Joe and Lilly Buckley
Fridays – Joe and Lilly

Mystery Monday’s trivia question today was: Since it’s Apricot Day, what country is the world’s largest producer of dried apricots?  The answer – Turkey, with over 811 tons a year. Congratulations to Ruthie from Mount Vernon, who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our first Winter Jam Trivia question was: Colton Dixon was on what season of American Idol?  The answer? The 11th season.  Pam from Fredericktown was our winner!

Word of the Day – crepitate (verb) to make a crackling sound.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Mountain Dew and Figgy Pudding?

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Monday’s Mystery Box item was a can of Eddie’s Mountain Dew stash for MVNU finals week! I think he wants it back…

Congratulations to Pat from Mount Vernon who helped Joe guess correctly. She wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

We also are doing the WNZR Christmas Gift Exchange all week on the show, so listen for the cue and be caller #9 at 740-397-WNZR.

We will also spend time this week thanking the many folks involved with the 2016 Knox County Food For The hungry drive.

Our Word of the Day was figgy, as in figgy pudding, a traditional British Christmas dessert, that really isn’t full of figs, and really isn’t what we would consider pudding at all!

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Notice it looks more like cake – a cake filled usually with raisins, currant and other types of dried fruit. It’s made with a brown sugar, flour and egg base, with some brandy as well.  Plus you are supposed to let it age for 4-5 weeks before eating it. I would just call this fruitcake!

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Mystery Monday: Tiny Christmas Cards

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Have you ever wondered what the worlds smallest Christmas Card looks like?  Well its 200 micro-meters wide by 290 micro-meters tall, and has a nice little Christmas tree on it.  For our mystery question today we asked who made it?  Mary of Mount Vernon called in and correctly told us it was Glasgow University, and she won a 5$ gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

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Construction Mystery Monday

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The Mystery Box returned for this rendition of Mystery Monday.  Our winner was a pair of brothers, Peter and Edward of Howard, they correctly guessed our item was a plastic construction hat.  They won a 5$ gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our word of the day is Toggery, a noun which means clothes; garments; togs.

 

 

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Thanksgiving Mystery Monday

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Today Mystery Monday, we started to do some Thanksgiving trivia and asked what year the first thanksgiving was celebrated.  Ruth of Mount Vernon correctly called in and told us it was 1621

Our word of the day was Duende, a noun which is Spanish for charm; magnetism.

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Totally Tasty Tom Turkey Hunt!

Today we kicked off the totally tasty tom turkey hunt, our contest where we give listeners a chance to win a turkey from Smithhisler Meats.  For more information on the contest check out wnzr.fm.

It was also make a difference Monday so we discussed Operation Christmas Child.  For more information go to https://www.samaritanspurse.org/occ.

Our word of the day was circumspect an adjective which means well considered.

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Mystery Monday: Pillow Edition

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Today was another addition of Mystery Box Monday, and Joe hid from Eddie.  The item in the box was a pillow given to us by MVNU first lady Sharon Spaulding.  Congratulations to our winner Bonnie from Mount Vernon.

Our Word of the Day is logophobia, a noun meaning an obsessive fear of words.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Mystery Monday Pumpkins

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Today for Mystery Monday Eddie discussed pumpkins, specifically how much the world largest pumpkin weighed.  Beni Meier grew the worlds largest pumpkin in 2014, and it weighed 2323.7 pounds (pictured above.)

Our word of the day is domicile a noun which means a dwelling place : place of residence : home.

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Canadian Mysteries and Operation Christmas Child

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Today was Mystery Monday so we asked our listeners to tell us what holiday is being celebrated today in Canada.  The answer is Canadian Thanksgiving!  Congratulations to Maude of Mount Vernon who correctly gave us the answer.  She wins a gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

We also discussed how Operation Christmas Child is fast approaching, and how you can prepare to help out in this wonderful ministry.  Their website is samaritanspurse.org/occ.

Our word of the day today is dilatory, an adjective which means tending to delay or procrastinate; slow; tardy.

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