Happy Labor Day!
Today I was hiding and Lilly was guessing with the Mystery Box.
My items were a pair of Hershey’s Special Dark mini-bars with almonds. Congratulations to Jill from Mount Vernon who wins the $5 certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley. Special thanks to our MVNU President’s Office for providing the items today!
Our Word of the Day is fais-dodo (fey doe-DOE), a noun that is Louisiana cajun slang for a country dance party.
Thanks for listening!
-Joe
Kicking off the first day of classes here at MVNU today, and WNZR, well, I’d say we’re back in full swing, but we never stopped swinging 🙂
T’was a fun Mystery Monday today, and we had an ‘On This Day’ type of question.
So… “On this day 1830 was the first ever demonstration of a locomotive against a horse-drawn carriage. Soooo…. 1. Who won the race… 2. why did they win the race? and 3. What was the name of the locomotive?”
The Horse-drawn Carriage won because the belt slipped off the locomotive, and the name of the Locomotive was Tom Thumb.
Congrats to Shawn from Howard!
Be sure to come visit us on Friday, September 1st at First Friday in Mt. Vernon!
Check out all the details here!
Our word of the day today was… ruth!
This means…
Thanks for listening!
-Lilly
Getting back to business here at WNZR!
Today, for Mystery Monday, we had a poetry mystery Monday question, and it was about the humble haiku!
They have a pattern of syllables that are required for it to be a haiku! Our question today, simply was, what is that pattern?
The pattern is…
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables
Congrats to Marsha from Danville!
Our word of the day was
Hebetude usually suggests mental dullness, often marked by laziness or torpor. As such, it was a good word for one Queenslander correspondent, who wrote in a letter to the editor of the Weekend Australian of “an epidemic of hebetude among young people who … are placing too great a reliance on electronic devices to do their thinking and remembering.” Hebetude comes from Late Latin hebetudo, which means pretty much the same thing as our word. It is also closely related to the Latin word for “dull,” hebes, which has extended meanings such as “obtuse,” “doltish,” and “stupid.” Other hebe- words in English include hebetudinous (“marked by hebetude”) and hebetate (“to make dull”).
Thanks for listening!-Lilly
Good afternoon! Back at it again here for Mystery Monday, and this week we’re playing mystery box! So I think I put a good stumper in there today!
From the hearing test, we learned that part of it is metallic, and it is not related to music in any way. We also learned that it is lightweight, and you can’t eat it.
From the smell test, or just asking questions, we learned that it is an item you’d find in a kitchen. We also learned that it is an item that you use in food prep.
When Joe got to touch the object, he got it right away.
He said it was a utensil you use to ‘break up blocks of cheese’
which was a cop-out, because CHEESE IS IN THE NAME!!!
Never the less, it was a a cheese slicer, and we want to congratulate Ruthie from Mt. Vernon! She correctly guessed! It was a stumper though.
Thanks for listening to the Arvo Drive!
-Lilly
Good afternoon! I hope you’re having a great day!
We’re in full on festival mode here at WNZR, so today on the show, I talked about the Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival, which is right around the corner, and also, lighthouses, because today is lighthouse day!
Here we go!
Lighthouse fun facts….
Dan Emmett Facts…
Our Mystery Monday Question today was Dan Emmett related!
In the 1850’s, Dan Emmett wrote one of the most distinctively American musical products of the 19th century, and it’s this song that he’s still known for.
What is the name of the song?
The answer is ‘Dixie’!
Congratulations to Sandi of Mt. Vernon!
You can find more information and the complete Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival schedule at their website, here!
Thanks for listening!
-Lilly
We would like to congratulate our 4 adult prize basket winners from the Knox County Fair!
Hog #1 – Sarah Row of Mount Vernon won a 222 pound hog from Meredith Overholt from Fredericktown. The purchase price was $3.75 a pound giving a total price of $832.50. Meredith is a part of Country Critters 4-H Club. WNZR purchased this hog with Kokosing Inc.
Hog #2 – Theresa Cobb of Mount Vernon won a 236 pound hog from Natalie Caudill from Centerburg. The purchase price was $3.00 a pound giving a total price of $708. Natalie belongs to the Centerburg FFA. WNZR purchased this hog with A+ Autobrokers.
Hog #3 – Grace Pozderac of Mount Vernon won a 262 pound hog from Jeremiah McKinley from Fredericktown. The purchase price was $3.00 a pound giving a total price of $786. 4-H Club is Green Valley Giants. (WNZR purchased this hog with Kokosing Inc.)
Hog #4 – Rebecca Comerford of of Fredericktown won a 223 pound hog from Riley Farrell from Newark. The purchase price was $3.00 a pound giving a total price of $669. Riley is a member of the Lighthouse 4H Club. (WNZR purchased this hog with A+ Autobrokers.)
We’d like to give a big thank you to all the 4-H kids, and our sponsors who made this prize basket possible!
Today is raspberry cake day, and oh my goodness, I would like to take this moment to formally thank my old high school friend’s mom, Mrs. Ritz. She made the most delicious raspberry, white chocolate layer cake for our Fine Arts Gala every year, and it is still, hands down, the best cake I’ve ever had.
Here are some fun raspberry facts for you…
Thanks for listening!
Today’s Mystery Monday question revolved around the quirks or personality traits that make or break a dating relationship.
Our question? 31% of singles shared in a recent survey said they wouldn’t date someone who didn’t do THIS. The answer? Eat meat. 31% of daters want a meat-eater! Congratulations to Breeonna from Mount Vernon who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!
Here are some other true break-up or “no second date” reasons people shared on online forums:
They smelled like pancakes/Chewed with their mouth open/Bad tooth to gum ratio
Their nose whistled when they breathed/Had the same name as my dad or brothers
Thought people putting windshield wipers up on their cars was a gang ritual – gangs marking their territory
They had an annoying voice/His handwriting was nicer than mine
They didn’t use turn signals when driving/She had Winnie the Pooh bed sheets and towels
Not a gentleman or not a lady/They had no ambition/They were sloppy; messy
Too much video game playing/They were on the rebound from another relationship
They couldn’t swim, so they wouldn’t go into the deep end of the pool with me!
Today’s Word of the Day is fealty (FEE-ul-tee), a noun that means fidelity or faithfulness to a lord; it originated in Old France with the lord and vassal class system.
Thanks for listening!
-Joe
I’m back after a few days of R&R last week…but I do ask for prayers for Lilly’s family as she lost her uncle last week and is at his funeral services today.
Today our Mystery Monday focused on tomorrow night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game with a two-part trivia question.
Today’s question: Who are the youngest position player and the youngest pitcher to ever start an All-Star Game?
Answers? Al Kaline, 1955 (20 years and 6 months) and Dwight Gooden, 1986 (21 years, seven months). Congratulations to Ruthie from Mount Vernon who identified them and wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley. Here are Kaline’s and Gooden’s baseball cards from those years:
Today’s Word of Day is cannikin (CAN-ih-kin); a noun that means a small drinking cup or can. It can also mean a small wooden bucket.
Thanks for listening!
-Joe
Good afternoon!
I hope you had a great weekend!
We’re back with another week of music and fun here on the Afternoon Drive!
Today was mystery Monday, and man, this one went quick!
I did the shake test and we learned that this was an item that you’d find in most offices, and we have it here at WNZR.
Lydia from Mt. Vernon called in and correctly guessed that it was a can of air freshener!
She knew it before I did! Well, congratulations to Lydia!
Our Mystery Monday Question today was in what year did the Gibson Guitar Company release its first guitar for sale, and how much did it cost?
The year was 1935, and the cost was $150.
The guitar was the legendary ES-150.
These ES-150’s costed so much less back in the 1940’s, but now, they run for around $2,000. They are a little different now, because they aren’t really made anymore with the Charlie Christian pickups they were originally manufactured with. They are now made with dog ear P90’s.
Charlie Christian’s have a lot of power and warmth, but the tone is also very clear.
You could say the Charlie Christian looks a little like a nowadays hotrail. A hotrail is a really powerful, passive pickup that works better for hard rock and metal.
Now, Gibson makes ES-150’s with dog ear P90’s. P90’s can get you twangy country sounds, or harder humbucker type tones. It just depends on which pickup you’re using and what amp you’re playing through.
Here’s our word of the day…
Pompadour [pom-puh-dawr, -dohr, -doo r]
any fabric, as cotton or silk, having a design of small pink, blue, and sometimes gold flowers or bouquets on a white background. Or a fabric of the color pompadour, used for garments.
Thanks for listening!
-Lilly the guitar nerd
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