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Mystery Monday: Earth Day!

Today is Earth Day and today Todd and I are sharing by talking about some endangered species plants and animals!

Here is the Earth Day website!

Here is the page about Earth Day 2019! This one has all the info about the animals and plants we shared with you!

 

The Afternoons Drive's - Todays mystery question

Questions: There are over 300,000 flowering plant species in the world, what percentage of these plans are and dependent on insect pollination? (within 5%)

Answer: 90%

Congratulations to Karen from Mount Vernon who won a $5 Gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Thank you so much for checking out our blog!

-Hannah and Todd

 

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Mystery Monday

Today on Mystery Monday we chatting with lots of people who were impacted by our Lifeline Theme “God is On the Move” and wanted to share.

Here are a few of the conversations that we shared!

Here are the Staff testimonies!  

Today we did the mystery box! Here are the results of our sense tests!

Hearing Test: 

Question 1: Is it made out of plastic?

Answer: Yes!

Question 2: Does this item have a frame?

Answer:  Yep!

Touch Test: 

Question 1: Is this something you wear?

Answer: Yes.

Question 2: Is this item something that you commonly keep in your car?

Answer:  Yes!

Congrats to Kelly from Mount Vernon who guessed that our mystery item was – sunglasses  –  Lifeline 2018 Fix Our Eyes sunglasses, to be exact! She won that $5 Gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Wondering why the blog is so early?

Let me give you a hint – today is Aprils fools!

Props to Donna and Karen who figured it out!

Thanks so much for listening to The “Afternoon” Drive 😉

-Hannah and Lilly

 

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Who Knew Wednesday: Celebrating Music In Our Schools Month!

Here are the full conversations that we shared today! So many thanks to Chuck Dettmar from Centerburg local schools, Dr. Joann Koh-baker from MVNU and Lizzy Terwilliger a student at MVNU for sharing with us!

Here is some more information on Music In Our Schools Month!

 

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Name A Style Of Music That You’d Be Surprised To Hear That A Teenager Listened To:

  1. Classical –  43 points
  2. Country  – 27 points
  3. Jazz –  19 points
  4. Opera   – 9 points

Congratulations to Nathan from Norwalk who guessed our top answer today! He won that $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

the who knew food corner

Here is the Blog Exclusive Who Knew Food Conner – It’s Spanish Paella Day!

If you don’t know what a Paella is, it’s a traditional Spanish dish, made with rice, meat or fish, and a delicious sauce. Whilst many countries and regions have their own recipes and variations, the best paellas are made in Spain, on the beach, with fresh seafood.

Here are some recipes!

Easy and Classic Paella recipe

The Ultimate Paella

Thank you SO MUCH for checking out our blog!! 
-Hannah and Lilly
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Mystery Monday – Hug an introvert (if that’s okay with them)

Today Lilly and I celebrated the introverts in our lives because it’s “introverts week”!

Most people know if they are introverted or not, but with the help of personality tests, you may be surprised! You could be more or less introverted then you think!

First, we talked about the history of introverts week!

Here are some of the personality tests we talked about:

Briggs Myers/Carl Jung Test 

DISC Assessment  

Holtzman inkblot technique 

We had to give some science behind this as well, of course!

 

The Afternoons Drive's - Todays mystery question

Name something a person owns that reflects their personality.

  1. Car with 57
  2. Clothes with 13
  3. Pets with 9
  4. House with 6
  5. Jewelry with 4
  6. Furniture with 2

Congratulations to Pam from Fredericktown who guessed our top two answers and won that $5 Gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Vally!

 

If you want to know anything about Lifeline 2019, you can head to our website – WNZR.FM! 

 

Thank you for checking out our blog!

– Hannah and Lilly

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Who Knew Wednesday: Lifeline 2019 edition!

Today Lilly and I talked about Lifeline 2019 – which is only one week away! Can you believe it, but we can’t! We are all so excited here at WNZR!

If you want to know anything about lifeline, everything that we talked (and more!) about it is right on our Lifeline 2019 website! 

Who Knew Wednesday Trivia question: 

What was the theme for Lifeline 2009? (Our theme Ten years ago)

Answer: Stumper!

And because you checked out our blog, here is a little blog exclusive hint – If you are thinking Salt and Light, you are on the right track!

 

Thanks for checking out our blog!

-Hannah and Lilly

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Mystery Monday

Today Todd and I talked about something with an unsuspecting depth to it and that is names! It’s “Fun facts about names day”,  so we celebrated by sharing the meaning of our names and talking about names in general!

The meaning of Todd’s Name 

The meaning of Hannah’s Name 

The Power of God’s Names  

We also talked with Joe Rinehart who is on the way to the NAIA basketball tournament to cheer on and report back the games with our MVNU Men’s Basketball Team, The Cougars! Click here if you want more information! 

We played Mystery Box today, and because our item was a little abstract we jumped right into the touch test!

Todd had two questions to ask, here they are with the answers!

  1. Is this a piece of paper?  – yes!
  2. Is this paper blank? – No!

At this point, we asked for what was on the paper.

Congrats to Peter from Howard who guessed what was on the mystery box Paper, which was a list of names – our birthday list to be exact. He won that $5 Gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

If you want to put your name on our birthday list or anniversary list, here is a link to the online form. You can also give us a call at (740) 397 – 9090 or (740) 397 – 9697 and ask to be put on the birthday or anniversary list!

 

Thank you so much for checking out our blog!

-Hannah and Todd

 

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Who Knew Wednesday: Love Your Pet Day

Today and Lilly talked about Pets! We shared some stories about our pets and along with some fun facts about our favorite furry friends and gave you a chance a $5 Gift Card to Troyer’s of Apple Vally!

Here is the link to the history of Love your pet day! 

Some fun facts:

1. The nose pad of each cat has ridges in a unique pattern, not unlike a person’s fingerprints.

2. pet owners in the United States spent $60.28 billion on their furry friends in 2015.

3. Nearly 80 million U.S. households have a pet, and 42 percent of those households have more than one 4. One survey found that 81 percent of cat owners let their felines sleep on the bed, compared to 73 percent of dog owners.

5. The Basenji, an African wolf dog, does not bark in a normal way but may yodel or scream when excited!

6. Cats have 32 muscles in each ear.

Who Knew Trivia Question!

Q: What is the technical term for a pack of kittens?

A: A pack of kittens is called a kindle.

Congratulation to Herb from Mount Vernon who correctly guessed our trivia question and won a $5 Gift Card to Troyers of Apple Vally!

the who knew food corner

Cherry Pie Day!!

Here is the link to the Cherry Pie recipe we shared!

 

Here are the pictures of our pets that we promised!

Tula:

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Sammy and Sully

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Mystery Monday: How to face your fears!

Today on the Afternoon Drive, Lily and I had a very informative show on fear and how to face the fears that you have. We also had a great mystery question for your chance to win the $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

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Name an animal that would be very quiet if you kept it as a pet.

Answers:

  1. Snake -28
  2. Fish- 26
  3. Cat -17
  4. Lizard- 12
  5. Worm -5
  6. Tarantula and Bat with 3

Congratulations to Christina from Butler who guessed the top two answers and won that $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!! Thanks for listening to us, Christina!

We also talked about Fear, what it is and how to beat it!

Here is the article that we shared from about The Psychology of Fear! 

Here is the article that we shared from about Process of facing fear!

Thanks for listing to the Afternoon Drive, you rock!

-Hannah and Lilly

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Who Knew Wednesday: Bountiful Idioms!

Today Lilly and I had a ton of laughs with our Who Knew Wednesday topic – Idioms!

What is an idiom you ask? It’s an idiom is a commonly used expression whose meaning does not relate to the literal meaning of its words. Want to know more about Idioms? Here you go!! 

Here is the list of idioms that we shared from today!

Our Who knew Wedsnday trivia question:  The common phrase, which is also considering an idiom,  “If you think that, you have another thing coming” is actually incorrect.  What is the correct way to say this idiom?

Answer: “If you think that, you have another thought coming”

If you want to know more about this, here you go!

Congrats to Bob from Mount Vernon who won that $5 gift card to Troyer’s of Apple Valley and 4 tickets to the AAA Great Vacations Travel Expo!

the who knew food corner

Today was Frozen Yogurt day! We shared with you some fun facts about Yogurt and started a new fad diet?? #froyo30 #froyolio (Disclaimer: We were 100% joking, please don’t do this.)

Thank you so much for listening to the craziness that is the Afternoon Drive – we appreciate YOU!

-Hannah and Lilly

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