this ghost of football past could ace this quiz

While others look forward to the summer and the sun, I am one of those people that looks forward to the cold and chill of winter. While I don’t love the snow and the cold, at least I don’t have to cut the grass every week. One big plus to the winter season is the almost endless parade of sports championships. October brings us the baseball championships. November is the high school football championships. December is a resting period with the winter holidays themselves taking place, but the stage is also being set for college football bowl season. January is the football championship month in both college and pros. Of course the pro championship slops over into February with the Super Bowl. February also brings us the start of the high school basketball tournaments and high school wrestling. March is of course well noted for March Madness with colleges culminating with their championship in early April.

Then it is about time peek outside again.

Were you paying attention last week? I wasn’t so I will have to throw in some non-topical questions.

1) Humorist Andy Borowitz noted that Jeb Bush must be serious about running for president. Borowitz claimed Jebby has resigned what position?

2) Even though everyone calls him “Jeb” Bush, his real first name is not Jeb. Where does the name “Jeb” come from?

3) What group of Iowa marketers is asking for state help in replacing aging underground storage tanks?

4) Have you noticed that while the day is getting longer in the evening, it is still quite dark in the morning? When will the sun finally start coming up earlier in the morning?

5) What is the most universally celebrated of all holidays?

6) January is named after the Roman god of what?

7) Ebola is being considered as a low tech bio weapon by what terrorist group?

8) January 1, 1863 – Abraham Lincoln issued what proclamation?

9) Gov. Terry Branstad had surgery for what ailment last week?

10) January 8, 1935 a king is born. What was his name?

11) What very versatile song writer / performer was honored with a Gershwin Award Friday?

12) A little three year old girl from Elkhorn died of flu yesterday in Des Moines. How many children have died from the flu in the US from flu so fare this year?

13) A woman in Hayden, Idaho died while shopping at a Walmart. What was the cause of her death?

14) December 26th thousands gathered in Banda Aceh, Indonesia to commemorate the 10th anniversary of what?

15) CoOpportunity Health – an insurance group set up for the ACA – became financially unstable due to a provision in what recently passed legislation?

Guess what folks? IT’S BACK TO WORK TOMORROW! Console yourselves with some football games and potato chips.

Answers:

1) being a brother to George W. figuring this would give him a better chance of being president

2) It is an acronym of John Ellis Bush his real name

3) Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa

4) Jan. 9th

5) New Year’s Day

6) Janus – the god of beginning (and thus doors and gates)

7) ISIS

8) The Emancipation Proclamation

9) varicose veins

10) Elvis Presley

11) Billy Joel

12) 15

13) She was shot by her 2 year old who removed a gun from her purse and caused it to discharge

14) the 2004 tsunami

15) The CRomnibus bill

Here’s to a much better 2015 to all our readers.