Organizing for America, pro-healthcare rally draws about 500

This morning there were several other events at the Central Florida Fairgrounds including Pop Warner football games, a group of coin collectors, a Jamaican Health Fair of all things, and a flea market, so I had to find my way. At least this sign didn't read "Puppet Show and Organizing for America":



Aha, this is what I was looking for!


Nice to see other members of "the liberal media" were on hand:

(I also saw vans for local channels 2 and 9 outside the rally, but I failed to capture their crews on my camera.)

There were about 500 people on hand (I swear by my number sense as a math teacher that if anything, I'm estimating low):


It was a drizzly morning, and this crowd far outnumbered any other in attendance--including the football game.
All were pro health care. I was called at 6:25 the evening before, so I think this was rally was called on short notice. The speakers were fiery, so I don't think you've heard the last from Organizing for America.

St. Andrews Tavern Trivia

St. Andrews Tavern
1119 W State Road 436
Altamonte Spgs, FL 32714
Jackie is the host
$4 entry fee

St. Andrews Tavern holds trivia every first Tuesday at 8 PM

Questions from July 7, 2009
Round One
1. It is thought that dogs descended from wolves, but what can dogs do that wolves cannot?
2. Mole, Ratty, and Badger are characters in what book?
3. WD-40 is a household lubricant, what do the W and D stand for?
4. What is the more common name of NO?
5. Which cartoon character had the catch phrase, but the power of gray skull?
6. What scientist said, "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration"?
7. Which is the most successfully transplanted organ: Kidney, Liver, or Heart?
8. In the O.J. Simpson trial, who was the judge?
9. If you were putting numbers on a changing room locker, how many number 9's would you use for lockers 1-100?
10. How many stars are there in the earth's solar system?
11. In Rumpelstiltskin, the lady has to give up her child, unless?
12. Who did Ted Turner marry in 1991?
13. At 14, she was the youngest player ever to compete at Wimbledon?
14. How many degree Fahrenheit are there between boiling and freezing?
15. What was the best-selling self-help book by John Gray with a heavenly name?
Round Two
16. In a standard set of playing cards, which is the only king without a moustache?
17. Elvis Presley played only five concerts outside the U.S., all in which country?
18. In Europe what is the game of Clue called?
19. What does CB stand for in CB radio?
20. How do you spell chi-wah-wah?
21. Which NFL team was the first to win three Superbowls?
22. Write the number 6-1/2 as an improper fraction?
23. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?
24. What's sake made from?
25. What is the only U.S. capital to have no capital in common with its state?
26. Which Paul Simon album included music involving 12 South African musicians?
27. Which John Hinckley attempted to assassinate President Ronald Reagan, he did it in an attempt to impress which female celebrity?
28. Which is the largest Caribbean Island?
29. People who are born in London close enough to hear the sound of the Bell of St. Mary's are called what?
30. What are the four parts of a choir?
Round Three
31. What two boxers fought in the Thrilla in Manilla?
32. Why are rats vulnerable to poison?
33. What was the name of the high school in the movie Grease?
34. This past July 4, Joey Chestnutt set the world record for eating how many hot dogs: 43, 56, 68, 71?
35. How many dots are there on a standard set of dice?
36. In the 1970s TV show Little House on the Prairie, what was the name of the doll that appeared in a bonnet and Calico Apron?
37. What is the largest planet in our solar system?
38. What day of the week do Americans call-in on the most? What day of the week do Americans call-in on the least?
39. There was an animated Disney film where the father dies and another where the mother dies? Name the movies and the years they came out.
40. Which state is the farthest west: New York, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, or Virginia?
41. What hereditary blood disease do a large number of African Americans suffer from?
42. What is a "voluntary written statement under oath" called?
43. The Coptic religion is an indigenous Christian religion in what predominantly Muslim country?
44. What is the meaning of the aviation term mach one?
45. Who said, "You can fool some of the people all the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time."
46. During the Great Depression, people who lost their jobs and lived in shanty towns called _____
47. What is the world's longest mountain range?
48. Pewter is mainly constituted by what element?
49. In what year was the first New York marathon run: 1910, 1940, 1970, 1985?
50. When two ships are on a head-on collision course, what rule are they supposed to follow?


Answers
Round One
1. bark
2. The Wind in the Willows
3. water displacement
4. laughing gas
5. He Man
6. Thomas Edison
7. Kidney
8. Lance Ito
9. 20
10. 1
11. comes up with his name
12. Jane Fonda
13. Tracy Austin [or Mita Klima?]
14. 180
15. Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus
Round Two
16. Hearts
17. Canada
18. Cluedo
19. Citizen's Band
20. chihuahua
21. Pittsburgh Steelers
22. 13/2
23. John Steinbeck
24. rice
25. Pierre, South Dakota
26. Graceland
27. Jodie Foster
28. Cuba
29. Cockneys
30. soprano, alto, tenor, bass
Round Three
31. Ali-Frazier
32. can't throw up
33. Rydell
34. 68
35. 42
36. Holly Hobbie
37. Jupiter
38. Friday; Tuesday
39. Lion King (1994); Bambi (1942)
40. West Virginia [though Virginia extends farther west]
41. sickle cell anemia
42. affidavit
43. Egypt
44. speed of sound
45. Abraham Lincoln
46. Hoovervilles
47. Andes
48. Lead
49. 1970
50. turn to the right (starboard)

Apopka Froggers Trivia

The Apopka Froggers holds trivia every Saturday at 8 PM

Location: 1601 Rock Springs Rd, Apopka, Florida, 407-814-0650

Questions from June 14, 2009

Round One (1 pt. ea.)
1. Miley Cyrus now has a clothing deal with which retailer, Wal-Mart, K-Mart, or Target?
2. Beauty School Dropout was a song in what 1978 feature film?
3. Which of the following ethnic groups would be most likely to "jump the broom" at their wedding, African American, Polish, or Jewish?
4. Penelope Cruz is a bond girl, True of False?
5. What percent of human births occur on the due date, 1-5%, 40-50%, 75-95%?
6. What company makes Great Lash mascara?
7. Who played the title role in the 2004 movie A Cinderella Story?
8. In Roman mythology, who were Cupid's mother and father?
9. What was Elle Wood's dog's name in Legally Blonde?
10. Was Midge Barbie's best friend, little sister, or cousin?

Round Two (2 pts. ea.)
1. In which TV series did this phrase occur, "Q, we haven't time for your games"?
2. Angelina Jolie has how many children?
3. Where is the headquarters for Del Monte foods, San Francisco, Dallas, or Atlanta?
4. In the TV show The Simpson, what is the reverend's last name?
5. Word Jumble. CHOPREDMEN. Clue: get it?
6. Which actress appeared in Shakespeare in Love, Royal Tenenbaums, and Iron Man?
7. Which poet wrote, "A thing of beauty is a joy forever," Frost, Keats, or Whitman?
8. The Columbia River touches which two states?
9. What are fluffy clouds are called: stratus, sirius, or cumulus?
10. Ghost Face Killa and ODB were part of which musical group?

Round Three (5 pts. ea.)
1. How many teams compete at the onset of soccer's World Cup finals: 16, 32, or 64?
2. What comedian said "Here's your sign"?
3. What kind of dog appears in the comic Mother Goose and Grimm: Bull Terrier, Boxer, or Rottweiler?
4. Who was the first non-American Time Man of the Year?
5. Which came first the compact disc or Apple computer?
For questions 6-10, give the name of the song that contains these lyrics.
6. "Coast to coast, LA to Chicago."
7. "You know that day destroys the night, night divides the day."
8. "Tommy used to work on the docks."
9. "Go shawty It's your birthday."
10. "Load up your guns bring your friends."

Answers

Round One
1. Wal-Mart
2. Grease
3. African American
4. False
5. 1-5%
6. Maybeline
7. Hilary Duff
8. Venus and Mars
9. Bruiser
10. best friend

Round Two
1. Star Trek TNG
2. 6
3. San Francisco
4. Lovejoy
5. comprehend
6. Gwyneth Paltrow
7. Keats
8. Washington and Oregon
9. cumulus

Round Three
1. 32
2. Bill Engvall
3. Bull Terrier
4. Gandhi
5. Apple Computer
6. Smooth Operator
7. Break on Through [Link is not to the original Doors' version, but to STP's 2002 version.]
8. Livin on a Prayer
9. In Da Club
10. Smells Like Teen Spirit