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Press Trivia:
Written by John Szozda   
Thursday, 18 November 2010 15:56

Which walk-on won a national championship with the Buckeyes?

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1)  A former Oregon woman had a chance to win $1 million by matching halves of a cupcake made by this company.
 a) Hostess
 b) Tastee

2)  Script Ohio, the nation’s most famous marching band routine, was first performed in 1932 by this university.
 a) The Ohio State University
 b) University of Michigan

3) Ben St. John, our area’s newest Buckeye walk-on , played his high school football here.
 a) Woodmore
 b) Clay

4) Mike DeMaria, a walk-on who in 2003 received a national championship ring while playing football for the Buckeyes, graduated from this high school.
 a) Clay
 b) Cardinal Stritch

5) Jordan Kovacs, a walk-on starting safety at the University of Michigan, played his high school football here.
 a) Waite
 b) Clay

6)  This Oregon dentist has secured national distribution for his line of natural pediatric oral health products.
 a) Dr. Steven Branam
 b) Dr. Nicholas Oseransky

7) Step increases are the raises Oregon teachers get every year in their first 11 years for this.
 a) Merit
 b) Seniority

8)  All the tigers in the movie Gladiator, starring Russell Crowe, came from Tiger Ridge Exotics located in this town.
 a) Rocky Ridge
 b) Stony Ridge

9)  Grinding is a popular teen dance banned at local high schools because it simulates this.
 a) The sex act
 b) The making of a Mancino’s grinder

10) Harry and Jean Roberts of Oregon have been married 63 years and this household appliance, which they bought in 1946, has been running since then.
 a) A Kenmore washer
 b) A Westinghouse refrigerator

11)  The number of Toledo Public School students going to charter schools is.
 a)  1,600
 b)  7,600

12)  This Northwood employer announced that in the next three years it would add 300 jobs that pay $13.30 to $17.50 per hour.
 a) Norplas
 b) Johnson Controls

13)  This celebrity Soothsayer won the annual Press contest to predict the winners of high school, college and pro football games.
 a) Mike Seferian, Oregon City Mayor
 b) Marty Sutter, Genoa Bank president

14) The company that harvested a 50-foot pine tree from an Oregon home to be used as a Christmas tree in New York once harvested a 135-foot tree which they lowered by helicopter into a fountain at this theme park
 a) Cedar Point
 b) Six Flags

15) This old technology is making a comeback in the music recording industry.
 a) eight-track tapes
 b) vinyl records

16)  This Oregon Municipal Court Judge was recently elected into the Clay High Hall of Fame
 a) Judge Donald Petroff
 b) Judge Jeffery Keller


Answers: 1.a; 2.b; 3.a; 4.b; 5.b; 6.a; 7.b; 8.b; 9.a; 10.b; 11.b; 12.a; 13.b; 14.b; 15.b; 16.b.

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