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Hometown favourite and left tackle, Logan Ferland, visited Kindersley on Monday, March 13th.

He was promoting the Rider Reading Program at Westberry Elementary School throughout the day and, later that evening, was available for photos at A&W. Logan was pumped about returning to his hometown, where he could read to all the kids at Westberry. And the kids were excited, too and couldn’t wait to tell him that their parents said they personally knew Logan. | PHOTO BY JOAN JANZEN Although teachers promote the importance of reading every day, it’s a whole different ball game when the same message comes from a Roughrider team member. Logan not only read to the students, but as a former Westberry student, he talked about the importance of daily reading.

Logan was there to answer any students’ questions, sign autographs, and visit with his former teacher. Later that night, he hung out with Rooty, the A&W bear, who stood outside the restaurant, waving customers inside to take their photo with Logan.

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1. What three pieces of equipment are necessary to play the Irish sport of hurling?

2. What’s the oldest pub in Ireland?

3. What’s the symbol for gold on the Periodic Table of Elements?

4. What was the Viking name for Ireland’s capital city of Dublin?

5. What 2015 Oscar-nominated movie starring Saoirse Ronan is about a young Irish immigrant who moves to New York City in the 1950s?

6. According to folklore, what’s a leprechaun’s occupation?

7. What 1959 children’s movie helped shape the modern-day image of a leprechaun?

8. Which breakfast cereal has “Lucky the Leprechaun” as its mascot?

9. Which best-selling Irish band features Larry Mullen, Adam Clayton, the Edge and Bono?

10. Irish musician Gilbert O’Sullivan hit No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972 with what song?

11. Which Irish actor starred in the 1962 Oscar-winning movie “Lawrence of Arabia?”

12. Which song is known as the unofficial anthem of Dublin, Ireland?

13. What cheerful Irish greeting is often associated with St. Patrick’s Day? 14. According to Irish folklore, what will you find at the end of a rainbow?

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TUESDAY, MARCH 14 • Kindersley Bellydance is offering a Bellydance for Beginners class every Tuesday until March 28 from 5:30-6:45 PM. Held at St. Paul’s United Church (Glidden Room). Try before you buy - try the first class with no obligation. Bring a yoga mat or a blanket. Call Evelyn Faubert 306-463-7191 for more information or email: kindersleybellydance@gmail.com • Lego Club at the Kindersley Library. Ages 8-14 3:45-4:45 PM. Every Tuesday until May 30. Lego is provided. Contact Michelle Yates at 306-463-4141 or email: kindersley.library@ wheatland.sk.ca for more info.

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15 • AWANA Boys and Girls Club 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm at the Kindersley Alliance Church, 74 West Rd. Stories, Songs, Games and Learning about God’s Word! For everyone in grade K-6. Call 306-463-6568 or email: kacoffice7@ gmail.com • PickleBall 7:00-9:00 PM at Elizabeth School (200 5th Ave. East). South west entrance.

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THURSDAY, MARCH 16 • Adult Volleyball 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm at Kindersley Composite School, 606 3 St E. Adults of all ages are welcome, and there is a fee of $20 to pay for the season which will run all fall and winter long. Contact Doug Longtin (306) 4638448.

MARCH 17 - MARCH 18 • Kindersley Curling Club Men’s Bonspiel.

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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22 • RCMP Town Hall 7:00 PM at the Kindersley Legion Hall. Everyone welcome.

• Kindersley Soccer AGM 7:00 PM at the KCS Library. Please attend if your child wants to play soccer in the spring.

SATURDAY, MARCH 25 • Kindersley Screen Arts presents “Tar” 4:00 PM Sunset Theatre. $10 at the door.

MARCH 22-26 • SK Provincial Curling Club Championships.

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MARCH 30 - APRIL 2 • West Central Oilmen’s Association 2023 Almost Annual Bonspiel.

FRIDAY, APRIL 7 • Kindersley Community Choir Easter Concert 7:00 PM at St. Paul’s United Church. Free-will offering accepted.

• Light Up The Night “Jelly Bean Dance” at the Royal Canadian Legion 6:00-9:30 PM. Ages 2 - Teen. $5 per child (under 2 free). Under 7 requires parent supervision. All proceeds towards Women’s and Children’s Shelter. Message Stephanie 306-430-9093 for more info.

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* Monday Night Jam Sessions at the Norman Ritchie Community Centre. Doors open at 6:30 to set-up, then the fun begins at 7:00-11:00 PM. Call Keith 306-460-8633 for more info.

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Now she’s bouncing back with another sitcom, which is yet to be named, with veteran comedy writers Carol Leifer (“Seinfeld”) and Andy Gordon (“Modern Family”). According to Deadline. com, Heaton will play “the host of an upscale lifestyle show sent to prison for embezzlement and tax evasion. She gets out after two years, forgotten and broke, and moves to Tennessee to live with her estranged sister.”

The show will be filmed in Nashville, where Heaton has a residence, and will air on Fox. The only thing stopping it is the potential of a writers strike if negotiations with the Writers Guild of America come to a halt when their contract is up for renewal in May. While there aren’t as many network sitcoms as there used to be, the few that have premiered in recent years have generated quite a loyal audience. “Abbott Elementary,” “Ghosts” and “Night Court” all have already been renewed for another season before their current one has been completed. *** I remember when Chrishell Stause was a soap opera actress, but now she’s on a reality show. Is she ever going to act again?

— N.S. Chrishell Stause, who hails from Kentucky, made her acting debut on the ABC soap “All My Children” back in 2005. She went on to play Jordan on “Days of Our Lives” and Bethany on “The Young and the Restless,” the latter soap in which she starred with her husband at the time, Justin Hartley. She supplemented her acting revenue by getting her real estate license and joined the Oppenheim Group, selling mansions in

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— S.M. No remake is on the horizon, but the original “Titanic” has been remastered and made its way to theaters this February. James Cameron, director of the Oscar-nominated blockbuster “Avatar: The Way of Water,” has redelivered “Titanic” to the big screen for its 25th anniversary with stars Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet. The running time is 3 hours and 15 minutes, which was an anomaly back in 1997.

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He wasn’t Irish. If you’re not familiar with the story of St. Patrick, you may not be aware that he is not in fact Irish. St. Patrick is British.

It’s believed that he was born in either Wales or Scotland.

This is arguably the most frequently misbelieved of the many facts about St. Patrick.

When he was born. St. Patrick was born in Roman-Britain (Britain was under Roman rule for 350 years) circa 386 A.D. He didn’t arrive in Ireland until 433.

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He was abducted at 16. This is another of the lesser known St. Patrick facts that I had never really heard. St. Patrick was abducted at the age of 16 and brought to Northern Ireland as a slave. He was forced to tend to sheep for 6 years in the mountains.

His remains are believed to be at Down Cathedral. It’s believed that the remains of St. Patrick are buried at Down Cathedral in County Down.

This magnificent Cathedral is a Church of Ireland cathedral and it’s found on the site of a Benedictine Monastery.

His name wasn’t Patrick. One of the more surprising St. Patrick’s Day facts revolves around his name. So, apparently ‘Patrick’ is a name that he picked up along the way at some point. St. Patrick’s real name was ‘Maewyn Succat’. The best of luck pronouncing that!

He didn’t banish snakes. For as far back as I can remember, I was told that St. Patrick banished the snakes from Ireland. However, there were never snakes in Ireland…It’s believed that the St. Patrick snakes link is all about symbolism. In Judeo-Christian tradition, snakes are the symbol of evil.It’s said that St. Patrick banishing the snakes from Ireland represents his fight to bring the word of God to Ireland.

He escaped Ireland by boat. According to St. Patrick’s Confession (a book that is said to have been written by St. Patrick), God told Patrick to flee his captures and make his way to the coast where a boat would be waiting to take him back home.

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1. Name the debut album of Curiosity Killed the Cat. 2. Who was Tom Dooley (of Kingston Trio 1958 song fame) and what did he do?

3. Name the ’50s artist who wrote and released “Island in the Sun.” 4. How do you know if you’re a Parrothead?

5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: “The scales are sometimes unbalanced, And you bear the weight of all that has to be.”

Answers 1. “Keep Your Distance,” released in 1987. The album topped the charts in the U.K., but the individual songs didn’t do as well.

2. Tom Dula was a North Carolina soldier in the Civil War who’d killed his girlfriend. A politician lured Dula to his farm for work and Dula was captured and hanged.

3. Harry Belafonte, in 1957. The song was also used in the film by the same name, which was taken from the 1956 novel of the same name.

4. If you wear Hawaiian shirts and parrot hats to Jimmy Buffet concerts, you’re a Parrothead.

5. “Giving You the Best That I Got,”

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Vermilion sells 5,500SaskEnergy boepd in southeast Saskatchewan Twice last week, set new daily around Arcola and Queensdale in $225 million deal natural gas usage records, and we can thank Vermilion Energy Inc. announced the completed $500 million of strategic acquisale of approximately 5,500 boepd light supply sitions, despite incurring $406 million of Alberta for most ofofour oil production in southeast Saskatchewan on March 8.

That’s roughly half of setting its production in Not only was Saskatchewan electrical conSaskatchewan.

For 2022, sumption records during the coldVermillion snap of lastaverweek of December, webarrels also set two consecutive aged 11,777 of oil per day.natural gas consumption records, too.

The announcement came as part of the According to SaskEnergy in a Dec. 31 release, “Excompany’s 2022across year-end financials.

The treme cold weather Saskatchewan this week resulted in record-breaking demand the Saskatchewan sale innatural a waygaspaired upinwith province.

On December 28 and natural gas conan acquisition in Ireland as29,well as gas desumption surpassed the previous daily record of 1.57 velopment in British Columbia. petajoules (PJ) which was set in February 2021.

Innew thedaily release, Vermilion “Subse“A record of 1.62 PJ wassaid, set on December 28 and broken again on December 29 withan totalagreesystem quent to year-end, we signed delivery of 1.64 PJ. Delivery numbers for December 30 ment to sell certain assets in southeast and 31 are not yet finalized, but are also expected to Saskatchewan.

The assets are comprised exceed 1.6 PJ.” of The approximately 5,500 boepd of nonnatural gas records coincided with record power consumption.

On Dec. 29, SaskPower set another core light oil production spread across the record in power consumption for Saskatchewan. At greater Arcola and Queensdale areas of 5:27 p.m. on Dec. 29, 2021, Saskatchewan homes and southeastreached Saskatchewan.

Total cash conbusinesses 3,868 megawatts (MW) in power use, accordingis to the Crown corporation.

The closing previous sideration $225 million, before record of 3,792 MW was reached four years ago the adjustments.

Following our entry intotothe day, on Dec. 29, 2017.

Montney, these mature assets were unSaskatchewan’s power production has increasinglikely to from attract The was ly shifted coalcapital. to natural gas divestment as a fuel source.

In December, Boundary Damto Unit 4, a coal-fired generpart of our strategy re-position Vermilating unit, was retired, reducing the Boundary Dam ion for long term success by high-grading Power Station to 672 megawatts capacity. On the natourgasNorth American has inventory, reducing ural side, Saskatchewan seen the construction unit costnew andnatural accelerating the timeline of of several gas-fired power plants. They include the baseload North Battlefordtargets.

Power Station achieving our debt reduction The (289 megawatts), Yellowhead Power Station peaking transaction has an effective date of Sepplant (also at North Battleford, 135 megawatts), the tember Chinook 1, 2022Power and Station is expected close(353 in baseload at Swift to Current megawatts) and The peaking Spy Hill StaMarch 2023. net plant proceeds willPower be used tion (89 megawatts).

353credit megawatt baseload to pay down our Another revolving facility.”

The purchaser was not disclosed.

In the message to shareholders, Vermillion said, “In 2022, we delivered on our strategic priorities and continued to re-position Vermilion for long term success. Due to the robust free cash flow generation of our international and diversified assets, we reduced net debt by $300 million and

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plant, very similarwindfall to Chinook, is under construction of temporary taxes. at Moose Jaw. “To increase our exposure to premium All of this added natural gas-fired power generapriced European gas, weusage progressed tion has, in turn, driven higher of natural the gas during electrical high times rate of of high return Irishconsumption.

Corrib consolidaThedeal, Crown notedwe that increased demand from tion which plan to close on March SaskEnergy’s industrial customers, including natural 31,use2023.

In Canada, acquigas for power production,our wasMontney the main driver of sition increased theconsumption. depth and quality of this week’s record-setting SaskEnergy said it measures daily natural conour North American inventory.

Withgaslower sumption foran the even 24-hourstronger period from 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 debt and asset base, we a.m. A PJ is a unit of measurement equivalent to one announced our return of capital framemillion gigajoules (GJ) of natural gas. An average Saswork andhome returned overabout $100100million to our katchewan consumes GJ of natural gas each year. shareholders with the reinstatement of a “SaskEnergy’s natural gas system design can acquarterly dividend in Q1 2022 and comcommodate additional capacity to manage increased mencement of ona peak share buyback program consumption even days,” SaskEnergy president and2022.

CEO Ken From said in a release. “Throughin Q3 out the year,exited SaskEnergy maintain “We the employees year withinspect, net debt of and enhance the system to support safe and reliable $1.3 billion, or 0.8 times trailing FFO, which natural gas delivery in all weather conditions. In adis lessemployees than half the leverage froma day the dition, monitor the systemratio 24 hours toprior ensure sufficient system capacity to meet customer year.

These results translated into a demand across the province.” total shareholder return in excess of 50 per This province is now largely dependent on neighcent including share appreciation bouring Alberta to fulfill price roughly two-thirds of and our dividends.

We remain committed to reducnatural gas needs. prices took a tumble 14 ingWhen debtnatural evengasfurther, which will roughly allow for years ago, Saskatchewan’s domestic gas production increasing return of capital to our sharefell off a cliff. Targeted gas drilling went essentially exholders in the Ourwells nextbeing debtdrilled target tinct, with next to nofuture. gas-specific in this province$1.0 for most of the domesremains billion ofpast netdecade. debt, Our which we tic gas production is now largely anticipate achieving by thebased endonofassociated 2023 or gas production that comes with oil production. As a early 2024, depending on commodity pricresult, Saskatchewan went from being a net gas exes.” for the period of 1988 to 2009 to a net importer porter that year.

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The Corrib acquisition in Ireland has Vermilion said, “In Saskatchewan, we a planned close on March 31, 2023. Ver- drilled seven (5.5 net) wells, completed milion estimates a net cash payment of ten (6.9 net) wells, and brought on proapproximately $200 million at close and duction twelve (6.7 net) wells in southeast expect the acquisition to payout in approx- Saskatchewan. No drilling or completion imately one year, based on forward com- activity occurred in the United States in modity prices. This acquisition is expected the fourth quarter as the team focused on to add approximately 7,000 boepd of Eu- preparation for the 2023 drilling program ropean gas production, which was reflect- which will commence in Q2 2023.” ed from March 31, 2023 onwards in the company’s original production guidance “In Alberta, we drilled twelve (10.6 net), of 87,000 to 91,000 boepd. Taking into ac- completed ten (8.2 net), and brought on count the southeast Saskatchewan asset production seven (6.9 net) Mannville liqsale and Australia downtime, Vermilion is uids rich gas wells, while at Mica we drilled revising its 2023 production guidance to one (1.0 net) well and brought on produc82,000 to 86,000 boepd. The company’s tion the six (6.0 net) wells from our first 2023 capital budget remains unchanged Montney pad. The six well Montney pad at $570 million as there was minimal capi- was brought on production in late Novemtal allocated to the assets being sold. ber and saw rates increase through the “Our Q1 2023 drilling program is off to balance of the year as the wells cleaned 306-430-7448 a strong start and is expected to deliver up. Total production from our Montney 306-460-7995 higher production in Canada during the assets averaged 7,500 boe/d during the SEPTIC SERVICES first quarter, however extended maintemonth Kindersley, SKof December. In December, drillnance downtime in Australia will result in ing commenced on a follow up three• Portable Septicproduction Tanks lower corporate in Q1 2023,” well pad in Alberta which is expected to • Porta Potties the company said. “As a result of the Aus- be completed and tied in during the first • Installations tralia downtime/ Inspections and the southeast Sas- half of 2023. During the fourth quarter of • Cleaning / Maintenance katchewan asset sale, Q1 2023 corporate 2022 we received three permits in British • Portable is Rentals production expected to be in the range Columbia, including one of the permits to of2480,000 to 82,000SERVICE boepd.” construct a 16,000 boe/d battery and to HR EMERGENCY Q4 2022 All Operations Servicing Your Septic Review Needs! – North drill a multi-well pad in British Columbia.

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This is a report of activity by the “Citizens on Patrol” Numbers of patrols - 13 Numbers of Hours - 104 Travel Distance - 877.9 km Trouble calls to RCMP - 1 Doors or gates unlocked or open - 7 CITIZENS ON PATROL ARE LOOKING FOR NEW VOLUNTEERS. If you can spare one or two nights a month to help protect our community and are interested please phone S/SGT. Kevin Peterson at the RCMP at 306-463-4642.

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2 pounds (6 to 8) russet potatoes 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 3/4 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more for water 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon black pepper 1/2 cup whole milk 1 large egg 3 to 4 tablespoons butter Peel half of the potatoes and cut into 1-inch pieces. Place them into a medium saucepan, cover with salted water by an inch, then bring to a simmer.

Cook until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes. Drain the cooked potatoes, mash until smooth and place into a large mixing bowl.

occasionally, and cook until golden, about 8 minutes per batch. Make sure you get the edges browned and crispy, because they are to die for. Place cooked boxties on a baking sheet in the preheated oven to keep warm as you repeat with the remaining patties, adding butter to the pan as needed.

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Yield: 2 cups An Irish Twist on Potato Total Time: 15 minutes 2 tablespoons butter Pancakes for St. Patrick’s 2 cloves minced garlic Day 1 pound mushrooms (button or cremini), thinly sliced I came across an old Irish rhyme 1 tablespoon liquor of choice (marthat goes: “Boxty on the griddle, sala, Irish whisky, sherry or broth) boxty in the pan, if you can’t 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme make boxty, you’ll never get a 1 cup fresh spinach, optional man!” And thought, What? I don’t need another man, but this “boxty” Heat a skillet over medium heat, thing intrigues me. add butter. Place minced garlic in So, this year I unearthed and the skillet and saute for 1 minute. reworked an old favorite, Irish Add the mushrooms and saute, Boxty, the holy grail of pancakes stirring frequently, until mushfor potato lovers! They’re made rooms are cooked through and with a mix of mashed and grated golden. Add liquor of choice or potatoes. They’re crispy on the broth, should you prefer sober edges, pillowy and creamy in the mushrooms. Add thyme and stir, middle and exactly the kind of letting the liquor evaporate. Add www.JasonCoblentz.com spinach, if using. Stir to wilt the peasant food we love — hearty, economical and endlessly versa- Try Boxties with Drunken Mushrooms for spinach. Serve with boxty. tile.

St. Patrick’s Day this year .

While I can’t guarantee you’ll get Boxties can be served sweet or a man, I guarantee you’re in for savory, just as you might serve a treat. This Irish Boxty recipe is biscuits alongside a meal. They can Meanwhile, as those potatoes are simple, delicious and makes the best be enjoyed simply with butter or cooking, preheat oven to 200 F. Peel potato pancakes. Happy St. Patrick’s sprinkled with sugar, as a side dish for the remaining potatoes and grate with Day! any meal, or as a base for wonderful a box grater. Wrap the raw grat*** toppings. ed potatoes in a kitchen towel and Lifestyle expert Patti Diamond is Our boxties are served with sausage squeeze out as much liquid as posand topped with a buttery, boozy sible. Add the grated potatoes to the the penny-pinching, party-planning, mushroom mixture called Drunken bowl with the mashed potatoes. Add recipe developer and content creator Mushrooms. In honor of St. Paddy’s the flour, salt, baking powder, pepper, of the website Divas On A Dime — Day, I added a handful of green spin- milk and egg, stirring until incorpo- Where Frugal, Meets Fabulous! Visit Patti at www.divasonadime.com and ach and used Irish whisky to deglaze rated. the pan, but you could use other Heat a large heavy skillet over medi- join the conversation on Facebook at liquors or even just a splash of broth. um heat until hot. Melt half the butter, DivasOnADimeDotCom. Email Patti then, cooking in small batches, add at divapatti@divasonadime.com IRISH BOXTY © 2023 King Features Synd., Inc. the batter 1/2 cup at a time, flattening Yield: 4 to 6 servings the boxties with a spatula. Turn them Total Time: 1 hour

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Wearin’ of the green is considered an act of paying tribute to Ireland. It is said that it also brings good luck, especially when worn on St. Patrick’s Day. Many long years ago, playful Irish children gave birth to the tradition of pinching those forgetting to wear green on St. Patrick’s Day & the tradition is still practiced today. Green is the national color of Ireland & is symbolic of the Emerald Isle’s lush green landscape. It also represents another of Ireland’s national symbols, the shamrock, in honor of their patron saint. During the end of the 4th century, the shamrock was used by Saint Patrick in his missionary work to convert the people of Ireland to Christianity. He chose the three leafed shape of the shamrock to use as a symbolic representation of the Holy Trinity. The shamrock’s shape also resembled the shape of a cross.

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“Lord, “he prayed, “I can’t stand this. If you open a space up for me, I swear I’ll give up drinking me whiskey, and I promise to go to church every Sunday.”

Suddenly, the clouds parted and the sun shone on an empty parking spot.

Without hesitation, the man said, “Never mind, I found one.”

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The state trooper smells alcohol on the priest’s breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car.

He says, “Sir, have you been drinking?”

“Just water,” says the priest.

The trooper says, “Then why do I smell wine?”

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Lucky Charms 10. Why did St. Patrick drive all the snakes out of Ireland?

It was too far to walk 11. What’s the best position for leprechauns to play on a baseball team?

Shortstop 12. What do you call a leprechaun with a sore throat?

A streprechaun 13. What did one Irish ghost say to the other?

Top O’ the moaning to ya 14. What do you call a fake Irish diamond?

A shamrock 15. What instrument does a showoff play on St. Patrick’s Day? Brag-pipes

1. MOVIES: What is the name of Scarlett and Rhett’s daughter in “Gone with the Wind”?

2. GEOGRAPHY: What body of water lies between Australia and New Zealand?

3. TELEVISION: Eric Camden is a minister on which TV dramedy?

4. CHEMISTRY: Which element has the Latin name stannum (Sn)?

5. LITERATURE: Which book is first written in C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series?

6. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the name of the bird logo on Twitter?

7. ANIMAL KINGDOM: How long does it take a sloth to digest food?

8. PSYCHOLOGY: What is the irrational fear represented by coulrophobia?

9. MYTHOLOGY: Which Greek god stared at his own reflection until he died?

10. INVENTIONS: What did Alessandro Volta invent?

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2. Tasman Sea. 3. “7th Heaven.”

4. Tin. 5. “The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.”

6. Larry.

7. An average of 16 days, and up to 30 days.

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9. Narcissus.

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