Q1: Mardi Gras is not only celebrated in Louisiana but is an official holiday in this state's

Baldwin & Mobile Counties as well?

The crrect Answer is: Alabama

Q2: The Red Cross blood donation hotline is at 1-800-GIVE-this?

The crrect Answer is: LIFE

Q3: This body of water straddles the U.S.-Canada border where Ontario, Manitoba &
Minnesota meet?

The crrect Answer is: Lake of the Woods

Q4: Martha suggests a tulip or even a sprig of snowberries for this garnish that's pinned to a
groom's lapel?

The crrect Answer is: boutonniere

Q5: It's both the highest point in Washington as well as the state's best-known landmark?

The crrect Answer is: Mount Rainier

Q6: In February 2009 a British nuclear-armed one of these collided in the Atlantic with a
French one, but everything's fine?

The crrect Answer is: submarines

Q7: The iceberg type of this food is also called crisphead?

The crrect Answer is: lettuce

Q8: Put on your gauntlet & wire mesh mask?

The crrect Answer is: fencing

Q9: Try to be the first to put 10 pieces of fruit in your basket in the game called "Hi Ho" this?

The crrect Answer is: Cherry-O

Q10: Given enough light this continent's "violet' will bloom year-round?

The crrect Answer is: Africa

Q11: This presidential candidate wrote, "I voted for first TARP but that doesn't mean I voted
to bail out AIG"?

The crrect Answer is: John McCain

Q12: This 1982 Michael Jackson album has sold 25 million copies?

The crrect Answer is: <i>Thriller</i>

Q13: "The Mental Floss History of the World" is this kind of "Romp Through Civilization's
Best Bits"?

The crrect Answer is: irreverent