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Ticket To Fun104.9 Is making summer FUN again! It’s the “Ticket To Fun” contest! We’re giving away tickets to Holiday World, the Indianapolis Zoo and the Indianapolis Indians at Victory Field! Sign up for the “Ticket To Fun” contest at S & J Small Engines and Cindy's Flower Shop at Elsbury's. We’ll announce a winner every Thursday morning from June 10th through August 5th! Sign up today for some fun tomorrow!

 

 

 

 


 

 

 

7:20 Contests


 

Mystery Movie
We'll play a sound bite from a movie and the first caller to identify the movie wins!

 

Breakfast Scramble
We scramble the letters of an artist. Be the first caller to unscramble the letters and have the correct answer and win!

 

BrainBuster Trivia
We’ll ask you a trivia question that’ll really put your brain to work. Be the first caller with the correct answer and be trivia king or queen for a day.

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Previous BrainBuster trivia question: 

 

 Q: The average person uses 4 of these everyday.  What are they?        
Answer: Cups

Q: Pizza is the most common dinner on Friday nights in America.  What is #2?        
Answer: Chicken

Q: More than 1 out of 10 American workers have done this at some point in their lives.  What is it?        
Answer: Worked at McDonalds

Q: Over 90% of American households have at least one of these.  What is it? 
Answer: A vacuum

Q: Roughly 25% of American families will have this as part of their dinner tonight.  What is it? 
Answer: Salad

Q: As of December 14th, 2010, which NFL team was the last to beat the Indianapolis Colts in the regular season? 
Answer: Tennessee Titans.

Q: Which band was Jonathan Cain in before he joined Journey?
Answer: The Babys.

Q: Songs by the Cars were usually sung by one of two band members. Ric Ocasek was one. Who was the other ?
Answer: Benjamin Orr.

Q: Which fast food restaurant is credited with introducing the first modern day drive-thru window?
Answer: Wendy's restaurants is credited with creating the first modern-day drive-thru window, an innovation which they introduced at the grand-opening of their second store in November, 1970.

Q: 93% of Americans buy at least one every month. What is it?
Answer: Pizza.

Q: The average adult does this twice a day.  What is it?   
Answer: Check emails.

Q: According to a recent survey, what is the #1 appliance we can't live without?
Answer: Clocks.

Q: The average college student admits to doing this at least once everyday.  What is it?  
Answer: Lie

Q: 18% of Americans say that this is the very last thing they do before they go to bed.  What is it?
Answer: Turn off the TV.

Q: 10 years ago, Americans did this all the time.  Now, they rarely do it.  What is it?  
Answer: Develop film.

Q: 25% of Americans think that this fictional character is a real person.
Answer: Sherlock Holmes.

Q: The average person will have 1,825 of these a year. What are they?
Answer: Dreams.

Q: The average person spent 195 hours doing this last year. What is it?
Answer: Listening to music.

Q: In 1972, 85% of homes didn't have this, today only 35% don't have it. 
Answer: Air conditioning.

Q: Actor Robert Hegyes is 58.  He is best known for what comedic role?
Answer: Juan Epstein of "Welcome Back Kotter".

Q: Which band in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame was once known as the Golliwogs?
Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival. (
They changed their name in 1967 to CCR. Creedence after one of their friend’s Creedence Nuball, Clearwater from a beer commercial and Revival was a statement of intent.)

Q: A new survey of moms asked what they wanted most this year for Mother's Day.  What was the #1 answer?  
Answer: A day away from the kids.

Q: This food is consumed outside the home almost 90% of the time.  What is it?  
Answer: French fries.

Q: South Jersey has lots of them but Florida has the most.  Hawaii doesn't have any.  What are they?
Answer: Billboards.

Q: Experts say teacher / daycare worker is the "germiest Job".  What is the second most germ-ridden job?
Answer: Bank Teller.

Q: Nashville, Tennessee, also known as Music City, has over 700 of these. What are they?
Answer: Churches.

Q: According to a pet store survey, what is the most popular name for a pet goldfish?
Answer: Jaws.

Q: We spend 8 million dollars a day on this type of food.
Answer:
Dog Food.

Q: In the film "The Right Stuff," was test-pilot Chuck Yeager played by: Ed Harris, Sam Shepard, Clint Eastwood or Dennis Quaid?
Answer: Sam Shepard.

Q: This group has sold over 80-million albums but their first three didn’t do very well. The first three albums were titled – “Whole Oats”, “Abandoned Luncheonette”, and “War Babies”. What’s the name of this very successful group?
Answer: Hall & Oates.

Q: The town of Tumtum is located in Texas, Washington, Nebraska or Iowa?
Answer: Washington.

Q: A recent poll reported that just 6% of men said they take this to work with them everyday. What is it?
Answer: A tie.

Q: 90% of teenagers have never used this. What is it?
Answer: A stamp.

Q: 35% of Americans do this at least once a week with our phone. What is it?
Answer: Dial the wrong number.

Q: The average one of these loses about $250 a year. What is it?
Answer: A bank teller.

Q: Historically, what is the busiest mailing day of the year?
Answer: December 15th.

Q: In what year did we see the 1st launch of a space shuttle, Luke and Laura got married on General Hospital, the first DeLorean rolled off the assembly line and we were introduced to Pac-Man?
Answer: 1981.

Q: What movie won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1975?
Answer: "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest".

Q: You'll pass these all morning long and the average one is 24 years old. What are they?
Answer: Telephone poles.

Q: According to a recent survey, over half of all grown men don't know how to do this. What is it?
Answer: Tie a tie.

Q: You have one of these on you right now that you haven't used in 9 months. What is it?
Answer: A key.

Q: There are about 8 of these in your house right now that aren't being used. What are they?
Answer: Batteries.

Q: More of these are given as gifts than are purchased for ourselves. What is it?
Answer: Blenders.

Q: 31% of us wish we had the guts to get rid of this out of our home. What is it?
Answer: The TV.

Q: According to a recent poll at true.com, what was the #1 men's Halloween costume that women find sexy?
Answer: Cowboy.

Q: According to Men's Health, people consume more of this on Saturday than any other day of the week. What?
Answer: Calories.

Q: According to a recent poll at true.com, what was the most frightening movie of all time?
Answer: The Exorcist.

Q: Which group charted the highest with the song "Spooky"?
Answer: Classics IV.

Q: 47% of us talk to this inanimate object. What is it?
Answer: The ATM (bank machine)

Q: 32% of women regret doing this. What is it?
Answer: Cutting their hair short.

Q: Which Hall of Fame band went under the name “High Numbers”?
Answer: The Who

Q: According to single women, this is the worst activity for a first date. What is it?
Answer: Miniature golf.

Q: 40% of Americans say they feel more attractive when they're wearing this.  What is it?
Answer: Sunglasses.

Q: Having this creates an extra 7 hours of work every week for women.  What is it?
Answer: A husband.

Q: 90% of teenagers have never used this. What is it?
Answer: A stamp!

Q: Which Neil Sedaka song went to number 1 on this date in 1975?
Answer: Bad Blood. (backing vocals by Elton John)

Q: What song has this line in the lyrics, "You're digging for gold, you're throwing away"?
Answer: "Cold As Ice" by Foreigner.

Q: You'll find 6 of these in the average American kitchen. What are they?
Answer: Promotional coffee mugs.

Q: 52% of American teenagers bought one of these last year. What was it?
Answer: A music CD!

Q: 5% of Americans will never do this. What is it?
Answer: Get married.

Q: Almost half of us reuse this after just one use. What is it?
Answer: Aluminum foil.

Q: 20% of Americans do this while they're in the shower. What is it?
Answer: Clean the shower.

Q: 52% percent of us have this item in our closet?
Answer: Logo's sports jerseys.

Q: In a recent survey, 78% of children didn't know this. What is it?
Answer: Their home phone number.

Q: In a recent survey, 38% of 40 year olds say they have done this. What is it?
Answer: Lie about their age.

Q: According to MakeSafetyFun.com, a typical American driver will do this 15,250 times in their life. What?
Answer: Honk the horn.

Q: A recent survey asked, "what's in your junk drawer that you just can't throw away?" #1 was keys, #2 was rubberbands, what was #3?
Answer: Birthday candles.

Q:  The average home has 15 of these. What are they?
Answer: Cookbooks.

 

 

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