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Thursday, August 28, 202508/28/2025

The average person uses this 2.7 times a year.

A: The DVD Player!

Friday, August 15, 202508/15/2025

No one knows where the name of this very common animal came from.

A:  Dog! A linguist says “dog” only became the standard term within the past 500 years or so.  During the…

Thursday, August 7, 202508/07/2025

Cortland Opry Show

In Sunday in the Country

I’m beyond thrilled to be invited to be in the NYS Country Music Hall of Fame. Here’s a great recording…

Friday, July 25, 202507/25/2025

Created in 1920, no one knows the origin of this product’s name.

A:  7-Up

Friday, July 11, 202507/11/2025

Most guess 2 feet but these are actually 10 feet long each!

A:  White lines in the road!

Thursday, May 8, 202505/08/2025

Americans throw out 26 million of these every day!

A:  Batteries!

Tuesday, March 25, 202503/25/2025

Apparently there’s 1.1 Million American homes without one of these.

A:  A Toilet! At least not indoor plumbing so they have to use an outhouse or hole in the ground.

Friday, March 7, 202503/07/2025

Estimates say there’s more of these in plastic than there are real ones.

A:  Flamingos!

Tuesday, December 24, 202412/24/2024

The Wake Up Q Christmas Special 2024

All the wonderful performances in one place. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!!

Wednesday, December 18, 202412/18/2024

New numbers are in: This year, 110 million of us will admit to this.

A:  Re-gifting (or re-selling gifts.

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