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Weekly Challenge topics differ every week, and it's always free to enter (please enter just once per week). You get a point toward the 2008 standings for every contest you do, and additional points for finishing in the Top 20. People who correctly answer the bonus question in each Friday's Free Lance-Star Life section will get another point. Click here to read the contest rules.


This week's Weekly Challenge is on the Marine Corps Historic Half, a 13.1-mile run around Fredericksburg that starts at 7 a.m. May 18 near the Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center on Carl D. Silver Parkway. More than 5,000 runners are expected, and additional people will do the two-mile Semper Fred Fun Run. There will be music and entertainment all along the course. The charity partners for the event are the Organization for Autism Research and the Injured Marine Semper Fi Fund.

To familiarize you with the course and get some predictions about the race, we've come up with the following quiz.

This week we have prizes for the Top Five finishers:
  • A $30 gift certificate from Marquee Cinemas in Spotsylvania for movie tickets and snacks, courtesy of Germanna Community College.
  • A Marine Corps Historic Half training shirt and training hat.
  • A Marine Corps Historic Half training shirt and training hat.
  • A one-month family membership to the Rappahannock Area YMCA
  • A free dinner entrée from Primavera Pizzeria & Grill

Answer the following 10 questions:


1. The course passes the Fredericksburg Police Department on Cowan Boulevard around Mile 2. It then comes to Fredericksburg's elementary school, which is named after Hugh Mercer. Mercer was a general who died in what war?
a. Civil War
b. American Revolution
c. War of 1812

2. Before turning left onto William Street toward downtown Fredericksburg, the course goes through the Westwood subdivision. What famous basketball coach was nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood"?
a. Bobby Knight
b. Dean Smith
c. John Wooden

3. Near Mile 4, the course passes by the University of Mary Washington. The school is named after President George Washington's what?
a. Daughter
b. Sister
c. Mother

4. The course turns left onto Washington Avenue near Mile 6 and the third water station. On the right will be a brick house called Kenmore. What American Revolution-era figure used to live there?
a. Fielding Lewis
b. Nathaniel Green
c. Benedict Arnold

5. The course goes down Princess Anne and then Caroline streets. Soon after Mile 7 it passes the city's library, which is named after the river that runs through Fredericksburg. What river?
a. James
b. Rappahannock
c. Potomac

6. Not too far after Mile 8, the course passes the local VFW building on the left. What does VFW stand for?
a. Veterans of Foreign Wars
b. Vistas of Fredericksburg's Waterfront
c. Veterinarians of Fractured Wings

7. Before going by the area's hospital, down Cowan Boulevard and along Carl D. Silver Parkway toward the finish line, the course goes along an area called the Canal Path. Which of the following canals is the only one in the U.S.?
a. Suez
b. Panama
c. Erie

8. Race organizers project that these three Fredericksburg-area residents will be among the fastest men. Of these three, which will finish first?
a. Carl Randall
b. Dan Putka
c. Bert Jacoby

9. Race organizers project that these three Fredericksburg-area residents will be among the fastest women. Of these three, which will finish first?
a. Karen Kitchens
b. Patrice Wolff
c. Juli Rasure

10. Race organizers are predicting that the overall winning time will be 1 hour and 10 minutes. Do you think it'll be faster or slower than that?
a. Faster
b. Slower




If there's a tie, whoever entered earlier will win.


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