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Every weekday you'll find a new set of hints available only on page A2 of The Free Lance-Star. Click the below logo to subscribe:
Prizes and Rules
• Four multiple-choice questions will appear on this page every weekday (Monday-Friday) for 50 weeks (through mid-December). Submit your daily answers anytime during the day or night. Time of entry doesn't matter. You get one point for each correct answer.
• Scores update daily. Every week we'll give out a $50 cash card to the person who scores the most points that week. Prizes are courtesy of our sponsor. Cards can be picked up at The Free Lance-Star front desk. Photo ID required. Ties will be broken at random.
• Everyone who scores at least 500 points during the year (out of a possible 1,000 points) qualifies to win the grand prize: A $500 cash card. The more points you score, the better your chance to win.
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• 2008 Final Results
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Questions for 2009/11/09
Question 1
Today we're giving away a $50 gift certificate to The Firkin and Bulldog pub and restaurant, which is at 2757 Jefferson Davis Highway in Stafford County. To qualify, you must get all four WC questions correct today. The winner will be the person who most accurately guesses how many WC contestants will get all four questions right today. Post your answer on the WC Facebook page. A "firkin" is a unit of volume equal to about what percentage of a barrel?
A tenth
A quarter
A third
A half
Question 2
East German officials opened the Berlin Wall for travel from East to West Berlin on this date in what year?
1985
1989
1993
1997
Question 3
The above picture of Spotsylvania County Sheriff Howard Smith, which ran on the front page of yesterday's FLS, was taken during an investigation in what year?
2002
2004
2007
2009
Question 4
The above photo of Doris Buffett was taken during an event held last week to celebrate the opening of a Fredericksburg facility dedicated to treating what?
Cancer
Autism
Mental illness
Alcoholism

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