Bible Trivia Question:What fiery animals did Elisha see in the hills?
A. cattle
B. foxes
C. horses
D. snakes
In The News:
- Button Day • Stress Awareness Day • Nachos Day • Saxophone Day
- Researchers from New York University’s BetaGov team collaborated with the Vallejo, California police department to determine if crime really does increase during a full moon. Unfortunately for all you horror fans out there, they found no significant uptick in reported crimes or arrests during nights when the moon is full.
- A new survey finds turkey will be the main dish at 86 percent of Thanksgiving meals this year. The most popular side dish is a tie between stuffing/dressing and mashed potatoes (75% each). Dinner rolls will be on 69 percent of tables; cranberry sauce on 64 percent, sweet potatoes on 59 percent. For dessert, nearly two-thirds of Americans (66%) will indulge in pumpkin pie.
- Queen Elizabeth II has ditched real fur in her outfits and instead opts for fake, according to a book written by her senior dresser. Angela Kelly, who has worked for the Royal Household for the past 25 years, discloses in The Other Side of the Coin: The Queen, the Dresser and the Wardrobe that, as of this year, the monarch has moved away from using real fur.
- Tired of shoving a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey every Thanksgiving? You’re in luck. Pringles is selling new stackable chips flavored like Turducken. The brand announced its “epic” Frankenfood on Twitter Tuesday. The Turducken Stack will be available in limited quantities on Thursday… The Pringles Turducken Friendsgiving Feast kit features three kinds of fowl-flavored chips: chicken, duck and turkey. The differently flavored crisps are stacked atop each other and paired out with chips that taste like cranberry sauce, stuffing and pumpkin pie in the same tray.
- Nearly everyone agrees that texting and driving is dangerous. Many people do it anyway. In a survey of drivers who text daily — regardless of where they are — 98 percent said they were aware of the dangers of texting behind the wheel. Nonetheless, three-quarters of them admitted to texting while driving. Two-thirds said they have read text messages while stopped at a red light or stop sign, while more than a quarter said they have sent texts while driving. More than a quarter of those who texted while driving believed they “can easily do several things at once, even while driving.”
- A woman in Germany totaled her car when she tried to eat a bowl of cereal while driving. She hit a parked car and a lamppost when she tried to pour milk over the cereal.
- the single food that most Americans would want to eat for the rest of their lives is pizza, which 21 percent of survey participants chose as their answer. It beat out steak (16 percent), tacos (11 percent), pasta (11 percent), and even the hamburger (13 percent).
- A police department in North Carolina is making an effort to trap dumb criminals by agreeing to act as referees during drug transactions to make sure no one gets cheated.
Fun Fact:No shave November… A study found men with facial hair make almost 8 percent more per year than men without facial hair. #funfact
Bonus News (not mentioned on-air):Police in Germany were called to a church after two women began fighting outside because one of them could not stand the other’s constant sneezing during service. One woman began insulting another woman whose cold could not be controlled at the church. The second then exposed her rear end to her accuser, and the two eventually started fighting. Witnesses at the scene pulled the two apart.
Matt's Musing: Remember, someone’s therapist knows all about you... #musing
Matt's Pick Song:“Oh I Want To See Him” by the Taylors
Bible Trivia Answer:C. horses (2 Kings 6:17)
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