Fun Wednesday!

Happy Wednesday everyone!

We had an extra end-of-the-month day here at Seekerville, so we thought we would have a little fun and YOU are the winners!

This game is called "Two Truths and a Lie." 

Here's how to play:

Below, we've listed two truths and one lie provided by our Seeker gals. Sometimes the items are personal, sometimes they're gleaned from the author's research.

Your job is to guess which one of the three is the lie!

Easy-peasy, lemon-squeezy.

Enter your guesses in the comments and you'll be entered in the drawing for a prize (a fun surprise prize!) If someone gets ALL the answers right, they will receive an extra special prize - a gift certificate to ChristianBooks.com!

When you enter your guesses, you can just write: "#15, c" (using the correct numbers and letters, of course.)

Are you ready to play? Here we go!

1. From Erica Vetsch:

a. An estimated 300,000 horses lived and worked in London at any given time during the Regency period.

b. Nearly 50,000 men died at Waterloo, the battle that ended the Napoleonic Wars for good.

c. The oldest canal in the UK is the Fossdyke Navigation, and it was built by the Vikings.

2. From Mary Connealy:

a. The gunfight at the OK Corral, one of the most famous shootouts in Wild West History, lasted 30 seconds, was not by the OK Corral, and no one was killed.

 
b. Wyoming was the first state (then a territory) in the union to allow women to vote.

 
c. The Villisca Murder House, where eight people were killed in the house with an axe…the crime never solved…you can spend the night for about $500. Bring your own sleeping bag.

 
3. From Winnie Griggs:

a. Ferries were once powered by horses that were actually on board the boats rather than the bank

b. North Carolina has a law on the books prohibiting the use of camels to plow a cotton field. 

c. In the mid nineteenth century the Mississippi River literally ran backwards.

4. From Carrie Schmidt:

a. My first word was book.

b. I've read 'Newlywed Games' by Mary Davis so much that I have it mostly memorized.

c. My favorite time period to read about is the 1920s.

5. From Mindy Obenhaus:

a. I've lived in Oklahoma.

b. I've lived in Iceland.

c. I've lived in Ohio.

6. From Pepper Basham:

a. The reason the ocean liner the Lusitania sank in 1915 was due to a torpedo hitting the starboard side of the ship. 

 

b. Over 100 Americans died when the British liner, The Lusitania, sank in 1915.

c. Captain Turner, of the Lusitania, sadly went down with his ship.

7. From Dana R. Lynn:

a. Eleanor Roosevelt once had a pet snake named Emily Spinach.

b. In an Amish home, it's the youngest child who inherits everything.

c. Forensic Entomology is the use of fingerprints during an investigation. 

8. From Cate Nolan:

a. Due to its rocky coastline, Maine has more lighthouses than any other state.

b. Spring is slow to arrive in Maine, but when it does, it brings gorgeous Magnolia trees in bloom.

c. Maine is home to rocky beaches as well as soft, sandy stretches of beach.

9. From Debby Giusti:

a. Amish farms are typically about 40 acres in size, which is the area a man and his son can farm without needing extra help.

b. The Amish use natural fertilizer, ie. manure from their livestock.

c. Many Englisch folks buy Amish produce because it is organically grown.

 
10. From Jan Drexler:

a. Keystone, South Dakota, with a population of 240 residents, hosts more than 2 million visitors to Mt. Rushmore each year (including 2020.)

b. In spite of an occasional sighting, the Black Hills of South Dakota does not have a population of bears or wolves.

c. It is possible for residents and visitors to the Black Hills to experience a measurable snow fall during any of the twelve months of the year.

And that's it! Give us your best guesses and have fun!