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Patricia Bradley Mystery Question 50 Comments

I was rolling right along with my NaNoWrMo count this week when edits for Standoff, the first Natchez Park Rangers book came in! So I abandoned ship. 🙂

I finished said edits Thursday night and will now read through the manuscript once more before turning it in the first of the week. Then I’ll go back to working on the 2nd book, Crosshairs. Just this morning I woke up with a new twist!!

Now onto last week’s Mystery Question.

Three of these little known facts are true. One is made up. See if you can guess which one.
  1. The average coffee tree yields only enough beans every year to make one to one and a half-pounds of coffee.
  2. Buzz Aldrin left a pen on the moon after the first visit. Eugene Cernan, the last moonwalker, found it. It still worked.
  3. In 2009 the car that was stolen the most was the 1994 Honda Accord.
  4. A cornflake in the shape of Illinois sold on eBay for $1,350.

And the answer.is #2! Congrats to those who guessed correctly!

Can you believe someone paid $1,350 for a cornflake???

Here’s what I found: In 2008, two Virginia sisters found a cornflake that was shaped like the state of Illinois and sold it on eBay for $1,350. Monty Kerr, the owner of a trivia website from Austin, Texas, was the buyer and explained that he wanted the special piece of cereal for his traveling museum.

Now for this week’s Mystery Question. It’s more of the same. Four stated facts. Three are true. One is not. Can you guess which one is made up?
  1. The Terminator script sold for $1.
  2. Instead of the usual 5 or 6 second-place winners in a Powerball lottery, there were 110 second-place winners because that’s how many used the number on their fortune cookie (they all got the same fortune cookie).
  3. Horse long-jumping was once an Olympic event.
  4. Salty water boils quicker.

Okay, Super Sleuths, which fact is made up? Leave your answer in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library, or if you wish, I’ll loan you a Kindle book I’ve purchased–the loan is good for 14 days.

Here’s the cover of Standoff. Information on how to pre-order is available on my Book page.

The Natchez Trace National Parkway stretches 444 miles from Nashville to Natchez, the oldest town on the Mississippi River. It’s the perfect road for a relaxed pleasure drive. Unfortunately for park ranger Luke Fereday, lately it’s being used to move drugs. Sent to Natchez to infiltrate the organization at the center of the drug ring, Luke arrives too late to a stakeout and discovers the body of his friend, park ranger John Danvers.

John’s daughter Brooke is determined to investigate her father’s murder, but things are more complicated than they first appear, and Brooke soon finds herself the target of a killer who will do anything to silence her. Luke will have his hands full keeping her safe. But who’s going to keep him safe when he realizes he’s falling–hard–for the daughter of the man he failed to save?


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  1. Monique

    Oh great! Another chemistry one that I should know the answer to! I’m going to guess number 1 again, because I know some things boil at lower temperatures than others, which means they would boil quicker. Interesting logic, but anyway!

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  2. Tim Johnson

    Well Pat, I’m guessing you made up #4, but only because you didn’t specify how much salt to add. I think you have a great cover for “Standoff”. I’m chomping at the bit to read it when it comes out.
    The painting of cats in the sinking boat reminded me of some of Brian Moon’s paintings of cats, “Gone Fishing” in particular. It’s hanging in my den.

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      Patricia Bradley

      The picture does remind one of Brian Moore’s paintings, Tim. I got the picture from Office clip art. And we’ll see if it’s #4 next week. Right not I have to go back and see which one I made up…thanks for stopping by!

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  3. Gloria A

    I am guessing #4 because salt makes the water boil hotter but takes longer to get there and the statement says it boils quicker. (if I am remembering correctly)

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  4. Edward Arrington

    I think they are all made up. LOL! But since you stated you made up one, I am guessing you made up #2. I don’t know what the chances are that the maker of the fortune cookies would put the same number on a large number of cookies and that those would all be sold in the same time period and used by that many people. But I almost never eat Chinese and have never bought a Powerball ticket, nor do I keep up with it, so I’m simply shooting in the dark. I wish Mountain Brook Ink was your publisher. Then I would have the opportunity to proofread your books. It’s hard to wait for a book that sounds as interesting as your new one.

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      Patricia Bradley

      Aww, Edward, thanks! I’m actually finding I like this book as I edit it. Usually by this time I don’t want to look at it again. lol And while I do eat Chinese, I’ve never bought a Powerball ticket either. lol Always good to ‘see’ you here.

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  5. Trixi

    I think #4 isn’t true though it’s a popular idea that salt helps boil water faster, I believe I read that somewhere before. The others sound too crazy not to be true, lol!
    Standoff sounds good Patricia! I’ll have to snag a copy for myself 🙂

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