I am excited to present the new cover for my first Natchez Trace Park Ranger book! I love it! This is going to be a fun series to write! You can even preorder it already even though it doesn’t come out until June 5 oh, Wow, Amazon says it releases May 5!!
And now to last week’s Mystery Question: Once again I’m using myths and I’m going back to three correct answers and one false one.
- Cheetahs can only purr.
- Strawberries are classified as berries.
- Maine is the closest state to Africa.
- Nintendo dates back to the late 19th century.
And the correct answer is…#2. Can you believe strawberries aren’t classified as berries! Congrats to everyone who got the correct answer.
Now for this week’s Mystery Question: These four statements were actually turned into insurance companies after an accident. Three of them are true. I made up one. Can you guess which one?
- “I was minding my own business when a candle fly flew in my car and attacked me, making me run off the road.”
- “I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him.”
- “To avoid hitting the bumper of the car in front, I struck the pedestrian.”
- “The telephone pole was approaching fast. I was attempting to swerve out of its path when it struck my front end.”
Leave your answers in the comments and I’ll enter you in a drawing for a book from my library this month.
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I would like to think it is number 3 that you made up. Number 1 is pretty realistic!
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We’ll see, Monique. We’ll see. Thanks for stopping by!
Wonderful cover for Standoff! I think the answer is number 1 because it sounds suspiciously Halloweeny, and this is October after all.:-)
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We’ll see, Priscilla! I’m glad you like the cover. I think it’s my favorite. 😉
Oh my. These could all be real! I’m going to guess #4.
Your new book’s cover is beautiful, and I can’t wait to read it!!
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Thank you, Rosalyn. I’m glad you like the cover! We’ll see if it’s #4 next week.
#2 iis the one I’d hope was made up
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I know what you mean, Karen. lol We’ll see. Thanks for stopping by.
Wow! I can totally see the Candle Fly coming inside the car and me have a conniption ! Some of those things are huge!
They all sound realistic! Just because I cannot make up my mind, I’ll say #4.
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I’m glad you had a hard time deciding, Brenda! WE’ll see next week if it’s #4. Thanks for dropping by.
I’m fairly sure it’s #1 but I won’t tell you why. DO TELL us how strawberries are classified. Thanks for these.
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We’ll see, Delores! Here’s the definition I found on Quora: Botanically, a fruit is the ovary of a flowering plant (think of how oranges, bananas, apples, etc, have seeds in them). However, the strawberry doesn’t actually develop from the ovary of the plant, so it isn’t a standard botanical fruit.
I’m thinking #1 is the one you made up, Pat. #4 reminds me of the story a mathematician used to describe his car accident. “The trees were uniformly passing me, when suddenly one jumped out in front of my car.” If I remember right, it was Stan Ulam who was part of the Manhattan Project.
Nice cover for your new book. I’ll be pre-ordering it for sure.
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Thanks, Tim! I am really excited about the new series! And we’ll see which is the correct answer next week. Thanks for joining the conversation.
I’ll say #3. Congratulations on the new book! Love the cover! Can’t wait to read it.
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Thanks, Paula! I see the answers are all over the board this week. We’ll see next week.
Looking forward to your new series. I have seen all of those statements supposedly attributed to insurance reports except #1, so I’m choosing that one. I am unfamiliar with candle flies. True story: a number of years ago, a local woman had a car accident and died. They later reported she had been stung by a bee, which caused the accident. It was so long ago, I don’t recall any of the other details.
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She must have been allergic to bees, Edward. A candle fly is a moth. 😉 Thanks for stopping by and I’m glad you like the cover!
I will say #2
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We’ll see, Carole. Thanks for dropping by!
I’m hoping it’s #2 . I love your book cover, it is Beautiful.
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Number 2 seems to be popular, Alicia. We’ll see if that’s the correct answer next week. Thanks for commenting.
I like your book cover! It’s an attention grabber! I’ll guess #3
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Thanks, MS Barb. And we’ll see next week if it’s #3. 🙂
Love the cover, Pat! I am going with #4 this week. I haven’t heard of anyone referring to a moth as a candle fly since I was growing up.
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Thanks, Gloria! And we’ll see next week if it’s #4. Thanks for stopping by.
I love the cover!
Wild guess #4
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Thanks, Jessica! We’ll see if your wild guess is correct next week. Always good to see you here.
Your cover looks great! I am going to go with #1.
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Thank you, Joni! We’ll see if it’s #1 next week. Thanks for dropping by.
I’ll choose #1 because what is a candle fly??
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Shelia, a candle fly is a moth–because it is drawn to the light from a candle. 🙂 Thanks for joining the conversation.
#3
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We’ll see, Lucy. Thanks for dropping by.
I’m going to guess number two.
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Hi Jeanna! Always good to ‘see’ you here. We’ll see next week if you’ve guessed correctly!
I’m going to go with #1 as well. I’ve never heard of a candle fly. And I thought you meant a candle flew in my car, lol!
But all of these sound outrageous and like they could be true so it’s a hard call this week 🙂
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Funny, Trixi. I guess candle fly came from the older people I was around as a kid. We’ll see tomorrow if you’re correct!