A Finish for the Four Winds Trivia Quiz

Answer: She got out of bed

There are plenty of things people can do once they wake up in the morning. I like to snooze my alarm a few times before stumbling out of bed and getting ready for work. On this occasion Zorba_Scank yawned and stretched for a bit before she got out of bed. I wonder what she did next.

Answer: Breakfast

Although Lones78 would have loved to be reading a book, she didn't have time because she was already running late for work. She only just had time to finish breakfast before she raced out the door so she didn't miss her bus. It's very unlikely that Lones78 cleaned the house or did any ironing at 6am.

In fact, anyone who knows Lones78 also knows that she doesn't like to do any of things at any time of the day!

Answer: School or some kind of training

Most people are good at their job because they did some kind of training or went to school to learn what to do. Sometimes people don't finish school, but in this case shuehorn finished her schooling and as a result is very good at what she does. Although they are good skills to have and good thinks to finish, writing this quiz would probably be no help for shuehorn in getting a job, neither would be a running race or picking up her children from school.

Answer: His lunch

The middle of the work day is usually lunch time. It is good for you to have a break from work to make sure your brain is refreshed and ready to go for the rest of the day. Jan certainly did this in his break. He ate his lunch and had a nice cold glass of water. Although maybe Jan ate a little too much because he was feeling a little sleepy after lunch.
All of the other options were out of the realm of possibility for Jan today. He was at work so couldn't build Lego or finish the novel he was trying to write. It was also not the best time to decide his hair needed washing.

Answer: Work or school

Lots of people finish school or work in the afternoon, this generally can make people feel very happy. Some people might finish work when it is dark in the evening or early morning, but they may feel like it's the afternoon. Zorba_scank, shuehorn, Lones78 and Jan were all very happy this afternoon because work had finished.

They all needed to get home to work together to finish writing their quiz.

Answer: Baseball

Baseball is considered a "diamond sport" because it is played on a diamond-shaped area. This area is basically a square but is turned around and played from the points, making it seem more of a diamond than a square. If you add in the outfield, the entire playing area is shaped more like a pizza slice!
Football is generally played on a rectangular field, cricket is played on an oval and gymnastics is an indoor sport that doesn't really have a shaped playing area.

Answer: Making dinner

Many evenings in shuehorn's household are spent as a family eating dinner. In order for this to happen shuehorn spends a lot of time in the kitchen preparing dinner. On the evening in question she made a lovely salad to go with the chicken she already had in the fridge. If her children were really lucky, they would get some ice cream for dessert.
Shuehorn did, however, play with her dog that evening (although this wasn't to the nightly benefit of her family) but she certainly didn't do her children's homework, nor did she write a quiz.

Answer: Jan finished reading a book

Jan was relaxing so that probably rules out him writing a report for work or cleaning his bathroom. He has already finished his lunch and didn't have any left overs. However, Jan spent some of his free time relaxing and managed to finish the book he had been reading for the past few weeks. He was relieved to get to the end of it and find out the ending of the story.

Answer: Washing dishes

Although all of these are common household chores, not all of them are common at night time and before bed. In this case Zorba_scank was making sure the dishes were washed so she could wake up to a nice clean kitchen in the morning. She also decided to fold some laundry and pick up a few stray toys on her way through the house to her very comfy bed.

Answer: The last quiz for the race

Lones78 was the last one up in the evening and the last to submit a quiz for the final leg of the Amazing Race 3. She was thinking hard about her team mates and grateful that they'd gotten this far so she could finish the race on their behalf. No school assignments, cleaning or sewing for Lones78 when there was a final quiz to write!