The correct answer to the September 2024 Trivia Challenge is
Q: By now it is common knowledge that Elvis Presley was a member of the Teamsters Union for about 18 months as a truck driver. Elvis also had ties to Florida and visited many times. Which statement is false?
A. Elvis visited Weeki Wachee Springs and gave each of the mermaids an autographed copy of his latest hit record.
B. Elvis visited Local 79 at the old Dekle Avenue address. Bobby Meeks was there, and a picture was taken of both of them together. The picture hung in the membership hall for many years. Bobby currently has the picture hanging in his home.
C. Elvis visited Brooksville while making a film and ate at Coney Island Hotdog on Jefferson Street. Reportedly, he had a foot-long hotdog.
D. At one of his concert venues (there were to be multiple shows) a local judge went to the first show and met with Elvis afterwards with an unsigned warrant and assured the former Teamster he would be arrested if he repeated the same show.
September\Trivia Challenge winners:
1st Place Winner (Hope Diana) $50 Gift Card
2nd Place Winner (Dean Ciampi) $25 Gift Card
Do you know the answer to the October 2024 Trivia Challenge?
Q: Local 79 National Biscuit members (Nabisco) in Tampa did one of the following starting in 1943?
A. Package all cookies with camouflage boxes that will be consumed by US soldiers overseas.
B. 100% of Local 79 National Biscuit members buy US war bonds to support the war efforts.
C. National Biscuit members make most of their local deliveries in Tampa by horse-drawn wagons because gasoline has been severely rationed due to WWII.
D. National Biscuit members supply the Canine Corp with dog biscuits.
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