Late-Morning Trivia

Three fun, miscellaneous trivia questions for this snowy day.

Brighten up this snow day with some Saratoga trivia—no cheating!

1. In the ‘80s and ‘90s, this in-the-news Saratoga institution was called the Canterbury Restaurant.

2. During one of her famous Whitney Galas, the great Marylou Whitney caused some panic when an emerald popped off her necklace as she danced into Congress Park dressed up as Glinda the Good Witch. The gem was found the next morning by a construction worker, whom Marylou rewarded with $5,000 and a private box seat. How much was the emerald worth?

   a) $25,000

   b) $215,000

   c) $250,000

3. Today’s storm went from 50% chance of snow to a predicted 6 to 10 inches. That’s a few storms away from our topping the yearly record of 117.6 inches. What year holds that record?

   a) 1971

   b) 1973

   c) 1976