[Answer] 9. Which of these birds is the fastest runner?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "9. Which of these birds is the fastest runner?"

...1. the ostrich 2. the snipe 3. the ptarmigan 4. the cassowary A snipe is a straight-billed gamebird of the sandpiper family. The ptarmigan is a large arctic and subarctic grouse with feathered feet and usually white winter plumage. The white or nearly white winter plumage turns brown in summer. A cassowary is a large bird found in the East Indies and Australia. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich, has a kind of "horny helmet", and long sharp spines on each wing. It is a shy bird, but, just as the ostrich, a fast runner. The ostrich itself or "Struthio camelus" is the absolute running- champion among birds with a speed of some 72 kms an hour over short distances.

[Answer] 6. This company can trace its roots back to the early 1900s. It is the fore- runner for road-side assistance in Ontario. What company would this be?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "6. This company can trace its roots back to the early 1900s. It is the fore- runner for road-side assistance in Ontario. What company would this be?"

...1. JDRH 2. MLJ 3. CDC 4. CAA People who purchase CAA (Canadian Automobile Association) membership have many services available to them. CAA provides more than just roadside assistance, at the CAA web site they claim to be able to provide "180 reasons to be a member". In the July 2008 newsletter, it said that there were 5 million members; that is a huge increase from the original 27 members in 1903.

[Answer] 1. Which American runner tripped and fell heavily in the 3000 meters race in the 1984 Summer Olympics, as she attempted to overtake Zola Budd of England?

Step 1 : Introduction to the question "1. Which American runner tripped and fell heavily in the 3000 meters race in the 1984 Summer Olympics, as she attempted to overtake Zola Budd of England?"

...1. Mary Docker 2. Mary Checker 3. Mary Decker 4. Mary Wrecker Mary Decker tripped over Zola Budd's leg, after she had trodden on Budd's heel. (Budd was running in bare feet, as was her custom). Decker strained a thigh muscle and neither girl was able to continue. While Budd was initally disqualified, upon further reviewing the footage, the judges reinstated her.