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Here are ten questions about the Fieg family with the answers at the bottom.  Don't peek!

1. JEAN DAVIE FIEG WAS BORN on Feb. 9, 1929 in Greensboro, NC but moved to Oneonta, NY with her family when she was a small child. She met Philip Fieg there, married him and for the most part raised her family in Upstate New York until she returned to Greensboro when her children were in their late teens. She eventually returned to live in Greensboro, where she resides today, because:

A. She missed hocks, jowls and butter beans, ham bones and turnip greens, hot corn bread and black-eyed peas, fish camp fries and tater pies.

B. She was elected national president of the Sen. Jesse Helms Fan Club.

C. The mild climate was more beneficial for her health.

D. By complete coincidence, her husband was transferred there by Ciba-Geigy Corp.


2. MAJOR GROCERY STORE CHAINS throughout the nation are currently stocking an unusual and especially delicious variety of pear whose season lasts but a week or two but were commonplace where they grew on the front lawn of the Fieg homestead at 10 North Sixth Street in Oneonta. This pear is called:

A. Bosc

B. Seckel

C.Comice

D. Bartlett

3. IN WINTER MONTHS, HEAT was provided at 10 North Sixth Street by the burning of:

A. Gas

B. Coal

C. Wood

D. Oil

4. FLORENCE FIEG'S FAVORITE FLOWER, because of its prolific spring blossoms and un-mistakable fragrance, grew conspicuously at her house at 10 North Sixth Street. At her husband Lothar's death in 1958, she chose a Glenwood Cemetery burial plot for him and later for herself, in part because of the presence of this flower. The exact same plant that grew there then is still flourishing there now. It is a (an):

A. Hibiscus

B. Forsythia

C. Lilac

D. Oleander

5. LIKE NEARLY ALL WOMEN in her generation, Florence Shields Fieg embraced the job of homemaker. In addition to cleaning, cooking and child rearing, she was responsible for the weekly task of resupplying her larder. As she never had a driver's license, the problem of grocery shopping was solved by:

A. Presenting a detailed list of canned goods, fresh meats, breads and other items to her husband Lothar and sending him to the store.

B. Phoning her list to the store and waiting for bags and bags of groceries to be plucked from the shelves by clerks then delivered to her house by truck.

C. Taking a taxi to the store.

D. Hitchhiking

6. DOROTHY ROMAN WELL REMEMBERS the unusual, antique marble counter top in the quaint little Broad Street Diner just a few dozen yards from her husband Bob Roman's snack bar at Woolworth's 5&10 store. Even though the little diner, fashioned from an old 19th century rail car, was charming, quaint and of irreplaceable historic importance, the city fathers condemned it in a an urban renewal project that not only obliterated the diner but the entire street. After his business was destroyed, the diner's owner, Dave Hofer, decided to:

A. Retire and move to Florida.

B. Hire on as a short-order cook at Bob Roman's aforementioned snack bar.

C. Become a doorman at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown.

D. Jump off the dam at Goodyear Lake and kill himself.
 
7. ONEONTANS ANNA FIEG DANGCA AND her sister Sarah Fieg Corkery's uncle Brian Powell, today president of Powell Electric, for a time worked as a clerk for the late Bob Roman at Woolworth's. Brian remembers Bob as being:

A. Relaxed, indifferent and happy-go-lucky.

B. A kind and undemanding task master for his subordinates.

C. So intensely devoted to his work that he did not walk but ran back and forth all day between his office, the checkout registers and his various departments.

D. More than willing to sneak out for a game of golf if the weather was nice.
 
8. PHILIP FIEG AND, LATER, HIS nephew Greg Fieg began their careers in different decades, but at one point they both held down virtually the same job, which was:

A. Usher at the old Palace Theater.

B. Assistant auctioneer for Homer Lyon.

C. Fuller brush salesman.

D. Bureau chief for the Oneonta Star.
 
9. THE FIEGS LOOKED OUT THEIR hillside windows one night to see brilliant flames shooting well more than 200 feet into the air at Main and South Main Streets. This was the fire that destroyed the old Berns Furniture store. Fortunately, the owners of the business were later able to find new accommodations because:

A. Lothar Fieg had recently moved the linotypes and old hot lead process from the old Oneonta Star building at the corner of Broad and Water streets to the newspaper's new location at Chestnut and West making the old location available.

B. Business owners were vacating because they knew the entire street would someday be obliterated in an urban renewal initiative.

C. Both A and B.

D. None of the above.
 
10. THE MORNING AFTER THE BERNS FURNITURE store was razed by fire, the headline in the Oneonta Star read: "Berns Burns!"

A. True.

B. False.
 
Here are the questions repeated, this time with the answers in bold italics. Please leave a comment if you enjoyed the quiz.

1. JEAN DAVIE FIEG WAS BORN on Feb. 9, 1929 in Greensboro, NC but moved to Onenota, NY with her family when she was a small child. She met Philip Fieg there, married him and for the most part raised her family in Upstate New York until she returned to Greensboro when her children were in their late teens. She eventually returned to live in Greensboro, where she resides today, because:

A. She missed hocks, jowls and butter beans, ham bones and turnip greens, hot corn bread and black-eyed peas, fish camp fries and tater pies.

B. She was elected national president of the Sen. Jesse Helms Fan Club.

C. The mild climate was more beneficial for her health.

D. By complete coincidence, her husband was transferred there by Ciba-Geigy Corp.

2. MAJOR GROCERY STORE CHAINS throughout the nation are currently stocking an unusual and especially delicious variety of pear whose season lasts but a week or two but were commonplace where they grew on the front lawn of the Fieg homestead at 10 North Sixth Street in Oneonta. This pear is called:

A. Bosc

B. Seckel

C. Comice

D. Bartlett

3. IN WINTER MONTHS, HEAT was provided at 10 North Sixth Street by the burning of:

A. Gas

B. Coal

C. Wood

D. Oil

4. FLORENCE FIEG'S FAVORITE FLOWER, because of its prolific spring blossoms and un-mistakable fragrance, grew conspicuously at her house at 10 North Sixth Street. At her husband Lothar's death in 1958, she chose a Glenwood Cemetery burial plot for him and later for herself, in part because of the presence of this flower. The exact same plant that grew there then is still flourishing there now. It is a (an):

A. Hibiscus

B. Forsythia

C. Lilac

D. Oleander

5. LIKE NEARLY ALL WOMEN in her generation, Florence Shields Fieg embraced the job of homemaker. In addition to cleaning, cooking and childrearing, she was responsible for the weekly task of resupplying her larder. As she never had a driver's license, the problem of grocery shopping was solved by:

A. Presenting a detailed list of canned goods, fresh meats, breads and other items to her husband Lothar and sending him to the store.

B. Phoning her list to the store and waiting for bags and bags of groceries to be plucked from the shelves by clerks then delivered to her house by truck.

C. Taking a taxi to the store.

D. Hitchhiking

3. DOROTHY ROMAN WELL REMEMBERS the unusual, antique marble countertop in the quaint little Broad Street Diner just a few dozen yards from her husband Bob Roman's snackbar at Woolworth's 5&10 store. Even though the little diner, fashioned from an old 19th century railcar, was charming, quaint and of irreplaceable historic importance, the city fathers condemned it in a an urban renewal project that not only obliterated the diner but the entire street. After his business was destroyed, the diner's owner, Dave Hofer, decided to:

A. Retire and move to Florida.

B. Hire on as a short-order cook at Bob Roman's aforementioned snack bar.

C. Become a doorman at the Otesaga Hotel in Cooperstown.

D. Jump off the dam at Goodyear Lake and kill himself.

4. ONEONTANS ANNA FIEG DANGCA AND her sister Sarah Fieg Corkery's uncle Brian Powell, today president of Powell Electric, for a time worked as a clerk for the late Bob Roman at Woolworth's. Brian remembers Bob as being:

A. Relaxed, indifferent and happy-go-lucky.

B. A kind and undemanding task master for his subordinates.


C. So intensely devoted to his work that he did not walk but ran back and forth all day between his office, the checkout registers and his various departments.


D. More than willing to sneak out for a game of golf if the weather was nice.

8. PHILIP FIEG AND, LATER, HIS nephew Greg Fieg began their careers in different decades, but at one point they both held down virtually the same job, which was:

A. Usher at the old Palace Theater.

B. Assistant auctioneer for Homer Lyon.

C. Fuller brush salesman.

D. Bureau chief for the Oneonta Star.

9. THE FIEGS LOOKED OUT THEIR hillside windows one night to see brilliant flames shooting well more than 200 feet into the air at Main and South Main Streets. This was the fire that destroyed the old Burns Furniture store. Fortunately, the owners of the business were later able to find new accommodations because:

A. Lothar Fieg had recently moved the linotypes and old hot lead process from the old Oneonta Star building at the corner of Broad and Water streets to the newspaper's new location at Chestnut and West making the old location available.

B. Business owners were vacating because they knew the entire street would someday be obliterated in an urban renewal initiative.

C. Both A and B.

D. None of the above.

10. THE MORNING AFTER THE BURNS FURNITURE store was razed by fire, the headline in the Oneonta Star read: "Burns' Burns!"

A. True.


B. False.