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The correct answer to the November 2024 Trivia Challenge is
Q: One of the odd products that Local 79 freight drivers hauled in the late 1930s and early 1940s was canned rattlesnake meat. What was the one main problem that kept the company from keeping up with demand?
A. Rattlesnakes were harvested in such great numbers that they actually became scarce in Hillsborough County and the Tampa Bay area.
B. Local 79 discouraged its members freight companies from hauling the canned product as live snakes were kept on the property and two of our members were bitten.
C. Those that caught the snakes were drafted into the US armed forces and could no longer go out and catch the snakes.
D. The company went out of business when the owner died of a rattle snake bite.
November\Trivia Challenge winners:
1st Place Winner (Phil Huber) $50 Gift Card
2nd Place Winner (Debra Mathews) $25 Gift Card
Do you know the answer to the December 2024 Trivia Challenge?
Q: Which particular quote can be attributed the Teamsters or an Individual Teamster?
A. "Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition" was a phrase first uttered by a Navy chaplain who was a Teamster milk driver before WWII. He coined the phrase during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
B. "Loose Lips Sink Ships" was coined by a Local 79 member at the Tampa Ship Yards during WWII. All workers were told not to discuss their work especially to strangers.
C. The IBT during WWII, attributed the casualties suffered by the Japanese and Germans to the purchase was bonds. Hence the phrase "Keep on Buying to keep them Dying."
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