Countdown to

Breaking Point

6/16/05

26 days (and counting to Breaking Point, in stores on July 12th)

Quote of the day:  Max sighed.  "Just get up here, Cassidy.  I'll take my chances.  What am I supposed to be afraid of anyway?  That you'll get some of your gay on me?"  -- from Hot Target

Note from Suz:  It's time for our first...

TRIVIA QUIZ!

But first a quick reminder!  Join me tonight at a booksigning for Premeditated Murder, my husband Ed's first legal thriller!  (Read an excerpt at www.EdGaffney.com)  

Here's the scoop:

Thursday, June 16th  (That's today!) -- Waltham, Massachusetts
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
Back Pages Books
368 Moody Street
Waltham, MA  02453
Store phone:  781-788-9988

Trivia Quiz # 1: 

There is one Grand Prize for Trivia Quiz # 1 -- a signed copy of one of the following hard-to-find, out-of-print Tall, Dark & Dangerous titles (winner's choice!): Taylor's Temptation, Get Lucky, The Admiral's Bride or Identity: Unknown.

We'll be using the same rules that we used for the trivia quizzes during the countdown to Hot Target:  

RULES:

1)  Participants must email their numbered answers to my special trivia quiz email address:  SuzBrockmann@aol.com    (NOTE:  This is different than my regular email address!!!)  Entries must BE RECEIVED by 9:00 a.m. ET, Monday, June 20th, 2005 at this email address only.  (NOTE:  Go, go, go!  <g>  The clock is running!)  We are not responsible for entries that were not received due to cyberspace SNAFUs or delays, or entries sent to a different email address. 

2)  The final "trivia" question is "Pick a number from 1 to 100."  This question will be used if more than one entry gets all the real trivia questions correct.  (And I expect that to be the case, cuz you guys are smart!  See, there's only one Grand Prize, and if 300 people answer all of the questions correctly...  well, you see why we have to do this!)  If no one picks the exact number for the final question, the winner will be the person who has chosen the closest number.  If two people surround the winning number, the winner will be the next highest number.  (Example:  Say I've picked 89 as the winning number, and none of the entrants select 89, but someone chooses 88 and some one chooses 90.  90 wins.  Okay?)  (I just want to make this clear from the start so there are no hurt feelings and no cries of "No fair!")   If six people all choose the winning number, then we will have a drawing for the Grand Prize -- I'll put all six names into a hat, close my eyes and pick one.  The other five will get an honorable mention listing here on my website!

3)  The Grand Prize Winner of Trivia Quiz # 1 will be announced on the countdown page for June 21st!

4)  Winner must provide their snail mail address to receive the Grand Prize via snail mail!

5)  Only one entry per person/email address, please! 

Ready?

Trivia Quiz # 1:  

1)  When Gina first speaks to Max, she questions his occupation.  What job does she ask if he holds?

2)  What is Gina's mother's occupation?

3)  What hostage does Max offer in exchange for Gina in Over the Edge?

4)  What kind of cereal does Max pour for himself while getting a status report from Alyssa Locke on the investigation into the murder of Sam's "wife?"

5)  And what does Max use as a milk substitute for that same cereal?  

6)  How many children does Max's assistant Laronda have? 

7)  Where did Max attend college (undergraduate)?

8)  What is the name of the girl whose identity Gina assumes on the hijacked plane?

9)  After the SEALs storm the hijacked plane, what does Gina ask Max to bring her?

10)  Pick a number from 1 to 100.

That's all for now!  Be sure to come back for tomorrow's installment in the Countdown to Breaking Point!

(Note from Suz:  I'm going to try to post each new day's countdown page before 10:00 a.m. eastern time.  Please be patient if I'm a little late...)

See you tomorrow!