Follow-up Contest 10/18/13

posted by Wayne
October 25, 2013

Last week, we asked you to respond with the one glaring error in the following paragraph:

The Ridgefield was a true tramp steamer.  She was originally built as a World War 2 cargo ship and changed owners and names several times.  She was one of 2710 Liberty ships built during the war.   On a frigid December night in 1962, the Ridgefield was sailing toward Galveston, Texas with a load of grain and beer when she struck a shallow reef off of the East end of the island.  She has been a permanent resident of Grand Cayman ever since.  The ship is still there but time and weather have taken their toll on the wreck and the bow and stern are pretty much gone –  but parts of the ship can still be seen.  However, we don’t know if the beer is still there.

What was the glaring error?  There are no frigid nights in Grand Cayman, even in December.   The lowest temperature ever recorded in Grand Cayman is 52 degrees Farenheit.  The average daily high in December is 84 F with an average low of 72F.

We receved 12 responses to this challenge.  Congratulations to Ken Young of Frederick, MD, the winner of the $25 gift card, whose name was randomly drawn from the correct responses.

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