For those hardy souls holding down the UWindsor fort during Study Week, DailyNews is offering a small measure of recompense: a chance to win some swag.

Up for grabs are two 50 mm square photo frames in bonded leather, courtesy of the special events manager in the Office of the President, and two 100 per cent silk scarves – ideal to ward off winter’s chill – donated by the Office of Public Affairs and Communications.

The winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. Tuesday, February 21. To be eligible, select the most correct answer to each of the following questions about nobody’s favourite month:

1. According to the Oxford English Dictionary, what is the Latin source for the name February?
   a) Febris, meaning “fever,” because illness is common this month
   b) Februa, a purification feast held during this month
   c) Fecundare, “make fruitful,” because grain is planted this month
   d) Fevarius, the Roman god of snow
    
2. Which playwright penned the words “Why, what’s the matter / That you have such a February face / So full of frost, of storm and cloudiness?”
   a) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
   b) Molière
   c) William Shakespeare
   d) Sophocles
    
3. The World War I Battle of Verdun began in February of what year?
   a) 1915
   b) 1916
   c) 1917
   d) 1918
    
4. With a birthdate of February 1, 1882, who is the only Canadian Prime Minister to date born in February?
   a) R.B. Bennett
   b) William Lyon Mackenzie King
   c) Arthur Meighen
   d) Louis St. Laurent
    
5. What were the most recent Summer Olympic Games held during a non-leap year?
   a) 1900, Paris
   b) 1940, Tokyo
   c) 1974, Montreal
   d) 2000, Sydney

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to uofwnews@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please. Note: the decision of the judge in determining the most correct response is inviolable.