Award-winning journalist, poet, playwright, historian, photographer and editor Marty Gervais holds the position of resident writing professional in the English department.

Today’s quiz gives DailyNews readers a chance to learn a little more about him, as well as the opportunity to win a couple of his most recent books, courtesy of the University Bookstore—the 30th anniversary edition of The Rumrunners, and a copy of his memoir, Afternoons with the Devil.

The winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by 4 p.m. Monday, September 12. To be eligible, select the most correct answer to each of the following questions:

1. "Marty" is a nickname. What is Gervais' given first name?
   a) Charles
   b) Marcin
   c) Martin
   d) Martial
    
2. First published in 1980, The Rumrunners: A Prohibition Scrapbook is an illustrated history of which Windsor industry?
   a) Automotive manufacture and assembly
   b) Distillation and export of alcoholic beverages
   c) Agricultural production and processing
   d) Salt mining and refining
    
3. Gervais’ memoir, Afternoons with the Devil: Growing up Catholic in a Border Town, recounts stories from his boyhood spent largely in what Windsor neighbourhood?
   a) Remington Park
   b) Riverside
   c) Sandwich
   d) Walkerville
    
4. What is the name of Gervais’ Windsor Star column?
   a) Faces of Windsor
   b) My Town
   c) Postcards from the Edge of Canada
   d) The Local Beat
    
5. In addition to his writing and photography, Gervais founded which Windsor-based literary press?
   a) Biblioasis publishing
   b) Black Moss Press
   c) Black Rose Books
   d) Mosaic Press

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.

Biology student gets a taste of Windsor

Biology student Katrina Lukianchuk won Friday’s DailyNews contest and the prize of a stadium blanket provided by the Alumni Office.

Her name was drawn from all entries which correctly noted that Hiram Walker Canadian Club Whiskey, Tunnel Bar-B-Q hot sauce, Walker’s Candies peanut toffee sauce and Windsor Salt are all made in Windsor; that Heinz recommends a tap on the “57” logo on the neck to hurry ketchup out of its bottle; and Pelee Island Winery bills itself as Canada’s warmest and southernmost appellation.