WILLIE WIREDHAND'S TRIVIA CONTEST Q & A
Listed below are the four Willie Wiredhand trivia questions and answers for those who may have missed playing along in October or are just wanting to know if they answered the questions correctly.
1. Willie Wiredhand is the long-time friendly face and spokesplug of rural electric cooperatives nationwide. What year did the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association adopt Willie as their mascot?
A. 1934, B. 1941, or C. 1951
2. How did Willie Wiredhand get his last name?
- It tied into the fact that electricity is wired into your home.
- He was meant to portray that the electricity brought to homes in the 1930s and 40s was providing a service like the farmer’s hired hand.
- It conveyed how lights were being turned on for the first time in the early years of the rural electrification movement.
3. What day is Willie Wiredhand’s actual birth date traced to?
- October 30, 1950, B. October 20, 1951, or C. October 30, 1954
4. Willie Wiredhand has been seen on many Jump River Electric Cooperative promotional items throughout the years, but what year did Willie get reinstated as being part of JREC’s official logo?
- 1991, B. 2009, or C. 2018
Willie Wiredhand’s Trivia Answer Key: 1. C; 2. B; 3. A; and 4. C
