The winner of this quiz was Risto Seppälä from Helsinki. Congratulations!

The last question this year goes years back to the childhood Christmas presents. Which one of the following alternatives was Tero's most beloved present ever?

a) An Ice-hockey game

b) A toy cars' racing ring

c) A teddy bear

Question 9 Which of the following sports is Tero's favorite? a) Jogging b) Arctic stick walking c) Spinning Tero Kuparinen favors sport activities like spinning, crossing and walks in the forests, in this order. Long distance running he has never quite liked and though Nordic Walk is also fun, cross country skiing is even better during the winter season. The winner of the month November is Elias Hallgren from Tenala. Congratulations! Question 8 Tero Kuparinen has one unique "flaw" or persistent habit a) He bites teeth while asleep b) He rolls small paperpieces in fingertips c) He snaps his fingerjoints loundly Those close to Tero immediately can tell where he has been idling around if there are missing paper corners. He seems to meditate with these small paper balls, while rolling them in his fingertips as if they were prayer pearls. The winner of the month July was Jari Muttilainen from Juankoski. Congratulations! Question 7 Tero composed his first songs at the age of a) 9 b) 20 c) 25 Tero Kuparinen started to compose at the age of 20. First he composed famous Finnish poets. Own lyrics came later. Monthly winner was Pirkko Vattulainen from Horsmanaho. Congratulations! Question 6 In childhood Tero Kuparinen used to collect a) Movie stars' pictures b) Post cards c) Paper back books Right answer for an old monthly question: Paperbacks. Tero collected Kalle Kustaa Korkki and Pekka Lipponen books. Liisa Kuparinen from Jyväskylä hit the right answer and a CD. Congratulations! Question 5 Tero's first instrument was a) Clarinet b) Guitar c) Piano Tero's first instrument was clarinet, then guitar and last but not least the piano. Winner of the month was Aila Kekkonen from Helsinki. Congratulations! Question 4 Tero travelled around the world at the age of a) 19 b) 22 c) 30 Tero Kuparinen travelled around the world at the age of 22. A team of ten international young christians visited following cities: Stockholm, Amsterdam, New York, Washington, Minneapolis, Seattle, Los Angeles, Kailua Kona (Hawaii), Osaka, Bangkok, New Delhi, Jaipur and Athens. Winner of the month was Tommi Karukannas from Vantaa. Congratulations ! Question 3 How many bonfire rackets Tero has lit a) Two hundred b) About 20 c) Not a single one Tero has lit not a single bonfire racket. During the New Year Festivities he merely takes a look around through the windows, because he doesn't enjoy the smell of the gunpowder nor about the fact that even the animals are alarmed and scared. Winner of the month was Marja Porkka from Joensuu. Congratulations! Question 2 Tero Kuparinen is a former pole jumper. His record is a) 380 cm b) 490 cm c) No official record At the age of 18 Tero bet the national area record 450 cm by two centimeters, a record which used to belong to Tapani Haapakoski, one of the most prominent pole jumpers in Finland during the 80's. Quite surprisingly Tero quit his promising athlete career at the age of 20 after a strong religious awakening. But his pole jumping record of 490 cm remained. Winner of the month was Jouko Mäki-Lohiluoma from Tampere. Congratulations to my old competitor buddy! Question 1 The great grandfather of Tero Kuparinen was originally from a) Georgia b) Nepal c) Holland From his mother's side Tero got some exotic genes: his great grandfather stayed in Finland during the years of autonomy and then returned back to his country. Tero's father had also some slavic seasoning from behind the present Russian border, Carelia. Winner of the month is Marita Astokari from Pori. Congratulations!