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ISSUE 4 MINI ROCKET NOVEMBER 24, 2020 TRIVIA Jokes 1. Why are PCs 1) Name the members most hours of televi- “Lexiko.” What like air con- of O.J. Simpson’s sion produced? name eventually re- legal defense “dream 5) When was the last placed that one? ditioners? team” for his 1995 time that the Sum- 8) What year earned 2. What do murder trial. mer and Winter the nickname you call a cow that has 2) On Gilmore Girls, Olympics were held “eighteen-hundred- just given birth? what is Rory’s in the same and-froze-to-death”? 3. What are the ten real name? year? 9) What was the name letters of the pirate al- 3) In addition to 6) What was of the computer that phabet? Thomas Jefferson, ’s beat Garry Kasparov what other president final No. 1 hit during in a chess match in 4. What do you get when was named Thomas? his lifetime? 1997? you cross a hamburger 4) What producer was 7) In 1933, an architect 10) What video game with a computer? cited in the 1983 named Alfred franchise is Satoshi 5. What did the wicked Guinness Book of Mosher Butts invent- Tajiri credited with chicken lay? World Records for ed a game he called creating? GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT… On This Day In… 1896—1st US absentee voting law enacted by Vermont MRS. BAUGHER, SPECIAL EDUCATION AIDE 1917—Nine police officers and one civilian are killed 1. I lived in Kauai, for a couple years. It was ex- when a bomb explodes at the Milwaukee, WI police tremely beautiful and I loved the culture, but it headquarters building was very expensive to live there. I would love 1954—Air Force One, 1st US Presidential air- to go back and visit all the I’ve made plane, christened there. 1960—Wilt Chamberlain pulls down 55 2. I performed the Heimlich Maneuver while in High rebounds in a game (NBA record) School. A child was choking on a banana, and to my re- 1966—400 die of respiratory failure & heart attacks in lief, it really works and she quickly recovered! City smog, smoggiest day in city’s history 3. I played the clarinet from 5th-12th grade. I 1979—US admits troops in Vietnam were exposed to enjoyed it but I felt bad for my parents having the toxic Agent Orange to listen to me practice. 1993—Brady bill passes, establishing 5-day waiting peri- 4. I have lived in 4 different states—Indiana, Illinois, Hawaii, od for US handgun sales and Wisconsin. 2012—Gangnam Style becomes the most 5. My dream vacation would be to go to Wash- viewed YouTube video surpassing 808 million ington, D.C. and see all the National Monu- views ments. I love history and find it all very inter- 2014—A 12-year-old boy is shot dead by police esting how our country came to be. in Cleveland, after brandishing what turned out 6. When I’m not at school I enjoy traveling, spending time to be a fake gun in a playground with my family, and gardening. I’ve even attempted can- 2019—Former New York Mayer Michael Bloomberg ning these past 2 years and everything has worked out announces a late-bid to be the US Democratic presiden- pretty well, at least so far. tial candidate 7. Something odd about me is that I have never had a deviled egg. I’m not a huge Family Feud fan of eggs and haven’t really wanted to Top 7 answers are on the board. try it. Give me a word that rhymes with “hunk.” Trivia Answers 1) , , , F. Lee Bailey, , , , Carl E. Douglas, , and Shawn Holley. 2) Lorelai. She shares the name with her moth- er. 3) Woodrow Wilson. His full name was ac- tually Thomas Woodrow Wilson, and, as a Joke Answers kid, he went by Tommy. 1. They stop working properly if you 4) . His hits included Starsky open windows. & Hutch, , Island, Dynasty, 2. De-calf-inated. and , among others. 3. Aye, Aye, Arr, and 5) 1992. The year 1994 marked the first time the Winter Games were held in a different year from the Summer Games. the Seven Cs. 6) “You Are Not Alone.” - 1995—it was Jackson’s 13th No. 1. 4. A big Mac. 7) Scrabble. 5. A deviled egg. 8) 1816. It was also known as the “year without a summer.” The cold temperatures were most likely due to a volcano eruption Upcoming Events in Indonesia the previous year. November 23-November 27—NO 9) Deep Blue. 10) Pokémon. SCHOOL Thursday, November 26—Happy Happy Thanksgiving Birthday To… Friday, November 27—GBB at Mr. Huenink Columbus November 25th Monday, November 30—Return to Jazsmin Compean School—Virtual Learning November 27th Tuesday, December 1—BBB at Colum- Lucas Schneidervin bus November 29th Thursday, December 3—BBB vs. Mon- Ashtyn Schultz tello November 30th Friday, December 4—GBB vs. Cambria Mr. Iverson WHAT HAPPENED AT RHS? December 1st Leo Ciesielski The football The team’s originally Family Feud December 2nd team ended scheduled game against Answers Parker Kohn their season Cambria was unable to be December 2nd by taking on played, Cambria was 1. Chunk—21 Lourdes Academy. Unfor- forced to forfeit. The tunately, Lourdes was too Rockets finished the sea- 2. Punk—18 Today Is… 3. Bunk—13 much this time around and son 7-3.  Brownielocks Day the Rockets fell by a score 4. Junk—11  Celebrate Your Unique of 0-40. Jordan Tietz led a The girls bas- 5. Monk—8 Talent Day balanced offensive attack ketball team 6. Dunk—7  National with 51 rushing yards. started practice 7. Funk—7 Brayden Haffele threw for last week as well. Sardines 67 yards. Defensively Good luck on your up- Day Matt Dykstra came away coming season!  National Use with 8 total tackles. Sam Even if Seal is Broken Grieger and Zach Paul each had an interception. Day