THE DAILY CHRONICLE MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2019

It’s April Humor of the Day Fools’ Day! “Don’t approach a goat from the front, a horse from the Although quite popular since the back, or a fool from any side.” 19th century, the day is not a public ~ Jewish proverb holiday (no kidding).

1998 – Burger King published a April Fools’ Day doesn’t have full-page advertisement in USA a definitive year of origin. Some Today introducing the “Left-Handed scholars say it comes from a festival Whopper.” All the condiments were in ancient Rome or a line from The rotated 180 degrees for the benefit of Canterbury Tales. left-handed customers. Thousands Others attribute it to of customers requested the burger, the adoption of the while many others requested their Georgian calendar own right-handed versions. in the 16th century. 2005 – A zoo in Tokyo announced Those who still that it had discovered a remarkable thought April was the beginning of new species: a giant penguin called the year, rather than January, were the Tonosama (Lord) penguin. With called April “fish.” In 1689, people much fanfare, it was revealed to the were fooled into going to the Tower public. As the cameras rolled, the of London to “see the lions washed.” other penguins lifted their beaks The “Spaghetti Farmers of 1957” and gazed up at the purported Lord, is often cited as the best April but then walked away disinterested Fools’ joke: The BBC showed when he took off his penguin workers picking a banner crop of mask and revealed himself to be the spaghetti after the eradication of the zoo director. spaghetti weevil.

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MONDAY, APRIL 1, 2019

Today is International Tatting Day. Tatting is a technique for creating durable lace by tying thread into a series of loops or knots. Tatters can make doilies,

collars, earrings, necklaces, place mats, handkerchiefs, and more.

Mad Science Gadgets & Gizmos

China is getting impatient with the 28-day cycle of the moon, so officials have decided to launch a second artificial moon into the night sky in order to better shed light on Chinese cities and towns. Scientists wish to create a highly reflective satellite that will hang in the atmosphere 310 miles over the city of Chengdu to imitate the full moon. The Ant Watch does not tell time, but The satellite, which could be eight it does house live ants! Ants burrow times brighter than the moon itself, in shake-resistant nesting material will supplement streetlights at night. and are fed with sugar water through This second moon could save the removable crown. How many Chengdu over $170 million in people do you think ordered one of energy costs each year and help first these watches before they realized responders during blackouts and this was an April Fools’ joke? natural disasters. April Fools!

Riddle Me This Word Scramble I have hundreds of legs, but I can only lean. You make me feel dirty so U L T O C

you can feel clean. What am I? Influence or power

CLOUT ANSWER:

broom A ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019 On This Date Quote of the Day 1513 – Explorer Juan Ponce de León came ashore near present-day “The purpose of art is St. Augustine, Florida, and claimed washing the dust of daily the region for the Spanish crown. life off our souls.” 1792 – The Coinage Act was ~ Pablo Picasso passed by the U.S. Congress. This act established the silver dollar as the unit of money, declared it to be lawful tender, and created a decimal Happy Birthday! system for U.S. currency. Max Ernst (1891–1976) was a 1931 – A 17-year- German artist who greatly influenced old girl, Jackie modernism and was Mitchell, struck at the forefront of the out Babe Ruth Dada and Surrealist and Lou Gehrig art movements. As in an exhibition game. A short a young man, he time later, Kenesaw Landis, the visited asylums and baseball commissioner, voided became fascinated her contract declaring women unfit with the artwork of the mentally ill to play baseball as the game was patients. After studying philosophy, “too strenuous.” Ernst served in the trenches during World War I. The emotional trauma Did You Know? he endured was thrown into his art. Ernst tried to paint from his You can avoid sinking in quicksand unconscious mind to synthesize the by raising your legs slowly and experience of battle. Ernst’s work lying on your back. Remember to is hung around the world, including take your time—frantic movements the Metropolitan Museum of Art in will only hurt your cause. New York and the Louvre in Paris.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 2, 2019

Today is Ferret Day. Ferrets may have become popular pets recently, but evidence suggests that ferrets were kept as pets in ancient Greece. Leonardo

da Vinci even painted a woman holding a ferret in the 15th century.

Who Am I? Wild Kingdom

I was born in colonial Virginia, and, The world’s tiniest unlike most women of my time, I jewel thief was caught learned to read and write. Like most on video stealing a women of my time, I married young diamond from a New and had four children, yet my husband York City gem dealer. died after only seven years of The thief was an ant! The gem dealer marriage, and all my children had a pile of small diamonds on his perished of various sicknesses before desk and, out of the corner of his eye, growing old. Of course, I am most noticed them shaking. He was famous for marrying my second surprised to see a tiny ant carrying husband, a famous American military away a glittering diamond. Ants are leader, whom I married less than foraging species, known for carrying eighteen months after being widowed. objects much larger and heavier than During the Revolutionary War, I they are, but typically they forage spent the winter months with him at for food, not precious gemstones. To

military camps, as he considered my the delight of viewers all around

presence essential. Who am I? the world, the gem dealer posted the

Washington Martha ANSWER: incriminating video online.

Name Three Buy a Vowel Can you name three soft drinks that D _ L _ T _

begin with the letter S?

To make wider or larger Sunkist Beer, ot

Ro Stewart’s Sprite, Sierra Mist, Mist, Sierra Sprite, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE DILATE ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019 On This Date Quote of the Day 1860 – The Pony Express began operations, reducing the time it took “You cannot share your life mail to travel between the coasts to with a dog, as I had done in around 10 days. Bournemouth, or a cat, and not know perfectly well that 1885 – Gottlieb Daimler and animals have personalities Wilhelm Maybach received a and minds and feelings.” patent for a water-cooled engine design. It was the ~ Jane Goodall precursor of modern automobile engines. Happy Birthday! 1968 – Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I’ve Been to the Jane Goodall, born in England in Mountaintop” address. He said, 1934, fulfilled a lifelong dream at age “Like anybody, I would like to live 22 and traveled a long life. Longevity has its place. to Africa by ship. But I’m not concerned about that In Tanzania, she now. I just want to do God’s will.” immersed herself in the study of Tragically, he was assassinated the chimpanzees for following day. over 50 years. For Daily Trivia almost two years, Goodall lived among a group of Chimpanzees and humans share chimpanzees, accepted by them as over 98 percent of the same DNA. one of their own. Goodall discovered Chimps, like humans, use tools and that chimpanzees can make tools. communicate with one another. She now works on behalf of many Chimpanzees have also been able to animal rights organizations and has learn sign language. won numerous awards for her work.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 2019

Today is Film Score Day. Music that accompanies movies like Jaws and Star Wars can be more famous than the movies themselves. The first film

score ever sold was the music of 1942’s The Jungle Book by Miklós Rózsa.

Silver Memories Only Human

On this day 25 years ago, the Brain science is one of the fastest- Colorado Silver Bullets, the first all- growing areas of scientific research, female baseball team since 1954, and scientists have just made another announced their roster. The team was discovery: the more body fat we have the brainchild of Bob Hope, an around our middles, Atlanta Braves’ vice president, not the the smaller our brains. actor and comedian. With the backing Furthermore, a study of of beer giant Coors Brewing Co., and 10,000 people showed with former Hall of Fame pitcher that gaining weight Phil Niekro as manager, the team was starts to shrink the size of our brains. sure to garner attention and fans. Scientists don’t yet understand the 1,300 women attended tryouts at link between fat and brain size. They 11 locations around the country for speculate that it is due to nutrition or only 24 roster spots. The team lasted four seasons, and finally managed a perhaps inflammation caused by winning record for their last. weight gain. The good news is that losing weight corresponded with an increase in brain size. Word Wise Which word is not like the others? Who Said So?

ruins rubble This science fiction writer and professor of biochemistry said,

relic debris “I do not fear computers. I fear

remains. or pieces broken are the lack of them.”

A relic is an artifact; the others others the artifact; an is relic A ANSWER: Asimov Isaac ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019 On This Date 1896 – News of the Yukon’s Quote of the Day Klondike gold strike reached the “Hate, it has caused a lot of outside world, but it was not until the following year that the great problems in the world, but it stampede began in earnest. This has not solved one yet.” was when newlyweds Ethel and ~ Maya Angelou Clarence Berry arrived in Seattle on the steamship Portland with “a ton of gold.” News of “The Bride of the Klondike” was trumpeted around Happy Birthday! the world. The couple had travelled Maya Angelou (1928–2014) was San to Alaska for their honeymoon. Francisco’s first female and African American cable car conductor. This 1968 – Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was just the start of her trailblazing was assassinated at the age of 39 in career. Angelou also sang, danced, Memphis, Tennessee. The previous and acted professionally. In fact, day he had delivered his “I’ve Been she was a cast member of George to the Mountaintop” address. He was in town to support a strike by Gershwin’s opera Porgy and Bess. sanitation workers. Angelou’s fame rose with her autobiographical Daily Trivia book I Know Why the Caged Bird Second string, meaning Sings. She worked “replacement or backup,” with Dr. Martin comes from the Middle Luther King Jr. and Ages. An archer always Malcolm X, as well as Presidents carried a second string Ford, Carter, and Obama. Angelou in case the one on his wrote and recited an inaugural poem bow broke. for President Bill Clinton.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 2019

Today is Vitamin C Day. On this day in 1932, vitamin C was identified. It helps us heal wounds, acts as an antioxidant, helps our immune system, and

fights disease. Vitamin C is found in both citrus fruits and potatoes!

You Are What You Eat Think-tionary

It seems that one of the new food chernozem crazes is to adorn dishes with A. A horn used as a canteen to sparkling glitter. The FDA, though, carry water in the desert has a warning: not all glitters are or edible. Many food glitters are made with sugars, cornstarch, and color B. A rich and fertile black soil additives. These are clearly labeled found in grasslands

as edible. Other glitters labeled as crops. growing for soil best the is chernozem

NSWER: B. Every farmer knows that that knows farmer Every B. NSWER: “nontoxic,” on the other hand, are A not considered edible. Some chefs are even going so far as to use Garden Party real gold in their culinary creations, Archaefructus sinensis is considered by such as the $1,200 gold doughnut. some scientists to be the world’s first Pure gold is chemically inert and flowers. These aquatic plants lived 130 passes through our bodies without million years ago in China. Another poisoning them. freshwater seed-bearing plant that lived around the same time is Montsechia vidalii, found in Spain’s freshwater Word Scramble lakes. These two “first

I C L G A R flowers” existed during the time of dinosaurs like A strong-smelling and pungent- the Brachiosaurus. But it tasting bulb would be millions of years

GARLIC ANSWER: ANSWER: later before true flowers came to exist.

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019 On This Date 1614 – In Virginia, Native American Humor of the Day Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe. Pocahontas had been “With the newspaper strike on, captured by the English during I wouldn’t consider dying.” Anglo-Indian hostilities in 1613. When the opportunity arose for her ~ Bette Davis to return to her people, she chose to remain with the English. 1923 – Firestone Tire and Rubber Happy Birthday! Company of Akron, Ohio, began the When Bette Davis (1908–1989) first regular production of inflatable arrived in Hollywood, her ride tires. The tires provided a softer ride to Universal Studios wasn’t there. In and better fuel economy. fact, it had been but left when they 1931 – 20th Century Fox fired John didn’t see anyone Wayne. He had played bit parts, but who looked pretty his performances failed to impress the enough to be an studio. By his own estimation, he had actress. Davis may appeared in about 80 minor movies have had a tough before his big break came when he start, but a move to was cast in Stagecoach (1939). Warner Bros. Studio and a willingness to play unsympathetic Bette Davis Eyes characters garnered her critical acclaim Kim Carnes recorded the song and eventually box office success. “Bette Davis Eyes” in 1981, and it She was especially lauded for her spent nine weeks as the number- spot-on performance in All About one song. Davis sent Carnes Eve. Her striking deep-blue eyes a thank-you note. were exceptionally expressive.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019

Today is Deep Dish Pizza Day. Deep dish pizza was created at the original Pizzeria Uno in Chicago in 1943. The pizza is baked inside a high-edged steel

pan so that it develops a flaky, buttery crust like a pie.

Eye in the Sky Picture of the Day

The European Space Agency’s Mars Express mission currently has a spacecraft in Mars’ orbit taking stunning pictures of the red planet. Perhaps no picture has been more popular than one featuring a massive crater filled with ice! The crater is 50 miles wide and more than one mile deep and sits in the planet’s northern polar ice cap region. Even during Mars’ summer, the crater remains filled with ice. The image has This grizzly bear found the recent many people fantasizing that human heat wave absolutely unbearable. colonization of Mars could be made more enjoyable by this year-round ice- Now it’s your turn to come up skating rink. And you might even with a good caption. be able to land a triple axel, thanks to Mars’ weaker gravitational pull. Who Said So?

Buy a Vowel This civil rights icon said, “Life’s most persistent and urgent H _ N _ R _ B L _ question is, ‘What are you

doing for others?’” Deserving of respect or regard

Jr. King Luther Martin ANSWER: HONORABLE ANSWER:

© ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2019 On This Date 1830 – In Fayette Township, New Quote of the Day York, Joseph Smith, founder of the “Never bend your head. Mormon religion, organized the Always hold it high. Look the Church of Christ during a meeting world straight in the eye.” with a small group of believers. ~ Helen Keller 1887 – Anne Sullivan taught the “unteachable” blind, deaf, and mute girl Helen Keller the miracle of language by placing Helen’s hand Happy Birthday! under a stream of water and spelling James A. Healy (1830–1900) was out water in sign language. It was the first African American bishop, the beginning of Helen’s career as a although his race was not openly teacher, author, and advocate for the revealed. He was born a slave in deaf and blind. Macon County, Georgia, but was sent to the North in 1917 – The United States entered order to attend school. World War I. Healy began his career 1947 – The first Tony Award as a pastor in Boston ceremony was held in New York and was promoted to Bishop of Portland, City to recognize excellence in live Maine. Many of Broadway Theater. Tickets to the first his parishioners were of French- event cost $7.50 and included dinner. Canadian descent. He spoke both English and French. He established many charities for widows and Daily Trivia orphans of the Civil War. Healy labeled child labor “abuse” and led Icefish have clear blood. Insect the construction of 18 new schools. blood is yellow. Mammals are red- Bishop Healy was a consultant for blooded, and lobsters bleed blue. the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 6, 2019

Today is International Pillow Fight Day. Organized pillow fights originated as “flash mobs,” or groups of strangers who answered the call to fight with

pillows from online messages declaring a specific time and place.

Set the Record Straight Gadgets & Gizmos

Ask anyone to draw a picture of a raindrop, and they most likely will draw it shaped like a teardrop: full and round on the bottom and pointed at the top. In reality, small raindrops that form high in the atmosphere are almost always spherical. As raindrops grow larger, they develop into a shape that looks much like a hamburger bun: flat on the bottom and round on This simple bungee cord called the the top. As they fall, larger drops split Laundry Lasso is designed with two into smaller, spherical drops and, if suction cups so that it holds your they collide with other raindrops and front-loading washing machine door grow larger, they again take the shape open, allowing air to circulate and of the burger bun until they grow so the drum to dry. Watertight seals large that they split again into smaller are great at keeping water in, but the spherical drops. inside needs to dry in order to prevent mildew and odors. Riddle Me This Word Scramble Three eyes I have, all in a row. When the red one opens, no one T L I N U

can go. What am I? Up to a specified time

light traffic A ANSWER:

UNTIL ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2019 On This Date 1827 – John Walker, an English pharmacist, recorded his first sale of the friction matches he invented the previous year. 1940 – Booker T. Washington, educator and black leader, became the first African American to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp. 1945 – During the Battle of Okinawa, Happy Birthday! hundreds of American planes Adeline Harris (1849–1931) was 17 sank the huge Japanese battleship when she started sewing a quilt using a Yamato. The Yamato and its sister “tumbling blocks” pattern. She sent ship, Musashi, were the heaviest squares of white silk battleships ever built. to people she held in esteem in hopes they 1970 – John Wayne, a movie veteran would autograph them. of over 200 films, won his first and Harris received 350 only Oscar. The Duke earned an autographs, including Academy Award for Best Actor those of Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. for his role as Rooster Cogburn in Grant, Harriet Beecher Stowe, True Grit. Nathaniel Hawthorne, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Jacob Grimm, Alexandre Dumas, Charles Dickens, and Daily Trivia Samuel B. Morse. The beautifully The AIDS Memorial Quilt is the hand-stitched quilt is composed of world’s largest piece of folk art. 1,840 individual silk pieces, and It weighs 54 tons and could cover hangs at the Metropolitan Museum dozens of football fields. of Art.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 7, 2019

Today is World Health Day. On this day in 1948, the World Health Organization was created. This international body set malaria, tuberculosis,

maternal and child health, and nutrition as some of its highest priorities.

What’s the Difference? Golden Memories

What’s the difference between a gift On this day 50 years ago, what we and a present? The word gift comes now call the Internet was born. The from the Germanic root “to give,” Internet began with a “request for meaning something given. A present comments,” or an RFC. This RFC comes from the French “to present,” asked engineers and scientists to meaning something presented to contribute ideas and information another. With these subtle for what was called the ARPANET differences, a present is project, the Advanced Research always a concrete thing Projects Agency Network. This is just given from one to another. a fancy way of saying that computer A gift, on the other hand, can be a geeks envisioned an interconnected thing, but it can also be a song, a network of computer systems all lesson, or something else intangible. across the U.S. as a means of sharing We often call someone’s talents their and preserving valuable research data. gifts. And these gifts or talents can be freely shared and given away. Word Wise High Five Which word is not like the others? Can you name the five most

populated countries in the world? igloo teepee

million 201

dugout hogan

Brazil, 5. million; 266 Indonesia, 4.

dwellings. are others the canoe; million; 326 States, United 3. billion; 1.354

A dugout is a Native American American Native a is dugout A ANSWER: India, 2. billion; 1.415 China, 1. ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019 On This Date Quote of the Day 1783 – Catherine the Great of Russia annexed Crimea after seizing it from “The search for human the Turks. Her reign eventually freedom can never be complete brought most of Ukraine under without freedom for women.” Russian rule. ~ Betty Ford 1986 – Robert Merrill, baritone of the Metropolitan Opera, both sang the Happy Birthday! national anthem and Betty Ford (1918–2011) was first threw out the first ball lady of the United at Yankee Stadium. States for three years. 2001 – Tiger Woods became the At the age of 11, she first golfer in history to win four began modeling clothes consecutive major tournaments, and teaching children known as golf’s grand slam. popular dances to earn money during the Depression. As If the Glove Fits first lady, Ford openly advocated for women’s rights. In interviews At first, baseball she was forthright about her struggle was played without with breast cancer. In 1978, Ford’s gloves. In 1875, family confronted her about her St. Louis outfielder drinking and she went to a recovery Charlie Waitt put on center. Ford was frank about her a pair of leather dress alcoholism and devoted the rest of gloves to protect his her life to maintaining her sobriety hands. Although he was called a and working with other alcoholics. “sissy” by fans, the idea soon took She founded the Betty Ford Center off, and baseball players began to for treatment of chemical dependency wear gloves. in 1982.

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MONDAY, APRIL 8, 2019

Today is Zoo Lover’s Day. Over 700 million people visit zoos each year, making this holiday a massive celebration! Zoos and aquariums make some

of the world’s most important contributions to wildlife conservation.

Root of the Matter Mad Science

Extend an olive branch Why do old newspaper clippings and the pages of books turn yellow over If you extend an olive time? Most paper is made from wood, branch to a rival, it means which is comprised largely of that you are making an cellulose and lignin, which is what offer of peace. This expression has biblical origins. In the makes wood stiff and strong. Old Testament, God brings a great Cellulose is very good at reflecting flood to Earth. Before the flood, God light, which makes paper appear instructs Noah to build a giant ark, white. Lignin, on the other hand, upon which he saves two of each changes its molecular structure as it animal. Once the waters recede, Noah ages. As molecular bonds are broken, sends a dove out into the world, and it new patches of molecules turn yellow returns bearing an olive leaf. This olive and brown. Paper manufacturers leaf is a sign of the abatement of attempt to remove as much lignin as God’s wrath and a symbol of peace. possible from paper so that it stays Similarly, the olive branch was also a white. Newspaper, however, is cheap, symbol of peace in ancient Greece. has more lignin, and yellows faster. Brown cardboard, on the other hand, Word Scramble has lots of sturdy lignin to keep it stiff.

R C N A B H Punny Business

A limb or offshoot

BRANCH ANSWER: R.I.P. boiled water. You will be mist.

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2019 On This Date Humor of the Day 1865 – General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General “I once spent a year in Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Philadelphia, I think it Courthouse in Virginia. was on a Sunday.” 1928 – Turkey passed a law ~ W.C. Fields separating church and state. The intention was to guarantee the equality of all its citizens regardless of differences of religion. Happy Birthday! W.C. Fields (1880–1946) began his 1967 – The Boeing 737 flew for the career in vaudeville as a silent first time. The 737 series has carried juggler. When he added comedy to more than 16.8 billion passengers. his routine, it was featured in the That is equivalent to every person Ziegfeld Follies. Fields was also an on Earth flying at least twice. actor. He was a hit playing a con man in the Broadway musical Poppy. His comedic persona was that of a hard- drinking cynic, loveable despite 1973 – Paul McCartney first his flaws. Among his recognizable performed his song “My Love” with trademarks were his raspy drawl his band Wings. He wrote it for his and grandiloquent vocabulary. He wife Linda. moved into film acting and made over a dozen Nuttiness pictures. Humorist Leo Most nuts aren’t nuts. Peanuts Rosten said of Fields, are legumes. Almonds, cashews, “Any man who hates and pistachios are seeds. Acorns, dogs and babies can’t hazelnuts, and chestnuts are be all bad.” Fields denied hatred of actually in the nut family. either species in later interviews.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 9, 2019

Today is Cherish an Antique Day. Today is the day to cherish an antique that may have been handed down to you from your forebears. Take this day

to polish it up or make some necessary repairs to keep it looking good.

Wild Kingdom Where Am I?

The villagers of Landévennec in This building was conceived during northwestern France enjoyed a wager between Walter Chrysler swimming at their local beach with a of the Chrysler Corporation and dolphin nicknamed Zafar, who was John Jakob Raskob of General a bit of a local celebrity. The dolphin Motors to see who could build a began acting strangely, rubbing itself taller building. Erected in 1930, this against kayaks and tower was finished in only one year, pestering swimmers, ahead of schedule and under budget. even going so far as to The construction employed 3,400 toss one swimmer up Depression–era workers every day. into the air. It turns out When it was completed, it stood as that the lonesome dolphin was looking the largest skyscraper in the world, for a mate. Dolphins are social species taller than the Chrysler Building

that usually travel in groups. This across town. Where am I?

lonely dolphin, however, was looking

City York New Building, State Empire The for love in all the wrong places. ANSWER: Zafar’s behavior was getting so disruptive that French authorities had no choice but to shut down the beach. Buy a Vowel Name Three M _ N T _ _ N Can you name three kinds of nuts

A brief or incidental reference that begin with the letter P?

pistachio, pine nut nut pine pistachio,

MENTION ANSWER: peanut, pecan, pecan, peanut, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019 On This Date 1815 – The Mount Tambora volcano Pulitzer Prize Winner in Indonesia began erupting. The With Americans of Past and largest volcanic eruption in recorded Present Days, a history book history, it spewed so much ash that it caused the “Year Without a Summer” by J. J. Jusserand, was the first in North America and Europe. book to win the Pulitzer Prize. 1912 – The Titanic set off on her maiden voyage. After the 920 passengers Happy Birthday! boarded, the ship began its route along the Irish coast before meeting Joseph Pulitzer (1847–1911) was with disaster near Newfoundland. born in Hungary. As a young man, he signed on with an American Civil War recruiter. During his passage, he realized the unfair terms of the contract and jumped ship in Boston. He went on to become a journalist and 1948 – General Dwight D. Eisenhower newspaper publisher stood by an earlier report in which of great renown and he said that a professional soldier a congressman from should not seek high political office. New York. Pulitzer It was only four years later that was a leader of the Ike was elected president of the Democratic Party United States. and crusaded against big business and Daily Trivia corruption. The prestigious Pulitzer The Kodak Brownie box camera Prize for excellence in arts and sold for $1.00 in 1900. It produced journalism was established as part 2¼-inch square pictures and of Pulitzer’s generous endowment introduced snapshots to the masses. to Columbia University.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 10, 2019

Today is Bookmobile Day. The first bookmobile was actually a horse- drawn “Library Wagon” built in 1905 by the public library of Washington

County, Maryland. It was manned by a janitor named Mr. Thomas.

Centennial Memories Think-tionary

On this day 100 years ago, the jow

Mexican folk hero Emiliano Zapata A. The ringing or tolling sound of was killed by government forces. a bell Zapata was born a peasant and was or forced into the Mexican military.

B. To goad someone into a fight

When the Mexican Revolution began

in 1910, he became a leader of melancholy. feel me makes always

of church bells bells church of jow slow The A. NSWER: peasants, demanding reforms for the A poor farmers. While Zapata never effectively took control of the Toys of Yesteryear government, he became a national icon of the poor and downtrodden. Arthur Patterson was His movement to reform the agrarian working in a stationery system, known as Zapatismo, still store when he invented lives on in the political imaginations the card game Flinch. of many Mexicans today. Patterson was an avid card player. In 1901, he came up with a new game for Word Scramble which he had to invent an entirely new deck of cards. The game grew so A R S E T G O popular that in just two years, one million Flinch games had been sold. Keeping things in place People so clamored for the cards that

for a future use stores had to post “No Flinch Today”

STORAGE ANSWER: ANSWER: signs in their windows when they were sold out.

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019 On This Date Quote of the Day 1927 – Ettore Bugatti began work on the Bugatti Type 41 Royale “Prejudice is a great time super car. It was a huge, handcrafted saver. You can form luxury car that opinions without having was designed to get the facts.” for royalty. The ~ E. B. White base price was $30,000. One of the largest cars ever produced, only Happy Birthday! six were made and all six still exist. Percy Lavon Julian (1899–1975) was a chemist who specialized in 1951 – President Truman relieved deriving medicines from plants. He General MacArthur from his commands in Korea because extracted physostigmine from the MacArthur had publicly criticized calabar bean, him for not expanding the war into which became a China. Although Truman’s decision crucial medicine was politically unpopular, he felt for glaucoma. the American tradition of civilian Julian pioneered control of the military was at stake. isolating steroids and Geography Trivia hormones, such The largest mountain range as progesterone, from soybeans. is the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, which Utilizing inexpensive plants runs mostly underwater from just for pharmaceuticals made the south of the North Pole to just medicines much more affordable. north of Antarctica, through A postage stamp in his honor was the Atlantic Ocean. printed in 1993.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 2019

Today is Submarine Day. On this day in 1900, the U.S. Navy acquired the Holland VI, its first modern commissioned sub. The navy’s very first submarine was the USS Alligator, active during the American Civil War.

Only Human You Are What You Eat

Nobody likes coming down with a The only downside of fever and its accompanying cold ordering a pizza for sweats and disorientation. For many, delivery is getting rid of the first reaction to a fever is to take the greasy box. Vinnie’s fever-reducing drugs. Researchers Pizzeria in Brooklyn, have discovered that fevers actually New York, may have solved this problem by creating an power up our immune cells. When edible pizza box out of pizza. The feverish, the surface proteins on box looks exactly like what you’d immune cells are altered so that they expect; a hearty crust folded over can better travel through blood vessels onto itself with an interior slathered and reach places that are infected. in sauce and cheese. And what’s The more immune cells that arrive at inside this box made of pizza? the site of the infection, the faster the Another pizza, of course! This so- infection is cleared up and the better called “pie-o-degradable” box and you feel. pizza cost $40, about the same price as two large cheese pies.

Buy a Vowel Who Said So?

_ _ T _ M _ T _ C This businessman-turned- presidential advisor said, “Millions To work by itself with saw the apple fall, but Newton

no human control was the one who asked why.”

AUTOMATIC ANSWER: Baruch Bernard ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019 On This Date 1945 – President Franklin D. Quote of the Day Roosevelt died in Warm Springs, “They [kids] still need to feel Georgia, of a cerebral hemorrhage safe, be close to their families, at the age of 63. At the time he collapsed, he had like their teachers, and have been sitting for friends to play with.” artist Elizabeth ~ Beverly Cleary Shoumatoff for a portrait painting now known as the famous Unfinished Portrait. Happy Birthday! 1955 – The University of Michigan Beverly Cleary was born in 1916 Polio Vaccine Evaluation Center in rural Oregon. Maybe you have to announced that Dr. Jonas Salk’s live to be over 100 to write so many polio vaccine was “safe, effective, books! She moved to Portland, and potent.” Today, health officials where her books are set, while in hope to immunize every child to grade school, and she struggled to ultimately rid the world of polio. keep up in reading. Beloved by readers of all ages, Cleary said she especially Literary Trivia enjoys writing for Ramona Quimby, the beloved third and fourth protagonist of many Beverly Cleary graders. She writes books, is based on a real girl who on yellow legal pads while baking. lived near Cleary. Cleary remembers Cleary has won numerous awards, seeing the girl eating a pound of including several Newberys. Her butter her mother sent her to buy at birthday has been named D.E.A.R. the store. (Drop Everything and Read) Day.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2019

Today is the International Day of Human Space Flight. The United Nations initiated this holiday in recognition of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first

human to go to space. Gagarin made one orbit around Earth in 1961.

Picture of the Day Eye in the Sky

China made history when its Chang’e-4 lunar lander touched down on the moon. Inside the lander’s biosphere something amazing was happening: a small cotton plant was growing. This was the first seed ever germinated on the moon, called a “giant leaf for mankind.” Sadly, the So can you explain to me again leaf didn’t last. When temperatures why airlines charge me so much plunged to –62°F, and eventually for overweight luggage? even lower to –292°F, the cotton seedlings perished. This cold shock Now it’s your turn to come up was sudden and brutal, yet expected, with a good caption. for no earthly plant is known to survive temperatures colder than those Word to the Wise on Antarctica.

If you believe the end of the world is Word Wise near and you’re stockpiling supplies Which word is not like the others? to prepare yourself, then according to the dictionary you’re a prepper. Y2K Hawaii Maldives preppers readied themselves for the Guam Tonga

year 2000 computer bug, which was

Pacific. the in are others the Ocean;

Indian the in are Maldives The supposed to devastate the world but ANSWER: ended up doing nothing of the sort.

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2019 On This Date 1796 – The first circus elephant Quote of the Day arrived in the U.S., from Bengal. For “Southerners love a good the next dozen years, the elephant, tale. They are born reciters, named “old Bet,” was almost great memory retainers, diary constantly on tour. keepers, letter exchangers... 1958 – American Van Cliburn great talkers.” won the inaugural International ~ Eudora Welty Tchaikovsky Piano Competition in Moscow. Cliburn’s performance earned him a standing ovation lasting eight minutes. Happy Birthday! 1964 – Sidney Poitier became the Eudora Welty (1909–2001) wrote first African American male to win novels and short stories about the Best Actor award for the 1963 life in the American South. She filmLilies of the Field. won numerous awards, including a Pulitzer Prize for The Optimist’s 1970 – An oxygen tank aboard Daughter. Before becoming a writer, Apollo 13 exploded while the craft Welty, who graduated from college was 200,000 miles from Earth. in the midst of the Depression, took Using great skill and ingenuity, the a WPA position photographing crew safely touched down in the the effects of the Depression in Pacific Ocean four days later. southern states. This experience informed her later writing. Welty’s house in Jackson, Daily Trivia Mississippi, is now a National Historic The abbreviation for pound (lb.) Monument and is comes from the astrological sign open to the public Libra, meaning “balance.” as a house museum.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 13, 2019

Today is Scrabble Day. This popular word game was invented during the Depression by an amateur artist and unemployed architect. If you play today, try

using the word oxyphenbutazone, which is the highest-scoring word possible.

Household Tips Centennial Memories

Clear nail polish can do On this day 100 years ago, British more than just coat your troops in the Indian holy city of newly lacquered nails. It is Amritsar fired upon protesters meeting known to stop a run in in a city park. Days before, Amritsar pantyhose, and it can even had been placed under martial law to mend a torn window screen. If screws quell demonstrations against the have a habit of coming loose, simply British Empire, and mass gatherings dab a coating of clear nail polish to had been banned. The violence keep the screw in place. The same had a profound impact on Mohandas goes with loose shirt buttons. If your Gandhi. Gandhi had previously buttons are constantly coming loose, supported the British in the hopes simply dab a bit of clear nail polish of winning partial independence for over the threads to “glue” them in India. After the Amritsar Massacre, place. If you’re the crafty type who Gandhi believed in nothing but total likes to work with ribbons and string, independence for India. As a result, you can prevent frayed ends by he began his campaign of civil coating the trimmed ends with a bit of disobedience against British rule. clear nail polish.

What’s in a Name? Word Scramble

This actor, born Donald James M E I V O T Yarmy, was best known for his

role as Agent 86 on Get Smart. A reason for doing something

Adams Don ANSWER:

MOTIVE ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019 On This Date Valedictorian Speech 1902 – James Cash (J.C.) Penney opened “Fellow graduates, duty bids us his first retail store in go forth into active life. Let us Kemmerer, Wyoming. go cheerfully, hopefully, It was called the Golden Rule Store. and earnestly.” 1910 – President William Howard ~ Anne Sullivan Taft began a sports tradition by throwing out the first baseball of the season at an American League Happy Birthday! game between Washington and Anne Sullivan (1866–1936) was born Philadelphia. Washington won 3–0. in Ireland but moved to the U.S. as a young child. Both her parents 1960 – The musical and brother died while she was a Bye Bye Birdie child. She developed eye infections opened at the Martin that led to blindness. Beck Theatre in Sullivan convinced an New York City. Chita orphanage inspector Rivera and Dick to send her to Boston Van Dyke starred in to the Perkins School the Broadway show, which ran for for the Blind. Her 607 performances. first job was tutoring Baseball Trivia Helen Keller, a challenge she rose to famously. Eventually, Keller Baltimore Orioles manager Earl also went to the Perkins School Weaver was ejected from 91 accompanied by Sullivan. The two games, including both games were lifelong friends. Their ashes of a double-header. He was are interred next to each other in the team manager for 17 years. Washington National Cathedral.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019

Today is Palm Sunday. It always falls the Sunday before Easter and commemorates Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem on a donkey, with people welcoming him by laying down cloaks and palm fronds in front of him.

Gadgets & Gizmos Golden Memories

1969 was a banner year for Major League Baseball. The first Canadian team, the Montreal Expos, was admitted to the league. On this day 50 years ago, the first regular season game was played outside of the United States at Jarry Park in Montreal. The Expos hosted the reigning National League champs,

the St. Louis Cardinals. Many The Noria air conditioner boasts considered the Montreal park too 5,000 BTUs of cooling power in a small (and too cold in April) for a package that won’t take up your major league game, and perhaps this entire window, doesn’t weigh a ton is why Montreal left fielder Mack (only 30 lbs), and hums at 50 dB, Jones smacked the game-winning three-run homer for the home team. the sound equivalent of a quiet conversation. The unit locks into a frame that fits into the window. Users Buy a Vowel can even adjust the temperature from their smartphones. _ L _ V _ T _ R

Punny Business A platform that raises or lifts something up

I ordered 2,000 pounds of Chinese ELEVATOR ANSWER: soup. It was wonton.

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019 On This Date 1924 – The Rand McNally Auto Quote of the Day Chum, later known as Rand McNally Road Atlas, was first published. The “I have to really enjoy the good Rand McNally company also erected things because it makes many actual roadside highway signs, the bad things OK.” so the maps could be better utilized. ~ Emma Watson 1947 – Jackie Robinson broke the baseball color barrier when he donned a Brooklyn Dodgers Happy Birthday! uniform for the first time. Robinson went on to have an exceptional Emma Watson is a British actress 10-year MLB career. born in 1990. She was taking acting classes 1959 – Cuban leader Fidel Castro and had been in school began a U.S. goodwill tour. Castro plays when a teacher sought an audience with then- helped arrange an President Dwight Eisenhower, but audition for her. She Eisenhower didn’t think much of earned the coveted Cuba’s new leader, choosing to go role of Hermione Granger in eight golfing instead. Harry Potter movies. Reviews of the films often singled out Watson’s excellent acting skills. In 2014, she Daily Trivia graduated from Brown University with a bachelor’s degree in English Jelly beans (eight flavors) were literature before resuming her acting first mentioned in 1861 by Boston career. Watson helped launch the confectioner William Schrafft, who UN’s women campaign HeForShe, urged people to send them as a treat which calls for men to advocate to soldiers serving in the Civil War. gender equality.

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MONDAY, APRIL 15, 2019

Today is the running of the Boston Marathon. This marathon is not only the oldest in the country (it was first run in 1897) but it is also the fastest. As if the marathon weren’t enough, the Boston Red Sox also play a home game.

What Am I? Root of the Matter

People first glimpsed me at Coney Red herring Island in 1896. What today is a modern convenience was then cause If someone is following a red for curiosity and excitement. I may herring, then they are being have carried people up just a measly deliberately misled down a six feet, but 75,000 visitors flocked to wrong path or argument. This ride on me. Back then, Coney Island expression dates back to 1807, was a hotbed of invention, showcasing when journalist William Cobbett a variety of new and modern wonders. told the story of using a kipper, or a No wonder inventor Jesse Reno smoked herring (the fish often turns showed me off there. Today, you’ll bright red when smoked), to mislead find me relieving tired legs a pack of hounds on the trail of a everywhere, from department stores hare. This red herring misled the to airports, museums, and subway dogs. Nowadays, red herrings may stations. I make steep climbs easy. be misleading or diversionary

What am I? arguments. In mystery stories, a red

escalator An ANSWER: herring is an attempt to mislead a

reader’s guess as to “whodunnit.” Who Said So? Word Scramble This man, the Father of Advertising, said, “The best ideas O H N E T R come as jokes. Make your thinking

as funny as possible.” The chair for a king or queen

THRONE ANSWER: Ogilvy David ANSWER:

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019 On This Date 1908 – President Theodore Roosevelt Quote of the Day designated the Natural Bridges area “All I need to make a comedy in Utah as a National Monument. is a park, a policeman, 1922 – Annie Oakley shot 100 clay and a pretty girl.” targets in a row, setting a women’s record. Her amazing talent first came ~ Charlie Chaplin to light when at the age of 15 she won a shooting match Happy Birthday! with traveling-show marksman Frank Charlie Chaplin (1889–1977) Butler. Apparently, grew up brutally poor in England. Butler did not hold a By his ninth birthday, grudge because they he had been sent to later married. live in labor houses twice. At the age of 10, Egg Tapping Trivia Chaplin signed on with a performance troupe. Egg tapping was popular in New He made his way to the U.S., where Amsterdam, now New York. Players he dazzled in silent films, started each have a boiled egg. One player his own film company, and co- uses their egg to tap the other player’s egg and tries to crack it without founded United Artists distribution. damaging their own egg. If they He became a target of investigation succeed, they get to keep both eggs. when his films turned political. Today, Chaplin is regarded as one of the most influential actor-directors in film history. His movie The Great Dictator is often ranked on lists of the greatest films of all time.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 16, 2019

Today is Bean Counters’ Day, every accountant’s favorite holiday. This day honors those unsung heroes who take care of our financial well-being while taking no credit for themselves. Accountants can relax after Tax Day.

Think-tionary Mad Science

pasquinade Earth’s magnetic North Pole is on the A. A mockery of someone or move, shifting from the Canadian something posted in a public Arctic to Siberia. The map of Earth’s place magnetic field was or updated in 2015, but it

B. A pasty gruel eaten by monks is already horribly out

of date. Declination is

on pilgrimages

building. the the measured difference between the

of side the on painted rival my

pasquinade true geographic North Pole, the top of

the by humiliated was I A. NSWER: A the world, and the magnetic north. Accurate declination is helpful to a When Was It? wide array of navigators, from those guiding airplanes and ocean ships to It was during this year that the GPS devices on smartphones. Supreme Court ruled that one could Magnetic north often drifts, with some record programs on videotape for scientists believing that liquid iron personal use without breaking the law. deep inside Earth is responsible. Apple introduced its first Macintosh personal computer. While filming a Pepsi commercial, pop superstar Buy a Vowel Michael Jackson suffered burns from fireworks. The NFL’s Baltimore Colts H _ R _ N G _ _ moved to Indianapolis in the dead of A forceful or angry speech

night. When was it?

HARANGUE ANSWER: 1984 ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019 On This Date 1929 – Baseball player Babe Ruth Quote of the Day married Claire Hodgson, a former member of the Ziegfeld Follies. “I’ve got to get to the top They remained married until Ruth’s of the hill.” death in 1948. ~ Last words of J. P. Morgan 1961 – U.S.-backed Cuban exiles landed at the Bay of Pigs in Cuba to overthrow Premier Fidel Castro’s government. The mission failed: Happy Birthday! 100 invaders were killed and 1,400 J. P. Morgan (1837–1913) was the were captured. very symbol of Wall Street and one 1964 – Ford of the wealthiest men in the world. Motors unveiled His firm financed many its new Mustang of the first powerhouse model. It won industrial companies, the Tiffany Gold including U.S. Steel, Medal for excellence in American General Electric, and design, the first automobile ever to do International Harvester. so, and was Ford’s most successful Morgan was a collector launch since the Model A. of books, pictures, and fine art objects. He smoked dozens of cigars Timely Trivia per day and favored large Havana cigars. Morgan was a large man The quartz crystals in most with piercing eyes and a deformed wristwatches vibrate 32,768 nose caused by rhinophyma. He times per second. Quartz watches disliked publicity and hated being are more accurate than the best photographed. Morgan and his wife mechanical timepieces. Amelia had four children.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019

Today is Ellis Island Family History Day. On this day in 1907, more immigrants (11,747) entered the U.S. through Ellis Island than on any other

day in its history. In total, 17 million immigrants came through Ellis Island.

Wild Kingdom Only Human

Crows are known to be incredibly There is such a thing as intelligent creatures that have a a teenage brain, and knack for collecting trinkets. One anyone who has spent theme park in France has capitalized time with a teenager understands all on their intelligence by teaching too well that they think differently. crows to pick up trash. The park’s Science has determined that the falconer, Christophe Gaborit, had young brain has both fast-growing trained crows to deliver a rose to a synpases and entire sections that princess in a castle during one of the remain unconnected. The last park’s shows. He simply used the section to connect (between the ages same training methods to teach of 25–30) is the frontal lobe, which crows to pick up garbage and is responsible for processes such as deposit it in trash cans. Each time a reasoning, planning, and judgment. crow deposited the trash, it received The end result is that teens are easily a treat. Now if only people could be influenced by their environment trained to do the same. and prone to impulsive and often risky behavior. Word Wise Which word is not like the others? Riddle Me This

jointer cornet What’s been around for millions

ocarina banjo of years but is no more than

a month old?

instruments. musical are others

moon The ANSWER: a mason’s tool; the the tool; mason’s a is jointer A ANSWER: ANSWER:

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 On This Date 1775 – American revolutionaries Humor of the Day Paul Revere, William Dawes, and “Knowledge is like underwear. Samuel Prescott rode through It is useful to have it, but not Massachusetts, giving the warning necessary to show it off.” that “the Regulars are coming out.” Later, the phrase “the British are ~ Bill Murray coming” was attributed to Revere. The ride was commemorated in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s Happy Birthday! poem “Paul Revere’s Ride.” James McCune Smith (1813–1865) 1942 – Colonel James Doolittle led attended the African Free School in a flight of 16 B-25 bombers to attack New York City where as an eleven- Tokyo. Japanese commanders year-old, he was selected to give a considered the raid deeply speech to Marquis de embarrassing, and their attempt to Lafayette. He went close the perceived on to earn a medical gap in their Pacific degree in Scotland defense perimeter and become the first led directly to a African American decisive American medical doctor. He victory at the Battle was also the first African American of Midway. pharmacy owner. Smith partnered with Frederick Douglass to form Spicy Trivia the National Council of Colored Fermenting vinegar and hot peppers People and helped refugee slaves via in a French barrel that has three the Underground Railroad. In 2010, inches of salt on top makes Tabasco several of Smith’s descendants sauce. It is aged for three years until commissioned a new tombstone for all the salt is diffused. his grave in Brooklyn.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019

Today is High Five Day. The goal of the day is easy: to slap as many high fives as you can. One company, Highfive Technologies, has even agreed to

donate $5 for every picture of a high five posted on social media.

Garden Party You Are What You Eat

The Hanging Gardens of Babylon Craft breweries may be were legendary even in ancient times. known for their experimental Amid the hot desert, lush flora beers, but the 7 Cent Brewery cascaded over 75-foot-tall terraces. in Melbourne, Australia, may These gardens did indeed exist, but have gotten a little carried away. not in Babylon. Researcher Stephanie Perhaps it was after a bit of navel- Dalley believes that King gazing that the idea struck brewers to Nebuchadnezzar II did not build the use yeast taken from their own belly- gardens for his wife, as many believe. button lint. The brewers swiped their Instead, King Sennacherib of the belly buttons and grew the yeasts rival Assyrian Empire built them 300 until they had enough to brew a batch miles north of Babylon in Nineveh. of Belly Button Beer, a Belgian-style A recent archaeological dig has Witbier. It may sound gross, but yeast uncovered a vast network of aqueducts is yeast, no matter where you find it. that would have supplied water to Other brewers have used yeast found in beards and trapped in 45-million- the magnificent desert gardens. year-old amber.

Who Said So? Word Scramble This English female writer, who P U S R I D T gave herself a man’s name, said, “It is never too late to be what

To cause disorder or turmoil you might have been.”

George Eliot George ANSWER: DISRUPT ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019 On This Date 1927 – Mae West was found guilty Quote of the Day of violating morals charges relating to her Broadway play Sex. When “A scientific man ought to the judge asked if she have no wishes, no affections, was trying to show a mere heart of stone.” contempt for the court, she answered, “On the ~ Charles Darwin contrary, Your Honor, I was doing my best to conceal it.” Happy Birthday! 1934 – Shirley Temple made her Glenn T. Seaborg (1912–1999) was debut in the movie Stand Up and a Nobel-Prize-winning chemist whose Cheer! The film was about efforts discoveries resulted in a new, extended undertaken during the Great periodic table of elements. Seaborg Depression to boost morale. was one of the scientists who 1951 – General Douglas discovered transuranic elements, MacArthur gave his which are elements farewell address to that are heavier than Congress, saying, “Old uranium. Transuranic soldiers never die, they elements are used to just fade away.” make nuclear energy and bombs. He also isolated iodine, which Daily Trivia was used as a thyroid medication. General Douglas MacArthur won Seaborg helped isolate plutonium for a Medal of Honor During World the Manhattan Project’s atomic bomb. War II. His father had won the Medal He later traveled around the world, of Honor during the Civil War. working to promote arms reduction.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 19, 2019

Today is the start of Passover, which begins at sundown. This all-important Jewish holiday remembers the Exodus of the Israelites out of their enslavement in Egypt after the 10 plagues.

Eye in the Sky Who Am I?

There is an awful lot As a child, I was most fascinated by of junk in space, from music, math, and science. I dropped satellites to the pieces out of school in 1894, not because I left over from was lazy, but because I did not enjoy satellites that have the strict teachers and my family was been demolished in collisions with moving abroad. I applied to a school other space junk. Some of the things in Switzerland but failed to get in. The we have launched into space are pretty next year, though, I reapplied and was strange. Consider the Tesla roadster accepted. Later, I developed many that hitched a ride on a SpaceX rocket. groundbreaking scientific theories, SpaceX also launched a solid-gold for which I won the Nobel Prize. With jar in the shape of NASA’s first Hitler’s rise, I went to America, African American astronaut, Robert where I became an advocate of peace.

Who am I?

Einstein Albert Henry Lawrence Jr. A company called ANSWER:

RocketLab even launched a giant disco ball into space, calling the reflective orb the “Humanity Star.” Word Wise

The star may be as dead as disco after Which word is not like the others? burning up in Earth’s orbit a year ago. rotary roundabout

Punny Business

driving ring traffic circle

I accidentally handed my wife a glue junctions.

stick instead of Chapstick. She still road circular are others the ring; driving There is no such thing as a a as thing such no is There

isn’t talking to me. ANSWER:

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2019

Quote of the Day “Gratitude is when memory is stored in the heart and not in the mind.” ~ Lionel Hampton On This Date 1862 – The first test of pasteurization was completed by Louis Pasteur Happy Birthday! and Claude Bernard. It showed that Lionel Hampton (1908–2002) was carefully heating foods could kill a bandleader, jazz percussionist, bacteria without damaging the food. and vibraphone virtuoso. He ranks The process was soon used for beer among the greatest names in jazz and milk. history, and he worked with Benny Goodman, Charlie 1902 – Scientists Marie and Pierre Parker, and Quincy Curie isolated the radioactive Jones. He was also element radium. Being pioneers in deeply involved in the the field, they were unaware of the construction of public harmful effects of radiation. Marie housing in Harlem would eventually die of cancer and Newark. Hampton and his band caused by radiation. toured throughout the world until a stroke in Paris in 1991 slowed him 1909 – Movie director D.W. Griffith down. He was married to his wife, hired out-of-work actress Mary Pickford Gladys, from 1936 until her death for $40 per week. She appeared in 51 in 1971. Many musicians recall that films in 1909 and soon become known Lionel ran the music and Gladys ran as “America’s Sweetheart.” the business.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 20, 2019

Today is Look Alike Day. You may not have a biological twin, but you might certainly have someone who looks like you. Perhaps a celebrity, friend,

or neighbor is your doppelganger, a German word meaning “double.”

What’s the Difference? Fashion of Yesteryear

What’s the difference The ancient Romans did not trust the between CBD and THC, Chinese. While many valuable the two chemicals found commodities were introduced to the in marijuana? With many West via the famous Silk Road, silk states legalizing this drug, itself was considered by the it is becoming more important to Romans to be a corrupting educate yourself about marijuana’s influence from the Chinese. effects. CBD is cannabidiol, a Roman senators passed a chemical compound believed to law banning men from induce relaxation, ease anxiety, and wearing silk, complaining that it even treat seizures. You can find CBD would “degrade the male sex.” Laws added to chocolate, tea, beauty against certain dress were also passed creams, and shampoos. THC, is in colonial Massachusetts. Puritans tetrahydrocannabinol, the powerful forbade the poor from wearing silk, psychoactive chemical responsible for handmade lace, scarves, or anything getting a person “high” or creating fancy or fun. mind-altering effects. For this reason, CBD is considered by many to be safer than THC. Buy a Vowel

Riddle Me This _ R _ N _ C What goes up and down the stairs

without moving? The opposite of what is expected

carpet A ANSWER: IRONIC ANSWER:

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2019

Happy Easter! Rejection Letter to Charlotte Brontë “Literature cannot be the business of a woman’s life: and it ought not to be.” On This Date ~ Robert Southey 1878 – At Engine Company 21 in Chicago, fireman George Reid slid down the binding pole from the hayloft to answer an alarm. His actions inspired Happy Birthday! poles in fire stations everywhere. Charlotte Brontë (1816–1855) is 1912 – Fenway Park opened. It is one of the most famous women the home of the Boston Red Sox writers of the Victorian era. Early and the oldest of all current Major in her career, she devoted herself to League Baseball stadiums. poetry. After completing school and 1956 – Elvis Presley’s first hit becoming a teacher, record, “Heartbreak Hotel,” reached she abandoned poetry #1 on the charts. A newspaper article for fiction, in large part about the suicide of a lonely man because it had become who jumped from a hotel window more marketable. In inspired the lyrics, which were 1847, she published written by Tommy Durden and Mae Jane Eyre, her most Boren Axton. well-known and popular novel. It was originally published under Daily Trivia the pen name Currer Bell. Her life Reno is farther west than was cut short by what was probably Los Angeles. tuberculosis at age 39.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 21, 2019

Today is Easter Sunday, a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead after his crucifixion. The story of an egg-laying Easter bunny likely

has roots in Germany and is a belief that dates back to the 13th century.

Picture of the Day Root of the Matter

In stitches

If you tell a joke that leaves your audience in stitches, it means that they are laughing so hard it hurts as much as being pricked with a sharp needle. The expression was first used by Shakespeare in the play Twelfth Night, where a character mentions how she will make someone “laugh yourself into stitches.” A stitch originally was a sharp thrust, prick, pinch, or stab. The term stitch is still often used to describe the muscular cramping or

This is why Santa never lets the pain in the side of the abdomen that Easter Bunny borrow his sleigh.” occurs sometimes when running. Drinking water may relieve a side Now it’s your turn to come up stitch but not a laugh attack. with a good caption.

What’s in a Name? Word Scramble

R O M R I R This boxer with a sweet fighting

style was born Walker Smith Jr.

A reflecting surface

Robinson Ray Sugar ANSWER: MIRROR ANSWER:

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2019

Today is Quote of the Day Earth Day! “A nation that destroys its soils destroys itself.” On This Date ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt 1889 – Some 50,000 home-seekers rode or ran to claim land in the Oklahoma Land Rush. Happy Birthday! 1970 – Earth Day, an event to increase public awareness of the Yehudi Menuhin (1916–1999) is world’s environmental problems, widely considered one of the greatest was celebrated for the first time. violinists of the 20th century. He performed for Allied soldiers during 1989 – Archaeologists unearthed a World War II and for the inmates 2,000-year-old mummy in a gold- of Bergen-Belsen concentration covered coffin in the Egyptian oasis camp after its liberation in 1945. of Fayoum. She was wrapped in Menuhin, who was linen and dried flowers and had a born in the United child beside her. States, was the first Jewish musician to Daily Trivia go back to Germany Melting of the Arctic will not after the Holocaust, significantly increase sea levels to perform with the because the ice is already floating Berlin Philharmonic in the ocean. However, melting Orchestra. He had a strong interest ice in Greenland will measurably in yoga, and in 1953 Life magazine increase sea levels because published photos of him in various this ice rests on land. yoga positions.

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MONDAY, APRIL 22, 2019

Today is Dyngus Day. This Polish holiday, also known as Wet Monday, always falls the Monday after Easter. It is traditional for boys to douse girls

with water, symbolic of the baptism of Mieszko I, the Duke of Poland.

Think-tionary Silver Memories

quisby On this day 25 years ago, the world’s largest lollipop was made at A. A scrap of undesirable food, BonBon-Land in Denmark. Sweets- like a fish head or beef tongue maker Michael Spangsberg developed or a variety of candies with crude names

B. A peculiar or suspicious idler such as seagull droppings, ear wax,

and more. Children were delighted at son. own my was park the in quisby the ANSWER: B. I was shocked to discover that that discover to shocked was I B. ANSWER: the irreverent confections, and soon entire busloads of kids were taking field trips to visit the factory. Toys of Yesteryear Spangsberg decided to invent an entire theme park, called BonBon-Land, The Lite Brite was a dedicated to his enterprise. One of the simple design, a backlit biggest attractions was a make-your- grid covered with black own lollipop shop. This is why in paper. Yet when Hasbro 1994, BonBon-Land created a record- introduced the glowing breaking 3,011-pound lollipop. toy in 1967, kids became enchanted by playing with light. They poked colored pegs through the black paper Buy a Vowel into the grid, creating lit patterns _ T _ _ F F _ _ of their own design. The design has changed over the years, including a A spicy stew of crayfish and

3-D cube and a version that plays vegetables over white rice

ÉTOUFFÉE music, but kids’ fascination with light ANSWER: has remained the same.

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019 On This Date Quote of the Day 1014 – Brian Boru, the High King of Ireland, was killed by a group of “Good night, good night! retreating Vikings shortly after his Parting is such sweet sorrow, Irish forces defeated them. that I shall say good night 1789 – President George Washington till it be morrow.” and his wife, Martha, moved into the ~ William Shakespeare first executive mansion, the Franklin House in New York City, during the city’s term as the national capital. Happy Birthday! 1900 – The word hillbilly was first William Shakespeare (1564–1616) used in the New York Journal in was born in England around April 23. reference to a “free and untrampled His exact birthdate is not known but he white Alabamian who lived in the was baptized on April 26. (Baptisms hills. He has no means to speak of, were usually held three days after dresses as he can, talks as he pleases, birth.) Biographical information is drinks whiskey when he gets it and sketchy, but Shakespeare likely was fires off his revolver as the fancy an actor, then a writer takes him.” and director. He is known as the greatest If the Shoe Fits… author in the English The metal instrument language. Bedazzled, used in shoe stores to new-fangled, and measure feet is called fashionable are a few of the many the Brannock device. words Shakespeare introduced. Charles F. Brannock His complete works, including his invented the device poetry, can be read for free online at in 1926. http://shakespeare.mit.edu/.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 2019

Today is English Muffin Day. Of course, in England and Ireland, these are known as “American muffins.” In 1880, an English immigrant to New York

City named Samuel Bath Thomas invented the “toaster crumpet,” a sophisticated alternative to toast. In 1894, it became the English muffin.

Where Am I? Only Human

This place is an architectural A woman in China suffered a rare wonderland, showcasing many condition: she couldn’t hear male different cultural architectural styles voices. A specialist found that she that reflect the diversity of this great was not blessed with a superpower, and ancient city. The area is arid, but but she suffered a rare form of many rivers run underground. The low-frequency hearing loss known city accessed water through a network as reverse-slope hearing loss. The of cenotes, or natural sinkholes, woman was unable to hear offering pools of fresh water. The any low-frequency sound, such as city’s Castillo Temple is the most cars or thunder, along with most male famous, but I have other sites to visit: voices. Doctors believe the condition the Temple of Warriors, Great Ball was brought on by stress, Court, and Las Monjas. Where am I? as the woman had been

working very late and

Mexico Itzá, Chichén ANSWER: sleeping little. She should make a full recovery.

Interestingly, high-frequency hearing Word Wise loss, where people cannot hear the Which word is not like the others? voices of women and children, is

trencher salver more common.

chalice platter Punny Business

are serving dishes. serving are I wrote a song about tortillas. A chalice is a cup; the others others the cup; a is chalice A

ANSWER: ANSWER: Well, it’s actually a rap.

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 On This Date 1800 – President John Adams Humor of the Day approved $5,000 for the purchase of “Those are my principles. “such books as may be necessary for If you don’t like them, the use of Congress,” thus establishing I have others.” the Library of Congress. Today, the collection contains more than 21 ~ Groucho Marx million books, as well as maps, films, manuscripts, and photographs. Happy Birthday! 1942 – Ingrid Bergman signed with Warner Bros. Shirley MacLaine, born in 1934, to play Ilsa, opposite is an actress, dancer, activist, and Humphrey Bogart, in author, well-known for her beliefs Casablanca. She was in new age spirituality, UFOs, and under contract with reincarnation. These are central themes of her best-selling books David O. Selznick, but Out on a Limb and Dancing in the he allowed her to do Casablanca Light. She won an Academy Award in exchange for the right to use for Best Actress for her part in Warner Bros.’ Olivia de Havilland Terms of Endearment (1983) and in another film. received Kennedy Center Honors in 2013 for lifetime contributions to Daily Trivia American culture. Her little brother Honey is the only food that does is actor, director, not spoil. Honey contains very little and producer water, and bacteria cannot Warren Beatty. She grow. Honey found in will be appearing the tombs of Egyptian in the movie Noelle pharaohs has been tested scheduled for release and found edible. later this year.

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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019

Today is St. Mark’s Eve. On this little-known holiday, one can purportedly see the ghosts of all those who are to die during the coming year. In many

ways, this holiday is almost creepier than Halloween!

Wild Kingdom Mad Science

Thieves at the San Antonio Aquarium Bees may be the ultimate attempted to steal a shark. Their plan? helper species; after all, Simply reach into the tank, wrap the the term worker bee refers shark in a wet blanket, and put it in a to all those drones in baby stroller. Amazingly, the plan service of the queen. Yet, in South worked, and the shark thieves escaped African Cape honeybees, female by car. Luckily, security cameras workers have been observed to change captured the entire kidnapping, and from altruistic helpers to self-servers. the shark was discovered at the home These bees ignore the orders of the of the thieves. Imagine the police queen and reproduce on their own, officers’ surprise when they entered usurping the rule of the queen and the thieves’ home to find tanks of all forming their own colonies. Scientists sizes filled with marine life. The home have discovered that this is due to a was like a private aquarium. The genetic mutation called thelytoky shark, named Miss Helen, was syndrome. Under certain conditions, returned to the aquarium and is the genes of females are mutated, causing the bees to turn selfish. expected to be fine.

Who Said So?

Word Scramble South Africa’s great freedom

C O B N E K fighter said, “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling,

To summon with your hand but in rising every time we fall.”

BECKON ANSWER: ANSWER: Mandela Nelson ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019 On This Date Quote of the Day 1953 – Biochemists Francis Crick and James Watson announced “My first language was shy. their discovery of DNA, It’s only by having been thrust which contains the genetic into the limelight that instructions used in the development of all known I have learned to cope living organisms. with my shyness.” 1990 – The crew of the U.S. space ~ Al Pacino shuttle Discovery placed the Hubble Space Telescope into orbit. The Hubble has been used to record Happy Birthday! a comet’s collision with Jupiter, Al Pacino, born in 1940, is an provide a direct look at the surface acclaimed actor of stage and screen. of Pluto, and view distant galaxies, He is probably best known for his gas clouds, and black holes. work in the series of The Godfather movies. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role Daily Trivia in Scent of a Woman (1992) and recently The last passenger pigeon, named starred on Broadway Martha, died in captivity at the in China Doll, a Cincinnati Zoo in 1914. play written for him Her stuffed body is on by David Mamet. permanent display at the Pacino is currently Smithsonian Institution. co-president of the Actors Studio The species was once along with Harvey Keitel and Ellen the most abundant bird Burstyn. He will appear in the film in North America. The Irishman later this year.

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THURSDAY, APRIL 25, 2019

Today is DNA Day. Our DNA is fragile and may be damaged thousands of times each day. It is often repaired, but when it is not, mutations occur, which

can be either harmful or helpful.

You Are What You Eat Old Wives’ Tales

One of the wonderful things about A popular old wives’ tale local fairs is that you can find just is that bad things always about any food served deep-fried. The come in threes. But do San Diego County Fair got creative they really? How did this this past year when they decided to unfortunate trinity come into serve deep-fried Starbucks coffee. existence? The number three has often Finely ground coffee beans were been linked to balance. Triangles are mixed with a sweet pastry dough, and stable. The mathematician Pythagoras then the balls were deep-fried until believed that three was the one true golden brown. The coffee ball was number. Christianity has the Holy then rolled in sugar and served with Trinity. Plays traditionally have three whipped cream in a take-out Starbucks acts. And the third time is a charm. cup. What did it taste like? Coffee, Psychologists believe that people sugar, and cream, according to creator crave certainty, and superstitions are Mike Peterson, all in a doughnut-like attempts to create certainty where there is none. When bad things package that is crunchy on the outside happen, people use superstition to and soft and gooey on the inside. predict, and therefore exert power over, unfortunate events. Buy a Vowel Riddle Me This _ _ T D _ T _ D What is always in front of you No longer in fashion yet cannot be seen?

OUTDATED ANSWER: future The ANSWER:

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019 On This Date 1906 – The George N. Pierce Quote of the Day Company purchased land in Buffalo, New York, for “Be the best. Not necessarily the site of its the original.” new production facility. In 1909, ~ I.M. Pei the company changed its name to Pierce-Arrow. It became the only car company to exclusively produce Happy Birthday! luxury automobiles. I.M. Pei, born in 1917, is a Chinese 1937 – During the Spanish Civil American architect. His broad War, the German Luftwaffe education led him to believe that indiscriminately bombed the Basque architecture should serve a working town of Guernica in northern Spain. purpose and suit its environment. Pei says he is more concerned with Did You Know? architecture’s link to history and form than The painting Guernica, by Pablo pure aesthetics or Picasso, helped bring the Spanish new ideas. His most Civil War to the world’s attention. famous design, the 1983 edition Picasso began work on the mural of the Louvre Museum in Paris, just 15 days after the bombing. includes a breathtaking glass and metal pyramid. Pei has retired, but his New York-based architecture firm, founded in the 1950s, is still thriving. They work on large-scale projects, including, schools, offices, hotels, and cultural centers.

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FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 2019

Today is Arbor Day, an important opportunity to plant a tree. Billions of trees are cut down each year. 17% of the Amazon rain forest has been lost in the last 50 years. Trees provide us with oxygen, remove carbon dioxide, and

create shade—all excellent reasons to plant as many as possible.

Root of the Matter Eye in the Sky

Got it in the bag Sometimes we get impatient here on Earth waiting two days for an If you’ve got it in the bag, then you Amazon Prime delivery. Imagine have guaranteed your success. This waiting for a delivery on the space expression for a sure success comes station. Delivery fees alone are cost from the New York prohibitive! So the space station is Giants baseball team. getting its own 3-D printer. These In 1916, the Giants won printers do not print documents and 26 consecutive games. photos on paper, but can “print” It was common at that useful replacement parts out of “ink” time for a bag of 72 baseballs to be made of liquid plastics and epoxies. left on the field in case the need This way, astronauts can simply print arose for a replacement ball. During whatever they may need when they this historic win streak, if the Giants need it, as opposed to waiting for parts were ahead in the ninth inning, the or supplies to be rocketed from Earth. bag would be prematurely removed from the field, supposedly ensuring a win. The Giants believed they had Word Scramble the game’s victory in the bag.

L A C T A I P

Punny Business The city that is the seat of government

I’ve decided to sell my vacuum. CAPITAL ANSWER: It was just collecting dust.

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2019 On This Date 1947 – This day was declared Quote of the Day Babe Ruth Day. Major league “Never let the fear of striking parks throughout the United States participated. More than 60,000 out keep you from coming fans honored their prize athlete in up to bat.” ceremonies at Yankee Stadium. Ruth, who was ~ Babe Ruth dying of cancer, managed to make an appearance to Happy Birthday! thank his fans. Alice Allison Dunnigan (1906–1983) 1994 – South African was the first African American voters elected Nelson female journalist to be granted White Mandela to head a House press credentials. Dunnigan coalition government was teaching at a segregated school in the country’s first when she realized how little her multiracial election. He supported students knew about their heritage. reconciliation and helped South She wrote pamphlets called “the Kentucky Fact Africa transition toward democracy. Sheets” to fill in some of the blanks. Daily Trivia Dunnigan left teaching during Armored French knights World War II to raised their visors to show pursue journalism in Washington, their faces as a signal of D.C., as a correspondent for a friendly intentions. This Chicago newspaper. She served evolved into the modern on President Kennedy’s education military salute. cabinet and wrote her memoirs.

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SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 2019

Today is Independent Bookstore Day, so pay a visit to your local bookstore and buy a book! Local bookstores often offer more than just books, like

author talks, live music, quirky local gifts, and events for kids.

Set the Record Straight What Am I?

Batteries may provide us with My story begins in Sweden at the valuable and portable electricity, Celloplast company. Celloplast was but batteries do not carry looking for uses for its latest electricity inside them. Batteries invention, cellulose film, and so I contain two electrodes and a chemical was invented. I was patented and called an electrolyte sandwiched in introduced to America in 1979, and I the middle. The electrodes create ions have been found pretty much that react chemically with the everywhere a person goes shopping electrolyte, forcing electrons to move ever since. Because I am so much through the battery from one terminal cheaper to make than paper, I am to the other. This movement creates now too common and have become energy. A simple battery can be a major source of trash and pollution. made by pushing a zinc nail and For this reason, many places have a copper coin into opposite sides of now banned my use, despite my a lemon. The copper pulls electrons convenience. I am probably nearby right now. What am I?

from the zinc through the lemon!

bag plastic A ANSWER:

Buy a Vowel What’s in a Name?

_ V _ R L _ _ D This mystery writer, born David John Moore Cornwell, was once Burden with an excessive amount a spy himself.

OVERLOAD ANSWER: é Carr le n oh J ANSWER:

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019 On This Date 1789 – Three weeks into a journey Chez Panisse Menu from Tahiti to the West Indies, the HMS Bounty was seized in a Saffron rice, chorizo, mutiny led by Fletcher Christian, and local shellfish cooked the master’s mate. Captain William in the fireplace Bligh and 18 supporters were set adrift in a small boat, and the Bounty set course for Tubuai, south Happy Birthday! of Tahiti. Alice Waters, born in 1944, opened 1937 – The first animated-cartoon her famous restaurant Chez Panisse electric sign was displayed on a in Berkeley, California, in 1971. building on Broadway in New York After traveling in Europe, Waters City. It used 2,000 bulbs, and its four- had become accustomed to shopping minute show included a cavorting daily at farmer’s markets. She horse and ball-tossing cats. brought this ethos to her restaurant, along with the idea that organic 1990 – The Broadway musical A food grown locally Chorus Line, ended its run after was healthier and 6,137 performances. The show better tasting. centers on 17 dancers auditioning Waters pioneered for spots on a chorus line. a program to assist public schools in Beatles Trivia starting gardens and preparing fresh At the end of the Beatles’ song lunches. Students help with the “A Day in the Life,” Paul McCartney growing and preparation. Chez recorded an ultrasonic whistle, Panisse is still open and thriving. audible only to dogs, for the benefit For the first time, both head chefs of his Shetland sheepdog. are women.

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SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 2019

Today is Superhero Day. While many kids get excited about Superman and Wonder Woman on this day, not all superheroes are fictitious. Real-life

superheroes like firefighters and teachers should be thanked for their work.

Picture of the Day Garden Party

Kokia cookei, or Moloka’i treecotton, is one of the rarest plants in the world. When this Hawaiian tree with its bright red flowers was discovered in the 1860s by scientists, only three were left living in the wild. By the 1950s, it was considered extinct until one tree was discovered in 1970. The tree relied on certain birds to pollinate I love eating outside in the fresh its flowers and perpetuate its species, air, but the air up here feels a little but it died out in the wild after these thin, don’t you think? birds, too, died out. Today, the tree Now it’s your turn to come up only exists in the Waimea Arboretum with a good caption. in the form of branches grafted to other trees. Word to the Wise

Television sure has changed over the Word Wise last couple of years, and the dictionary Which word is not like the others? is reflecting that. Internet-based TV trail aisle allows us to watch anything we want on demand, or whenever we want to. barbican track

Bingeable shows are those that entice pathways. are others

A barbican is a wall; the the wall; a is barbican A us to watch multiple episodes back- ANSWER: to-back-to-back.

©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE DAILY CHRONICLE MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2019 On This Date Quote of the Day 1852 – The first edition of Roget’s Thesaurus was released. Peter Mark “Sometimes the road less Roget developed it not just as a traveled is less traveled reference material, but as a method for a reason.” for organizing and classifying ideas. ~ Jerry Seinfeld 1854 – By an act of the Pennsylvania legislature, Ashmun Institute, the first college founded solely for Happy Birthday! African American Jerry Seinfeld, born in 1954, grew students, was up in Long Island, New York. He officially chartered. got his start doing stand-up comedy in clubs. Successful 1944 – Dancing Romeo, the 220th appearances on the and final Our Gang (aka Little Tonight Show and Rascals) short comedy film, was Late Night with David released. The series broke new Letterman boosted ground by portraying boys and girls Seinfeld’s career. as well as white and black children In 1988, along with playing together. comedian Larry David, Seinfeld 2011 – Prince William and created his eponymous television Kate Middleton were married at sitcom, which ran for a decade. Re- Westminster Abbey in London. runs of the show are still popular. They now have three children. Seinfeld is an automobile enthusiast who owns a collection of about 150 cars. He is also the creator and host Did You Know? of the popular web series Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee. Seinfeld and Maine is the closest U.S. state his wife, Jessica, have one daughter to Africa. and two sons.

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MONDAY, APRIL 29, 2019

Today is World Wish Day. Seven-year-old Chris Greicius had one wish, to become a police officer, but he had leukemia, making his dream impossible. On this day in 1980, he was made an officer-for-a-day and his wish came true.

Only Human Root of the Matter

As we age, it is only natural that our Pull someone’s leg eyesight breaks down and deteriorates. For some, this even leads If you pull someone’s leg, then to blindness. Enter the electronic eye. you’re joking with them in a manner Scientists have created electronic that may make them look foolish. implants that are embedded into the This expression has more nefarious retina. These implants collect light origins. In England during the 1800s, input and convert that light into street robbers used lengths of wire to electrical energy that trip potential victims. Once the stimulates nerves in victims had fallen, the robbers would the eye. Amazingly, swoop in and steal their valuables. people with poor This act of tripping was called pulling vision can “see” some things again, someone’s leg. Eventually, pulling including color, light, movement. someone’s leg had nothing to do with While their vision is not perfect, this tripping them but merely with making technology has a capacity to greatly them look or feel foolish. improve in the future, allowing the blind a second chance at sight. Word Scramble

Who Said So? G I L D A T I

This cigar-smoking centenarian said, Characterized by electronic or

“At my age, flowers scare me.” computerized technology

DIGITAL ANSWER: Burns George ANSWER:

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THE DAILY CHRONICLE TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019 On This Date Quote of the Day 1803 – France and the U.S. concluded negotiations for the “You know that feeling when Louisiana Purchase, a massive land you wake up in the morning purchase that doubled the size of the and you’re excited for the day? American Republic. That’s one of my main goals in life.” 1939 – President Franklin D. Roosevelt became the first chief ~ Kirstin Dunst executive to appear on TV. Roosevelt spoke at the opening ceremonies of the New York World’s Fair, Happy Birthday! in Flushing. Kirstin Dunst was born in New 1947 – In Nevada, Boulder Dam Jersey in 1982. She started modeling was renamed Hoover Dam in honor and acting as a toddler and got her of U.S. President Herbert Hoover. big break at age 11 when she co- starred in Interview with the Vampire 1975 – The Vietnam War finally alongside Tom Cruise and Brad ended when the North Vietnamese Pitt. Dunst successfully transitioned troops entered the Independence into adult roles, Palace of South Vietnam in Saigon. including that of Vietnamese refer to the war as the Marie Antoinette. American War. She became a household name in the Spiderman Word Trivia series. Dunst also works on much The names of all the continents smaller films like end with the same letter that they the quirky Eternal Sunshine of the start with (not counting the words Spotless Mind. She recently married “North” and “South”). and had her first child.

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TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 2019

Today is Walpurgis Night. Folklore told that witches gathered on this night in order to thwart the celebration of Saint Walpurga, so villagers gathered together to light massive bonfires to scare the evildoers away.

Think-tionary Wild Kingdom

vitta Residents of Roddickton-

A. A stripe, band, or streak of color Bide Arm, a small coastal on an animal town of 999 people in

or Newfoundland, Canada, awoke one January morning to find

B. The shady, damp, and cool side their city overrun with over 40 seals!

of a tree that moss grows on The harp seals were on the beach, on

nose. its across vitta black

the streets and driveways, at the park, and by recognized easily is cat My A. R:

ANSWE in backyards. As the local bays and inlets freeze, the seals typically come When Was It? ashore, but these seals seemed to get moving in the wrong direction, away It was during this year that an from the sea, and ended up completely American- and British-led coalition lost. Canadian laws prohibit touching invaded Iraq, beginning the Iraq War. or disturbing marine animals, but The Human Genome Project mapped authorities had no choice but to scoop the genome to 99.99% accuracy. the seals up and deliver them back to The Spirit Rover was launched on the their watery home. way to its mission on Mars’ surface. The last “old style” Volkswagen Beetle was made in Mexico. Arnold Buy a Vowel

Schwarzenegger became governor of _ L _ M _ N _ T _ California. The Concorde supersonic

jet made its last flight. When was it?

To remove or get rid of

2003 ANSWER: ELIMINATE ANSWER:

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