Quote of the Day the Public After Four Years of Solitary Work

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2020 On This Date 1512 – Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel paintings were unveiled to Quote of the Day the public after four years of solitary work. The paintings represent the story “Dull November brings the of creation, the downfall of man, and blast, Then the leaves the promise of salvation. are whirling fast.” ~ Sara Coleridge

Happy Birthday! 1959 – Tired of stopping hockey pucks with his face, Jacques Plante, Lyle Lovett, born in 1957, is a goalie for the Montreal Canadiens, singer-songwriter, record producer, crafted a face mask from fiberglass and actor. He has won four Grammy and resin. His design was so popular Awards, including Best Male that it was adopted by goalies Country Vocal Performance and Best throughout the NHL. Country Album. Lovett’s 13 albums display a unique blend of country, Michelangelo Trivia jazz, swing, and pop. The singer Unlike Charlton Heston’s film has also acted in various movies portrayal, Michelangelo did not and TV sitcoms. Lovett maintains lie on his back to paint the ceiling close ties to his alma of the Sistine Chapel. Rather, he mater, Texas A&M designed a curved scaffolding University, and lives system and had it constructed. in Klein, Texas, on Michelangelo returned 24 years the Lovett family later to paint The Last Judgement farm in a house built on the altar wall. by his grandfather.

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UNDAY OVEMBER S , N 1, 2020

Today is Cinnamon Day, celebrating a spice that captures the warmth of the holiday season. Cinnamon contains coumarin, a toxin that can damage the liver.

Fortunately, we consume cinnamon in such small doses that it is safe to eat.

Eye in the Sky Root of the Matter

Uranus and Neptune are known as Across the board the ice giants of our solar system because they possess massive If something is said to apply across amounts of rock and ice. Only the board, that means it applies recently have scientists begun to across all categories or to all those understand the alien water that involved, as in when a company dominates these ice giants. Due to makes cutbacks across the board. extremely high temperatures and This American expression originated pressures, this water is denser than in horse racing at the start of the that found on Earth, with 20th century. An across the board molecules dissociated into wager was a bet that placed equal positive and negative amounts on a single horse to win, ions, which makes it far place, or show. The board here more electrically conductive. Water was the blackboard on which a may also be superionic, meaning bookmaker wrote in chalk the odds that water molecules break apart, in the races. causing the oxygen to crystallize while hydrogen ions float freely. Word Scramble

O N I H F S A Riddle Me This A popular trend in

Why don’t ants get sick? clothing or style

FASHION ANSWER:

They have little anty bodies. anty little have They ANSWER:

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2020 On This Date 1947 – Howard Hughes’ Spruce Goose flew for the first and last time. Humor of the Day Intended as a transatlantic transport “I can’t say as ever I was for use during World War II, it was not lost, but I was bewildered completed prior to the end of the war. once for three days.” Today, the enormous, largely wooden plane is on display at the Evergreen ~ Daniel Boone Aviation & Space Museum in Oregon.

Happy Birthday! Daniel Boone (1734–1820) was an early pioneer and explorer whose adventures have become American – The Canadian government 1947 folklore. He blazed a trail through the dropped price controls on sugar and Cumberland Gap in the Appalachian molasses, ending more than five Mountains, opening the West to years of wartime food rationing. settlement, and he Items rationed included butter, tea, founded the village coffee, nylon, and gasoline. of Boonesborough, Did You Know? Kentucky. Boone fought in the Battle Daniel Boone was captured by of Blue Licks, one of Native American groups several the last battles of the times. In 1775, he was taken and Revolutionary War. He and his wife, adopted by a Shawnee chief, who Rebecca, had 10 children. Boone gave him the name Shel-tow-ee, or eventually settled in Missouri, where “Big Turtle,” because he carried a he farmed the land at the edge of the large pack and moved very slowly. American frontier.

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ONDAY OVEMBER M , N 2, 2020

Today is All Souls’ Day, a Catholic holiday commemorating those who have

died but not yet made it to heaven. This day is for the living to remember those in purgatory, where souls undergo a purifying process before entering heaven.

Who Am I? Wild Kingdom

I was born in Portugal, but at the age Crocodiles may cry tears just like of one, I moved to Rio de Janeiro in ours. Researchers in Brazil collected Brazil. I was named after a famous the tears of various reptiles and opera by Bizet, which my father birds—caimans, sea turtles, parrots, adored. His love of music inspired macaws, owls—to me to become a singer and dancer. study the structure While working at my family’s inn, I and composition of met a composer who helped me their tears. This record my first single. By 1933, I research could help improve medical was a staple on Brazilian radio and treatments for these animals’ eyes as an entertainer of national pride. well as for the eyes of humans. Tears Before long I was starring in movies often reflect an animal’s environment. and earning worldwide praise. Most For example, a smoker’s tears can be

people remember me for my hats different from non-smokers. Human

of fruit. Who am I? tears share some similarities with

Miranda Carmen ANSWER: animal tears, such as the presence of electrolytes.

Buy a Vowel Name Three H _ M _ G _ Can you name three car brands that

begin with the letter M?

Public display of respect

Maserati Mini, Mercury, Benz, -

or honor Mercedes

HOMAGE ANSWER:

Mazda, Mitsubishi, Mitsubishi, Mazda, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020 On This Date 1906 – SOS was adopted as the Humor of the Day international distress signal. In “I’ve never had a good line. Morse code, SOS is a continuous Well, maybe, ‘I must sequence of three dots, three dashes, break you.’” and three dots. ~ Dolph Lundgren 1908 – The Roman Catholic Church declared that it would no longer consider Canada as a country for Happy Birthday! missionary activities. Dolph Lundgren, born in 1957, is a 1954 – The classic Japanese monster Swedish director, actor, and martial movie Godzilla was released. Since artist who was the Kyokushin karate then, Godzilla has crushed the European champion in 1980 and competition, having 1981. Before acting, the multi- now starred in 29 films, talented Lundgren earned a master’s including the box office degree in chemical engineering and hit Mothra vs. Godzilla a Fulbright scholarship to study at (1964). It is not clear MIT. He abandoned why Mothra received his studies, however, top billing. after his girlfriend, singer Grace Jones, Celebrity Trivia suggested he move to New York City When burglars broke into Dolph to pursue acting. Lundgren quickly Lundgren’s home in Marbella, found fame with his role as Ivan Drago, Spain, they had no idea who lived Rocky’s intimidating Soviet opponent there. Upon recognizing the action in Rocky IV (1985). Since then, he has hero in a family photo, the robbers worked on multiple projects, including ran as quickly as they could! The Expendables film series.

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Today is Cliché Day. A cliché is any phrase that is so overused that it loses its

originality. During the time of the coronavirus, many new clichés have arisen, like “flatten the curve,” “new normal,” and “alone together.”

You Are What You Eat Only Human

Why do Americans eat turkey at Your hair knows what you Thanksgiving? After all, most eat. A group of scientists historians believe that turkey was not from the University of served at the first Thanksgiving feast. Utah collected clumps of Many credit the activist Sarah Joseph hair from barbershop Hale for popularizing the bird. She was floors across the country a prolific writer of the 19th century. Not and analyzed them. Examinations of only did she write “Mary Had a Little the samples linked the hair’s carbon Lamb” but she published novels set in isotopes to the food consumed by the New England that highlighted New owners of the hair. This type of England virtues and traditions, such as analysis was used to assess the eating Thanksgiving turkey, and she communities’ eating trends. The campaigned for the Thanksgiving researchers were not that surprised to holiday. For this Hale is remembered discover that 57% of the hair strands as the “Godmother of Thanksgiving.” they studied were full of animal-based proteins like meat and dairy. Word Wise Which word is not like the others? Who Said So?

murmur ululate This former chief justice said,

“Free speech carries with it

caterwaul yowl

others are shrill howls. shrill are others

some freedom to listen.”

A murmur is a whisper; the the whisper; a is murmur A ANSWER: Burger Warren ANSWER:

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2020 On This Date 1879 – James Ritty patented the first Quote of the Day device to register sales at his saloon in Dayton, Ohio. “I learned from my dog long He later sold his before I went to Gombe that invention, called we weren’t the only beings the Incorruptible with personalities. What the Cashier, to John chimps did was help me to Patterson, who persuade others.” founded National Cash Register. ~ Jane Goodall 1939 – The first air-conditioned automobile, a Packard, was exhibited. The bulky air conditioner was installed Happy Birthday! in the trunk. Thomas Keefer (1821–1915) was 1960 – Jane Goodall observed a cofounder and the first president chimpanzees in Tanzania using sticks of the Canadian Society of Civil as tools. This was the first-ever Engineers. He became well known documented observation of tool usage for writing Philosophy of Railroads in nonhuman animals. and The Canals of Canada. Keefer worked extensively as a hydraulic 1979 – The Iran hostage crisis began engineer and played a key role in when the U.S. embassy in Tehran was building the waterworks for the seized by Iranian college students. cities of Montreal, Hamilton, and Did You Know? Ottawa. Keefer also surveyed for the Thomas Keefer’s Victorian-style Canadian railway pumping station in Hamilton, and for the Victoria Ontario, has been declared a Bridge over the national historic site. St. Lawrence River.

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EDNESDAY OVEMBER W , N 4, 2020

Today is Use Your Common Sense Day. Politicians often argue for “common

sense” solutions, but many psychologists argue that there is no such thing. We are all so individual that our “sense” is too varied to be “common.”

Gadgets & Gizmos Think-tionary

baize

A. A coarse woolen cloth used to cover pool and card tables

B. A metal-haired brush used for grooming zoo animals like lions

and tigers

repaired. table pool

baize of my my of baize the got finally I A. NSWER: A The GermKey is just one brand of no-contact tool designed to keep Set the Record Straight you from touching shared surfaces Thanks to Bugs Bunny, everybody that may harbor harmful “cooties.” knows that rabbits love to eat carrots. Made of anti-microbial brass, the Or do they? In the wild, rabbits don’t tool is a button-pusher, handle- eat root vegetables of any kind. Rabbits puller, toilet flusher, and stylus. mainly eat grass or hay. Carrots are like candy for rabbits, leading to tooth Word Scramble decay. So, where did Bugs Bunny learn his love for carrots? Bugs began eating N O N T I C E N carrots to parody Clark Gable in the

Not guilty of a crime 1934 movie It Happened One Night, in

INNOCENT ANSWER: ANSWER: which he eats a carrot while explaining the rules of hitchhiking.

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2020 Today is… Quote of the Day “I’ve been singing since I was five. It’s my identity.” ~ Art Garfunkel Guy Fawkes Day! 1605 – The Gunpowder Plot was thwarted in London. Guy Fawkes and 11 followers attempted to kill Happy Birthday! King James I and the members Art Garfunkel, born in 1941, is an of Parliament with 36 barrels of American folk-rock singer who has gunpowder. However, the scheme won eight Grammys for his solo was discovered, and the conspirators and collaborative work. He and Paul were convicted and executed. The Simon made up the duo Simon and following year, Parliament established Garfunkel. Some of their most popular a national holiday that is celebrated songs include “Mrs. Robinson,” with parades, fireworks, and the “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and burning of Guy Fawkes effigies. “The Sound of Silence.” The band was inducted into the Rock & Roll 1873 – John A. MacDonald resigned as prime minister of Canada after his Hall of Fame in party was accused of taking bribes 1990. Garfunkel is for contracts on the Canadian Pacific also an actor who Railway. MacDonald was reelected has performed in in 1891. a variety of films, including Catch-22, 1935 – Monopoly went on sale. The Carnal Knowledge, Parker Brothers’ novelty has become Boxing Helena, and The Rebound. the most popular board game in history, He has also walked across Japan, selling more than 275 million sets. Europe, and the United States.

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HURSDAY OVEMBER T , N 5, 2020

Today is Firewood Day. Well-seasoned firewood is best for burning in

fireplaces. This wood is dryer, produces more heat, and burns cleaner. Compressed paper and sawdust bricks often burn even cleaner than wood.

The Games People Play Picture of the Day

Exploding Kittens is a silly card game version of Russian roulette. Players draw cards into their hands until they draw an exploding kitten, at which point they are out of the game. However, other cards allow players to avoid exploding kittens. Defuse Free firewood! You cut. You haul. cards counter the exploding kitten. Attack cards force other players to Now it’s your turn to come with draw. See the future cards allow you a good caption. to view the top cards of the deck. Skip Word to the Wise cards allow you to skip your turn. Shuffle cards allow you to reshuffle Perhaps these new words come from the deck. Cat cards offer special frustration with government or big abilities. Avoid exploding kittens at business. Slow-walk was added to all costs! the dictionary as a verb meaning “to delay a bureaucratic process Buy a Vowel by deliberately acting in a slow manner.” To stovepipe something F _ R L _ _ G H means “to communicate information to a higher-up through a narrow Temporary unpaid leave channel of communication,” limiting

of an employee

FURLOUGH ANSWER: ANSWER: access in order to avoid oversight or criticism.

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2020 On This Date 1865 – The last surrender of the Quote of the Day American Civil War took place in Liverpool, England, as the CSS “The invention of basketball Shenandoah ended its worldwide was not an accident. It was raiding trip. developed to meet a need. 1879 – Canadian Thanksgiving Those boys simply would not Day was officially observed for the play ‘drop the handkerchief.’” first time. The date was changed in ~ James Naismith following years to reflect important events for which to be thankful. The holiday was moved to the week of Armistice Day after World War I Happy Birthday! and then fixed as the second Monday James A. Naismith (1861–1939) was in October in 1957. a Canadian American physician, 1928 – Jacob Schick patented the physical educator, and sports coach electric dry shaver. who invented basketball in 1891 He also patented when he wrote the original 13 a boat for use rules. At the time, he was working in shallow water for the YMCA in Springfield, and an improved Massachusetts. In 1898, he started a pencil sharpener. basketball program at the University of Kansas and served in various Fantastic Trivia capacities at the Fan is an abbreviation for the word university for the fanatic. Toward the turn of the next 40 years. His 19th century, the media referred original 13 rules to football enthusiasts as “football recently sold at fanatics” and later abbreviated auction for about it to “football fans.” $4.4 million.

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RIDAY OVEMBER F , N 6, 2020

Today is Saxophone Day, in honor of its inventor, Adolphe Sax, born on

this day in 1814. In addition to playing the flute and clarinet, Sax also invented the lesser-known saxotromba, saxhorn, and saxtuba.

Fashion of Yesteryear Garden Party

In the 1960s, Black Americans tired The Dubai Miracle Garden in the of European standards of beauty United Arab Emirates is indeed a decided to use their natural hair as an miracle to behold. At more than expression of pride and 780,000 square feet, the world’s to fight oppression. The largest natural flower garden features Afro became a hairstyle 150 million flowers and 250 million of freedom and strength. plants. Most notable are the many This natural hair movement of the huge flower sculptures in the park, 1960s enjoyed a resurgence in the including a life-size Emirates 2000s, with many women embracing airplane and a 59-foot tall Mickey their natural hair and abandoning Mouse. The grounds showcase a chemical relaxers. Today, the Afro floral clock, fairy-tale flower castle, may not threaten the mainstream lake park, heart tunnel, butterfly social fabric as much as it did during garden, and underground garden the ’60s and ’70s, but it remains a known as the Lost Paradise. This is source of power and pride for those truly one of the most amazing who choose the style. gardens in the world.

Who Said So? Word Scramble This former secretary of state said, “I firmly believe you P O E C R O should never spend your time

A maker of casks and barrels

COOPER

being the former anything.” ANSWER:

Rice Condoleezza ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2020 On This Date 1492 – A meteorite landed near the Quote of the Day village of Ensisheim in France. It is “Physics is really nothing the oldest meteorite with a known more than a search for date of impact and is still on display at a museum in Ensisheim. ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind 1805 – “Great joy in camp! We are in of elegant messiness.” view of the ocean, this great Pacific Ocean, which we have been so long ~ Bill Bryson anxious to see.” William Clark wrote these words on this date, after the Lewis and Clark Expedition sighted Happy Birthday! the Pacific Ocean for the first time. Edwin Herbert Hall (1855–1938) 1841 – Madison Washington led was an American scientist from slaves aboard the slave ship Creole Gorham, Maine. He earned a Ph.D. in a successful revolt. They forced in physics from Johns Hopkins. the captain to take them to Nassau, While conducting research on his which was under British control, doctoral thesis, he made important where they were given asylum. discoveries about how charge carriers move through a conductor toward a magnetic attraction, Daily Trivia which became known as the Hall effect. Hall Following the success of her became a professor at parents, Marie Curie’s eldest Harvard University, daughter, Irène, and her husband, where he studied Frédéric Joliot, were jointly thermoelectricity. The physicist was awarded the Nobel Prize in also the author of many textbooks Chemistry in 1935. and laboratory manuals.

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ATURDAY OVEMBER S , N 7, 2020

Today is World Numbat Day. This small marsupial from Western Australia is also known as a banded anteater, although its diet consists almost entirely of

termites. Numbats are an endangered species and at risk of disappearing.

On This Day Eye in the Sky

On this day 50 years ago, the Earthlings are lucky to have a first interscholastic Ultimate Frisbee magnetic field that blocks the sun’s match was played between Columbia harmful radiation. Planets like Mars High School from Maplewood, New do not have this shield, and parasols Jersey, and nearby Millburn High aren’t strong enough to protect School. Columbia student Joel Silver astronauts. This is why scientists have had played “Frisbee invented a bioengineered space football” at a summer sunblock. The skin pigment melanin camp in 1967. Upon is a naturally occurring sunblock in his return to high our skin. Scientists enriched melanin school in 1968, he formed his own with the metal selenium, which is Frisbee team with friends from the known to have cancer-preventing student council and newspaper. Over properties. In experiments, the the next few years, formal rules selenomelanin protected skin cells would be developed and printed for from X-ray radiation.

“Ultimate,” and on this day in 1970, the first official interscholastic game Word Wise was played in the school parking lot. Which word is not like the others?

Riddle Me This processor hard drive

What do you call a penguin ribosome monitor computer. a of parts are others

part of a cell; the the cell; a of part is ribosome A

in the desert? ANSWER: Lost!

ANSWER: ANSWER:

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2020 On This Date 1885 – Donald A. Smith drove Quote of the Day in the last spike “When you expect good, of the Canadian it’s available constantly, Pacific Railway. On and makes itself a reality Smith’s first attempt, in your life.” the spike bent and was replaced. The ~ Alfre Woodard twisted relic is now in the Glenbow-Alberta Institute in Calgary. Happy Birthday! 1895 – While experimenting with Alfre Woodard, born in 1952, is an electricity, German physicist Wilhelm American actress Röntgen discovered X-rays. Two weeks who grew up in later, he took the very first X-ray Oklahoma. Known picture, of his wife’s hand. When for her versatility, she saw her skeleton, she exclaimed, this Golden Globe, “I have seen my death!” Screen Actors Guild, and four-time Emmy Award winner started out on stage. Woodard then Did You Know? moved to TV, appearing on Hill Bram Stoker spent his childhood as Street Blues, St. Elsewhere, and L.A. an invalid, listening to his mother’s Law. She has also given memorable tales from her home in County performances in many movies, Sligo, Ireland. The rustic legends including Remember My Name, and supernatural myths fueled his Cross Creek, Passion Fish, 12 Years already vivid imagination. Stories a Slave, and Juanita. Woodard is an of the brutal cholera epidemic in activist and a founder of Artists for a 1832 also heightened his sense New South Africa, which promotes of the macabre. healthcare and equality.

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UNDAY OVEMBER S , N 8, 2020

Today is Shakespeare Authorship Mystery Day, and the debate continues

as to the true identity of William Shakespeare. Some argue that Shakespeare was really Christopher Marlowe, while others enjoy not knowing at all.

What’s the Difference? Root of the Matter

What’s the difference between sand, Get the lead out silt, clay, and loam soils? Sand is the largest particle and feels gritty. Silt is a When someone tells you to get the lead bit smaller and feels like flour when out, they mean that you need to move faster. This dry. Clay particles are superfine. is the shortened form of When wet, clay binds together to form an earlier expression, get sticky clumps. Sand does not hold the lead out of your shoes. nutrients, and water drains very fast. This expression dates back to the mid- Silt is nutrient-rich but drains poorly. 1600s when William Jenkyn preached Clay retains so much water that it often a sermon at Westminster Abbey and has poor drainage. Loam is a desirable stated, “Shall our Reformation have a soil texture that has a balance of all heel of lead?” A heel made of lead these mineral particles. It retains water would indeed make you drag your feet. but drains well and holds nutrients. A Here, Jenkyn clearly extols his peers to good way to improve any type of soil quicken the pace of their Reformation is to add organic matter such as and not move so slowly. compost or peat. Name Three

Word Scramble Can you name three national

N E U V E capitals that begin with

the letter O?

Ouagadougou

A place for a special event Oranjestad, VENUE ANSWER:

Ottawa, Oslo, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2020 On This Date 1942 – The German spy Werner von Quote of the Day Janowski disembarked from a German “Somewhere, something submarine near New Carlisle, Quebec. incredible is waiting He was arrested the next day boarding a train heading to Montreal. Intense to be known.” efforts to locate the submarine that ~ Carl Sagan delivered him were unsuccessful. 1965 – A massive electric power failure occurred, causing a blackout Happy Birthday! in Ontario, Quebec, and much of the Carl Sagan (1934–1996) was an northeastern United States. American scientist who shared his 1967 – The first issue of Rolling Stone love of astronomy and the natural magazine was published. John Lennon sciences with the world. The prolific was featured on the first cover. author of dozens of Did You Know? scientific papers and books, Sagan cowrote The best place to launch a satellite and narrated the into orbit is from a site near the hugely popular 1980 equator, where the Earth spins at PBS series Cosmos: 1,040 miles per hour. The rocket gets A Personal Voyage, more of a boost from the speed of the which has been watched by more than spin, allowing it to do its job with less 500 million viewers. Sagan pioneered fuel. This is one reason NASA chose the field of exobiology, which is Cape Canaveral as a launch site. the study of the origins and early evolution of life on Earth, whether extraterrestrial life exists, and how to find it. Sagan also took part in creating physical communications to send into outer space.

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ONDAY OVEMBER M , N 9, 2020

Today is Carl Sagan Day, celebrating the birthday of the famed astrophysicist. Sagan’s PBS program Cosmos introduced the public to the mysteries of space,

and he assisted NASA with missions to Venus, Mars, and Jupiter.

Wild Kingdom Where Am I?

More than 10 years ago, a pair of Why have I come to this beluga whales were captured by 10,000-square-mile patch of swamp, Russian scientists and jungle, and mountain? There are sent to a research station. venomous snakes, lawless guerillas, They were then shipped and drug traffickers here. But for to a Chinese aquarium those interested in the world’s last where they were trained to perform for unexplored regions, this wilderness is visitors. Conservationists recently a paradise. I can only access this lobbied to have them released back region with appropriate permits into the wild. The two belugas, known and a licensed guide. It is the only as Little Grey and Little White, were section of the 19,000-mile-long sent to the world’s first open water Pan-American highway, a road beluga whale sanctuary in Klettsvik running from Alaska to the southern

Bay in Iceland. Because they have tip of Argentina, that is closed to

been in captivity for so long, it is travelers. Where am I?

Darién Gap, Panama Panama Gap, Darién ANSWER: unlikely they would survive in the wild. Their sanctuary is in the open bay, but it is sealed by nets to keep Buy a Vowel them in.

P L _ T _ _ _

Riddle Me This

What did the salad say Flat, elevated landform

PLATEAU ANSWER:

during the fire? Lettuce romaine calm. calm. romaine Lettuce ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2020 On This Date 1871 – Henry Stanley located Quote of the Day missing explorer and missionary “The world always seems Dr. David Livingstone near Africa’s brighter when you’ve just Lake Tanganyika, greeting him made something that with the words, “Dr. Livingstone, I wasn’t there before.” presume?” Many in ~ Neil Gaiman England had assumed that Dr. Livingstone was dead, since he Happy Birthday! had not been heard from for years. Neil Gaiman, born in 1960, is a famous English author and the first 1975 – The SS Edmund Fitzgerald writer to be awarded the Carnegie sank in Lake Superior during a and Newbery medals for the same storm with winds of approximately book—2008’s young adult fantasy 45 knots. Gordon Lightfoot’s song novel The Graveyard Book. Gaiman’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” other works include Coraline, Good reached number one on the pop charts Omens, Stardust, and American in November 1976. Gods. He won the British National Book Awards’ Book of the Year in 2013 Daily Trivia for The Ocean at the End of the Lane. The children’s book Rudolph the Gaiman, who was a Red-Nosed Reindeer was written by voracious reader as Robert L. May for the department a child, also created store Montgomery Ward. The store the comic series The Sandman. He’s gave away 2.4 million copies during married to singer Amanda Palmer the 1939 Christmas season. and has four children.

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UESDAY OVEMBER T , N 10, 2020

Today is Sesame Street Day, remembering the date the children’s show first

aired in 1969. The show was almost called 123 Avenue B, and Oscar the Grouch was originally orange. He turned a trashy shade of green during season two.

Only Human Think-tionary

hotch Have you noticed that you cut your fingernails more A. A makeshift bridge constructed often than your toenails? from a fallen branch or limb used This is because fingernails to cross a stream or creek grow up to three times or faster. The circulatory system B. To wiggle or fidget; shift weight

reaches fingertips faster than toes,

from one foot to another

delivering important nutrients that Sundays. on church in hotch

NSWER: B. My children do nothing but but nothing do children My B. NSWER: help them grow. Scientists also A believe that exposure to sunlight and Toys of Yesteryear air may also help speed growth. And we use our fingers more than our In 1959, the Japanese company Tomy toes. As our fingers’ protective introduced their plastic toy railroad set shield, fingernails grow faster in Plarail. The simple set featured a order to protect our busy fingers. steam engine and three freight cars that could be moved by hand along Word Scramble interlocking blue plastic tracks fitted in a figure 8. Two years later, the engine G I L D T E N I was fitted with a battery-operated electric motor that allowed it to Steady and conscientious in

independently transport two train cars. DILIGENT

one’s work ANSWER: ANSWER: The three-car configuration became standard for play trains worldwide.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Quote of the Day “If your ship doesn’t come in, swim out to it.” On This Date ~ Jonathan Winters 1905 – The Morris chair was called “a hideous piece of furniture” by an editor of Ladies’ Home Journal. The seat was adjustable with removable cushions Happy Birthday! and evolved into the recliners of today. Jonathan Winters (1925–2013) was 1918 – Private George Price became a celebrated comedian, actor, and the last Canadian soldier to die in television host who grew up in World War I. He was struck by a Ohio. Winters recorded numerous sniper’s bullet 10 minutes before the classic comedy albums. He was armistice took effect. nominated for Grammy Awards 11 times, winning twice, including Best 1940 – The Royal Navy launched the Spoken Comedy Album for Crank(y) first aircraft carrier strike in history, Calls in 1996. Winters worked on on the Italian fleet at Taranto. The many TV shows and films including Japanese used similar tactics against The Steven Allen Show, Mork & the United States navy at Pearl Harbor. Mindy, Hee Haw, Daily Trivia and It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World. Sea otters hold hands when they He was also a writer sleep so they don’t drift apart. and an artist who made silkscreens and sketches. His 1988 short story collection Winters’ Tales made multiple bestseller lists. He was married for over 60 years.

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EDNESDAY OVEMBER W , N 11, 2020

Today is Armistice Day, a holiday remembering the soldiers lost during

World War I. After World War II, the name of the holiday was changed to Remembrance Day in the United Kingdom and Veterans Day in the U.S.

Gadgets & Gizmos Centennial Memories

On this day 100 years ago, on the second anniversary of the Great War’s armistice, King George V unveiled the Cenotaph in London, a monument to all those lost in the Great War. Cenotaph means “empty tomb” in Greek, and the 35-foot-tall The STEER driving bracelet is stone monument depicted a pylon designed to prevent drowsy driving. with an empty tomb on top. On its Thousands of traffic fatalities occur side was an inscription declaring, each year due to tired drivers. This “The Glorious Dead.” The device uses sensors that monitor a Cenotaph’s unveiling coincided with driver’s heart rate and skin the burial of an Unknown Warrior at conductance. When these factors Westminster Abbey. In the weeks that indicate fatigue, the bracelet sends a followed, millions of visitors laid mild shock to the driver. flowers 10 feet deep at its base.

Who Said So? Buy a Vowel

C _ _ T _ R _ This popular writer who analyzes how cultures interact with nature

The design of expensive and said, “A lawn is nature under

fashionable clothes COUTURE ANSWER: totalitarian rule.”

Michael Pollan Michael ANSWER:

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2020 On This Date 1859 – Jules Léotard made his first public appearance as a flying Quote of the Day trapeze artist in Paris. Just 21 years “The freedom of the press old, he practiced by swinging from works in such a way a trapeze over his that there is not much father’s swimming freedom from it.” pool. He is also ~ Grace Kelly known for designing the garment that is named after him. 1926 – Alma Heflin, the first female Happy Birthday! test pilot for production aircraft, made her inaugural test flight for the Grace Kelly (1929–1982) made her Piper Aircraft Corporation. film debut inFourteen Hours (1951). She went on to star in other major 1951 – The National Ballet of films: High Noon (1952) with Gary Canada gave its debut performance Cooper, Dial M for Murder (1954) in Toronto. The ensemble is one of the with Ray Milland, Rear Window premier classical ballet companies (1954) opposite Jimmy Stewart, and in Canada. To Catch a Thief Daily Trivia (1955) with Cary Grant. She gave up Grace Kelly ended her engagement all these leading to fashion designer Oleg Cassini to men to marry Prince marry Prince Rainier of Monaco. Rainier Grimaldi of The royal couple married in Monaco, with whom 1956 and invited all of Monaco she had three children: Caroline, to the reception. Albert, and Stéphanie.

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On this day in 1958, Warren Harding led a team of rock climbers up “The Nose” on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley, the first climbers to accomplish the

feat. The ascent of the supposedly “unclimbable” face took 45 days.

Picture of the Day You Are What You Eat

Balsamic vinegar originated in Italy as a disinfectant and cure-all. The term balsamic means “balsam-like,” as in a restorative or curative balm.

Balsamic vinegar is made by

cooking sweet, white grapes,

traditionally of the Lambrusco or

Trebbiano varieties, until it is

reduced by half. The concentrate is Her book was a real cliffhanger. then fermented for a few weeks and then left to age for several years in Now it’s your turn to come up with wooden barrels. The type of wood a good caption. varies. Oak, chestnut, cherry, Word to the Wise juniper, and mulberry all alter the taste of the vinegar inside. The dictionary has added a couple of words to describe strong emotions. Whatchamacallit? Awedde is an adjective that means What do you call a group of… “overcome with anger, madness, dolphins? or distress.” Hellacious means nest pod “exceptionally bad, astonishing,

or overwhelming,” used in such flipper colony

POD situations as “hellacious traffic” or ANSWER: “paying a hellacious amount in taxes.”

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2020 On This Date 1921 – Little Lord Fauntleroy, starring Toronto actress Mary Pickford, Quote of the Day was released. “Don’t judge each day by the 1930 – The Rotolactor first went into operation. The revolving platform harvest you reap but by the milked 1,680 cows in seven hours seeds that you plant.” by rotating them into position with ~ Robert Louis Stevenson the milking machines. In the dairy industry, it is known as the “rotary milking parlor.” 1981 – The first Canadarm remote manipulator performed flawlessly Happy Birthday! in four hours of tests on the Space Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894), Shuttle Columbia. Canadarms were author of Treasure Island, was one used on many shuttle missions. of the most-read writers of the late One of them is now on permanent 1800s. Thought to have suffered display at the Canada Aviation and from tuberculosis, Space Museum in Ottawa. he spent many years 1982 – The Vietnam Veterans Memorial traveling in search of was unveiled in Washington, D.C. a climate that would alleviate his illness. He finally settled in Dairy Trivia Samoa, where he On a dairy farm, adopted the name Tusitala (“teller of a farmer’s day tales”). The Samoans admired him, begins and ends and the engraving on his tombstone with milking was translated to a Samoan song the cows. of grief.

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RIDAY OVEMBER F , N 13, 2020

Today is World Kindness Day, a day for us to come together and build a “kinder and more compassionate world.” Doing good deeds to help others,

paying compliments, and sharing gifts are all ways to participate.

Garden Party The Games People Play

André Le Nôtre was known as the Toe wrestling is yet another sport that king of gardeners and Gardener to the originated in an English pub. In 1976, King. As the landscape architect and patrons of Ye Olde Royal Oak gardener of French King Louis XIV, Inn in Wetton, Derbyshire, Le Nôtre designed the gardens at the lamenting England’s lack of Palace of Versailles, now considered world dominance in any sport, the epitome of French garden style. conceived an event to put His first major garden design was at them back on top. In toe wrestling, the Chateau de Vaux-le-Vicomte, contestants lock toes across a the palace of Nicolas Fouquet, “toedium” in an attempt to force their superintendent of finances to the opponent’s toes across a line. When a king. The gardens stretch for nearly a Canadian won the championship, the mile and a half, full of basins, canals, sport was forgotten…until 1994. fountains, walkways, and flower Since then Alan “Nasty” Nash has beds. Some people consider the won the championship for England gardens more spectacular than the 16 times, despite several broken toes palace itself. and opponents half his age.

Word Scramble What’s in a Name?

This actor, born Raymond Bulcao, had I R T E T C R brains enough to make it big on

An animal or living creature Broadway and in the movie business.

CRITTER ANSWER:

Bolger Ray ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2020 On This Date 1851 – Moby-Dick, by Herman Quote of the Day Melville, was first published in “Everything great that New York City on this date. The ever happened in this novel tells the tale of a sea captain’s world happened first in search for the great white whale that somebody’s imagination.” had once crippled him. It famously begins, “Call me Ishmael. Some ~ Astrid Lindgren years ago—never mind how long precisely—having little or no money in my purse, and Happy Birthday! nothing particular to Astrid Lindgren (1907–2002) was a interest me on shore, Swedish writer. Lindgren created Pippi I thought I would Longstocking, the beloved nine-year- sail about a little old, strong-willed, red-headed star of and see the watery numerous books and films, including part of the world…” Pippi Longstocking, Pippi in the South Daily Trivia Seas, and Pippi Goes On Board. More than 165 million copies Bakelite was used to make of Lindgren’s books women’s accessories, such as have sold worldwide. jewelry, purses, and hair clips. Her other works Collectors are known to pay include Mio, My Son; hundreds or even thousands of Ronia the Robber’s Daughter; and The dollars for rare vintage pieces. A Brothers Lionheart. Astrid Lindgren’s museum in southwest England World is a theme park built in her is dedicated to Bakelite. honor in her hometown of Vimmerby, Sweden. She’s one of the world’s most translated children’s authors and won the Hans Christian Andersen Award for Writing in 1958.

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ATURDAY OVEMBER S , N 14, 2020

Today is the start of Diwali, one of the most popular holidays of Hinduism.

Known as the “festival of lights,” Diwali’s clay lamps symbolize the spiritual victory of good over evil, light over darkness, and knowledge over ignorance.

Eye in the Sky Root of the Matter

Throughout the 1970s, freeze-dried Sixth sense ice cream, the very same eaten by If someone is said to have a sixth astronauts in outer space, became a sense, then they seem to have an food fad. Nearly 50 years later, chefs intuitive power that grants them are taking space cuisine up uncanny knowledge. We are taught a notch: space salsa to that humans have five senses: touch, spice up freeze-dried food. hearing, taste, smell, and sight. As Since astronauts often early as 1712, English theologian and experience their sense of taste dulled mathemetician William Whiston, a due to microgravity, retired teacher believer in the supernatural aspects of and cosmic enthusiast Danny Christianity, wrote about a sixth Jacques invented freeze-dried salsa. sense. He identified it as “Prescience” The spicy kick of the relish offers a and “Foreknowledg” (sic), traits that welcome burst of flavor for he believed were possessed by the astronauts in orbit. Jacques made Biblical prophets. sure to make it extra thick so that it sticks to food even in low gravity! Buy a Vowel Riddle Me This F _ B _ L _ _ S Why was the bee’s

hair sticky? Amazingly good and wonderful

FABULOUS ANSWER:

honeycomb. a used she Because ANSWER:

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2020 On This Date 1492 – Christopher Columbus Quote of the Day observed and documented the first recorded use of tobacco. “I’m sort of obsessed with the news. That is a syndrome. 1806 – While on his expedition to But I don’t watch a explore the Louisiana whole lot of TV.” Purchase, adventurer Zebulon Pike spotted ~ Sam Waterston the mountain now known as Pikes Peak. 1904 – Actress Ethel Barrymore, Happy Birthday! appearing in the play Sunday, Sam Waterston, born in 1940, is spoke the famous line, “That’s all an American actor best known for there is. There isn’t any more,” as the playing Jack McCoy on NBC’s curtain fell. crime drama Law & Order. The 1959 – Four members of the Clutter show ran from 1994 to 2010 and family were murdered at their spawned several spinoffs, including Kansas farm. The crime inspired Law & Order: Special Victims Unit In Cold Blood, the best-selling book and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. by Truman Capote. Waterston was nominated for and won many awards for the iconic role. He has also starred in numerous Daily Trivia other film, theater, and television projects, including Sam Waterston has played Hamlet and The five different presidents: Abraham Tempest. Waterston Lincoln (three times), Thomas received a star on the Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, Hollywood Walk of and two fictional presidents. Fame in 2010.

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UNDAY OVEMBER S , N 15, 2020

Today is Rock Your Mocs Day. Situated in the middle of Native American Heritage Month, this is a day for indigenous peoples to wear their traditional

moccasins in a show of pride. Pictures of moccasins are also shared on social media.

What Am I? Mystery to Me

My earliest iterations were cleaning In 1955, Teddy Tucker devices with swirling brushes. With discovered the ruins of the the industrial age, they then advanced Spanish galleon San Pedro, into massive, 4,000-pound, steam- which sank near Bermuda powered mechanical systems with in 1594. Among the ruins was a long pipes and hoses. At last, in 1905, golden cross encrusted with seven Walter Griffiths invented a portable large emeralds, worth thousands of version. I worked via a manual dollars. Tucker sold his treasure to the bellows that created a sucking action Bermudian government in 1959, and and came with several hose it was displayed in the Bermuda attachments. Then, in 1908, I was Maritime Museum run by Tucker and improved with the use of an electric his wife. In 1975, just before Queen fan that created enough suction to Elizabeth II was scheduled to visit the blow dust into a bag resembling a museum, the cross disappeared. The pillowcase. My inventor was unable artifact is again a lost treasure. to produce his design, so he sold it to William Henry Hoover. What am I? Word Wise

Which word is not like the others? cleaner vacuum A ANSWER:

TBD SSN Punny Business

VIN ZIP

When the third raindrop joined the systems. coding numerical

“to be determined”; the others are are others the determined”; be “to

for abbreviation an is TBD first two, they said “Two’s ANSWER: company, three’s a cloud.”

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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2020 On This Date Quote of the Day 1915 – Coca-Cola patented its prototype “Hard days are the best for a contoured bottle, because that is when which was shaped like champions are made.” a cocoa pod. The bottle made its commercial ~ gymnast Gabby Douglas debut the next year. 1955 – “Sixteen Tons,” written by Happy Birthday! Merle Travis and sung by Tennessee Ernie Ford, became the fastest- Aurelia Dobre, born in 1972, is selling record in history, jumping to a Romanian World Champion No. 1 in just three weeks. The line gymnast. Dobre was part of the 1987 “You load sixteen tons and what Romanian team that won the World do you get? Another day older and Artistic Gymnastics Championship deeper in debt” came from a letter in Rotterdam. Dobre also won gold written by Travis’ brother John. medals for the individual beam and all-around contests, earning 1959 – Rodgers and Hammerstein’s five perfect 10s at the competition. musical The Sound of Music opened In 1987, Dobre on Broadway. won a silver medal Did You Know? with her team at the Seoul Olympic During the Cold War, the BBC Games. Her career planned to broadcast The Sound of ended soon after, Music on the radio in the event of a due to injuries and nuclear strike. The broadcast would a growth spurt. In 1991, she moved be part of a program designed to the United States. Dobre and her to “reassure” the public in the husband, Iranian gymnastics coach aftermath of the attack. Boz Mofid, have four children.

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On this day in 1992, the Hoxne Hoard was discovered in England. Eric Lawes was using his metal detector to help a friend find a lost hammer when

he discovered treasure from the Roman empire worth millions of dollars.

Think-tionary Wild Kingdom

relucent A European satellite made a startling A. Reflecting light or brightly shining discovery in Antarctica. Excrement stains found on ice revealed or

11 previously unknown

B. Unable to hide your true feelings colonies of emperor

eyes. my shield to had I that

relucent penguins. This was good

so was road washed - rain The A. NSWER:

A news to conservationists,

for the total count of colonies is now up When Was It? to 61. Emperor penguin colonies are

It was during this year that the difficult to find because the penguins United States lowered the voting often live in remote areas with harsh age from 21 to 18. The first San weather conditions. The only bad Diego Comic-Con was held at the news is that these small rookeries are in locations that scientists predict U.S. Grant Hotel. The Beatles will lose ice due to climate change, officially split up. An explosion possibly threatening the long-term aboard the spacecraft forced Apollo health of the birds. 13 to abort its lunar mission and return to Earth. The first Earth Day Buy a Vowel was celebrated. Casey Kasem’s “American Top 40” debuted on _ _ D _ C _ _ _ S radio, and Ford first introduced its

Bold, adventurous, and daring

AUDACIOUS

Pinto. When was it? ANSWER: 1970 ANSWER:

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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 2020 On This Date 1558 – At age 25, Elizabeth Tudor Quote of the Day became Queen of England upon the death of her sister, Queen Mary. “He who believes that the “Good Queen Bess” ruled England past cannot be changed and Ireland from 1558 to 1603. has not yet written his memoirs.” 1869 – The Suez Canal opened in Egypt, linking the Mediterranean ~ Torvald Gahlin Sea and Red Sea. The canal was recently expanded to increase the daily capacity from 49 to 97 ships. Happy Birthday! Gordon Lightfoot, born in 1938 in Orillia, Ontario, is a modern-day troubadour who has touched the lives of millions of people Daily Quiz with his thoughtful portraits of Canadian Q: When was the zipper invented? life and landscape. A: Whitcomb Judson patented the Lightfoot is steeped first zipper in 1893 and exhibited in the folk tradition, and his songs it at the Chicago World’s Fair. include such classics as “Canadian However, the new invention did Railroad Trilogy” and “The Wreck of not catch on until 1923, when the Edmund Fitzgerald.” His many B. F. Goodrich put it on a new honors include 16 Juno Awards. In product—rubber galoshes. 2003, he was made a Companion Goodrich also coined the term of the Order of Canada. Lightfoot zipper. Before then, zippers were played at Canada’s 150th birthday called “hookless fasteners.” celebration on Parliament Hill in 2017.

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UESDAY OVEMBER T , N 17, 2020

Today is Homemade Bread Day. Few smells can top the comforting aroma of freshly baked bread. Try to bake your own loaf at home. Many different recipes

are available to help us slow down and spend some time together.

Only Human On This Day

Our bones are one of the strongest On this day 50 years ago, Douglas materials found in nature. Ounce for Engelbart patented the first computer ounce, bone is stronger than steel mouse. Engelbart’s invention began in and four times stronger than 1964 when he constructed concrete. One cubic inch of bone can the first prototype, but he bear 19,000 pounds. One family in exploded as a computer Connecticut was discovered to have visionary in 1968 when he bones even more dense than normal. demonstrated the mouse at a Thanks to a genetic mutation, these conference in San Francisco. He used family members had some of the his mouse to control a computer as he strongest bones on the planet. They demonstrated video conferencing, had never suffered a fracture, and hypertext, and the multiple-window scientists compared them to display. Engelbert’s mouse-driven superheroes. Scientists hope to system allowed users to share create a medicine that mimics the information instantaneously and mutation, increasing bone density. seamlessly. He revealed the future of computing, which is why his Word Wise presentation is today remembered as Which word is not like the others? the “mother of all demos.” perorate expatiate

Punny Business

sermonize ponder

over”; the others mean “to speak.” “to mean others the over”;

I was born a pessimist. My blood means “to think think “to means Ponder ANSWER: type is B-negative.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2020 On This Date 1626 – The new St. Peter’s Basilica Quote of the Day was dedicated in Rome. It’s the “I think it’s something that we world’s largest church. all can relate to, just trying to 1883 – Canadian engineer Sandford find a place in the world.” Fleming’s Standard Time plan began ~ Daniel Chong at midnight Atlantic Time in Nova Scotia and the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. The system divides the continent into four time Happy Birthday! zones to avoid local times clashing Daniel Chong, born in 1978, is an with railway timetables. American animator and the creator 1963 – Push-button telephones of the show We Bare Bears on the first went into service, but people Cartoon Network. The series, which were slow to replace their rotary-dial premiered in 2015, chronicles the phones until the 1980s. adventures of three bear siblings living in the San Francisco Bay Area. 2013 – NASA launched the Chong credits Seinfeld, Peanuts, and MAVEN probe to Mars to study the Wes Anderson among his influences. planet’s upper atmosphere and its We Bare Bears: interactions with the solar wind. The Movie premiered this summer, and a spinoff series about Did You Know? the bears as cubs is now in development. In 1969, a brief battle broke out Chong also worked between Honduras and El Salvador. on 2015’s Inside Out. The child of The catalyst for the 30 minutes of Singaporean Chinese immigrants, gunfire was El Salvador’s victory he grew up in North Dakota and now in the World Cup Soccer playoffs. lives in Los Angeles.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2020

Today is Apple Cider Day, so enjoy a cup of warm and spiced cider around the fire. In the 14th century, children were commonly baptized with apple

cider because the liquid was considered to be healthier than water.

Gadgets & Gizmos You Are What You Eat

Curry is most often associated with India or even Thailand, but in Japan, curry (spelled kare) is enjoyed as a comfort food. Curry was first brought to Japan in the late 1800s by the British from India, which was a British colony. Japanese kare is There are smartphones, smart not spicy, but sweet and traditionally watches, and now smart rings. The consists of onions, carrots, potatoes, Oura is fitted with sensors that and beef over rice. One of the main measure physiological signals in the condiments of kare is fukuzinzuke, a body such as breathing, heart rate, and relish made of chopped daikon temperature, tracking your overall radish, eggplant, and lotus root. health. The slim and sleek ring is also The crunchy mixture is pickled much less obtrusive than competing in soy sauce and corn syrup until it is watches and phones. both sweet and salty.

Name Three Word Scramble Can you name three kinds of H A I S B K R C cheese that begin with

the letter M?

Mascarpone, Monterey Jack, Manchego, Mahon Manchego, Jack, Monterey Mascarpone, Slightly salty or briny

BRACKISH ANSWER:

Mozzarella, Muenster, Muenster, Mozzarella, : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2020 On This Date 1863 – President Abraham Lincoln Quote of the Day delivered his Gettysburg Address. The short speech redefined the Civil War as “Perhaps the greatest glory a struggle not just for the Union but also of sport is that it teachs us for the principle of human equality. so much about life itself.” 1928 – After five years of publication, ~ Ahmad Rashad TIME magazine presented a color cover portrait for the first time. The cover featured Japanese Emperor Hirohito. Happy Birthday! , born Robert Earl 1959 – The Ford Motor Company Ahmad Rashad Moore in 1949, is a sportscaster and announced the discontinuation of former football star. the unpopular Edsel. Although a Rashad, who grew up flop at the time, the car is now a rare in Portland, Oregon, collector’s item. was a running back for the University of Oregon Ducks. The College Football All-American was the fourth draft pick in the 1972 NFL draft. In his football career, he scored 44 touchdowns while playing for the Did You Know? St. Louis Cardinals, Buffalo Bills, and Minnesota Vikings between 1972 and In Japan, letting a sumo wrestler 1982. He then moved on to a successful make your baby cry is good luck. broadcasting career covering a range This 400-year-old tradition is of sports, including the NFL, NBA, said to bring health and success MLB, and the Olympics. He has been throughout the baby’s life. married five times.

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HURSDAY OVEMBER T , N 19, 2020

Today is International Men’s Day, a day to highlight the positive values

men bring to their families, communities, and the world. It is a day for men to reflect on their good character, responsibilities, and job as role models.

Picture of the Day Who Am I?

I was shy and lonely as a child and was often teased for being overweight. In high school I made some friends and came out of my shell, but I never forgot what it was like to be a lonely kid. After studying music and going to divinity school, I turned to children’s television. I would go on to create and host all 895 episodes of one of Even in the animal world it is the most popular children’s important to find an inspirational programs of all time. I considered it role model. my life’s work to teach kids how to

be good neighbors. Who am I?

Rogers Fred Now it’s your turn to come up ANSWER: with a good caption.

High Five Word Wise

Which word is not like the others? Can you name the world’s

five largest birds of prey oil grease

according to weight?

4. Himalayan vulture; 5. California condor California 5. vulture; Himalayan 4. epoxy diester

coating; the others are lubricants. are others the coating; vulture; faced - Lappet 3. vulture;

Epoxy is a type of glue or or glue of type a is Epoxy

ANSWER: 1. Andean condor; 2. Eurasian black black Eurasian 2. condor; Andean 1. ANSWER:

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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2020 On This Date Quote of the Day 1866 – Pierre Lallement received a patent for the first true bicycle “For me, writing is a with a transmission consisting of a concentrated form rotary crank mechanism and pedals. of thinking.” This replaced the pushbike that was ~ Don DeLillo propelled when the rider pushed it along with their Happy Birthday! feet while steering the front wheel. Don DeLillo, born in 1936, is an author who grew up in an Italian 1962 – The United States lifted its Catholic family in the Bronx, New blockade of Cuba and began moving York. His voracious reading, which warships away from the island, began out of boredom as a teen, marking the close of the Cuban inspired him and led to his storied Missile Crisis. The Soviet Union writing career as one of America’s had removed its missiles from Cuba most eminent novelists. Some of earlier that month. DeLillo’s most prominent works 1992 – In England, a fire broke out include White Noise (1985), Libra in Windsor Castle, causing serious (1988), Mao II (1991), Underworld damage. Four days later, Queen (1997), and The Angel Esmeralda Elizabeth II would describe 1992 as (2011). The two-time Pulitzer Prize annus horribilis—“horrible year.” for Fiction nominee and National Book Award winner says Did You Know? his fiction aims to explore systems of The housefly “hums” in power and “living in the key of F major. dangerous times.”

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RIDAY OVEMBER F , N 20, 2020

On this day in 1947, Princess Elizabeth married Prince Philip Mountbatten. The couple was wed at Westminster Abbey, and the ceremony was broadcast

to millions around the world by the BBC via both radio and television.

The Games People Play Eye in the Sky

The Siberian Power Show & Expo is A recent space mystery might have an annual weightlifting competition been solved. Betelgeuse, one of the held in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia. brightest stars in the night sky, had The SPS may be one of the dimmed last year, and researchers largest sporting festivals in recently figured out why. In October Russia, but last March eyes of 2019, the star began to dim, and by weren’t on the strongman February of 2020, its brightness had competitions. Instead, audiences were diminished by 60%. Scientists keen to watch the Slapping Contest. believe that the star unleashed a Vasily Kamotsky became a national superhot blast of plasma into the hero when he defeated two opponents surrounding space. When the burst of with monster slaps to be crowned plasma hit the cool outer layers of the champion. Kamotsky jokingly entered star’s atmosphere, the plasma cooled the competition at the urging of his and formed a massive cloud of dust, friends but walked away with fame which blocked light. By April of and 30,000 rubles in prize money. 2020, the star’s brightness returned.

Who Said So? Buy a Vowel

This inventor of modern _ N J _ R _ _ _ S psychoanalysis observed, “One is

very crazy when in love.” Likely to cause harm

INJURIOUS ANSWER: Freud Sigmund ANSWER:

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2020 On This Date 1794 – The British whaler Butterworth Quote of the Day became the first European ship to “A good businesswoman sail into a Hawaiian harbor. Captain is often sharper than a William Brown named the harbor good businessman.” Fair Haven. ~ Hetty Green 1846 – The word anesthesia was coined by Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes in a letter to William Morton, the dentist who gave the Happy Birthday! first public demonstration of ether. Hetty Green (1834–1916) was a 1905 – Albert Einstein’s paper “Does savvy American businesswoman the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon and financier who excelled in what Its Energy Content?” was then a man’s realm. Known as was published. His “the richest woman in America” paper revealed the and the “witch of Wall Street,” her relationship between perceived miserliness was fodder energy and mass, for the tabloids. leading to the formula Green came from E = mc². a wealthy whaling family and used her inheritance to make You Don’t Say! astute investments of her own. She agreed to marry When she was 20, Hetty Green’s her husband on the condition that father bought her a wardrobe full of their finances remained separate and the finest dresses in order to attract that he did not use her reputation to a wealthy suitor. Green sold her new conduct his own business. Green wardrobe and bought government outlived her husband, and her fortune bonds with the proceeds. was divided between her two children.

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ATURDAY OVEMBER S , N 21, 2020

Today is International Games Day. Many libraries around the world have traditionally hosted this event, offering board games, puzzles, strategy,

role-playing, and video games. Players can just as readily enjoy games at home.

Old Wives’ Tales Root of the Matter

Among the many old wives’ tales Like a bat out of hell predicting the gender of babies is If someone moves like a bat out of one about sleeping position. The hell, then they are moving extremely myth holds that expecting mothers quickly. The first known who sleep on their left side are imagery of a bat coming carrying a boy, while those who out of hell is from the sleep on their right side are carrying a Greek play The Birds by girl. Like most old wives’ tales Aristophanes, written in 414 BC. He predicting gender, this one has no wrote, “Then that bat of Chaeraphon scientific merit and is untrue. Doctors came up from hell to drink the camel’s actually recommend that all pregnant blood.” Chaeraphon was a well- women sleep on their left sides. This known personality at the time and was improves circulation to the heart characterized in three of Aristophanes’ and eases blood flow to the fetus, plays. Historians theorize that he was uterus, and kidneys. Because the nicknamed “the bat” due to his liver is on the right side of the tendency to stay up late and his abdomen, lying on the left side excitable and energetic nature. prevents pressure on that large and important organ. Word Scramble

Punny Business R A H O Y

Gray or white with age HOARY The librarian wanted to help me, but ANSWER: she was booked for the afternoon.

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SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 2020 On This Date 1718 – The pirate known as Quote of the Day Blackbeard was killed in a battle with the British navy off “You only live once, but if you the coast of North do it right, once is enough.” Carolina. Contrary ~ Mae West to his popular image, there is no known account that he ever harmed or Happy Birthday! murdered those he held captive. Arthur Hiller (1923–2016), born in Edmonton, was a film director. 1921 – The London Gazette reported Hiller directed more than 33 films the proclamation of Canada’s Coat during his 50-year career. Among his of Arms, designating white and red notable films were Tobruk (1967), as the official Canadian colors. The Hospital (1971), The Out-of- Towners (1970), Love Story (1970), 1926 – The Imperial Conference and Silver Streak (1976). He served in London (England) came to a in the Royal Canadian Air Force close. The leaders adopted the term during World War II. After returning commonwealth to establish that from the service, Hiller attended all dominions were of equal status University College, Toronto, where within the British Empire. he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. He worked for the CBC before attracting the attention Geography Factoid of Hollywood. He served as a president Borneo is the third largest island of the Academy of in the world (after Greenland Motion Picture Arts and New Guinea). and Sciences.

UNDAY OVEMBER S , N 22, 2020

Today is Crystal Skull World Day. Some claim that the carved crystal skulls are mystical and magical artifacts from the pre-Columbian Americas, but

scientists have repeatedly proven them to be fakes created in the 19th century.

Think-tionary Silver Memories

louche On this day 25 years ago, Pixar released the movie Toy Story, the first A. Disreputable, shady, or immoral, full-length computer-animated film. but still magnetic and attractive Not only did audiences love it (it was or the highest-grossing film in America B. A pin worn on the lapel to that year) but critics praised both

distinguish membership to the its storytelling and its technical

aristocracy or a secret society achievements. The movie catapulted

bars. and clubs jazz of world ANSWER: A. I cannot resist the louche louche the resist cannot I A. ANSWER: digital animation into the future. Computer graphics chip makers, video Toys of Yesteryear game developers, and robotics researchers all wanted Pixar’s cutting- In 1964, Mattel released its Creepy edge technology. The movie won Crawlers Thingmaker. Children could several awards and was even preserved pour colorful Plastigoop, a by the National Film Registry. liquid plastic chemical that rubberized when heated, into Whatchamacallit? a series of molds that were cooked What do you call a group of… in the Thingmaker, a hot-plate elephants? oven similar to the Easy-Bake Oven. The first iteration allowed kids to parade train make bugs, but the line expanded

wisdom trunk

PARADE to flowers, mini-soldiers, dragons, ANSWER: and even edible candy.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2020 On This Date 1838 – Montreal shops were lit Quote of the Day by coal gas for the first time. The gaslights replaced whale oil lamps “The purpose of art is washing with steady, clear light. the dust of daily life 1993 – British artist Rachel off our souls.” Whiteread won both the Turner Prize ~ Pablo Picasso for best British modern artist and the K Foundation art award for the worst artist of the year. The sculpture that garnered such mixed reviews was Happy Birthday! House, a concrete cast of the inside of an entire Victorian House. Dr. Robert McClure (1900–1991) was a Canadian medical missionary Tree Trivia and humanitarian who helped set All trees are mortal, but if up a rural medical system in China. conditions are right, they can live In addition to performing surgery to an astonishingly old age. For himself, he trained local medical example, stands of 5,000-year-old personnel and emphasized public bristlecone pine trees have been health practices. In 1937, he served found in California. Trees can as the Red Cross medical director in endure because their vital functions Central China and led the Friends are decentralized; that is, a large Ambulance Unit during World part of the tree can die without War II. After the war, he served killing off the tree as a whole. in Palestine, India, Zaire, and Borneo for another 30 years. In 1985, McClure received the Man of the Year Peace Award of the Lester B. Pearson Peace Park.

ONDAY OVEMBER M , N 23, 2020

Today is St. Clement’s Day, also known as Old Clem’s Night, honoring the patron saint of blacksmiths and metalworkers. The night’s festivities usually

began with the firing of the anvil, where gunpowder was loaded into a small hole in the anvil so that it exploded in a shower of sparks when struck.

Where Am I? Wild Kingdom

I have traveled all the way to the Tetragonula carbonaria, also known northern side of this far northern as Australian stingless bees, live in island to bask in the glory of nature. massive colonies where one queen is This is a remote place, and as I surrounded by thousands of wade up the river and past smaller workers. They are the only waterfalls, I feel the water around known bee species to my legs grow warmer. This unique produce a beautiful spiral waterfall is fueled by a hot spring, nest. The spiral-shaped towers may keeping the water at a pleasant reach up to 20 layers. These layers 85 degrees. Nearby, I can explore are called brood combs, links five beautiful lakes in the midst of a of hundreds of individual egg primeval forest and snowcapped chambers that form a continuous

mountains. Where am I? spiral staircase of unborn baby bees.

Hokkaido, Japan Japan Hokkaido, Scientists have tried to understand Shiretoko National Park, Park, National Shiretoko ANSWER: why the bees build such an elaborate structure, but they remain baffled.

Word Wise Which word is not like the others? Who Said So?

Edison Bell This Romanian philosopher, a lifelong pessimist, said, “I’m

Hillary Tesla simply an accident. Why take inventors. were others

Hillary was an explorer; the the explorer; an was Hillary

ANSWER: ANSWER: it all so seriously?”

Cioran Emil ANSWER:

THE

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2020 On This Date 1835 – Joseph Glidden patented barbed Quote of the Day wire, and in doing so, he transformed the American West. His invention opened “Hang in there. It is astonishing the Plains to large-scale farming and how short a time it can take closed the open range, ending the era for very wonderful things of the cowboy. to happen.” ~ Frances Hodgson Burnett

1944 – Canadian soldiers took over their base in Terrace, British Happy Birthday! Columbia, to protest Prime Minister Frances Hodgson Burnett (1849– Mackenzie King’s announcement 1924) was a British novelist and that 16,000 conscripts would be sent playwright. She is best known for to England. The mutiny was brought her novels Little Lord Fauntleroy, under control five days later. The A Little Princess, and The Secret most serious breach of discipline Garden. She began in Canadian military history, it was writing at a young kept out of the press. age to contribute 1981 – The Metric Commission of to her impoverished Canada ordered that scales for food family. Burnett lived stores be altered from imperial units in both Europe and to metric units by 1982. the United States and was known to enjoy a lavish Did You Know? lifestyle after the success of The The Great Pacific garbage patch Secret Garden. The magical novel is a concentration of plastic debris has remained popular and has been located halfway between Hawaii adapted many times for both the and California. stage and screen.

UESDAY OVEMBER T , N 24, 2020

Today is D.B. Cooper Day, remembering the day in 1971 when a man named Dan Cooper hijacked a plane and ransomed it for $200,000. Cooper

parachuted out over Washington state with the money and was never found.

You Are What You Eat Only Human

Rice pilaf has two origin stories. Humans are the only animals that cry Some believe it originated in India, when they are sad or upset. Charles due to the etymology of the word Darwin concluded that tears have no pilaf, which comes from the adaptive function. Animals produce Sanskrit word pulaka, meaning tears, of course, but not to “lump of boiled rice.” A second express emotion. Crying theory links pilaf to Persia, mostly is a result of our deep due to recipes handed down by capacity for empathy. We Persian chefs living in Moslem- cry not only when in dominated regions of India. Even emotional pain but also when we see Indian pilafs called for Persian others suffer. We also cry when we ingredients, such as raisins and see others do good. In these ways, pistachios. Over the centuries, pilaf crying is a social act, an outward dishes that include rice, raisins, display to others that we care about nuts, and meats have migrated from them and we understand them. Crying Persia to Central Asia, Turkey, and is yet another part of the incredibly even to the Caribbean. complex social system that we have developed as humans.

Word Scramble What’s in a Name?

L E B R B A B This prolific actor, the husband

Talk foolishly and excessively of Barbra Streisand, was

BLABBER

ANSWER: ANSWER: born Craig Brunderlin.

Brolin James ANSWER:

THE

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020 On This Date 1657 – Marguerite Bourgeoys began Quote of the Day teaching in Montreal. The following year she opened Montreal’s first school “If it pleases you and you in a converted stable. can write at all, it’s gonna 1758 – During the French and Indian please somebody else.” War, the British captured Fort ~ Charlaine Harris Schulz Duquesne. Fort Pitt was built nearby and grew into modern Pittsburgh. 1867 – Alfred Nobel patented dynamite. The name is from the Happy Birthday! Greek dýnamis, meaning “power.” Charlaine Harris Schulz, born in 1951, 1885 – Banff National Park opened. is a mystery writer who grew up Canada’s first national park and the in Tunica, Mississippi. The author, world’s third spans 6,641 square who currently lives in Texas with kilometers of valleys, mountains, her husband Hal glaciers, forests, meadows, and Schulz, originally rivers and is one of the world’s studied playwriting premier destinations. in college before shifting to mystery Did You Know? novels. Harris Shulz Pepsi-Cola (from the Greek pepsis has written dozens or “digestion”) was named to sound of books, some stand-alone novels and healthier than its predecessor, many as part of popular series, including Coca-Cola. the Grave Sight graphic novels, Cemetery Girl, Harper Connelly, Lily Bard, and Aurora Teagarden. Her Southern Vampire Mysteries series was adapted into the hugely successful HBO show True Blood.

EDNESDAY OVEMBER W , N 25, 2020

Today is International Hat Day. Some connect this to the feast day of St. Catherine of Alexandria. In France, it was traditional for unmarried women, the

“Catherinettes,” to wear large hats, “St. Catherine’s bonnets,” and pray for a husband.

Gadgets & Gizmos Centennial Memories

On this day 100 years ago, the first Thanksgiving Day parade was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By 1920, the holiday had largely been secularized and accepted by the nation. It wasn’t long before the holiday was commercialized. Gimbel’s Department Store in The Meural Canvas II is a Philadelphia organized this first high-quality digital picture frame parade as a means to lead shoppers designed to display works of fine from City Hall to the Gimbel’s store art. The frames come loaded with at Ninth and Market Streets. It was no classical works, but for an annual mistake that at the parade’s end, Santa subscription fee of $70, you can Claus climbed a fire truck ladder into access a massive library of art and the store, where he could receive museum-style explanatory text. children and hear their holiday wish lists. Gimbel’s inspired Macy’s to do Buy a Vowel the same in New York City.

P _ M P _ _ S Riddle Me This

Irritatingly grand or What do classical music and

self-important

POMPOUS ANSWER: chickens have in common?

Bach Bach, Bach, S: ANSWER

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2020 On This Date Quote of the Day 1778 – In the Hawaiian Islands, Captain James Cook became the “We all get the same amount first European to visit Maui. His log of ice. The rich get it in the described the natives as “riding the summer. The poor get it ocean’s waves on wooden boards,” in the winter.” which became the first written account of surfing. ~ Bat Masterson 1922 – In Egypt’s Valley of the Kings, archaeologists Lord Carnarvon and Howard Carter of England Happy Birthday! became the first people to enter King Bat Masterson (1853–1921) was Tutankhamen’s tomb in more than born in Quebec to 3,000 years. Inside was a collection an immigrant Irish of several thousand priceless objects, family. As a young including a gold coffin containing man, he moved to the the mummy of the teenage king. American West and became a successful U.S. army scout and bison hunter. He earned a reputation as a professional gambler and gunfighter. Masterson served as the sheriff of Ford County, Questionable Bequests Kansas, and was part of a famous shootout that left his brother (and When David Davids of London, city marshal) dead. He also served England, died in 1778, he left five as a U.S. marshal. In later life, Bat shillings to Mary Davids “to enable Masterson made his living as a her to get drunk for the last time journalist in New York City, writing at my expense.” about sports and his life of adventure.

HURSDAY OVEMBER T , N 26, 2020

Today is Thanksgiving. The first Thanksgiving was a three-day-long autumn feast celebrated by 50 pilgrims, 90 Wampanoag men, and their

leader, Massasoit. There is only a short mention of the celebration in a letter from English settler Edward Winslow, and it is never called “Thanksgiving.”

The Games People Play Picture of the Day

Siestas are an institution in many Spanish-speaking countries. But the demands of modern life threaten to be a harsh wake-up call for those seeking a snooze. In 2010, in an effort to preserve the siesta, Spain’s National Association of Friends of the Siesta organized the first National Siesta Championships in Madrid. Sleepers were given a 20-minute window in which to sleep as much as possible. Judges used sensors to monitor “Happy Thanksgiving!” whether sleepers were truly asleep or “Pardon me!” just faking it. The contest was won by a former security guard, Pedro Lopez, Now it’s your turn to come up who slept for 17 minutes. with a good caption.

Who Said So? Word Scramble This writer, known as the Prince N O R I T C T E of Paradox, said, “Love means to

love that which is unlovable; Feeling remorse or regret

CONTRITE

or it is no virtue at all.” ANSWER: Chesterton K. Gilbert ANSWER:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2020 On This Date Quote of the Day 1834 – Thomas Davenport invented the first practical “Science is the best idea electric motor. He humans have ever had. The used it to operate a more people who embrace small model car on that idea, the better.” a short section of track, paving the way ~ Bill Nye for the electrification of streetcars. 1896 – As Minister of the Interior, Happy Birthday! Clifford Sifton was put in charge of Bill Nye, born in 1955, is an iconic Canadian immigration. He used a hard American scientist and media sell promotion to lure settlers from personality. You may recognize him Europe with the goal of populating as the host of the the West with experienced farmers. PBS science show Bill Nye the Science 1942 – At the military port of Guy. Nye began his Toulon, the French navy scuttled its career working as a ships and submarines to keep them mechanical engineer out of Nazi hands. with Boeing but left to pursue comedy and performing with the goal to Daily Quiz become the next Mr. Wizard. He Q: “This wallpaper is killing me; hosted his science show on PBS for one of us has got to go” are said five years. The program was a big hit to have been the last words of with kids and adults alike, winning what famous author? 19 Emmy Awards. He currently has a show on Netflix called Bill Nye A: Oscar Wilde Saves the World.

RIDAY OVEMBER F , N 27, 2020

Today is Native American Heritage Day, always falling the day after Thanksgiving. It is not just a day for Native Americans to honor their traditions

and beliefs but a day for all to recognize their contributions to society.

Bookworm Centennial Memories

In this 1937 novel, a Black woman On this day 100 years ago, The Mark looks back on her life and the of Zorro was released. The silent film relationships that have made her who featured Douglas Fairbanks as the she is. As a young woman, she masked hero, Señor Zorro, or rejects a farmer looking for a helper Mr. Fox. He was a Robin Hood-like wife. She endures an unhappy champion of the people and is marriage to a man who holds her up considered by many film as a mere trophy. Finally, she meets historians to be the first someone she truly loves and who superhero portrayed on treats her more equal and they move film and a prototype for away to the swampy Everglades to the comic book heroes. In be happy. But when her love fact, in the comic book contracts rabies and attempts to kill Batman, Zorro is the childhood hero

her, she defends herself by killing of Bruce Wayne and his inspiration

Hurston Neale him. What book is it? Zora by for becoming Batman. Bruce Wayne

Their Eyes Were Watching God, God, Watching Were Eyes Their ANSWER: and his parents had been out to see The Mark of Zorro on the night his parents were murdered. Buy a Vowel Name Three _ L _ _ S Can you name three soft drink

A false identity brands that begin with the letter M?

Pibb Mr. Moxie, Yello, Mello Beer, Root ALIAS

ANSWER: ANSWER:

Mountain Dew, Mug Mug Dew, Mountain : S ANSWER POSSIBLE

THE

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2020 On This Date 1520 – After sailing through the Quote of the Day dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, “If you talk bad about country Portuguese navigator Ferdinand music, it’s like saying bad Magellan entered things about my momma. the Pacific Ocean Them’s fightin’ words.” with three ships, ~ Dolly Parton becoming the first European explorer to reach the Pacific from the Atlantic. Happy Birthday! 1925 – The Grand Ole Opry began Paul Shaffer, born in 1949, is best broadcasting in Nashville as the known for his role as the musical WSM Barn Dance. The Opry’s current director, bandleader, and sidekick primary slogan is “The Show That on David Letterman’s late-night Made Country Music Famous.” television show spanning more than 30 years. The Canadian entertainer 1956 – Canada provided $1,000,000 has also made numerous cameo to fund free passage for refugees appearances, acting in movies and from the Hungarian Revolution on television. He began his career against Communist rule. More than with the 1972 Toronto production of 37,000 Hungarians were admitted in Godspell and then less than a year. worked on Saturday Daily Trivia Night Live from 1975 to 1980. Since Duncan Hines was a real person— 2002, Shaffer has he was a popular restaurant critic. been the national He first sold the right to use his spokesperson for name to a bakery in 1952. Epilepsy Canada.

ATURDAY OVEMBER S , N 28, 2020

On this day in 1895, the first automobile race in America took place in heavy snow with racers speeding their vehicles 50 miles from Chicago to Evanston and

back. Frank Duryea won in 10 hours in his Duryea Motor Wagon.

Eye in the Sky Root of the Matter

The constellation Scorpius contains a Won by a landslide beautiful treasure: The Butterfly When someone wins by a landslide Nebula. When viewed through the or wins a landslide victory, that European Space Observatory’s Very means they have won by a massive Large Telescope, the margin. The expression was first nebula is surrounded by a colorful shell of purple used around 1838 to describe a and red gas that looks just natural disaster, when a landmass like a butterfly’s wings. collapsed and slid down a steep This nebula is a giant cloud of gas that slope, taking everything with it. Not surrounds a star that has not yet long after that, writers began using exploded. Ultraviolet radiation lights the phrase to describe lopsided or up the gas in brilliant shades of color. resounding victories, capitalizing on Alas, this nebula won’t last long—just imagery where opponents are buried a few thousand years before it begins and winners sweep up every vote. to break up. Whatchamacallit? What’s in a Name? What do you call a group of partridges? This entertainer, who knows there’s no business like show cast march

business, was born Francesca

plump covey

Marlene de Czanyi von Gerber. COVEY ANSWER:

: Mitzi Gaynor Mitzi : ANSWER

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2020 On This Date Quote of the Day 1890 – Lieutenant Richard E. Byrd made the first airplane flight over the “I am not afraid of storms, South Pole. Byrd and three companions for I am learning to flew from their base on the Ross Ice sail my ship.” Shelf to the pole and back in 18 hours and 41 minutes. Byrd was promoted ~ Louisa May Alcott to admiral the next month. 1972 – Atari released Pong, an electronic ping-pong game. It was the Happy Birthday! first commercially successful video Louisa May Alcott (1832–1888) game and helped establish the industry. was an American novelist who specialized in young adult fiction. As 1999 – The Canadian Press/Broadcast a young woman in the 1860s, Alcott News survey of sports editors and began publishing her stories, often broadcasters named Wayne Gretzky using the pen name A. M. Barnard, to the Male Athlete of the Century. help support her family. Her classic Daily Trivia novel Little Women, published in 1868, was loosely based on her An echidna is a small, spiny, Massachusetts childhood. Alcott’s ant-eating monotreme that lives other notable works in New Guinea and Australia. A include Little Men, baby echidna is called a puggle. Jo’s Boys, and Eight Cousins. She was a dedicated feminist and abolitionist who championed many contemporary causes, including women’s suffrage and ending slavery. Alcott never married.

UNDAY OVEMBER S , N 29, 2020

Today is Square Dancing Day. You won’t just find square dances in the country. This dance form is popular everywhere and with all kinds of music. In

some places, banjos and fiddles have been replaced with electronic beats.

Fashion of Yesteryear You Are What You Eat

In the 1960s, First Lady Jackie Genetically modified organisms Kennedy made the pillbox hat a star (GMOs), or those that have been accessory of her wardrobe. On her genetically modified in laboratories, first day in the White House, she scare a lot of people. Why do wore a white pillbox to her scientists even want to genetically husband’s inauguration. modify foods? Because these crops The first pillbox-style caps resist pests and disease, have existed in the Roman enhanced nutrients, reduce the need Empire. The cylindrical for pesticides, and can grow in felt cap was known as a pileus. They harsher conditions. Although GMOs were soon fashioned out of bronze have been deemed safe to eat over and and worn by soldiers. The first over again, many people remain modern pillbox hats were designed in skeptical. This is most likely because the 1930s and became popular thanks humans associate food with purity, to their elegant simplicity and their and organic growers have been quick ability to be worn with a veil. to label GMOs as unnatural.

Who Said So? Word Scramble

This writer, the first woman to win the A S Y I V N O R I Pulitzer Prize for Literature, advised, “Beware of monotony; it’s the mother Creative thinker about

ideas for the future VISIONARY of all the deadly sins.” ANSWER:

Edith Wharton Edith ANSWER:

THE

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2020 On This Date 1858 – John Landis Mason received Quote of the Day a U.S. patent for his invention known by his name—the “A pessimist sees the difficulty Mason jar. Although in every opportunity; an hundreds of men and optimist sees the opportunity women have obtained in every difficulty.” patents for jars, the Mason jar is probably ~ Winston Churchill the best known. The jar has become synonymous with preserved food. The Mason jar has a threaded neck, which fits the threads Happy Birthday! in a metal cap. Winston Churchill (1874–1965) served as prime minister of the 1940 – Comedienne Lucille Ball and United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 Cuban bandleader and again from 1951 to 1955. Prior Desi Arnaz married. They met a year to his political life, Churchill served earlier during the in the military and found success as a filming of the movie writer. As prime minister, Churchill Too Many Girls. oversaw British involvement in the Allied war effort, resulting in victory in 1945. As a member of Parliament, Daily Trivia he switched from the conservative Although Roman engineers used to the liberal side cement that would harden after and back again. being mixed with water, the Churchill was also formula was lost during the Dark an accomplished Ages. It was rediscovered in 1755 artist. He and his by British engineer John Smeaton. wife Clementine had five children.

ONDAY OVEMBER M , N 30, 2020

Today is Cyber Monday. The event was first held in 2005 when online buying was just starting. With online shopping now the norm, Cyber Monday is the

biggest shopping day of the year. Last year, online sales reached $9.4 billion.

Think-tionary Wild Kingdom

bon ton The smooth handfish, once commonly

A. A flattering lie told to gain found off the Tasmanian coast, is now someone’s approval believed to be extinct, making it the first modern-day marine fish to be declared or as such. Merely 200 years ago, the fish

B. The fashionable manner and were so plentiful that

style of the high society a French naturalist

ton. bon appropriate the simply dipped a net accept to refused princess The B. R:

ANSWE into shallow waters to

When Was It? nab a specimen and first record its existence. As a species, handfish are It was during this year that the dime, very unusual, bearing bulging eyes, a featuring President Roosevelt, was first mohawk-like fin on their head, and issued. The gangster Charles “Lucky” hand-like fins that allow them to “walk” Luciano was deported to the United along the seafloor. Luckily, 13 other States. Ho Chi Minh was elected handfish species remain, although they President of North Vietnam. Winston remain rare. Churchill gave his “Iron Curtain” speech in Missouri, popularizing the Buy a Vowel expression. The first bikini was presented in Paris, and Dr. Spock R _ P L _ C _ T _

published his famous book on Make an exact copy of

REPLICATE ANSWER:

1946 childcare. When was it? ANSWER: