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THE 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. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (CAN) 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: ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE 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. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (CAN) 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 ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE 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. ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles (CAN) 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: ©ActivityConnection.com – The Daily Chronicles EXTRA! THE 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.