Comics and Activities
• Following the BP oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, thousands of hairstylists and alpaca farmers donated over 19 warehouses worth of cut hair to help absorb the spilled oil.
• Los Angeles' full name is "El Pueblo Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula," or "Town of Our Lady the Queen of Angels of the River Porciuncula." Now you know why people usually just call it "L.A." • Sex expert Dr. Ruth was trained as a sniper by the Israeli military. • Looking for the perfect gift for the object of your affection? How about a toilet seat? Don't laugh -- that's what Ben Affleck gave Jennifer Lopez when the two were a hot item. Of course, this particular "throne" cost $105,000 and was covered in diamonds, rubies and sapphires! • Astronaut Neil Armstrong threatened legal action against his barber for selling his hair to a collector for $3,000. • The Benguet of northwestern Philippines blindfold their dead and place them next to the main entrance of the house. • Mr. and Mrs. Curry, of New York City, got married inside a 120,000-gallon shark tank. The bride wore a white wetsuit and the groom wore black, saying their "I do's" while circled by different types of sharks and eels. Both were experienced divers but had to broadcast their vows to the wedding officiant, family and friends, since (unsurprisingly) none of them possessed equal nerve to enter the tank. • Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim Anne Frank was posthumously baptized "by proxy" into Mormonism at least nine times. • Boxer Mike Tyson once bribed a zoo worker to open the attraction for just him and his wife. During the visit, he also tried to bribe an attendant to let him fight a gorilla. The employee said no. (One wonders who would have won.) • • •
Thought for the Day: "So long as we are loved by others I should say that we are almost indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend." — Robert Louis Stevenson © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.
1. Is the book of Mark in the Old or New Testament or neither?
2. From Genesis 32, who was “greatly afraid and distressed” about a reunion with a brother he had wronged? Joseph, Jacob, Esau, Peter 3. In Numbers 20, who died on a mountaintop after being garment stripped? Moses, Abraham, Noah, Aaron 4. What city was beat down and sowed with salt? Shechem, Caesarea, Gaza, Berea 5. Who lost all his horse-drawn chariots in a sea? Ornan, Balaam, Pharaoh, Benaiah 6. Where did Abraham meet angels? River, Tent door, Juniper tree, Prison 
1) New
2) Jacob 3) Aaron 4) Shechem 5) Pharaoh 6) Tent door 
1. Which group released an album titled “You Can Tune a Piano, but You Can’t Tuna Fish”?
2. Name the lead singer who was born Francesco Stephen Castelluccio. 3. Which Starship song was used as the theme in the 1987 film “Mannequin”? 4. Name the Beatles film that was originally titled “Eight Arms to Hold You.” 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “I want you girl but your wide-eyed innocence has really messed up my mind.” 
1. REO Speedwagon, in 1978. It was their first to break the Top 40 charts. Two singles from the album, “Time for Me to Fly” and “Roll With the Changes,” became their signature songs.
2. Frankie Valli, of the Four Seasons. Valli decided on a singing career at the age of 7 after seeing Frank Sinatra perform in New York. 3. “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now,” in 1986. The song got an Academy Award nom for Best Original Song. Co-writer Albert Hammond wrote it about his long-delayed marriage to his girlfriend. 4. “Help!” in 1965. 5. “Come Back When You Grow Up, Girl,” by Bobby Vee and The Strangers, in 1967. Vee, born Robert Thomas Velline, first found international fame with “Rubber Ball” in 1961. © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.
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1. U.S. STATES: Bay Staters hail from which U.S. state?
2. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Lebanon? 3. HISTORY: Which major World War II battle was known by the code name “Operation Detachment”? 4. MUSIC: Which rock group had a 1960s hit with the song “Incense and Peppermints”? 5. MEASUREMENTS: What does a chronometer measure? 6. ADVERTISING SLOGANS: Which automotive company had the slogan, “Quality is Job 1”? 7. MOVIES: Which movie won the 1991 Oscar for Best Picture? 8. SCIENCE: What kind of adaptation allows an organism to blend into its environment? 9. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase “amor vincit omnia” mean? 10. TELEVISION: What is the capital of the Seven Kingdoms in “Game of Thrones”? 
1. Massachusetts
2. Beirut 3. Invasion of Iwo Jima 4. Strawberry Alarm Clock 5. Time 6. Ford Motor Co. 7. “Dances With Wolves” 8. Camouflage 9. Love conquers all 10. King’s Landing © 2020 King Features Synd., Inc.
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