Comics and Activities
* A team of Japanese scientists and engineers created a fire alarm for the deaf that works by spraying vaporized wasabi into the air -- it will even wake them up if they're sleeping.
* Bees can fly higher than Mount Everest. * In 1960, during a period of high tensions between Havana and Washington, a Cuban cow got hit by a chunk of a falling U.S. satellite. Islanders got a dig in at their American neighbors by parading another cow through the streets sporting a sign that read, "Eisenhower, you murdered one of my sisters!" * Before trees existed, the earth was covered with giant white mushrooms. * All astronauts going to the International Space Station have to learn to speak Russian, as the controls of their Soyuz spacecraft are in that language. • Fried chicken originated in Scotland. • Off-duty paramedic Matthew McKnight earned the dubious Guinness World Record for furthest distance thrown by a car when he was hit by a vehicle traveling 70 mph and was catapulted 118 feet. Amazingly, while he suffered serious injuries, he managed to recover. • There is a Fictitious Athlete Hall of Fame. Inductees include Rocky Balboa, Mr. Miyagi and Happy Gilmore. • You're more likely to be bitten by a human than a shark. • Not that we think you'd actually drink this much, but 10 gallons of carrot juice will kill you. Its vitamin A content is high enough to make your brain swell, along with other nasty symptoms. By the way, you can also overdose on the vitamin by eating a pound of polar bear liver every day. • • •
Thought for the Day: "Actually, in my opinion you never completely find yourself because you are always growing as a person and learning throughout your life. It is a process." — Robert A. Bofman © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
1. Is the book of Darius in the Old or New Testament
or neither? 2. From Philippians 4, what does the apostle Paul instruct us to do rather than worry? Cry, Pray, Love, Talk 3. Who, perhaps, did Jesus give a standing ovation to in Acts 7:55-59? Herod, James, John the Baptist, Stephen 4. How long did the journey of Ezra take from Babylon to Jerusalem? 3 days, 2 weeks, 4 months, 4 years 5. Who’s the runaway slave in the book of Philemon? Lemuel, Marcus, Doulos, Onesimus 6. All of Job’s children were killed in a ...? Flood, Fire, Wind, Stampede 
1) Neither
2) Pray 3) Stephen 4) 4 months 5) Onesimus 6) Wind © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
1. What was Wayne Newton’s first No. 1 single?
2. Vicki Lawrence had a single hit. What was it? 3. Who sang the theme song in Clint Eastwood’s 1971 film “Play Misty for Me”? 4. What was the original title of “Leaving on a Jet Plane”? 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “Never been this blue, Never knew the meaning of a heartache, But then again, I’ve never lost at love before.” 
1. “Daddy, Don’t You Walk So Fast,” in 1972. The song topped the charts on Cashbox and in Canada. Newton has performed over 30,000 shows on the Las Vegas strip.
2. “The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia,” in 1973. Lawrence’s successes were more in the television industry, mostly on “The Carol Burnett Show.” 3. Johnny Mathis. His 1959 version was the favorite of all the covers at the time. 4. “Babe, I Hate to Go,” as written by John Denver. It was Peter, Paul and Mary’s version in 1969 that was the bigger hit. 5. “Stand Tall,” by Burton Cummings, in 1976. Cummings, former lead singer of The Guess Who, wrote the song after breaking up with his girlfriend of nine years. He still tours, this year all across Canada. © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
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1. THEATER: Which city was the setting for the musical “Cabaret”?
2. LANGUAGE: What does the Latin phrase “veritas vos liberabit” mean? 3. TELEVISION: What was the name of the pet “dog” on “The Flintstones”? 4. ASTRONOMY: What is a zenith in terms of our solar system’s sun? 5. HISTORY: How many days were in an ancient Roman week? 6. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of zebras called? 7. LITERATURE: Which 19th-century novelist’s last work was titled “The Mystery of Edwin Drood”? 8. AD SLOGANS: Which brand of pet food uses the slogan, “Tastes so good cats ask for it by name”? 9. U.S. STATES: Which state’s residents might be called “Nutmeggers”? 10. GEOGRAPHY: Which four countries are included in the United Kingdom? 
1. Berlin, Germany
2. The truth shall set you free 3. Dino 4. When the sun is directly overhead and objects cast no shadow 5. Eight 6. A dazzle or zeal 7. Charles Dickens 8. Meow Mix 9. Connecticut 10. England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland © 2021 King Features Synd., Inc.
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