Comics and Activities
• It was 20th-century American author and futurist Robert Anton Wilson who made the following sage observation: “Only the madman is absolutely sure.”
• Lightning isn’t solely a phenomenon of Earth: Astronomers have noted lightning bolts on Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Venus. • Historians say that Russia’s Peter the Great was nearly 7 feet tall. • Athletes playing baseball on steroids have been in the news in recent years, but drugs are nothing new in America’s national sport. During the late 1960s and ‘70s, Dock Ellis was a valued pitcher who played for several teams, including the Pittsburgh Pirates. On June 12, 1970, Ellis took LSD, thinking it was an off day for his team. By the time he realized that the Pirates were scheduled to play the San Diego Padres that evening, it was too late. The drug proved to have no ill effect on Ellis; in fact, he pitched a no-hitter. When he recounted the event to a reporter 12 years later, he said he remembered only bits and pieces of the game, though he felt euphoric. Many years later, after being treated for addiction, Ellis became a coordinator for an anti-drug program in California. • A woman in Tennessee was once arrested for biking while intoxicated — and she was on a stationary bike at the gym at the time. • A newspaper reporter once asked Gen. Charles de Gaulle, leader of the Free French Forces during World War II and later president of the French Fifth Republic, if he was happy. De Gaulle replied, “What do you take me for, an idiot?” Thought for the Day:
“Before you become a writer, you must first become a reader. Every hour spent reading is an hour spent learning how to write.” — Robert Macfarlane © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc. 
1. Is the book of Hebrews in the Old or New Testament
or neither? 2. From Ecclesiastes 4:9, two are better than ...; because they have a good reward for their labor? None, One, Few, Many 3. On the seventh day of the creation week, what did God do? Created man, Divided the oceans, Named the animals, Rested 4. From Genesis 33, where did Jacob build a house and make booths for his cattle? Beersheba, Succoth, Jerusalem, Kidron 5. On which “Mount” did Moses receive the Ten Commandments? Sinai, Zion, Carmel, Pisgah 6. Whose two sons were Hophni and Phinehas? Ichabod, Eli, Jehoiada, Mattan 
1) New
2) One 3) Rested 4) Succoth 5) Sinai 6) Eli Sharpen your understanding of scripture
with Wilson’s Casey’s latest book, Test Your Bible Knowledge, available in bookstores and online. © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc. 
1. What blues singer originally released “Ain’t No Love in the Heart of the City”?
2. Name the ‘60s pop group that recorded “Woman, Woman.” 3. Who wrote and released “You Are the Sunshine of My Life”? 4. Which singer won a Grammy “I’ll Never Love This Way Again”? 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “In the crowd of a million people I’ll find my valentine, And then I’ll climb to the highest steeple and tell the world he’s mine.” 
1. Bobby “Blue” Bland in 1974. Whitesnake covered the song on their 1978 debut album.
2. Gary Puckett & The Union Gap, in 1967. The song has the famous, vulnerable line with the man asking, “Have you got cheating on your mind?” 3. Stevie Wonder, in 1973. The song netted Wonder a Grammy for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. 4. Dionne Warwick, in 1979. 5. “Where the Boys Are,” by Connie Francis in 1961, a slice of innocence from another time. (Four college girls go to Fort Lauderdale on spring break.) Francis later recorded the song in six other languages, netting her a total of 15 No. 1 hits around the world. © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.
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1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the international word (NATO phonetic alphabet) for the letter “O”?
2. GEOGRAPHY: Which U.S. city lies further west: Los Angeles, California, or Reno, Nevada? 3. MUSIC: Which Latin rock band had a hit with the 1999 album “Supernatural”? 4. LITERATURE: Which 19th-century author wrote a book of short stories called “Twice-Told Tales”? 5. LANGUAGE: What does the phrase “fifth column” refer to? 6. ANATOMY: What part of the human body is referenced by the adjective “hepatic”? 7. U.S. PRESIDENTS: What was the name of President Bill Clinton’s family cat? 8. NICKNAMES: Which West Coast city’s nickname is “Emerald City”? 9. ORGANIZATIONS: How many countries are members of Interpol, an international police organization? 10. MOVIES: Who played the character “Iceman” in the 1986 movie “Top Gun”? 
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2. Reno 3. Santana 4. Nathaniel Hawthorne 5. A group of spies or traitors within your own defensive line 6. The liver 7. Socks 8. Seattle 9. 194 10. Val Kilmer © 2019 King Features Synd., Inc.
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