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• Picasso was once suspected of stealing the "Mona Lisa" from the Louvre. He was brought to court, where it was determined that he was indeed in possession of stolen art, but not da Vinci's masterpiece, and was let off with a warning.
• Ice from seawater melts into fresh water. • The modern sense of the term "Black Friday" likely originated in the 1950s when Philadelphia police began using it to describe the chaotic traffic of shoppers and sports fans after Thanksgiving and before the Army-Navy football game on Saturday. • Jimmy Carter was the first American president born in a hospital. • Pepsi was originally called "Brad's Drink," after its creator, pharmacist Caleb Bradham, who believed it had digestive benefits. • Volcanoes can create lightning. • Ulysses S. Grant's middle initial doesn't stand for anything. He was christened Hiram Ulysses Grant, and the initial was added by Congressman Thomas Hamer when he nominated Grant for West Point, thinking it stood for Grant's mother's maiden name. • Fewer than one in 10,000 people possess the gift of perfect pitch. • The world's largest beaver dam, located in Canada's Wood Buffalo National Parkand boasting a length estimated at more than 2,600 feet, is visible from space via satellite imagery. • Memorial Day's date was first chosen because it was when flowers would be in full bloom. • In 2012, Susan Warren, who owned a cleaning business, broke into a house but stole nothing. Instead, she washed coffee cups, vacuumed, took out the garbage, and dusted ... then left the homeowners, who were asleep upstairs, her phone number and a bill for her services on a napkin. • • •
Thought for the Day: "If the world should blow itself up, the last audible voice would be that of an expert saying it can't be done." — Peter Ustinov © 2025 King Features Synd., Inc.
1. Is the book of Bethlehem (KJV) in the Old or New Testament or neither?
2. Where did the angel Gabriel appear to Mary saying, “Blessed art thou among women”? Nazareth, Tyre, Ninevah, Gazi 3. With perhaps two different biblical answers, who was the father of Joseph? Jacob/Heli, Gideon/Ishmael, Solomon/Nahum, Samuel/Pilate 4. Which Old Testament prophet predicted Jesus would be born in Bethlehem? Amos, Obadiah, Micah, Nahum 5. For the journey to Bethlehem, how did Mary and Joseph travel? Bible not specific, Cart, Rode donkey, Small raft 6. Which of these wasn’t a gift from the wise men (Magi)? Silver, Myrrh, Gold, Frankincense 
1) Neither
2) Nazareth 3) Jacob/Heli 4) Micah 5) Bible not specific 6) Silver More than 1,200 brand-new trivia questions
in Wilson Casey’s latest book “Quest for Bible Knowledge” available in bookstores and online. © 2025 King Features Synd., Inc. 
1. Which group released “You Really Got Me”?
2. Mel Carter had two hits that topped the charts. What were the songs? 3. Who wrote and released “Coming Up”? 4. Who released “Sowing the Seeds of Love”? 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “When I see her comin’ down the street, I get so shaky and I feel so weak, I tell my eyes look the other way.” 
1. The Kinks, in 1964. The buzzy guitar sound was created by slicing open the speaker on the amp and sticking pins in it for the vibration. They named the amp “little green.”
2. “Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me” in 1965, and “Band of Gold” in 1966. 3. Paul McCartney, in 1980. He recorded the song at his Scotland farm one track at a time, beginning with drums, then guitars and finally vocals. John Lennon called that the “freaky version.” 4. Tears for Fears, in 1989. 5. “I Go to Pieces,” by Peter and Gordon, in 1965. Written by Del Shannon, it was the duo’s first song that hadn’t been written by two of the Beatles, John Lennon and Paul Mc-Cartney. The song made it to the top 10. © 2025 King Features Syndicate
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1. TELEVISION: What is the name of the bloodhound featured on the sitcom “The Beverly Hillbillies”?
2. HISTORY: Which Chinese dynasty mostly built the Great Wall? 3. MOVIES: Which 2003 movie is about juveniles who are sentenced to work at a desert camp? 4. MUSIC: Which famous song begins with the line, “Hello darkness, my old friend...”? 5. ANATOMY: What’s another name for the patella? 6. GEOGRAPHY: What is the capital of Chile? 7. FOOD & DRINK: Who perfected the Champagne method? 8. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What are the national flowers of Japan? 9. LITERATURE: Who wrote the novel “Love in the Time of Cholera”? 10. SCIENCE: Which wire is usually the main “hot” one in electrical work? 
1. Duke.
2. The Ming dynasty. 3. “Holes.” 4. “The Sound of Silence” by Simon & Garfunkel. 5. Kneecap. 6. Santiago. 7. A Benedictine monk named Dom Perignon. 8. The cherry blossom and the chrysanthemum. 9. Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 10. Black, although red also can be hot in two-wire circuits. © 2025 King Features Synd., Inc.
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