Comics and Activities
• It was French poet, journalist and novelist Anatole France who made the following sage observation: “The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.”
• If you’re planning a trip to North Carolina in June, try to make it to the small town of Spivey’s Corner for the annual Hollerin’ Contest. If you’d like to participate but are worried about straining your vocal cords, you can always enter the conch-blowing contest instead of one of the ones that involves actual yelling. • You might be surprised to learn that famed British author Aldous Huxley, best-known for his dystopian novel “Brave New World,” was a consultant on Disney’s 1951 animated film version of “Alice in Wonderland.” • After the vows have been said in a traditional Korean wedding, the groom formally introduces his new wife to his parents. The bride’s father-in-law then pelts the bride with red dates, which is supposed to ensure fertility. • Jazz musician Glenn Miller was the recipient of the first gold record ever awarded, for the big-band hit “Chattanooga Choo-Choo.” • You might be surprised at some of the seemingly innocuous things that arouse passions in a group of people. Take the venerable 1960s television show “Mr. Ed,” for example. Evidently an evangelist named Jim Brown took issue with the show’s theme song, claiming that when played backward, the tune contains the message “the source is Satan” and “someone sang this song for Satan.” His preaching on the subject was so persuasive that members of a church in Ironton, Ohio, made a bonfire of recordings of the song. Thought for the Day:
“Men of genius are often dull and inert in society, as a blazing meteor when it descends to earth, is only a stone.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow © 2018 King Features Synd., Inc. 
1. Is the book of Mark in the Old or New Testament or neither?
2. What kind of physical problem did Timothy have of which Paul advised a little wine? Back, Stomach, Head, Legs 3. From Proverbs 22, “A good name is rather to be chosen than great ...”? Riches, Witness, Corruption, Love 4. What is the Hebrew word that’s usually translated as “blessing”? Brocho, Chosson, Chumash, Ducket 5. From Acts 8, who baptized the Ethiopian eunuch? Isaiah, James, Philip, Paul 6. How old was Abraham when he died? 75, 175, 202, 256 
1) New
2) Stomach 3) Riches 4) Brocho 5) Philip 6) 175 Visit Wilson Casey’s new Trivia Fan Site at
www.patreon.com/triviaguy. © 2018 King Features Synd., Inc. 
1. Who was the first singer to release “Just One Look”
and when? 2. What group had a hit with “Don’t You Care”? 3. Who had the 1967 hit with “Sweet Soul Music”? 4. Which Slade song got complaints after it was played on a children’s TV show? 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “It hurts to see the man that I’ve become, To know I’ll never see the morning sunshine on the land.” 
1. Doris Troy, in 1963. She also was the song’s co-writer. (If you haven’t heard this original version, hunt it down online. It’s how it was meant to sound.)
2. The Buckinghams, in 1967. It spent 14 weeks on the charts. 3. Arthur Conley. Despite his U.S. success, Conley moved to the Netherlands. In 1980, he changed his name to Lee Roberts. 4. “Gypsy Roadhog,” in 1977. The song was about a cocaine dealer. 5. “Indiana Wants Me,” by R. Dean Taylor, in 1970. The song tells the story of a man on the run from the police, with police sirens playing in the background. For airplay, those sirens were taken out, as too many drivers thought it was real. © 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
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Did you know this year Easter lands on the day of fools? Actually April 1 was the first of the Nisan, the first month of the Jewish year. Tradition comes from that this was the day Noah sent out 2 Doves, before the flood had completely abated, to look for dry land. The first time he released the Doves was a wild goose chase, to use a fowl metaphor. The doves frustrated mission is commemorated in the April fools’ tricks of today.
1. MYTHOLOGY: What was a harpy in Greek mythology?
2. GAMES: How many railroad spaces are on a Monopoly board? 3. LITERATURE: Which American novelist wrote the book “White Fang”? 4. U.S. STATES: What is the capital of Maryland? 5. MOVIES: What was the shortest title for a Best Picture Oscar winning movie? 6. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which 19th-century president died from cirrhosis of liver? 7. ANATOMY: What does the Greek adjective “otic” refer to in the human body? 8. GEOGRAPHY: How many countries and principalities are neighbors of France? 9. THEATER: What musical features the song “Bali Ha’i”? 10. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a young hen called? 
1. A half-woman, half-bird that represented storm winds
2. Four 3. Jack London 4. Annapolis 5. “Gigi” 6. Franklin Pierce 7. The ear 8. Eight. Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Andorra and Spain 9. “South Pacific” 10. A pullet © 2018 King Features Synd., Inc.
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