Comics and Activities
• In 2018, Nataraj Karate set a new Guinness World Record by stuffing 650 drinking straws in his mouth at once. He had to keep them there for at least 10 seconds to break the previous record.
• Human blood cells have different lifespans. • Dollar bills weren’t always green. Colonial money, for example, was tan with black or red ink. The Civil War government began using green ink to print paper money because it didn’t fade or easily decompose, which protected against counterfeiting. • Auto manufacturer Volkswagen makes not just vehicles, but currywurst sausages. • Following his successful bladder stone surgery, the relieved English diarist Samuel Pepys celebrated the anniversary of the event every year after. • The first hot-air balloon flight, in 1783, took off with a sheep, a duck and a rooster on board, as it was unknown how the human body would react to flying at high altitudes. (They landed safely.) • A company in Poland makes dinnerware out of wheat bran. • Queen Elizabeth II visited the set of the TV series “Game of Thrones” but couldn’t be seated on the throne due to an old rule that “the ruling monarch can’t sit on a foreign throne.” • While it’s not the longest word in the English language, a study of 1.7 million samples of everyday English found that the longest word you’re likely to encounter on a daily basis is “uncharacteristically.” • Ants leave pheromone trails when they walk that serve as maps for other ants. • Although Saturn is the second-largest planet in our solar system, it’s also the lightest, and could float in water because it’s basically a giant gas ball — if we had a bathtub big enough to hold it. • While it was believed for a long time that ancient Greek sculptures made of white marble were originally colorless, scientific studies confirmed the theory that they were actually painted in a wide range of shades that eventually wore away under the long-term effects of light and air. • • •
Thought for the Day: “Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater one.” — Chinese proverb © 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.
1. Is the book of Lamentations (KJV) in the Old or New Testament or neither?
2. Which book may be summarized as “It really is true, Jesus Christ is God Himself”? Matthew, Mark, Luke, John 3. In Esther 2:17, who was she (Esther) made queen instead of? Vashti, Ruth, Anna, Sapphira 4. Who gave Solomon cedar and fir trees according to all his desire? David, Hiram, Chalcol, Mahol 5. From Ecclesiastes 3, there is a time to mourn and a time to ...? Leave, Dance, Love, Profit 6. In 1 John 4:8 God is ...? Always, Grace, Love, Beloved 
1) Old
2) John 3) Vashti 4) Hiram 5) Dance 6) Love Sharpen your understanding of scripture with
Wilson’s Casey’s latest book, Test Your Bible Knowledge, available in bookstores and online. © 2023 King Features Synd., Inc. 
1. Who was born Richard Starkey?
2. Name the artist who was only 12 years old when he wrote “Lucky Man.” 3. Who wrote and released “I Call Your Name”? 4. Which artist wrote and released “Two Faces Have I”? 5. Name the song that contains these lyrics: “Watching you play our favorite song, Shutters down, headphones on, I want the world to know my pain.” 
1. Ringo Starr, drummer for the Beatles. He’d taken up drums as a child when he was in a sanitarium for tuberculosis for two years and was encouraged to play musical instruments for therapy. Today he’s Sir Richard Starkey, having been knighted by Prince William for services to music in the U.K.
2. Greg Lake, of Emerson, Lake & Palmer. He wrote it after his mother bought him a guitar, and after he’d learned four chords. 3. John Lennon, in 1964. The best-ever version, hands down, was the cover by the Mamas & the Papas in 1966 on their debut album. 4. Lou Christie, in 1963. 5. “More Than Silence,” by Boy George and Culture Club, in 2018. The song was released on their “Life” album, their sixth and the first since 1999. © 2023 King Features Syndicate
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1. ANIMAL KINGDOM: What is a group of kangaroos called?
2. MOVIES: What kind of enchanted flower is featured in the animated film “Beauty and the Beast”? 3. GEOGRAPHY: How many pyramids are in the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt? 4. TELEVISION: What did the surgeons on the “M.A.S.H” TV drama call their tent home? 5. FOOD & DRINK: When was the first restaurant franchise of Kentucky Fried Chicken founded? 6. U.S. STATES: What is the capital of Vermont? 7. CHEMISTRY: What is the only letter that doesn’t occur in the Periodic Table? 8. MYTHOLOGY: What is the Roman god equivalent of the Greek god Hermes? 9. LITERATURE: Which famous singer-songwriter won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016? 10. MUSIC: Which country is the pop band ABBA from? 
1. A mob.
2. A rose. 3. Three. 4. The Swamp. 5. 1952. 6. Montpelier. 7. J. 8. Mercury. 9. Bob Dylan. 10. Sweden. © 2023 King Features Synd., Inc.
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