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• The next time you cut your yard, you can thank Edwin Bearn Budding for inventing the lawnmower in 1830. But while most inventors take pride in their creations, Budding was so concerned about what his neighbors might think of his new contraption that he only tested his prototypes at night.
• There are more than 12,000 species of ants. • Hall of Fame pitcher Lee Smith didn't play baseball until he was a high school junior and, even then, just tried out to win a $10 bet. His turn to play came when his team's star pitcher was killed in a hunting accident. • One sunflower is actually 1,000-2,000 tiny flowers held together by a base. • Have you ever dreamed of smelling like a hamburger? No? Well, you could have in 2015, thanks to Burger King Japan's release of a limited-edition cologne called Flame Grilled ... and yes, it smelled like a Whopper. • On Jan. 1, 1907, President Theodore Roosevelt shook the hands of over 8,510 people, setting a record that lasted more than 70 years. • Sodium citrate makes any cheese into a creamy nacho cheese sauce. Curiously, its chemical formula spells out Na3C6H5O7 (NaCHO). • In England and Wales, it's legal to consume alcohol on private premises from the age of five. • Gesundheit! Ever wonder why someone "blesses you" when you sneeze? The custom was introduced by Pope Gregory the Great in 590 A.D. Since sneezing could be a sign of the plague, it was considered proper to offer a potentially ill person a blessing. • • •
Thought for the Day: "Once I had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalog: 'No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall.'" — Eleanor Roosevelt © 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
1. Is the book of Syria in the Old Testament, New Testament or neither?
2. Which Psalm sets man’s normal lifespan of threescore and ten? 1, 17, 23, 90 3. From Genesis 7, how many years did Noah live after the flood? 1, 50, 100, 350 4. How many books of the Bible (KJV) begin with the letter “H”? 0, 2, 4, 6 5. What does the shield represent in the “armor of God”? Courage, Faith, Gallows, Doves 6. In John 6:35, Jesus said, “I am the ... of life.”? Light, Wine, Giver, Bread 
1) Neither
2) 90:10 3) 350 4) 4 (Hosea, Habakkuk, Haggai, Hebrews) 5) Faith 6) Bread © 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
1. Which artist was the first to release “Turn on Your
Love Light”? 2. Who wrote and released “Come Softly to Me”? 3. Why did John Mellencamp briefly change his last name to Cougar? 4. Which group started as Chubby and the Turnpikes? 5. Name the song that contains this lyric: “I’ll never let you see the way my broken heart is hurting me, I’ve got my pride and I know how to hide, all the sorrow and pain.” 
1. Bobby “Blue” Bland, in 1961. His version was followed by covers from Van Morrison and the Grateful Dead.
2. The Fleetwoods, in 1959. Legend says the song was recorded at home, with no musical accompaniment except the jingling of car keys. Instruments were added later in the studio. (Listen: You can hear the car keys.) 3. “Cougar” was pushed on him by a promoter who said the German sounding “Mellencamp” would be a hard sell. 4. Tavares. 5. “Crying in the Rain,” by the Everly Brothers, in 1962. Astonishingly enough, the song only made it to No. 6 on the U.S. charts. Numerous others released covers over the years, including Peter and Gordon, Art Garfunkel and Slade. The only place it ever topped the chart was Norway. © 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
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1. TELEVISION: Which TV show is set at UC-Sunnydale?
2. FOOD & DRINK: What is an affogato? 3. MOVIES: Which famous movie features a character named Almira Gulch? 4. HISTORY: Which U.S. state was the first to legalize marijuana for medicinal use? 5. ENTERTAINERS: What rapper/songwriter’s real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr.? 6. SCIENCE: What part of the brain controls hunger? 7. GEOGRAPHY: The Gulf of Cadiz lies off the coasts of which two countries? 8. LITERATURE: Who are the best friends of Nancy Drew in the mystery series? 9. LANGUAGE: The archaic term “grippe” was used to describe what common ailment? 10. ASTRONOMY: What kind of star is the sun in our solar system? 
1. “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
2. Italian dessert of coffee and ice cream 3. “The Wizard of Oz” 4. California, 1996 5. Snoop Dogg 6. Hypothalamus 7. Portugal and Spain 8. Bess and George 9. Influenza 10. Yellow dwarf © 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
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