Page 26 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, JULY 16, 2021 1. On July 16, 1911, what dancer was born who was nicknamed the name of a spice? 2. What is Maine’s state fruit? 3. What kind of animal is a joey? 4. In what sport would you find a peloton? 5. July 17 is World Emoji Day; from what language is “emoji,” which means “picture word”? 6. What Amherst, Mass., resident in the 1800’s wrote, “To see the Summer Sky / Is poetry, though never in a book it lie – / True Poems flee –”? 7. Who wrote the 1842 short story “The Masque of the Red Death”? 8. In Japan in July of what year did the Sony Walkman – the world’s first lowcost personal stereo – go on sale: 1966, 1979 or 1984? 9. On July 18, 1853, the first North American international railroad trains began running between Montreal, Quebec and what New England city? 10. In 1876 at Delmonico’s Restaurant in NYC, why was a desert called Baked Alaska? 11. What Frenchman painted “Impression, Sunrise,” which inspired the name of the Impressionist movement? 12. On July 19, 1955, the Yarkon Water Project opened in the Negev desert of what country with a water shortage? 13. What is the world’s largest mollusk, which is native to coral reefs? 14. July 20 is International Chess Day; in what country did chess begin: India, Persia or Scotland? 15. In what penguin species, which is the heaviest and tallest of the penguins, does the male incubate the egg? 16. On July 21, 1959, Elijah Jerry “Pumpsie” Green became the first African American to play for what baseball team? 17. What fruit is native to sand dune areas on the East Coast? 18. In 1952 what author and minister wrote the book “The Power of Positive Thinking”? 19. What word that is the fourth letter of the Greek alphabet is also used to describe a virus variant? 20. On July 22, 1940, who was born who hosted the TV shows “The 128,000 Question” and “Jeopardy!”? ANSWERS 1. Ginger Rogers 2. Blueberries 3. A baby kangaroo 4. Bicycle racing: It is the main group of riders in a race. 5. Japanese 6. Emily Dickinson 7. Edgar Allan Poe 8. 1979 9. Portland, Maine 10. In honor of the U.S. government purchase of Alaska in 1867 11. Claude Monet 12. Israel 13. Giant Clam 14. India 15. Emperor 16. Boston Red Sox 17. Beach plum 18. Norman Vincent Peale 19. Delta (COVID-19) 20. Alex Trebek
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