Page 22 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, July 31, 2020 ~Handyman Services~ •Plumbing •Electric •Ceiling Fans •Waterheaters + More Call Tom 781-324-2770 We follow Social Distancing Guidelines! Clean-Outs! We take and dispose from cellars, attics, garages, yards, etc. We also do demolition. Best Prices Call: 781-593-5308 781-321-2499 1. On July 31, 1790, the first-ever U.S. patent was given to Samuel Hopkins for “the making of Pot ash and Pearl ash by a new Apparatus and Process”; how was potash used in cleaning? 2. What NFL team plays its home games in New York state? 3. On Aug. 1, 1936, what French-Algerian fashion designer was born? 4. What was used to identify hurricanes before 1953, when female names were given? 5. What did John Bibb of Frankfort, Ky., develop that was first called “limestone”? 6. On Aug. 2, 1945, the Potsdam Conference ended; it took place in Germany after the war; what three well-known leaders of countries took part? 7. What is Huckleberry Hound’s favorite song? 8. Who painted “Luncheon of the Boating Party,” which was thought the best painting in 1882 at Paris’s Seventh Impressionist Exhibition? 9. On Aug. 3, 1958, the USS Nautilus became the fi rst sub to travel under what? 10. The movie “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” was released in what decade? Frank Berardino MA License 31811 • 24 - Hour Service • Emergency Repairs BERARDINO Plumbing & Heating Residential & Commercial Service Gas Fitting • Drain Service 617.699.9383 Senior Citizen Discount 11. On Aug. 4, 1977, what U.S. president signed an Act creating the U.S. Department of Energy? 12. The 1960s song “I Wanna Be Your Man” was recorded by what two well-known groups? 13. What “Fort” in Texas has never been a fort? 14. On Aug. 5, 1888, in what country was world’s fi rst long distance car journey – in Karl Benz’s Model 3 by his wife, Bertha, and their two sons? 15. What Hall of Fame has an Inductees Category called Early Infl uences? 16. What is known as The Silver State? 17. What island nicknamed “The Rock” has the West Coast’s oldest operating lighthouse? 18. Who created the detective Auguste C. Dupin in the early mystery story “The Murders in the Rue Morgue”? 19. On Aug. 6, 1926, American Gertrude Ederle became the first female to swim what? 20. Is pétanque the name of a French Polynesian bird or a game like bocce? ANSWERS 379 Broadway Everett 617-381-9090 All occasions florist Wedding ~ Sympathy Tributes Plants ~ Dish Gardens Customized Design Work GIFT BASKETS Fruit Baskets www.EverettFlorist.net 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. To make soap The Buff alo Bills (The Giants and Jets play their home games in New Jersey.) Yves Saint Laurent Longitude and Latitude numbers Bibb lettuce Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill and Harry Truman “Clementine” Pierre Auguste Renoir The North Pole 10. The 1960s (1963) 11. Jimmy Carter 12. The Beatles and the Rolling Stones 13. Fort Worth 14. Germany (now called the Bertha Benz Memorial Route, between Mannheim and the Black Forest) 15. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio 16. Nevada 17. Alcatraz 18. Edgar Allan Poe 19. The English Channel 20. A game like bocce
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