THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, SEpTEmbER 4, 2020 Page 29 ~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 Sept. 4, 1833, the publisher of The Sun in what city hired the fi rst-ever paperboy? 2. The oldest surviving U.S. victory garden (1942) is in what part of Boston? 3. On Sept. 5, 1927, the animated short “Trolley Troubles” – introducing Oswald the Lucky Rabbit – was released; who directed it? 4. What is the tallest dog breed? 5. When was POTUS first used for “President of the United States”: 1895, 1953 or 2009? 6. In September 1882, labor unions in what city created the fi rst Labor Day parade? 7. On Sept. 6, 1991, Leningrad’s name change to what was approved by the Russian Parliament? 8. What country grows the most watermelon? 9. Downton Abbey is set in the County of York, which is usually called what? 10. On Sept. 7, 2008, the U.S. government took over what two mortgage corporations? 11. What two leisure activities use a cue? 12. In 1495 what explorer made the fi rstever hurricane report? 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 13. Does the Emily Post Institute agree with the old rule that you cannot wear white after Labor Day? 14. International Literacy Day – celebrated annually on September 8 – was founded by UNESCO, which stands for what? 15. The fi rst ice cream trucks, which sold “Good Humor Ice Cream Suckers” in Youngstown, Ohio – debuted in what year: 1920, 1939 or 1945? 16. September 9 is annual Teddy Bear Day; when was “Teddy” invented: 1799, 1862 or 1903? 17. What country has a harvest festival when moon cakes are eaten? 18. Sapphire is September’s birthstone; Sri Lanka, which is famous for sapphires was previously called what? 19. The 1935 Fair Labo r Standards Act prohibited whom from working? 20. On Sept. 10, 1823, the Champlain Canal opened, which connects what? 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. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. NYC 3. Walt Disney 4. The Back Bay Fens Great Dane 1895 (by telegraph operators) NYC Saint Petersburg China Yorkshire Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association) and Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) 11. Pool and shuffl eboard 12. Christopher Columbus (near presentday Haiti and Dominican Republic) 13. No – “Of course you can wear white after Labor Day, and it makes perfect sense to do so in climates where September’s temperatures are hardly fall-like.” 14. United Nations Educational, Scientifi c and Cultural Organization 15. 1920 16. 1903 17. China 18. Ceylon 19. Children 20. Lake Champlain and the Hudson River
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