Page 20 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE–Friday, September 13, 2019 1. On Sept. 13, 1938, etiquette authority Judith Martin was born, whose pen name was what? 2. Why is one kale variety called Hungry Gap? 3. Spiders have how many legs? 4. On Sept. 14, 1927, what American “Mother of Modern Dance” died? 5. In the Bible who conquered Jericho? 6. On what river is the Three Gorges Dam, the world’s largest? 7. On Sept. 15, 1904, what first tool in U.S. meteorological research debuted? 8. Which U.S. state has the largest ratio of dairy cows to people? 9. Who is known as “the Science Guy”? 10. On Sept. 16, 1835, Charles Darwin came to the Galapagos Islands aboard what ship? 11. In 1944 from what country did Iceland declare independence? 12. On Sept. 17, 1928, the Okeechobee Hurricane made landfall in what U.S. state? 13. What painter incorporated gold leaf into his painting “The Kiss”? 14. On Sept. 18, 1830, the 1st U.S.made locomotive, Tom Thumb, lost a race with what? 15. What does the prefix “giga” mean? 16. Which N.E. state’s pie is the apple pie? 17. On Sept. 19, 1881, what U.S. president died who had been shot in July? 18. Where in Massachusetts is the area known as Dogtown? 19. Sept. 19 is International Talk Like a Pirate Day; what does “Avast!” actually mean? 20. What Gilbert & Sullivan comic opera is subtitled “Or, The Slave of Duty”? ANSWERS 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 Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/ Advocate.news.ma pride contracting inc. excavation and construction pedro maldonado 781-241-3543 president and contractor saugus, massachusetts sales@pridecontractinginc.com general contracting construction, landscaping snow plowing, paving 1. Miss Manners 2. Because it can grow into winter. 3. Eight 4. Isadora Duncan 5. Joshua 6. China’s Yangtze River 7. A weather balloon was launched in St. Louis, Mo. 8. Vermont 9. Bill Nye (after his PBS show) 10. HMS Beagle 11. Denmark 12. Florida 13. Gustav Klimt 14. A horse 15. Billion 16. Vermont’s 17. James Garfield 18. Gloucester and Rockport 19. Stop 20. “The Pirates of Penzance”
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