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THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Wednesday, November 27, 2024 Page 29 Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma The Kid Does Clean Outs From 1 item to 1,000 * Basements * Homes * Backyards * Commercial Buildings The cheapest prices around! Call Eric: (857) 322-2854 1. On Nov. 29, 1972, what video game was released that started a commercially successful “craze”? 2. Is a U.S. Vice President part of the Cabinet? 3. On Nov. 30, 1999, what two energy/oil businesses merged? 4. How are Han, Leia and Luke similar? 5. What country shares borders with Armenia, Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Turkmenistan? 6. On Dec. 1, 1878, what U.S. president with a fi rst name including a female name had the fi rst White House telephone installed? 7. The song “Jingle Bell Rock” debuted in what year: 1948, 1957 or 1966? 8. What FBI director who used an initial instead of his fi rst name did not have a birth certifi cate on fi le until he was 43? 9. December 2 is Play Basketball Day; the sport was founded at YMCA International Training School, which became what college? 10. Why did Guinness World Records stop tracking “most people in a pie fi ght”? 11. How are boneshaker, hobby horse and penny farthing similar? 12. December 3 is Giving Tuesday; what author of “The Prophet” said, “Kindness is like snow – it beautifi es everything it covers”? Advocate Call now! 617-387-2200 advertise on the web at www.advocatenews.net Clean-Outs! We take and dispose from cellars, attics, garages, yards, etc. Call Robert at: 781-844-0472 13. In what 1813 novel by Jane Austen would you fi nd the character Fitzwilliam Darcy, Esq.? 14. Most people in the Southern Hemisphere speak what language? 15. What music group’s members’ fi rst names were Diana, Florence and Mary? 16. On Dec. 4, 1875, politician/offi cial William Tweed escaped from a NYC jail amidst a civil case for misuse of city funds; what was his nickname? 17. What past tense verb is the only English word that ends in “mt”? 18. Collins Dictionary has named what word (part of a doll’s name) meaning a bad-mannered, childish person as its 2024 Word of the Year? 19. What bird lays the largest egg? 20. On Dec. 5, 1791, what composer of “Eine Kleine Nachtmusik” (A Litle Night Music) died whose name includes the name of an animal? ANSWERS 1. Atari’s Pong 2. Yes 3. Exxon and Mobil became ExxonMobil. 4. They are “Star Wars” characters. (Han later had the last name Solo.) 5. Iran 6. Rutherford B. Hayes 7. 1957 (released by Bobby Helms) 8. J. (John) Edgar Hoover 9. Springfi eld 10. “Over wastage concerns” 11. They are names for early bicycles. 12. Kahlil Gibran 13. “Pride and Prejudice” (usually called Mr. Darcy) 14. Portuguese 15. The Supremes (last names: Ross, Ballard and Wilson, respectively) 16. Boss 17. Dreamt 18. Brat (Bratz doll) 19. Ostrich 20. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Classifieds

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