Page 18 THE SAUGUS ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2021 1. On Sept. 24, 1975, members of the Southwest Face expedition became the first to reach what summit by a face instead of a ridge route? 2. How are Herbie, The Betsy and Shell Raiser similar? 3. What crop had the largest production quantity in the world? 4. September 25 is Nationbook police detective Dick Tracy wore what crime-fighting technology? 5. In “Tales of a Wayside Inn,” who authored the wellknown phrase “ships that pass in the night”? 6. What Canadian/Québécois dish has French fries as a main ingredient? 7. On Sept. 26, 1902, Levi al Comic Book Day; comic Strauss died, an immigrant who planned to make tents and wagon covers for California’s “49ers” but used the fabric to make clothing and invented what? 8. What was the first vaccine against a contagious disease? 9. What tunnel is the deepest in North America? 10. On Sept. 27, 1908, the first Model T Ford left the factory; what price did it start at: $150, $450 or $850? 11. What now commonly used symbol is called an octothorpe? 12. On Sept. 28, 1856, Kate Douglas Wiggin was born, the author of what novel about a Rebecca in Maine, from which three films were made? 13. In what country was the first recorded recipe for apple pie? 14. Chrysanthemums were first cultivated in what country? 15. On Sept. 29, 1992, Earvin Johnson Jr. came out of retirement to play basketball for the Los Angeles Lakers; what is his nickname? 16. Squash, gourds and pumpkins belong to what plant family? 17. How are William McGuffey, Anne Sullivan and Maria Montessori similar? 18. What is Massachusetts’s state bird? 19. What NFL team has a fleur-de-lis for a logo? 20. On Sept. 30, 1935, what dam across the Colorado River was dedicated? ANSWERS 1. Mount Everest 2. They are names of fictional cars (from “The Love Bug” and “The Betsy” films and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, respectively); Oct. 2 is Name Your Car Day. 3. Sugarcane 4. A two-way wrist radio (in 1964 it was upgraded to a two-way wrist TV) 5. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 6. Poutine 7. Jeans 8. Smallpox 9. The Ted Williams Tunnel 10. $850 11. # 12. “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” 13. England (in 1381) 14. China 15. Magic Johnson 16. Gourd (Curcurbita) 17. They were teachers (an author of readers, teacher of Helen Keller, and founder of the Montessori Method, respectively); October 5 is World Teachers’ Day. 18. Chickadee 19. The New Orleans Saints 20. The Hoover Dam
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