crosses the South Pacific, he sees a mysterious flock of glowing specks he calls “fireflies”—possibly vented ice crystals, but to this day, no one knows for sure.
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FRIENDSHIP 7
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1. Ramón Ferrer was the captain of what famous ship from American history, whose name meant “Friendship” in his native language?
2. What 2001 Green Day hymn to friendship borrows its title from a popular urban legend about Life cereal’s “Mikey”?
3. In what city did eight European nations sign the “Treaty of Friendship, Co-Operation, and Mutual Assistance” in 1955?
4. Who met longtime best friend Gayle King in 1976?
5. Shelley, Browning, or Tennyson—what poet wrote the elegy
In Memoriam
for his late friend Arthur Hallam?
6. What state’s motto is “Friendship,” since that’s supposed to have been the meaning of the state’s Caddo Indian name?
7. At a 1979 wine tasting, who first began to survey his friends on their favorite New York restaurants?
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FEBRUARY 21
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1912 T EDDY R OOSEVELT COINS a new political phrase when, borrowing a prizefighting expression, he tells supporters in a speech, “My hat is in the ring!” He then confuses the boxing metaphor a bit by threatening to “enter the ring speaking softly and whack President Taft with a big stick.”
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RING THINGS
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1. What two NFL quarterbacks have four Super Bowl rings?
2. What’s divided by the Cassini Division?
3. According to Clarence in
It’s a Wonderful Life,
what happens every time a bell rings?
4. The seismic belt called the Ring of Fire surrounds what body of water?
5. What industry did Finland’s Vesa-Matti Paananen create when he wrote a free program called “Harmonium” in the late 1990s?
6. In
The Fellowship of the Ring,
what does Gandalf do to the ring to make its secret inscription visible?
7. What do a ladder, a three-legged lamb, a flaming tree, combed hair, and a centipede have in common?
8. A benzene ring is made up of atoms of what element?
9. His first name was Otto, and in 1897, he started a watch repair business in Owatonna, Minnesota. Today his namesake company boasts that it “helps people celebrate important moments.” What was Otto’s last name?
10. By tradition, what can you call yourself if you were born within the sound of London’s Bow bells ringing?
11. According to the full title of Richard Wagner’s “Ring Cycle,” the fabulous ring belongs to what race of dwarves?
12. In 1986, a brittle O-ring seal was determined to be the cause of what?
13. What kind of ring is a
dohyo
?
14. What is a fairy ring made of?
15. What’s the name of the metal link with two screw threads used to attach the ropes to the posts in a boxing or wrestling ring?
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1981 I N AN INTERVIEW WITH
Sounds
magazine, Abbo, of the punk band UK Decay, uses the term “Gothic” to describe a rising London music subculture. The “goth” scene is born.
----
BABY’S IN BLACK
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1. Ditra Flame was the “Lady in Black” who took thirteen red roses to what actor’s grave every year?
2. The singer in Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” is, mysteriously, in a California jail for having committed a murder in what other state?
3. What’s the only
Star Wars
movie in which Darth Vader uses the Force to choke someone to death?
4. What famous historical figure turns out to be the disguised Black Knight in Sir Walter Scott’s
Ivanhoe
?
5. What New York country club lent its name to the kind of dinner jacket first worn there in 1886?
6. What country was policed by the Blackshirts for almost twenty-five years?
7. Who had a surprise cameo as “Agent M” in
Men in Black II
?
8. What team’s rowdiest black-clad fans sit in a section called the “Black Hole”?
9. What TV persona made Cassandra Peterson a star?
10. Don Diego’s secret identity, “Zorro,” is the Spanish word for what animal?
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FEBRUARY 22
----
10,000 B.C .P EBBLES F LINTSTONE IS BORN at Rockville Hospital at 8 P.M.,
----
FRIENDSHIP 7
----
1. Ramón Ferrer was the captain of what famous ship from American history, whose name meant “Friendship” in his native language?
2. What 2001 Green Day hymn to friendship borrows its title from a popular urban legend about Life cereal’s “Mikey”?
3. In what city did eight European nations sign the “Treaty of Friendship, Co-Operation, and Mutual Assistance” in 1955?
4. Who met longtime best friend Gayle King in 1976?
5. Shelley, Browning, or Tennyson—what poet wrote the elegy
In Memoriam
for his late friend Arthur Hallam?
6. What state’s motto is “Friendship,” since that’s supposed to have been the meaning of the state’s Caddo Indian name?
7. At a 1979 wine tasting, who first began to survey his friends on their favorite New York restaurants?
----
FEBRUARY 21
----
1912 T EDDY R OOSEVELT COINS a new political phrase when, borrowing a prizefighting expression, he tells supporters in a speech, “My hat is in the ring!” He then confuses the boxing metaphor a bit by threatening to “enter the ring speaking softly and whack President Taft with a big stick.”
----
RING THINGS
----
1. What two NFL quarterbacks have four Super Bowl rings?
2. What’s divided by the Cassini Division?
3. According to Clarence in
It’s a Wonderful Life,
what happens every time a bell rings?
4. The seismic belt called the Ring of Fire surrounds what body of water?
5. What industry did Finland’s Vesa-Matti Paananen create when he wrote a free program called “Harmonium” in the late 1990s?
6. In
The Fellowship of the Ring,
what does Gandalf do to the ring to make its secret inscription visible?
7. What do a ladder, a three-legged lamb, a flaming tree, combed hair, and a centipede have in common?
8. A benzene ring is made up of atoms of what element?
9. His first name was Otto, and in 1897, he started a watch repair business in Owatonna, Minnesota. Today his namesake company boasts that it “helps people celebrate important moments.” What was Otto’s last name?
10. By tradition, what can you call yourself if you were born within the sound of London’s Bow bells ringing?
11. According to the full title of Richard Wagner’s “Ring Cycle,” the fabulous ring belongs to what race of dwarves?
12. In 1986, a brittle O-ring seal was determined to be the cause of what?
13. What kind of ring is a
dohyo
?
14. What is a fairy ring made of?
15. What’s the name of the metal link with two screw threads used to attach the ropes to the posts in a boxing or wrestling ring?
----
1981 I N AN INTERVIEW WITH
Sounds
magazine, Abbo, of the punk band UK Decay, uses the term “Gothic” to describe a rising London music subculture. The “goth” scene is born.
----
BABY’S IN BLACK
----
1. Ditra Flame was the “Lady in Black” who took thirteen red roses to what actor’s grave every year?
2. The singer in Johnny Cash’s “Folsom Prison Blues” is, mysteriously, in a California jail for having committed a murder in what other state?
3. What’s the only
Star Wars
movie in which Darth Vader uses the Force to choke someone to death?
4. What famous historical figure turns out to be the disguised Black Knight in Sir Walter Scott’s
Ivanhoe
?
5. What New York country club lent its name to the kind of dinner jacket first worn there in 1886?
6. What country was policed by the Blackshirts for almost twenty-five years?
7. Who had a surprise cameo as “Agent M” in
Men in Black II
?
8. What team’s rowdiest black-clad fans sit in a section called the “Black Hole”?
9. What TV persona made Cassandra Peterson a star?
10. Don Diego’s secret identity, “Zorro,” is the Spanish word for what animal?
----
FEBRUARY 22
----
10,000 B.C .P EBBLES F LINTSTONE IS BORN at Rockville Hospital at 8 P.M.,
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