THE MEANINGS BEHIND SAYINGS

Here's some fun for the day............

TRIVIA:  (Answer at bottom)

When an entree is prepared 'en brochette', how is it served?

BRAIN TEASER:
A farmer has 5 haystacks in one field and 4 in haystacks in another.    How many haystacks would he have if he combined them all in one field?

JOKE:
Q:   What did one toilet say to the other?
A:  You look a bit flushed.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
When tempted to fight fire with fire, remember the fire department usually uses water.


COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
The more you talk about negative things in your life the more you bring them in.

MEANINGS BEHIND SAYINGS:

I thought I would start randomly posting about why we say some of the things we say.   I've always found the history behind various things such as sayings and songs quite fascinating.   Let's look at a few.   Here we go....

The phrase:

"PAINT THE TOWN RED"
Many a celebrating individual has set out to 'paint the town red.'     Why this color?   One theory links red with the flames of pioneer villages set afire by Native Americans.  

A more plausible explanation suggests that fast action in red-light districts contributed to the phrase.  

Red is the color of excitement in many cultures and is also thought to be one of the reasons for this expression.      

I guess that isn't a major explanation, but a possible look into some of the reasons behind it.

If you are 'painting the town with Keds', I'm pretty sure that means everyone will be wearing cute little tennis shoes.


The phrase:

"CLEAN AS A WHISTLE"
Many an old-timer can tell you that a good whistle made from a reed or piece of wood emits a clear tone - but is easily damaged.   Even small particles of debris will change the sound of a handmade instruments.   In order to emit the pure notes intended by its maker, a whistle has to be absolutely clean.   Anything as 'clean as a whistle' is bound to be good. 

I'm going to guess that  if something is as 'clean as a whistle while you work', that it means that 7 dwarfs will want you to 'Hi Ho' off to work with them.    

The phrase:

"EXTENDING THE OLIVE BRANCH"
Egyptians began experimenting with a native shrub at least 4000 years ago.  Soon they produced varieties that yielded fine oil.   As a result, the olive came into cultivation around the Mediterranean basin.

In the Biblical story of the great flood, an olive branch was the first thing to give hope to Noah.   Soon, this symbol of good tidings was followed by a promise that the flood would never be repeated.

As a result of this incident, an olive branch became a symbol of peace and good will.   So when you want to show someone you come in peace or such, you 'extend the olive branch'

If you end up extending an 'Olive Garden' to someone, I think that means you are giving people a Spaghetti meal with an unlimited salad.


TRIVIA ANSWER:
On a skewer

BRAIN TEASER:
One.   If he combines all the haystacks they become one stack.

Until next time.......

THE TRAGEDY OF DOING NOTHING

Here's some fun for the day.......

TRIVIA:   (answer at bottom)
What country did french fries originate from?

BRAIN TEASER:  (Answer at bottom)
If you were running a race and you passed the person in 2nd place, what place would you be in now?

JOKE:  
Q:  What course in school is fruity?
A:   History, because it is full of dates.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:   
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

COMIC FUN: 

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Live in such a way that if anyone were to speak badly of you, no one would believe it.

THE TRAGEDY OF DOING NOTHING

Today's post is on the tragedy of doing nothing.   I thought I'd take another look at one of the 'Villains of the Bible' to help with this topic.   I posted about Judas back in June with a topic of wasted opportunity.  There’s a lot to be learned from these shady characters.   Basically it’s a good look at what NOT to do.    They make a lot of mistakes and I can relate to that more than I can relate to having my act together and doing everything correctly.   I’m not saying these Villains are good guys and gals.....hey....they’re Villains.   But maybe by looking at where they messed up, we can avoid the same pitfalls that they fell into.   Let's look at Pontius Pilate today and see how we can avoid making the same mistakes he made.  

Pontius Pilate is best known as the Roman official that authorized the crucifixion of Jesus.    His story can be found in the Gospels of the Bible in Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.    A quick gist of the story of Pilate is that Pilate knew Jesus was innocent of the charges brought against him but Pilate didn't stand up for Jesus.   The choice of doing nothing is what this post will be about today in regards to Pontius Pilate.  

LIFE LESSON:   It is a tragedy when we recognize the truth but fail to heed it because of our own selfish motives.

From the Scriptures we can tell that Pilate thought Jesus spoke the truth and was innocent.  Three times he said Jesus was not guilty.    However, while recognizing the truth, Pilate chose to ignore it and reject it.    Pilate tried to have everyone else make the decision for him instead of being a man of courage and standing up for what is right.   The problem for Pilate was that the issue with Jesus could cause him troubles with his job.   He had a mob wanting Jesus dead, but Pilate felt he was innocent.    Pilate's main motivation for doing the things he did was self-preservation.  He didn't want any issues with his job, so he continued to try to find an easy way out.  He chose not to take a stand for what is right.


LIFE LESSON:   It is a tragedy to compromise our beliefs and principles for the sake of being popular and going with the crowd.

Pilate made attempts to deal with Jesus several times.   He first tried to put the responsibility on someone else by sending Jesus to Herod Antipas.    When Jesus was back again with Pilate, Pilate tried a compromise to get him off the hook by allowing the crowd to choose to release Barrabbas (another prisoner) or Jesus.   Pilate was hoping the crowd would pick Barrabbas.   That way, the crowd made the choice and not him and he would still be secure in his job he could reason that the crowd made the decision and not him.  


LIFE LESSON:   Don't make excuses.   Take responsibility for your own actions and for the decisions you make.   Don't look for scapegoats.  

Pilate's next 'compromise' was to have Jesus flogged instead of putting him to death.   He thought this might appease the crowd, but it did not.   Finally, when he could see that putting Jesus to death would be the only way to appease the accusers, Pilate relented.   In doing so he also did a public 'washing of his hands' to try and still claim his own innocence in the situation.  



LIFE LESSON:  Washing your hands of a tough situation does NOT cancel your guilt.  It merely gives you a false sense of peace.


Had Pilate been a man of courage and character, he would have released Jesus regardless of the consequences.    The crowd roared and he buckled.   What would we do in a similar situation?

LIFE LESSON:   Don't look for the easy way out if it goes against what is right.   Have the courage to stand up for the truth.

Some Questions to ask ourselves.

How many times do we sit back and say nothing when we know we should speak up about something that is wrong?   

Are we more concerned with social rejection, ridicule or job security than we are concerned with the truth?

How many times do we know the right thing to do but choose not to do it?


We all face situations in life where we have the opportunity to speak up for what is right.   Sometimes in work or school, sometimes in restaurants or church....lots of places.     The tough part is that is usually not the easy way out.   We don't like to get involved.   It's much easier to sit back and think of the right thing to do than to actually do it.     We might be ridiculed if we speak up.   We might possibly lose our job if we speak up.   We might possibly lose a friend by speaking up and so often we stay silent.    I know I often wish I would speak up more than I do.   It's something I need to work on frequently.

Pilate had his moment in history and now we have ours.    What will we do with our opportunities and responsibilities?   Hopefully we won't stand aside and wash our hands of the situation as Pilate did.    Being people of courage and people of character is tough sometimes, but it's worth it because it's the right thing to do. 

Do what is right, not what is easy.




TRIVIA ANSWER:
Belgium

BRAIN TEASER:
You would be in 2nd place.   You passed the person in 2nd place, not 1st.


Until next time..........

THINGS WE OFTEN SAY INCORRECTLY

TRIVIA: (answer below)
What year did the show '60 Minutes' premier on TV?

BRAIN TEASER:  (Answer below)
rearrange the letters below to write one word.

NEW DOOR



JOKE:
Q:  Why don't clams donate to charities?
A:  They're too shellfish.

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Always remember you are unique; just like everyone else.

COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
God can bring good out of any bad situation.  When trouble comes, do we complain and blame God, or do we use it as an opportunity to honor Him?

WORDS WE SAY INCORRECTLY

I thought I'd take a look today at some words that we often say the wrong way.   Not all of us do, but lots of us do, including me.



REGARDLESS - these will be in no particular order except I do feel this one is #1ish.  This is as 3-syllable word.  In other words....there is no "IR"....there is no such word as IRREGARDLESS

ATHLETE - this word has 2 syllables, not three.   I've been known to say it like  ATHUHLETE  

FIRE - it has a 'long i' for the grammar folks out there.   Mainly, it's not FAR or FIYUH

CANDIDATE - I always get this one wrong.   I say CAN-I- DATE.   The correct way is CAN-DI-DATE

LIBRARY - another one I always get wrong.   I say LI-BERRY.  It's LI-BRAR-Y

CLOTHES - lots of us like to pronounce this one as KLOZ.   Don't forget the 'th'.

ET CETERA - correctly spoken it should not sound like EXCETERA.   
It would be ET-CET-ER-A

FINGER:   Some of us Southern folks may be prone to say FANGER.  It's FING-ER.

Here's a phrase some of us may say wrong.   You don't want to say COULD CARE LESS.  That would mean that you do care, which odds are if you are saying this you are trying to say that you don't care.   The proper way to say this one is COULDN'T CARE LESS

SANDWICH - I tend to leave off the 'D' and say SANWICH, which is wrong.

PRESCRIPTION - this starts with a PRE and not a PER.  In other words, avoid saying PERSCRIPTION

PREROGATIVE - oh my.   I've said this one so wrong that I really thought it was a PER-O-GA-TIVE.    Like the above word, it is not a PER, but a PRE.  I don't think I can say this one the correct way

MAYONNAISE - I've always left off the 'o'.   I call it MANNAISE which is incorrect.   This is a 3-syllable word  ( this one makes me think of Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck words.   One of them is Mayonnaise....as in 'Mayonnaise, there's a lot of people here tonight'

If you have more than one brother-in-law or sister-in-law and are referring to all of them, the correct way to say it is BROTHERS-IN-LAW, not BROTHER-IN-LAWS.   Same with the sisters.   This is also true for more than one hole-in-one on the golf course.   It's HOLES-IN-ONE, not HOLE-IN-ONES.    

SHERBET - knock me over with surprise.  I always thought there was an 'r' in the second syllable of this word, you know, like SHER-BERT.  

TICKLISH - I wasn't overly TICK-A-LISH growing up.....wait a minute....TICK-LISH is only 2 syllables.   I've added a third over the years.


JEWELRY - This is the reverse common mistake of the word above.   Many people only give this word 2 syllables as in JEWL-RY.   Correct version is JEW-EL-RY, which I think is kind of tricky to say.  

What's the 2nd month of the year?   If you asked me I'd say FEB-U-ARY, but correctly spoken it would be FEB-ROO-AR-Y

WINTRY - speaking of February, that's a cold month.   As in WINT-TRY, not as in WIN-TER-Y   

MISCHIEVOUS - I've always said MIS-CHEE-VEE-US.   Well, that's not right.  The incorrect way that I say it sounds like a Beauty Pageant contestant.   It's actually MIS-CHE-VOUS.

REALTOR - I incorrectly give this 3-syllable word only 2 and say REAL-TOR.   Correctly spoken it should be RE-AL-TOR  (which I'm trying to say at right now and can't seem to get it)


Well, I'm sure there's lots more that those, but who could count them all?  I am realizing that I say a lot of words incorrectly.    Odds are.....I'll continue to do so, IRREGARDLESS (ha, ha) of knowing the correct way now.  


TRIVIA ANSWER:
1968

BRAIN TEASER ANSWER:

one word

Until next time.........

WHO COMPLAINS THE MOST?

Here's some fun for the day.......

TRIVIA:  (Answer at bottom)
What was the name of the very first Space Shuttle?

BRAIN TEASER:  (Answer at bottom)
What word in the English language is always spelled incorrectly?

JOKE:
Q:  What do you call a bear with no teeth?
A:  A gummy bear

COMIC FUN:

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:
Borrow money from a pessimist.   They don't expect it back.

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
Discontentment causes us to focus on what we want.  Contentment allows us to discover God's plan for us.

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

I was getting my hair cut and colored the other day and made some observations.   It's actually the same observation I make every time I get my hair done in a salon.   The majority of the people in a salon are usually women.  That's not the observation though.  My observation comes from listening to the conversations in the room.   It seems to me there's a high number of women that like to complain.   Maybe that's too big of a generalization, but this is something I noticed for years.   I may be wrong, and this may not be a popular opinion with 50% of the people out there (or however many women there are in the world)  but I feel like women grumble more than men do.  

Here's some of my experience from the other day that helped confirm what I've long thought.   The woman getting her hair done next to me had recently had some knee surgery.   The hairdresser asked how the husband was treating her as far as care taking.   First of all, that seems like a loaded question to me.   A question that is looking for a complaint.  How many men would ask another man how their wife has taking care of them after a surgery?   Anyway, the woman started saying how good her husband had been.   I was so excited.  She was praising her hubby.    It just seems that you don't hear that type of thing very often.   I feel like society, commercials and TV shows are more prevalent to husband/men-bashing than husband/men-praising.  ( I'll delve into the evolution of the portrayal of men in television shows in a future blog)  So I was thinking to myself, 'how nice.  She's saying something nice about her husband.  I love it.'   Well, as soon as that thought hit my brain, she went on to say 'maybe now he will appreciate all I do and realize how much I do.....yada yada....and on she went"   She basically turned it around to her and the short-lived praise became bashing.    Then I just rolled my eyes.  I wanted to grab her highlight foils out of her head and say 'why not just appreciate his help without turning it back to you?'

As I continued to listen to the chatter around me, I observed how a lot of women seem to want to change their men.   I've always had issues with this.    Here's my analogy for that mentality.    Let's say a woman goes to the store to get a polka dot dress.   That's what she wants.    She then proceeds to buy a striped dress and brings it home.    She knows full well she bought a striped dress, even though she wanted polka dots.   Regardless of that, she begins to complain to the striped dress nonstop about how it's not polka dots.    "Why can't you be more polka-dotted   Why do you have so many stripes??  I didn't want stripes.   I wanted polkadots."   

Well, she can gripe at that dress all day, but it's stripes, not polka dots.  She knew that when she bought it.   Why would she buy stripes and hope she could change them to polka dots??  There's not a lot of women that would do that with a dress, so why do so many try do that with their men?   That's just frustrating for everyone involved.     

For all of us, men and women, next time a complaint is about to surface, think of saying something encouraging instead.   In addition......for those of you girls out there on the quest for your future mate or for those of you that have daughters......think about the polkadot dress example.    Use as much common sense picking out your man as you would your dress....or shoes......or jeans..... 

TRIVIA ANSWER:
Columbia

BRAIN TEASER:
'incorrectly'

Until next time........

ICONIC MOVIE MUSIC AND THEME SONGS

Here's some fun for the day.......

TRIVIA:  ( Answer below)
What is the only Portuguese-speaking Latin American Country?

BRAIN TEASER:  (Answer below)
How much dirt is there in a hole that measures two feet by three feet by four feet?

JOKE:  
Q:  What do calendars eat?
A:  Dates.

QUOTE:
"Life is tough, but it's tougher when you're stupid."
(John Wayne)

COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY:
To avoid being stung, stay away from the bees.


ICONIC MOVIE MUSIC AND THEME SONGS

Today I'm looking at those famous musical scores or songs that could be considered iconic.    To me, an iconic movie song or theme music practically makes the movie.   The movie is great on it's own, but when you add the music, it kicks it up a notch.    There's a couple of things I'm looking at on this one.   When you hear these songs or themes, you know right away what movie it's from and you can almost picture scenes from the movie.   Songs that add to the aura, make the movie scarier, make you want to stand up and cheer or make you feel emotion.   Before you look at the list, think of what songs you think may be on the list.   Write them down or jot them in your mind.   Odds are, when you check my list, we are bound to have lots of the same songs in mind.  That's what makes them iconic.  Enjoy.

HERE'S THE LIST:

1.  JAWS  
I think it's pretty hard to look at the picture at the top of this page and not have the theme music play in your head.   John Williams won an Academy Award for this score.  Basically, the music was heard more than the shark was seen.   When you hear the music, it implied that the shark was near.     The theme music was a pattern of 2 notes played by a Tuba.   I'd venture to guess many a person has hummed this tune to themselves or someone else when they venture into the ocean.   I'm not sure that I have  been back in the ocean  since seeing this movie.


2.  PYSCHO

The music from Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho' is definitely iconic.    The screeching of the violins during the shower scene are legendary and very recognizable.    Alfred Hitchcock felt the musical score in this movie was a large part of the success of the movie.    Bernard Herrmann was the composer and worked regularly with Alfred Hitchcock.   Hitchcock originally did not want music for the shower scene.  Hermann ignored Hitchcock's instruction not to score the shower sequence.   When Hitchcock   saw the completed scenes with Herrmann's shrieking violins, he gave his nod of approval.   "But Hitch,"  Herrmann asked...."I thought you didn't want any music during the shower sequence?"   To which Hitchcock replied...."Improper suggestion, my boy, improper suggestion."   





3.  ROCKY

Who can think of the movie Rocky without thinking of the song "Gonna Fly Now".  It gets me fired up every time I hear it and makes me want to grab a gray sweatsuit and run up and down the stairs of our house.   This song was composed by Bill Conti





4.  STAR WARS

Two things I'm thinking of here.   Not only the opening theme music which is incredible, but also the Darth Vader theme music that plays whenever Darth is approaching.   John Williams is the composer of this music.   Sound familiar?   That's because we just mentioned him in #1.   He also composed the "Jaws" theme.    The Darth Vader theme is actually called "March of the Empire" or "The Imperial March".  This particular music has moved beyond the movie and is often played randomly to imply imposing doom.   You'll hear it frequently played by the bands at sporting events.


5.  THE GODFATHER

There's 2 in here too.    The song people are most familiar with is probably "The Love Theme from The Godfather".   I think that's the more famous of the two.   The opening music is called "The Godfather Waltz'.    I think both pieces of music add to the movie and it really brings the emotion of the movie to fruition.    Whenever I hear this music I was to grab a cannoli and talk raspy like Marlon Brando.


6.   CASABLANCA

This music was composed by Max Steiner   You'll see his name in the next movie music I mention too.   The music from this movie instantly takes you to that era.   "As Time Goes By" is a classic.  My favorite version of this song is by Jimmy Durante.   In the movie, Humphrey Bogart never says "Play it again, Sam" although this quote if often attributed to him and the movie.    He just said "Play it!".    Well..... "Here's lookin' at you kid....."


7.  GONE WITH THE WIND

The score from this movie was also composed by Max Steiner.    It's hard not to get misty when "Tara's Theme" plays at the beginning and end of this movie.    Absolute classic and very recognizable.    Imagine Scarlet standing at the tree above at the end of the movie without that song playing.   Just wouldn't be the same.   I truly get chills every time I hear this song.

8.   THE EXORCIST

The eery repeating musical score in this movie is called "Tubular Bells".    Recognizable and enhances the movie.    Sets the mood of the movie.


9.  RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK

Guess who composed this one?   John Williams.   He was quite the movie composer, wasn't he?    It makes my list because it is recognizable and enhances the movie.    Very uplifting tune and I think it captures who Indiana Jones is.   I feel adventurous every time I hear it.


10.   JAMES BOND: 007 (any of them)

This theme song uses a surf rock style guitar riff.    It's pretty much impossible to sit still at the beginning of any James Bond flick when this music begins.    I always want to turn my head in dramatic ways and hunch down like a secret agent.

(added later)
My friend Tracy H mentioned a few and one of them I had meant to put on here, so .....

11:  HALLOWEEN

This is truly some great music that adds to the scariness of the movie.   Wouldn't be the same without this music.    See Tracy H comment below on info for this music.
HONORABLE MENTION:

THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN

This one didn't make my top 10, but I give this one honorable mention.   It's a great theme song.   It didn't make my list only because I think a lot of people recognize it, but aren't sure right off which movie it's from.   Lots of  "I know this tune....it's some Western".     I may be wrong about that though.


FOREST GUMP

It's a great soundtrack, but most of the songs when you hear them were popular already, so you don't naturally attribute them to the movie.   However, "The Feather Theme" which is the Forest Gump theme is very recognizable and captures the personality of Forest Gump.



LOVE STORY

***added this one when I saw  Tracy H comment.   It's true.  The music was a big part of this classic film.    See Tracy H comment below for info on this music.


Well.....there's some of the music that comes to my mind when I think iconic theme music.   Quite possibly you thought of some of the same ones.



TRIVIA ANSWER:
Brazil 

BRAIN TEASER ANSWER:
There is no dirt in a hole

Until next time.......

THE BLESSING IN THE STRUGGLE

Here's some fun for the day........


TRIVIA:  
What year was the World Wide Web launched?

BRAIN TEASER: (answer at bottom)
Before Mount Everest was discovered, what was the highest mountain in the world?

QUOTE:
"I don't plan to grow old gracefully.  I plan to have face-lifts until my ears meet."
(Rita Rudner)

COMIC FUN:

TRICIA'S TWEET OF THE DAY: 
Sometimes what looks like disaster in our lives is part of a bigger plan.  But we will never fulfill our destiny if we are having a pity party.

RANDOM OBSERVATION:

I've been reading a Tony Campolo book called 'Let Me Tell You A Story'.    It has...of all things.....lots of stories in it.   I enjoy most of them and will probably be sharing them from time to time.    I was drawn to the one I'm sharing today because I'm a math person.   Ha...I guess if I was 'drawn' to it I should be an art person.   Anyway, here's the gist.

A boy was trying to learn arithmetic.  The teacher gives him a book full of problems to solve.  In the back of the book there's a listing of the answers to the problems, but the teacher instructs the boy never to look at the answers in the back of the book.  Instead, he is to work out the answer for himself.

As the boy does his homework, he cheats.  He looks in the back of the book and gets the answers beforehand, finding it much easier to work out the problems if he knows the answers in advance.    While it is quite possible for the boy to get good grades this way, he will never really learn math.   As difficult as it may prove to be, the only way for the boy to become better at math is to struggle with the problems himself.   He will not learn and become better at math by using someone else's answer, even if those answers are the right ones.  

In life's journey we are faced with problems and we sometimes wonder why God doesn't just spell out the answers so that we know exactly what to do.   God doesn't give us the answers because He wants us to work out the problem for ourselves.   It is only by struggling with the problems as they present themselves, day in and day out, that we can develop into the kind of people God wants us to be.

My mathematical brain relates to this story (I guess it's more of an example than a story)   I think it's natural to want life to be easy with no struggles, but it helps me to think of this mathematical example.    You really don't learn math if you just look at the answer.   Similarly, in life....you really don't learn and grow if everything is just handed to you trouble-free.

I thought of something else from my own math experience.  I was a math major in college and continued on to get my Master's, so I had a lot of math classes.   There was something I would notice in all my classes.   The people that were always asking the professor 'why' or stating 'that doesn't make sense' seemed to be the ones struggling the most in the classes.   I wasn't one of those 'why' people, I accepted the properties and theorems.  They are what they are.   Accept it.   This seemed to work for me and I did well.    Granted, there are some theorems that you prove for understanding, but there are plenty you just had to accept.   The 'why' people couldn't deal with this.   

Reading the example from the Campolo book made me think of my own math/life philosophy.   There are some things in life you will face that you just have to accept.   The 'why's' will drive you crazy if you keep asking them.   You may never know, so don't obsess over a why.   Some things just are what they are because.....that's what they are.   Pretty simple.  Often times the 'why' of the situation wouldn't the change the reality of the situation anyway.   It still is what it is, so let that 'why' part go and don't dwell on it.

The next time you're going through a difficult situation, think of the boy and the math problem.   You can't learn math if you don't work through the problem.   You can't grow in life if you don't work through the struggles.

TRIVIA ANSWER:
1991

BRAIN TEASER ANSWER:
Mount Everest, it just hadn't been discovered yet.

Until next time......

  

JULY 4TH TRIVIA AND HUMOR

Here's some fun for the day..........

INDEPENDENCE DAY JOKES:

Q:  Did you hear the one about the Liberty Bell?

A:  Yeah, it cracked me up.

Q:  What would you get if you crossed George Washington with cattle feed?

A:  The Fodder of our Country.

Q:  What did one flag say to the other flag?

A:  Nothing.  It just waved.

Q:  What would you get if you crossed a patriot with a curly-haired dog?

A:  Yankee Poodle

Q:  What did King George think of the the American Colonists?

A:  He thought they were 'revolting'.

INDEPENDENCE DAY COMIC FUN:

INDEPENDENCE DAY TRIVIA:  (answers below picture)

1.  What is another name for Independence  Day?
     a.  July 4
     b.  the day after July 3
     c.  the day before July 5
     d.  fourth day of July
     e.   All of the above

2.  Which individual was given the task of writing the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?

3.  How many people signed the Declaration of Independence on July 4?

4.  What year did July 4 become a federal holiday?

5.  What U.S. President was famous for playing golf every July 4?

6.  What animal did Benjamin Franklin want to be our national animal instead of the bald eagle?

7.  Who was the only  U.S. President born on July 4?

8.  What was the phrase that represented the major objection the Colonists had against being ruled by Britain?

9.  What date was the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence?  Who read it?

10.  What are the first 7 words of the Declaration of Independence?

ANSWERS
1.  e  
2.  Thomas Jefferson
3.  2;  John Hancock and Charles Thomson.    The rest signed at a later date with the majority being on August 5, 1776
4.  1870
5.  Dwight D. Eisenhower
6.  Turkey
7.  Calvin Coolidge
8.  'taxation without representation'
9.  July 9, 1776;  Colonel John Nixon
10.  'When in the Course of Human events...'


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