Answers to Outside the Box Puzzles from page 62 1. Shelf life 2. Jaywalking 3. Eye candy 4. Ice cube 5. The right way 6. O Canada Fast Facts Believe it or Not Superstitions exist worldwide and some of them are weirder than weird. ▶▶ Portugal: Walking backwards brings bad luck. ▶▶ Iceland: In this cold country situated just outside of the Arctic Circle with freezing temperatures throughout the year, it is believed that knitting outside of the home will lead to a longer winter. ▶▶ Germany: Toasting with water will lead to the deaths of all those involved. ▶▶ India: It is considered bad luck to cut your nails after dark. ▶▶ Chile: Wearing yellow underwear will give good luck. ▶▶ Nigeria: If you kiss a baby on its lips, it will drool for all of its adult life. ▶▶ Rwanda: Women who eat goat meat will grow facial hair and become stubborn. ▶▶ Fiji: If a butterfly lands on you, it means that a deceased loved one is greeting you. ▶▶ Tonga: Whistling while passing a cemetery brings bad luck. ▶▶ South Korea: Crows are seen as bad luck and even harbingers of death. ▶▶ Ireland and Scotland: Seeing a single magpie is bad luck, but seeing two or more at a time is fine. ▶▶ Argentina: Seventh sons will turn into werewolves unless the president of the country adopts them. Suddenly One Summer Random historical events that each occurred during summertime months. ▶▶June 23, 1940: Hitler arrived in Paris as the German conquering hero. ▶▶June 4, 1989: Hundreds die in Tiananmen Square. ▶▶June 3, 1937: The Duke of Windsor (formerly Edward VIII) married Wallis Simpson. ▶▶June 9, 1934: The world’s most famous duck, Donald, makes his first appearance in a Walt Disney cartoon. ▶▶August 22, 565: First reported sighting of the Loch Ness monster. ▶▶August 10, 1792: The French monarchy topples. ▶▶August 1, 1944: Anne Frank penned her last diary entry. ▶▶August 3, 1492: Columbus set sail from Spain, seeking a passage to the Far East. ▶▶August 5, 1962: Marilyn Monroe died at age 36 from a sleeping pill overdose. ▶▶August 6, 1945: The first atomic bomb was dropped over Hiroshima, Japan. ▶▶August 13, 1927: Cuban Fidel Castro was born. ▶▶August 16, 1977: Elvis Presley died in Memphis at age 42. ▶▶August 30, 1797: Frankensteinauthor Mary Shelley was born in London, England. “Summer afternoon, summer afternoon; to me those have always been the two most beautiful words in the English language. ” Henry James Named After a Ship There are towns and cities in various parts of the world that bear the name of ships. One of them is right here in Canada. Ajax, Ontario, a community east of Toronto, was named after the HMS Ajax, a British warship that played an important role in the first major naval victory of the Second World War. Before the town was recognized as a town, it was home to a massive artillery manufacturing plant. During incorporation proceedings in 1955, a contest was held to give the town its name. The plant had made shells used by the HMS Ajax during its most significant naval battle, hence the winning name chosen was Ajax and the name was immediately adopted. When the ship was finally scrapped in 1988, the British government presented the Ajax’s anchor to the town of Ajax. The anchor was placed in front of the town’s Royal Canadian Legion. Fact Teaser Bet that you can’t name the seven siblings of Snoopy, the world’s most famous beagle from the iconic comic strip, Peanuts. For the trivia-minded, they were Andy, Belle, Marbles, Molly, Olaf, Rover and Spike. Now recite the names of the seven dwarfs fromSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Stumped? Here they are in alphabetical order: Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy. 66 | www.snowbirds.org
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