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U.S. Trivia United States
Questions about the “A” States
Trivia Answers on Page 18
1. Which of these states shares a border with Arkansas?
A. New Mexico B. Alabama C. Georgia D. Louisiana
2. What is the capital of Alabama?
A. Montgomery B. Huntsville C. Birmingham D. Mobile
3. What is the postal state abbreviation of Alabama?
A. AM B. AA C. AL D. AK
4. Arizona’s flag depicts the state as the largest producer of what?
A. Wheat B. Milk C. Gold D. Copper
5. Which is the two-letter abbreviation for the state of Alaska?
A. AS B. AK C. AA D. AL
6. Which of these states borders Alabama on the east?
A. Mississippi B. Tennessee C. Georgia D. Maine
7. What is Alaska’s state motto?
A. Size Matters B. Further and Beyond
C. North to the Future D. The Last Frontier
8. What is the capital of Arkansas?
A. Pulaski B. West Memphis C. Little Rock D. Salem
9. Alaska borders which of these oceans to the north?
A. Indian B. Atlantic C. Antarctic D. Arctic
10. In which Arizona city is Red Rock State Park situated?
A. Sedona B. Flagstaff
C. Prescott D. Tucson
Come to the Villagers’ meeting the month of your birthday and you will receive a coupon for a free Villager breakfast.
April Fun Facts
There are two thoughts on how April got its name, but no one knows for sure. The first is that it’s named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love. The second is that the word April in Latin means “to open” and refers to the flowers and trees opening.
April is considered the funniest month. Professional baseball begins its season in April.
Earth Day is on April 22nd every year. George Washington was inaugurated on April 30, 1789.
If your birthday is not listed or is incorrect, please contact Kathy Benson, Space 97 at (951) 743-3773 or klbenson97@gmail.com
Saturday April 4th 8:30 - 9:15 a.m. Easter Eggs
Easter
Find and circle all of the words that are hidden in the grid. The remaining 34 letters spell a secret message.
ASH WEDNESDAY CRUCIFIXION FESTIVAL MEAL ROAST
BREAD CUSTOM FRIDAY NEW TESTAMENT SACRAMENT BUNNY DEATH HOLIDAY PALMS SATURDAY
CALVARY DISCIPLES HOLY WEEK PARADE SUNDAY
CELEBRATION EGG HUNT JESUS PASSOVER THURSDAY
CHOCOLATE EGGS LAST SUPPER PENANCE TOMB
CHRIST EUCHARIST LENT PENITENCE TRADITION
CHURCH FAMILY MARY PRAYER VIGIL
CROSS FASTING MASS RESURRECTION
Solution on Page 18
Chess Puzzle of the Month
By Henry Doktorski
It’s white’s move and mate in 2.
Here’s the answer:
1 - Bd5 + Bf7
2 - Re8#
Chess is the most popular board game in the world.
There are over 700 million chess players in the world.
The longest chess game ever played was I.Nikolic vs. Arsovic, Belgrade 1989, which lasted 269 moves and ended in a draw.
The longest chess game theoretically possible is 5,949 moves.
Rookies, or players in their first year, are named after the Rook in Chess. Rooks generally are the last pieces to be moved into action and the same goes for Rookies.
Carport Sale
April 25th | 8 a.m. til ?
Sign Up Sheet in the Library
We encourage you to: advertise in the , , The Californian and on craigslist We will: Put signs on major streets and throughout Heritage hand out maps to customers marking sellers (be sure to sign up)
Join in ― It's a great way to get rid of "stuff" and make some extra money!
“America’s Firsts” Montana to Utah
We continue with our look at “it happened here first” for our 50 states. This month includes (in order of statehood) the next 5 states on our list.
41st – Montana – November 8, 1889
MT elects the first woman to Congress. Her election came before most women could vote. In 1916, Jeannette Rankin earned a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. This move marked Montana as the first state to send a woman to Congress. She used her position to champion suffrage and speak out against war.
42nd – Washington – November 11, 1889
WA is the first state to ban texting while driving. At the end of 2006, a 53-year-old man driving his minivan in the express lane of Washington’s Interstate 5 was poking away at his Blackberry and didn’t notice that the traffic in front of him had stopped. He plowed into the back of a vehicle with enough force that the resulting pile-up included four cars and a bus carrying 28 people, as well as the texting man’s minivan. Thankfully, none of the injuries were serious and no lives we lost. But the accident pushed discussions about texting while driving to the forefront, and the next year Washington made texting while driving illegal, excepting some uses in emergency vehicles. The vast majority of states have since followed suit, and in some places it’s illegal simply to have a cellphone in your hand while you’re behind the wheel. (California is one of those states!)
43rd – Idaho – July 3, 1890
ID powers a city with nuclear energy. A flicker in Arco, Idaho, lit up the future. In 1951, Idaho’s small desert town became the first city powered entirely by nuclear energy. Though
the experiment lasted only an hour, it marked a turning point in proving fission had peaceful potential far beyond warfare.
44th
– Wyoming – July 10, 1890
WY was the first to grant women suffrage. On December 10, 1869, Wyoming’s territorial governor John A. Campbell signed into law a bill granting white women the right to vote within the territory. Though some who supported the bill were motivated by a sense of civility and fairness, many had other reasons to extend suffrage. At the time, men outnumbered women in Wyoming territory 6 to 1, and the bill found a lot of support from men hoping the national publicity would attract more single, marriageable women.
45th – Utah – January 4, 1896
UT boasts the world’s first KFC franchise. This might seem like a frivolous “first” to highlight, but let me remind you – or maybe alert you to the fact, if you’re under 30 – that the K in KFC stands for Kentucky. How did that first franchise pop up so far from the Bluegrass State?
Peter and Arline Harman bought a restaurant in Salt Lake City in 1941 and set it up as a burger joint called the Do Drop Inn. It was small and struggled for a while, so in 1951 they tore it down and built a larger place they called Harman’s Café. At the same time they expanded their restaurant, they were also looking to enlarge its menu. That same year, Peter had met a restaurateur named Harland Sanders, who had developed a tasty way of preparing fried chicken. In 1952, Sanders visited the Harmans’
restaurant and prepared them a batch of his special chicken himself. All involved were certain that the product would sell well in Salt Lake City, so they worked out an agreement that the Harmans would sell chicken made with the Colonel’s formula, and the Colonel would get a nickel for every piece sold.
Thus, the first Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise restaurant was launched, and it was a huge success. The restaurant is still there today, but it looks like a typical KFC – though there is a bronze statue of Peter Harman and Harland Sanders outside. Wednesday,
Villagers’ Meeting
For All Heritage Residents
Wednesday, April 1 1 p.m. for the first 40 attendants.
Bible Study
Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. Clubhouse
Carport Sale
Saturday, April 25 8 a.m. - ?
Tuesdays 9:30 a.m. in the Clubhouse 6:30 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
May Tattler Submissions Due Wednesday April 8
Free Senior Resource Fair
Wednesday, April 22 1 - 2 p.m. in the Clubhouse
Penny
Penny’s Page
Text (951-297-1460) or email (bergie10@ hotmail.com) pictures of your pet for future Tattlers.
Annie - Space 24
Athena Space 29
Pierre Space 33
Space 100
Jasper & Ginger Space 25
Coco
Sophia
Easter is a Christian holiday that celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.
Easter Sunday always falls between March 22nd and April 25th. The date is determined by the full moon and the vernal equinox. The formula is: the first Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of spring = Easter.
Dutch settlers brought the idea of the Easter bunny to the United States in the 1700s.
The largest Easter egg ever made was over 25 feet high and weighed over 8,000 pounds.
The White House Easter Egg Roll tradition started in 1878.
Easter Island was discovered on Easter in 1772.
In the U.S., over 90 million chocolate bunnies are produced each year for Easter.
The tradition of dyeing eggs dates back to at least the 13th century.
In some cultures, Easter eggs are rolled down hills to symbolize the rolling away of the stone from Christ’s tomb.
U.S. TRIVIA ANSWERS FROM PAGE 3
1 - D. Louisiana
2 - A. Montgomery
3 - C. AL
4 - D. Copper
5 - B. AK
6 - C. Georgia
7 - C. North to the Future
8 - C. Little Rock
9 - D. Arctic
10 - A. Sedona
SECRET MESSAGE FROM PAGE 7 ONE EASTER TRADITION IS TO DECORATE EGGS
APRIL FOOLS DAY TRIVIA
ANSWERS FROM PAGE 17
1 - b. Alaska
2 - d. France
3 - a. BBC
4 - c. April fish
5 - c. flour
6 - b. Burger King
7 - d. Scotland
8 - d. Gmail
9 - a. lie day
10 - b. Adidas
Puzzles and Word Games you
Paul Revere Southern Flower
Adams Belfry
Boston
British
By land
By sea Church
Concord
Dawes
Firing
Grenadiers
Hancock
Horse Lantern Lexington March Midnight North end Patriot Paul Platoon Revere Revolution Ride Signal Silversmith Troops
Warren
Across
1.Computer memory units
5.High school class
8.Need for fishermen
9.Regrets
11.Jason’s ship
12.“Cogito, ___ sum”
13.It isn’t silver or gold
15.Long, long time
16.Some baby toys
21.Cosmetic additive
22.Hokkaido people
24.Poet Angelou
25.___ tide
26.Battle of Britain grp.
27.Opens a door
Down
1.CEO’s degree
2.Make, as money
3.Garbage in, garbage out
4.Unhearing
5.Largest island in the world
6.Circular domed
dwelling
7.Prefix with phone
10.Costa del ___
14.Jersey call
16.Battering device
17.Winged
18.Spanish painter
19.In ___ of
20.A breeze
23.Bull markets
How to solve sudoku puzzles
April Sudoku
No math is required to solve a sudoku. You only need logic and patience.
Simply make sure that each 3x3 square region has only one instance of the numbers 1-9. Similarly, each number can only
appear once in a column or row in the larger grid. The difficulty on this puzzle is easy.
The headline is a clue to the answer in the diagonal.
TRIVIA TEASER
I Feel Like a Number
1.What actor was offered the role of 007 for The Living Daylights, but lost out due to his contractual obligations for the TV series Remington Steele? a-Colin Firth, b-Tom Selleck, c-Pierce Brosnan, d-Stellan Skarsgard.
2.What number was assigned to the captive title character on TV's The Prisoner? a-2, b-3, c-5, d-6.
3.Zero, Plato and Killer are friends of the title character of what comic strip? a-"Beetle Bailey," b-"Betty Boop," c-"Little Iodine," d-"Zippy the Pinhead."
4.Who played the former Borg, Seven of Nine, on Star Trek: Voyager? a-Jeri Ryan, b-Roxann Dawson, c-Jennifer Lien, d-Suzie Plakson.
5.Who played Number Two, the head henchman of Dr. Evil, in the Austin Powers movies? a-Will Patton, b-Bill Campbell, c-Robert Wagner, d-Samuel L. Jackson.
6.What rock band had a 1980 hit with the song "Hey 19?" a-Blood, Sweat & Tears, b-Steely Dan, c-The Edgar Winter Group, d-ZZ Top.
7.In 1963, Charles Schulz added a new kid to the "Peanuts" neighborhood whose name consisted of what number? a-3, b-4, c-5, d-7.
8.Zero Mostel won a Tony Award for his performance as the title character in which Broadway musical? a-Jesus Christ: Superstar, b-The Music Man, c-Pal Joey, d-Fiddler on the Roof.
9.Which title TV character had a best friend named Six? a-Hannah Montana, bBlossom, c-Punky Brewster, d-Moesha.
10.Maxwell Smart was Agent 86 on TV's Get Smart. What was the number assigned to his partner-wife, played by Barbara Feldon? a-13, b-24, c-36, d-99.
QUOTES
All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.
Martin Buber
No idea is final.
Taika Waititi
I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong.
Frederick Douglass
I feel that we're all lighthouses, and my job is to shine my light as brightly as I can to the darkness.
Jim Carrey
Happiness is a simple, frugal heart.
Nikos Kazantzakis
In a dark time, the eye begins to see.
Theodore Roethke
Judge nothing, you will be happy. Forgive everything, you will be happier.
Sri Chinmoy
We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.
Kurt Vonnegut
If you don't know where you are going, any road will get you there.
George Harrison
The point is not to pay back kindness but to pass it on.
Julia Alvarez
I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.
Carl Sandburg
For small creatures such as we the vastness is bearable only through love.
Carl Sagan
The higher we soar the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly.
Friedrich Nietzsche
Here is a test to find whether your mission on earth is finished: If you're alive, it isn't.
Richard Bach
The lighter side
Psychiatry seminar
Psychiatry students were attending their first seminar. It was on emotional extremes. The professor wanted to establish some parameters, so he asked what they would say was the opposite of joy.
"Sadness," replied Mr. Nichols.
Ms. Biggs defined the opposite of depression as elation.
"And Mr. Martin, what is the opposite of woe?"
Bubba replied, "I believe that would be giddyup!"
The speeder
A man is stopped by police for speeding and the officer asks him for his license.
"I don't have one," the man says. "It was taken away for drunk driving."
So the officer asks for the man's vehicle registration.
"I don't have one," the man says. "This car is stolen and I've murdered the owner and stuck him in the trunk."
At this point, the officer calls for backup and in no time 10 police cars surround the stopped speeder.
The sergeant on the scene approaches the car and orders the man to open his trunk. He does and it is empty. The sergeant then asks for the man's driver's license. The man pulls out a valid license and vehicle registration.
"I don't get it," the sergeant says, "My officer here says you told him you had no license or registration and that you stole this car."
The man shakes his head and says, "I bet that liar told you I was speeding too."
Answer to 'I Feel Like a Number'
1-c, Pierce Brosnan 2-d, 6
3-a, "Beetle Bailey" 4-a, Jeri Ryan
5-c, Robert Wagner
6-b, Steely Dan 7-c, 5 8-d, Fiddler on the Roof 9-b, Blossom 10-d, 99
April 2026 Calendar
Awareness Months
ALCOHOL AWARENESS MONTH.
AUTISM ACCEPTANCE MONTH.
BEAVER AWARENESS MONTH.
DISTRACTED DRIVING AWARENESS MONTH.
GLOBAL ASTRONOMY MONTH.
NATIONAL CANCER CONTROL MONTH.
NATIONAL CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION MONTH.
NATIONAL DONATE LIFE MONTH.
PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS MONTH.
STRESS AWARENESS MONTH.
Events
1, April Fool’s Day.
1, PASSOVER begins before sundown on Wednesday, April 1 and ends after nightfall on April 9.
3, GOOD FRIDAY.
5, EASTER.
5, GOLD STAR SPOUSES DAY. Since 2010, honoring surviving spouses of armed forces members.
5-11, MERRIE MONARCH FESTIVAL AND HULA COMPETITION. Hilo HI. Honors King David Kalakauna.
6-12, NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMS RIGHTS WEEK.
6-12, THE MASTERS TOURNAMENT. Augusta National Golf Club, Augusta, GA. Web: masters.com
7, INTERNATIONAL BEAVER DAY.
10-12 and 17-19, COACHELLA VALLEY MUSIC AND ARTS FESTIVAL. Empire Polo Grounds, Indio, CA. Music and arts festival. Web: coachella.com.
11, CIVIL RIGHTS ACT, 62nd anniversary.
11, NATIONAL PET DAY.
12, DOGWOOD FESTIVAL. Camdenton, MO. Spring carnival.
15, INCOME TAX PAY DAY.
16, NATIONAL STRESS AWARENESS DAY.
16-26, FIESTA SAN ANTONIO. Since 1891.
17, BAT APPRECIATION DAY.
19, OKLAHOMA CITY BOMBING REMEMBRANCE, 1995.
19-26, NATIONAL PARK WEEK.
20, BOSTON MARATHON, 130th RUNNING.
21, AGGIE MUSTER. Texas A&M University, College Station, TX. Current and former students gather to honor fellow Aggies. Web: aggienetwork.com.
22, EARTH DAY
23, FIRST MOVIE THEATER OPENS. Apr 23, 1896, New York City at Koster and Bials Mustic Hall.
23, ADMINISTRATIVE PROFESSIONALS DAY.
25, ARBOR DAY. Since 1872. Web: arborday.org.
25, WORLD PENGUIN DAY.
25, FIDDLER’S FROLICS. Hallettsville, TX. Since 1971.
30, FALL OF SAIGON, 1975. Fall of Saigon: North Vietnamese tanks entered the city, and the communist flag was raised over the presidential palace, marking the end of the war.
30, NATIONAL RAISIN DAY.
International
2, Argentina: Malvinas Day. Public holiday honoring fallen soldiers of the 1982 war to regain the Falkland Islands.
4, Senegal: Independence Day. Marks independence from France in 1960.
6, Thailand: Chakri Day. Marks founding of the dynasty by King Rama I.
