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TIDBITS® TASTES FLAVORS

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In the year 1918 the average American used about half a pound (.2 kg) of various spices in a single year. That’s the first year that the Department of Agriculture began tracking spice consumption.

Today Americans eat about 3 ½ pounds (1.5 kg) of flavorings each year. Come along with Tidbits as we take a taste of spices, seasonings, and flavorings!

TASTE AND THE TONGUE • The average human tongue has about 10,000 taste buds. You may have seen a diagram of the human tongue which maps out what areas of the tongue are responsible for tasting what sorts of things, whether salty, sweet, bitter and so forth. This map of the human tongue has since been disproved. Every taste bud on the tongue is equipped with five different receptors and each is capable of detecting all of the five basic tastes.

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• Each taste bud in the mouth dies off and is replaced about once every 14 days.

• You can’t see your taste buds. The bumps you can see on your tongue are called papillae and the tiny taste buds rest on top of these projections.

• There are eight muscles in the tongue.

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Tidbits® of Gallia, Jackson, Vinton, Meigs & Mason Counties TASTE TEST

1. GEOGRAPHY: On what continent is the nation of Sierra Leone located?

2. TELEVISION: Which TV character was known for the saying, “Live long and prosper”?

3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: Which of Santa’s reindeer comes first, alphabetically speaking?

4. MEASUREMENTS: What is the time frame indicated in “circadian rhythm”?

5. MATH: How many sides does a heptagon have?

6. MUSIC: What was the Oscar-winning theme song of “The Poseidon Adventure”?

7. COMICS: What company created “Avengers,” “Spider-Man” and “Hulk”?

8. HIGHER ED: What private university’s main campus is in South Bend, Indiana?

9. ASTRONOMY: What was the first planet to be discovered using the telescope?

10. MEDICAL: What is the focus of oncology? (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

• In the year 1930, an accident in the laboratory led to an amazing discovery. One scientist was tinkering with the formula for a blue dye in a lab owned by DuPont Chemical Company. As he was pouring a container of white powder into another container, he fumbled and the chemical powder puffed into the air. He accidentally inhaled some of the powder, as did the scientist standing next to him. He was surprised when the scientist next to him started to gag because the powder was so bitter. He had tasted nothing whatsoever. Each of the scientists put a tiny dab of the powder onto their tongue. The scientist who had bobbled the formula tasted nothing whatsoever. His coworker grimaced because it tasted very bitter to him. They went throughout the department testing other people to see if they could taste the bitter powder or not. Some could, some could not. This was the first realization and the first proof that people’s sense of taste varies from person to person and is not at all uniform. Since then a marker in DNA has been identified which determines whether a particular human is sensitive to the taste of the bitterness or not.

• When a human tastes something bitter, the result will usually be a scrunched-up face: the mouth will frown, the nose is wrinkled up, and the tongue sticks out. Even babies make this face when they taste something bitter.

Amazingly, animals do too.

VANILLA • Vanilla comes from the seeds of an orchid flower. It takes 18 months for a blossom on an orchid plant to be turned into vanilla extract.

Madagascar, an island nation off the coast of Africa, is one place where vanilla grows in abundance. (continued next page)

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We’re happy to take them in, but I know we’ll need to adjust our budget to cover their needs. How much does it cost to care for two healthy adult dogs? -- Karl in Albany, New York DEAR KARL: First, kudos to you for taking care of your friend’s pets! It’s a selfless act, and transitioning them to your home likely will help ease the emotional impact of losing their owner.

The cost of pet care varies with the type of pet, their health and other variables. However, the American Pet Products Association has come up with some average costs for caring for pets.

For dogs, overall care costs average about $1,650 per year, according to Hearst CIO Roger Paschke, citing an APPA report. About half of

that amount goes to veterinary care. Pet food purchases take up another big chunk. And owners tend to spend a bit more on toys and similar products for dogs than they do for cats -- $47 versus $28 per year.

So, with two dogs, does that mean you’ll be spending twice that amount, or $3,300 each year? Perhaps. Veterinary costs tend to be non-negotiable, for example -- but you could look into purchasing pet insurance to cover unexpected expenses beyond their annual physical and vaccinations. Dogs don’t really need to be festooned with toys, but you do need to purchase a good quality collar and leash for each of them.

By looking at various options for care and hunting for bargains on quality food and toys, you can keep the cost of caring for two dogs within your new budget.

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A NEW VANILLA • In 1975 officials in Madagascar deliberately destroyed much of their vanilla crop in order to create scarcity to make the price go higher.

One of their major buyers was McCormick, one of the biggest spice companies in the world. When the price of vanilla spiraled out of control, researchers at McCormick discovered how to make imitation vanilla out of pine cones, and then how to make it out of cloves. The result is called vanillin, more commonly known as ‘artificial vanilla flavoring.’ Vanillin still counts as a ‘natural’ flavor because there’s nothing unnatural about pine cones or cloves.

ARTIFICIAL FLAVORING • In 1965 there were fewer than 700 chemicals that imitated flavors. Today there are over 2,200.

• It’s been estimated that every person in America eats about 2 pounds (.9 kg) of chemical flavorings every year.

• Chemical flavorings are even added to livestock feeds to encourage animals to eat more so they get fat more quickly in order to turn a higher profit.

• When given nothing but straw to eat, livestock will eat more of it and thus gain weight faster if the straw has been treated with various artificial flavors making it taste like clover or rye grass. These are the same sorts of artificial flavorings used in human food as well. A child might not want to drink a glass of nothing but sugar water, but add some artificial flavorings to make it taste like fruit juice and they will drink every drop.

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• In the years between 1949 and 1959, chemists invented over 400 additives to help preserve and process food.

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Online at www.lovemytidbits.com ORIGINS OF SPICES • Cinnamon is made from dried tree bark.

• Cloves are dried flower buds from a tree that grows in Indonesia.

• Nutmeg is made from the pit of a sweet fruit, similar to the pit inside a peach. Mace is the lacy covering of a nutmeg, slightly more pungent in taste.

• Peppercorns are the dried berries of a tropical vine.

• Today, saffron is the most expensive spice, nearly worth its weight in gold. It takes 14,000 dried stigmas of a certain crocus flower to make one ounce (26 g) of saffron.

It cannot be harvested by machine but must be harvested by hand. In Bavaria in 1444 it was the law that any merchant found selling adulterated saffron was to be burned alive.

• In the 1800’s, Catholic priests wandered among the Indians in California to spread their religion. It is said that as they travelled, they would drop mustard seeds behind them.

Later they could find their way back by following the trail of bright yellow mustard blossoms.

• Coriander helps inhibit inflammation in the human body. Ginger can relieve nausea and vomiting. Dill helps skin become more elastic.

Basil kills viruses and lowers cholesterol.

Cinnamon helps decrease blood glucose in people with type 2 diabetes. Black pepper has antidepressant properties and stimulates digestion. Turmeric can increase cognitive function.

• Allspice is a berry, not a blend of spices. It was named because it tastes like a blend of cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg.

• Herbs are derived from a plant’s leaves whereas spices come from the bark, buds, roots and seeds of a plant.

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• Vervets are small monkeys that live in small social groups and communicate by grunting.

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• The vervets have three alarm calls signaling the presence of predators. One signifies eagle; one means leopard; and one designates snake.

These three different calls were recorded and then played back to the monkeys on hidden loudspeakers. When the call for eagle was played, every monkey looked to the sky.

When the cry for the leopard was played, they looked to the ground. When the warning for snake was played, they looked to the trees.

• Next, the researchers studied the grunts vervets made when meeting other members of the group. They found the grunt a vervet makes when meeting a socially superior monkey is different from the grunt it makes when meeting an inferior. There is a different grunt altogether for a monkey from a different tribe. Researchers also isolated the grunt that means a monkey is moving into an open area.

• They played a practical joke on one vervet by occasionally playing that monkey’s “Stranger!” call on the loudspeakers when no stranger was present. The other members soon learned the monkey was unreliable because he was always “crying wolf.” They soon learned to ignore him, not only when he legitimately gave his “stranger” call, but also whenever he gave his other calls.

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For Advertising Call (740) 446-4543 PRIMATE COMMUNICATION (cont’d) • In an experiment in 1962, researchers recorded the sounds a group of baboons made in the wild while storm clouds were gathering. Later the tape was played to a group of captive apes in a zoo. Even though the day was perfectly clear, the apes rushed to shelter as if a storm had been imminent.

• Washoe, a chimp at the University of Nevada, learned about 350 words using American Sign Language. She was able to use these words to make up her own terms, such as “drinkfruit” for watermelon; “water-bird” for swan; “white-tiger” for zebra; and “food-drink” for refrigerator. She even taught her adopted chimp son some sign language before she died at the age of 42 in 2007.

• Koko, a gorilla taught to use sign language, learned 645 signs by the time she was seven years old and now knows over 1,000 signs.

She can also understand about 2,000 words of spoken language. Like Washoe, Koko is also capable of making up her own signs for things she does not know the word for. She made the signs for “finger” and “bracelet” indicating a ring.

• A bonobo (pygmy chimpanzee) named Kanzi was being trained to communicate in a lab by using a computer and typing in symbols.

Kanzi was shown videos of Koko the gorilla using sign language. Kanzi’s handler was surprised when Kanzi began using sign language after viewing the videos in spite of the fact that sign language had not been part of the curriculum.

• An ape named Chantek was learning sign language when his handler gave him a bunch of grapes and indicated that she wanted the ape to share them with her. Chantek ate all the grapes, and handed the empty stem back to his handler.

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Tidbits® of Gallia, Jackson, Vinton, Meigs & Mason Counties HOT PEPPERS

• Columbus was looking for a shorter route to the black pepper supply of India when he discovered the New World. Because he was so desperate to find pepper, everything that he came across which had a hot taste was dubbed ‘pepper.’ That’s why today we have green peppers and chili peppers.

These are fruits rather than berries, and their ‘hot’ taste is caused by a chemical called capsaicin. Capsaicin isn’t really a taste; it’s a pain. Capsaicin stimulates the pain-sensing neurons inside the mouth.

• There are 30 species of pepper plants and all belong to the genus Capsicum, which comes from the Greek ‘kapto’ meaning bite or gulp.

• The Scoville test for measuring the amount of heat in a hot pepper was developed by Wilbur Scoville. He was working for a pharmaceutical company, trying to make different uses out of plant alkaloids including capsaicin. A rating of 1 million Scoville units means that the extract from that plant must be diluted to a concentration of 1 part per million before its heat dissipates.

• A pepper called the Carolina Reaper comes in at 2.2 million Scoville heat units, which ranks it as the world’s hottest pepper. By comparison, police-grade pepper spray rates about 5 million Scoville units, which causes temporary blindness, difficulty in breathing, and total incapacitation.

• If a hot sauce is too hot for you, don’t try to cool your mouth with water or tea. They just spread the volatile oils around more. Instead, try soaking up the peppery oils with milk, fatty foods, or high-alcohol drinks.

• Red peppers are high in vitamin C, and fresh paprika made from newly dried chili peppers contains more vitamin C by weight than lemon juice.

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However, birds can’t taste capsaicin, and they eat chili peppers - and the seeds inside them - all the time. Chili seeds that have been eaten by birds and then expelled are three times more likely to germinate than those that haven’t been eaten by birds. Due to the bird’s flight range, the seeds are deposited far from the original plant where they can grow without competition. Therefore, the presence of capsaicin in a hot chili pepper is a survival strategy for the species.

• Some bird seed manufacturers add chili powder or capsaicin to the seed to prevent squirrels and deer from eating the food intended for the birds.

• One researcher did everything he could to try to condition a set of laboratory rats to like hot peppers. Some rats were fed a hot pepper diet from the moment of their birth. Others had chili powder gradually added into their feed.

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But lately, we have noticed him becoming a hoarder and being more disorganized. By that, I mean keeping weeks-old newspapers on the floor, the kitchen table, everywhere, and he gets upset if we try to help him clean. He’s 79. Could it be a sign of senility or Alzheimer’s disease?

-- R.S.

ANSWER: Hoarding behavior can have several psychiatric causes, and, indeed, a psychiatrist may be necessary to make the diagnosis. However, odds are that your dad always had some form of obsessive-compulsive disorder, and with age has become worse.

There are other possibilities. Fronto-temporal dementia, a type of dementia that is distinct from Alzheimer’s disease, has a variant in which personality and behavior changes are prominent, but given the history of what sounds like unusual cleanliness habits, I would suspect that OCD is the most likely diagnosis. There usually is a long delay from the time symptoms begin until the time the diagnosis is made.

A diagnosis needs to be made before treatment -be it medications, psychotherapy or some combination -- can begin. Treatment can improve not only the hoarding behavior but also the distress your dad is feeling. A psychiatrist or psychologist is the expert in making the diagnosis and for treatment.

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What is your view on this? -- N.S. ANSWER: Osteopenia simply means “too little bone,” and it is a risk factor for developing osteoporosis. Most experts would treat osteopenia by ensuring that you are getting adequate calcium and vitamin D, and seeing that there are no other causes for your osteopenia, such as low thyroid level or medications that can lower bone density, such as cortisone. Although there may be reasons to treat osteopenia before osteoporosis develops, medicines like raloxifene (Evista) are reserved for the more serious condition of bone loss, osteoporosis. Raloxifine does decrease the risk of fractures.

Raloxifene has risks: It increases the risk of blood clots by about 1 person per thousand over five years.

However, it decreases the risk of breast cancer. Thus, raloxifene is a poor choice for someone with an increased risk of clots, but a very reasonable choice for women who need treatment for osteoporosis and also have an increased risk for breast cancer. *** Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to ToYourGoodHealth@med.cornell.edu.

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Tidbits® of Gallia, Jackson, Vinton, Meigs & Mason Counties 1. In 2014, the Nationals’ Bryce Harper became the sixth player in major-league history to have at least 50 homers and 30 steals through his age-21 season.

Name three of the other five.

2. Twice during the 1960s, two pitchers won Cy Young Awards and faced each other in the World Series in the same year. Name either duo.

3. Ken Niumatalolo is the winningest football coach in Navy history (68 wins entering 2016).

Who is No. 2?

4. How many consecutive winning seasons have the San Antonio Spurs had under head coach Gregg Popovich?

5. Wayne Gretzky holds the top two records for fastest to 50 goals in a season (39 games, 42 games). Who is third?

6. Name the last male skier to win six slaloms in a World Cup season before Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen in 2016.

7. Who was the first African-American golfer to get full-time playing privileges on the PGA Tour? (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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M & S CONSTRUCTION Spieth No Evil This is a story about “The Good Ones,” the greatest team you’ve never heard of. And you can’t be blamed for that, since The Good Ones flew under the radar and only played intramural softball at the University of Maryland.

The team played great ball, and if the magnificent-looking captain, a former freshman ballplayer with an alleged .314 career average, hadn’t been injured in a freak fall down the basement stairs orchestrated by his cat, they probably would have taken home the trophy.

The rest of the team was rounded out by other luminaries, including a few superstar Terp football players, ACC champion wrestlers and club hockey players. And as hard as it is to believe, this shabbily dressed group of athletic ragamuffins also featured Kevin Plank at first base. Plank, some of you stockholders, sports junkies and financial-publication readers may know, is the founder and CEO of sportswear giant Under Armour. One now surmises that The Good Ones would be a very well-attired team should they ever reform for an old-timers’ game.

So this team used to actually draw a bit of a crowd, even if most of the fans were their girlfriends. Maybe that’s why the aforementioned captain of the team tried to argue a call in his last game. Maybe he felt he had to show some tenacity.

OK, so the captain was me. This has been bugging me for a long time. Hang with me, here.

I was thrown out at second but was safe by a Maryland mile. I tried to argue the call, but my body didn’t play ball. My headfirst slide looked more like a sputter into a gutter that knocked the wind out of me, and when I yelled at the ump, it sounded like I was having a seizure. I got kicked out of the game and came off like a bad sport, which I was.

Fast-forward to 2016. Golfer Jordan Spieth is the same age as I was when I got booted from that softball game. And wouldn’t you just know it? He is sponsored by Under Armour, so I feel a certain kinship. Not just because of the apparel angle, but the loss of cool.

A friend once told me that “He who loses their cool first, loses.” As we now know, young Master Spieth quadruple bogied at The Masters, and the naysayers are gunning for him like a mosquito at sunset.

“He didn’t shake his hand”; “He never congratulated him”; “He told the cameras to step off ”; and blah, blah, blah. Some have even said this loss will somehow hurt Under Armour, as some Wall Street pundits downgraded the stock.

While I never returned to the field, you can bet that Jordan Spieth will be back. He’s 22, and he had a bad hole. If he merely bogied on No. 12, he’d have won his second Masters. No matter what anyone tweets or memes about the kid, no matter what they’ve heard, trust me ... Spieth is no evil villain here. Put it in context, like my slide into second, to understand I guess you just had to be there.

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Beef Tamale Pie This family-friendly dinner takes just 25 minutes to make.

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I’m always looking for a reason to celebrate, especially when food is part of the festivities. May is just around the corner, and with it many opportunities for family, food and fun, starting with May Day. Preschoolers delight in filling mini paper baskets with cookies, candies and a flower to secretly hang on neighbors’ front doorknobs.

Mother’s Day on the 10th is a good excuse to serve breakfast in bed to that deserving mom. Tucked in-between, on the fifth, is Cinco de Mayo -- a festive time to celebrate Mexican culture and heritage with parades, music, dancing and, you guessed it, lots of eats.

We’ll mark the day with a dinner of tasty south-ofthe-border fare, starting with a fresh, updated version of the Tex-Mex 7-layer fiesta dip with chips. I’m mixing cream cheese and sour cream with homemade taco seasoning that kids can stir up in advance.

We’ll omit beans that can make the layering mushy, and toss in ripe avocado chunks to replace the more time-consuming guacamole prep. Grated cheese, fresh ripe tomatoes, chopped green onions, avocado and crispy lettuce piled high top it off.

Start this colorful creation by mixing up your own taco seasoning mix. It’s worth the effort, not only because you control the salt content, which is high in most commercial packets, but also you’ll save money, especially when you purchase the spices in bulk. Plus, your kids will gain skills in measuring and learning names of spices from around the world.

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1 tablespoon salt-free chili powder 2 teaspoons ground cumin 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon onion powder 1 teaspoon paprika 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1/4 teaspoon red-pepper flakes (optional) 1 teaspoon sugar 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

1. Combine the cream cheese, sour cream and seasoning mix in a large mixing bowl. Spread evenly over a large dinner plate.

2. Sprinkle 3/4 cup of the cheese evenly on top.

Continue with the tomatoes, onions, avocado, lettuce and remaining cheese.

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1. Heat broiler. Place polenta slices on cookie sheet. Place cookie sheet in broiler at closest position to source of heat and broil 10 to 12 minutes or until polenta is golden on top.

2. Meanwhile, drain beef jus into 12-inch skillet. Add tomatoes with their juice and chili powder; heat to boiling over high heat. Boil 4 to 5 minutes or until sauce thickens. While mixture boils, shred beef with 2 forks. Coarsely chop cilantro.

3. Stir frozen corn and beef into tomato mixture; heat through. Remove saucepan from heat; stir in all but 1 teaspoon cilantro. Arrange polenta over beef mixture; sprinkle with cheese and remaining cilantro. Cover skillet; let stand 2 minutes or until cheese melts. Makes 4 maindish servings.

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Seniors are clipping along at a fast rate when it comes to being involved in new technology. However, just because new things are available doesn’t mean we should participate until we check them out.

Tele-visits for medical problems are one of those areas where the idea might be better than the actual execution. For someone who’s ill, however, and can’t get a same-day appointment with the doctor, the idea of going online for medical care might be appealing.

A recent study looked at the results of telephone, webchat and videoconference medical visits to test the level of care and the accuracy of diagnoses. The illnesses were limited to fairly simple complaints such as lower back pain, sore throat, sinus infection and strep throat. Nearly 600 “virtual” online medical visits were made to eight websites, and the results were checked.

Here’s what researchers came up with: * Doctors asked the correct medical history and did physical exams 69 percent of the time. * Patients were given the correct diagnosis 76 percent of the time. * Out of 101 complaints of ankle pain, only 17 recommended X-rays. * Only 83 patients were referred to a health provider, and that was because follow-up care could not be provided on a website. * Researchers found no big difference between the methods of communication, such as videoconference versus telephone.

While the jury is still out on the accuracy and safety of virtual medical care, it is becoming big business, with some services aligning with corporations as a way to get fast medical care to employees.

Before you decide to use an online site for medical care, determine whether your Medicare Advantage plan will pay for it. Some of them will. If you have an online medical visit, have your file and diagnosis forwarded to your regular doctor. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.

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VETERANS POST

Scheduling Problems Are Legion at VA

I’ve been rooting for little White River Junction, Vermont.

Back when I first started watching the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center there, White River Junction had its hands full with claims overload. Sure, its numbers weren’t as bad as places like St. Petersburg, Florida, where 46,366 veterans waited an average 207 days for claims to be completed. For White River Junction to have 969 veterans waiting an average 239 days didn’t seem so bad.

The VA Office of the Inspector General paid a call on the facility, as it is doing across the country after all the problems with appointment-scheduling scams exposed in Phoenix. Inspectors interviewed 40 people and reviewed 700,000 records in White River Junction, and the results aren’t pretty: * Half of schedulers entered the appointment date as the patient’s desired date 100 percent of the time.

Others did that most of the time, making it look like appointments were made within required time frames. * To keep from exceeding the 14-day appointment requirement, the mental health unit just sent new patients to its walk-in clinic so they could be seen that day. * Schedulers in multiple departments were putting information in paper folders to be entered later when appointments came available. That way patients could be scheduled within the 14-day window to make the stats look good. The electronic wait list (computerized scheduling) hadn’t been used in 8-10 years. * At one point, 700 consultations had not been scheduled. When upper management learned of the backlog, the appointments were put in the computer system, with overbooking “up to four times clinic capacity.” In one specialty clinic, appointment times were cut to 15-20 minutes to fit in as many patients as possible -- to the detriment of veterans’ health

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* On May 4, 1776, Rhode Island, the colony founded by the most-radical religious dissenters from the Puritans of Massachusetts Bay Colony, becomes the first North American colony to renounce its allegiance to King George III. Ironically, Rhode Island would be the last state to ratify the new American Constitution. * On May 8, 1792, Congress passes the second portion of the Militia Act, requiring that every free able-bodied white male citizen between the ages of 18 and 45 be enrolled in the militia. * On May 7, 1915, the British ocean liner Lusitania is torpedoed without warning by a German submarine off Ireland, sinking within 20 minutes. More than 1,100 people perished, including more than 120 Americans, hastening the U.S. entry into World War I. * On May 2, 1939, New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig benches himself for poor play and ends his record streak of consecutive games played at 2,130. Gehrig was the first major-league player to have his uniform number retired. * On May 5, 1961, from Cape Canaveral, Florida, Navy Commander Alan Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule, becoming the first American astronaut to travel into space. The suborbital flight lasted 15 minutes and reached a height of 116 miles.

Answers 1. Orlando Cepeda, Ken Griffey Jr., Alex Rodriguez, Andruw Jones and Mike Trout.

2. Denny McLain and Bob Gibson, 1968; Mike Cuellar and Tom Seaver, 1969.

3. George Welsh, with 55 wins (1973-81).

4. Nineteen seasons.

5. Mario Lemieux did it in 46 games in 1988-89.

6. Italy’s Alberto Tomba, in 1994-95.

7. Charlie Sifford, in 1961.

Answers 1. Africa 2. Mr. Spock, “Star Trek” 3. Blitzen 4. 24 hours 5. Seven 6. “The Morning After” 7. Marvel 8. Notre Dame 9. Uranus 10. Cancer

* On May 6, 1970, hundreds of colleges and universities across the nation shut down as thousands of students join a nationwide campus protest. The protests were a reaction to the shooting of four students at Kent State University by National Guardsmen during an anti-Vietnam War demonstration.

ANSWERS: 1) Ol 2) Wrath 3 Paul 4) Jacob 5) Zion 6) Rahab

* On May 3, 1986, 54-year-old Willie Shoemaker, aboard Ferdinand, becomes the oldest jockey ever to win the Kentucky Derby.

Even as a full-grown man, “Shoe” was just 4 feet 11 inches tall and 98 pounds. (c) 2016 King Features Synd., Inc.