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Fifty State Fun Facts. . . . . . PAGE 4 The Nobel Prize Award Ceremony
will be held on December 10, the
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Most people know the First and facts about the Nobel Prize.
Second Amendments, but do
• Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dy-
you know the Third?
By the Numbers . . . . . . . PAGE 6 namite, established the fund for
the Nobel Prizes in his will, hop-
What precursor to the ing to be remembered for some-
American Revolution happened thing more peaceful. He left
135 years ago this Tuesday?
about 94% of his wealth
This Week in History . . . PAGE 7
to the fund, specify-
Which High School Musical star ing that the prizes
should go “to
turns 20 this Sunday?
those who, dur-
B i r t h da ys . . . . . . P A G E 7
ing the preced-
Plus games including: ing year, shall
Crossword— PAGE 2 have conferred
Scavenger Hunt— PAGE 2 the greatest bene-
Trivia Quiz— PAGE 5
fit on mankind.”
Sudoku— PAGE 6
...And More! • The Nobel Foundation
awarded the first prizes on De-
cember 10, 1901, the fifth anni-
versary of Nobel’s death. It gave
prizes in the five categories Nobel
indicated in his will: chemistry,
literature, peace, physics, and
physiology or medicine. In 1969,
the Bank of Sweden added eco- •
Congratulations nomics as a sixth Nobel Prize.
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ple, or organization to win each
of the six prizes.
The International Committee of
the Red Cross has won more No-
bel Prizes than any other entity
with three—all Peace Prizes—in
1917, 1944, and 1963. No individ-
ual has ever received three Nobel
Prizes, but four people have
come close with two. The two-
time winners are Marie Curie
(Physics, 1903 and Chemistry,
1911), Linus Pauling
(Chemistry, 1954 and
Peace, 1962), John
Bardeen (Physics,
1956 and 1972), and
Frederick Sanger
(Chemistry, 1958 and
1980).
• The Curie family has
won more Nobel Prizes than any
other. In addition to Marie Cu-
rie’s two, her husband Pierre
shared her 1903 Physics Prize and
their daughter Irène and her
husband Frederic Joliot-Curie
shared the Nobel Prize for
Chemistry in 1935.
All of the Nobel Prizes are
awarded on the same day, but not
all in the same place. The Nobel
Peace Prize is presented in Oslo,
Norway; all five of the other
prizes share one ceremony in
Stockholm, Sweden.
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A Nobel Peace Prize recipient
was giving a lecture about various
global concerns to a large
auditorium of people. About
halfway through the lecture, he
asked the audience for complete
silence. Once everyone was quiet,
the lecturer started clapping
slowly, once every second or so:
Clap… Clap… Clap. After a few
seconds of this, the speaker said
to the crowd, “Every time I clap,
a child in a developing country
dies.”
One of the members of the
crowd then stood up and yelled,
“Then stop doing it, you
monster!”
A man was driving down a
country road when he saw a
farmer standing in the middle of
his bean field. Curious what the
farmer was up to, the man
stopped.
“What are you doing?” the man
asked.
“I’m trying to get a Nobel Prize,”
replied the farmer.
“A Nobel Prize? How do you
plan to do that?”
“Well, I heard that they award it
to people who are out standing in
their field.
A Nobel Prize-winning author
had just finished her latest book,
one that her publisher was sure
would earn her another Nobel or
Pulitzer. Her husband took her to
the fanciest restaurant in town to
celebrate.
“I’d like your best table and your
most expensive champagne,” he
told the waiter.
“What’s the occasion?” the waiter
asked.
“My wife just finished the book
she’s been working on for three
years,” the husband responded.
The waiter looked at him for a
second, then leaned in and
whispered, “Slow reader?”
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CROSSWORD 40. Den 12. Call to a mate

42. Country bumpkin 13. “___ chance!”
44. Deal out sparingly 21. Yellow cheese coated with red
45. Gravel ridge wax
47. Cavalry sword 23. Female rabbits
49. Nintendo’s Super ___ 27. Body of water
50. “You ___ mouthful!” 28. Periods of history
51. Probability 30. Great age
53. Abyss 31. Doing nothing
57. Military plane acronym 32. Cleaning cabinet supplies
61. Birthplace of Napoleon 33. Brews
63. Online newsgroup system 34. “¿Que ___?”
64. Misprint 35. Polynesian carving
65. Former British Prime Minister 37. Half a dance
who co-issued the Downing 38. Tramp
Street declaration* 41. Organization that has won the
67. Bedrock pet most Nobels*
68. Cereal food 43. Brit. lexicon
69. Beside 46. Cheers
70. “¿Cómo ___?” 48. Nutritional info
71. Lennon’s in-laws 52. Country where most Nobels are
72. Short-winded awarded*
73. Resting place 54. Draw a bead on
DOWN 55. Fish covering
1. African country that gained it’s 56. One of superior rank
independence from the U.K. 45 58. Aniseed
ACROSS 18. Frosting
years ago this Friday* 59. Currency units
1. Bacteriologist and Nobel laureate 19. Before long
2. Bread spreads 60. European ermine
who discovererd the bacteria 20. Over there
3. Blockhead 61. Printer ink color*
that cause tuberculosis and 22. Become sour
4. Herdsman 62. Vision: Prefix
cholera* 24. Inquired
5. Two identical things 63. Spur (on)
5. A Nobel Prize category* 25. Taboos
6. abbr. at the bottom of a letter 64. Unduly
10. Bedouin 26. Broccoli ___ (leafy vegetable)
7. Pertaining to birds 66. Switch positions
14. Allure competitor 29. Dot-commerce
8. ___ de Mayo
15. One of the tiny bones in the 33. Disposed
9. Chicago suburb *Starred clues have answers that can be
ear* 36. Month named for the Roman
10. Aided found elsewhere in this issue
16. Chinatown neighbor god of war*
11. Upper covering of a house Solutions to all puzzles are on page 8
17. Prefix with -algia 39. Slightly ill
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Fifty States Fun Facts:

Montana
• Montana’s official state nickname cago Bulls) coach Phil Jackson;
is “The Treasure State.” It is also actors Patrick Duffy (Dallas), Pe-
called “Big Sky Country” (which ter Fonda (Easy Rider), and Car-
appears on Montana state quar- roll O’Connor (All in the Family);
ters) and “Land of Shining Moun- actor/comedian Dana Carvey
tains.” (Saturday Night Live); directors
David Lynch (Twin Peaks) and
• The official motto of Montana is
Brad Bird (The Incredibles); and
“Oro y Plata,” which is Spanish for
stuntman father and son Evel and
“Gold and Silver.”
Robbie Knievel.
• Montana gets its name from the
• Another famous—or infamous—
Spanish
M o n ta na n is
word for
Theodore “Ted”
“mountain”:
Kaczynski, better
montaña.
known as the
• The capital Unabomber. He
of Montana is known to have
is Helena. killed three peo-
Its largest ple and injured 23
city is Bill- Montana’s State Flag
others by mailing
ings. them bombs before his arrest in
• Montana does not have any major 1996. Kaczynski is currently serv-
league sports teams in the MLB, ing a life sentence without possi-
NBA, NFL, or NHL. bility of parole in a federal maxi-

• The state animal of Montana is

mum security prison.

the grizzly bear. There are more • Montana was the first U.S. state
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• Montana was the 41st state to join
in 1916. So far, Rankin is the only
the Union, doing so in 1889.
woman that Montana has elected
• The Battle of the Little Big- to either house of Congress.
horn—also known as Custer’s
• Montana’s most-visited attraction
Last Stand or the Battle of the
is Glacier National Park. To-
Greasy Grass—happened in east-
gether with Waterton Lakes Na-
ern Montana. In that 1876 battle,
tional Park in Alberta, Canada, it
a combined force of Lakota and
forms the world’s first Interna-
Cheyenne defeated the 7th Cavalry
tional Peace Park. The park is
led by Lieutenant Colonel George
also listed as a World Heritage
Armstrong Custer.
Site by the United Nations Edu-
• Notable Montanans include Las cational, Scientific, and Cultural
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TRIVIA QUIZ
Each question below relates to a
feature in this issue of Gist Weekly,
but is not answered in it. Answers
are on page 8.
1. Nobel Prizes (Page 1): Who
was nominated for the Nobel
Peace Prize in 1948 but assassi-
nated before the winner was
selected, causing the committee
to decide not to award the
prize at all that year?
2. Montana (Page 4): Miley
Cyrus may perform under the
name Hannah Montana, but
she was not born in the state of
Montana. In which state was
she born?
3. Trade and Barter (Page 5):
From 2005 to 2006, Canadian
blogger Kyle MacDonald made
headlines by trading items for
bigger and better ones until
finally trading for a house.
What item did MacDonald be-
gin with?
4. By the Numbers: Three
(Page 6): In the story
“Goldilocks and the Three
Bears,” which bear’s belongings
are always “just right?”
5. This Week’s Birthdays (Page
7): What 1982 film was loosely
based on Philip K. Dick’s novel
Do Androids Dream of Electric
Sheep?
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• The middle ear of a human has •
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mer, anvil, and stirrup (also
known by the Latin names malleus, •
incus, and stapes, respectively).
These bones—called ossicles—
are the smallest bones in the hu-
man body.
• Three is the atomic number of •
the element lithium.
• There are three primary hues or
colors of light: red, green, and,
blue. Computer monitors, TV
screens, and similar devices com-
bine lights of these three prima-
ries to produce millions of differ-
ent colors.
• Printers use a different three pri-
mary colors: cyan, magenta, and •
yellow, plus black. The reason for
the difference is that lights add
colors together while pigments •
subtract color by filtering or ab-
sorbing it.
• Cerberus is a three-headed dog in •
Greek mythology that guards the
gate to the underworld, Hades.
• The third President of the United
States was Thomas Jefferson.
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Babe Ruth wore the #3 uniform
for the New York Yankees. The
Yankees retired it in 1948.
NASCAR driver Dale Earnhardt,
Sr. drove the #3 car (pictured
above) for most of his career,
from the early 1980s until his
death in 2001.
The Third Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution reads,
No Soldier shall, in
time of peace be quar-
tered in any house,
without the consent
of the Owner, nor in
time of war, but in a
manner to be pre-
scribed by law.
The third month of the year,
March, was named after Mars, the
Roman god of war.
Tuesday, the third day of the
week, gets its name from Týr, also
called Tiw, a Norse warrior god.
Out of the 36 possible combina-
tions when rolling two dice, there
are two possible ways of rolling a
three, making the odds of doing
so one in eighteen.
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that order, with at least one white box in
between. Fill in a box only when you are
sure it must be black. You may want to
mark known white boxes with Xs or
dots.
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leader would be 130.
• By the Numbers looks at the number four, including why it
is considered unlucky in China and Japan.
• This Week in History looks at one of the biggest aviation
milestones ever and other historical events that took place
between December 17 and December 23.
• Plus the usual assortment of puzzles and games, including a
crossword, sudoku, scavenger hunt, and more.

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Game and Quiz Answers

—CROSSWORD PUZZLE— —WORD SEARCH—
—TRIVIA QUIZ— —MATCH UP—
Solution Solution
Answers Answers
1. Mahatma Gandhi Bahamas—”Low Sea”
Florida—”Flowery”
2. Tennessee
Honduras—”Depths”
3. One red paperclip Nevada—”Snow-covered”
4. The baby bear’s Sierra Leone—”Lion Mountains”

5. Blade Runner

—NONOGRAM— —SUDOKU—
Solution Solution
—MAZE—
Solution

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