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Thursday, February 10, 2022 Volume 68 | Number 23
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THE DESERT MOBILE HOME NEWS CELEBRATING THE DESERT COMMUNITIES FOR 65 YEARS
Celebrate Mid-Century Modern Modernism Week highlights movement with visual, tactile and educational offerings
In This Issue
Part B Premium Cutbacks?..................2 Happiness is Yelling Bingo!....................3 Taste of Jalisco.....................................4 Calendar of Events...............................8
1. MYTHOLOGY: In Roman mythology, Cupid is the god of love. What’s the name of the Greek god of love? 2. MOVIES: Which movie series features a character named Inspector Clouseau? 3. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What is the basic currency used in Greenland? 4. HISTORY: What was the first toy to be advertised on U.S. television?
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he annual festival that highlights the midcentury modern movement with visual, tactile and educational offerings throughout the Palm Springs area returns. Favorites feature the Premier Double Decker Architectural Bus Tours, the Modernism Show & Sale, the Vintage Travel Trailer Show and tours of Sunnylands, Frey House II and famous homes formerly owned by Frank Sinatra, William Holden, Kirk Douglas and others. Also on the schedule will be a classic car show, garden tours,
• In 2009 the British zombie movie “Colin,” on which writer/director Marc Price spent 18 months and a whopping $70, won an award at the renowned Cannes Film Festival. • Vikings believed a goat in Valhalla supplied an endless supply of beer from its udders.
5. MEASUREMENTS: What is the unit of measurement used to gauge the speed and direction of a computer mouse?
Photo by Bethany Nauert. Courtesy of Modernism Week.
Photo by David A. Lee. Courtesy of Modernism Week.
fashion events and walking and biking tours. This year there will also be over 70 fascinating talks during the 11day event, such as “Surfacedesign on Modern Landscapes: California and Beyond,” “Palm Springs Modern Dogs at Home,” “Santa Fe Modern, Where the Ancient and the up-to-the-Minute Define Place” and many others. For the first time during the event, visitors can tour Palm Desert’s Shadow Mountain area (with homes by Albert Frey and William Krisel), the 1960’s boutique com-
munity Calypso Palms in Palm Springs, eclectic midcentury homes in Magnesia Falls Cove in Rancho Mirage and other discoveries. A portion of ticket proceeds benefits the nonprofit Modernism Week and other local preservation and neighborhood groups.
6. GEOGRAPHY: Which U.S. territory’s unofficial slogan is “Where America’s Day Begins”?
Modernism Week is held February 17 through 27. CAMP Headquarters is located at 285 North Palm Canyon Drive, Palm Springs. Tickets are $12-$65, many events are free. For event days, tickets, times and locations visit modernismweek.com
9. LANGUAGE: In British English, what is a windcheater?
• Further on the subject of zombies, their fans are known as zombopiles, while fear of the ghoulish creatures is known as kinemortophobia.
• Canadian radio stations are required by law to play Canadian artists on the airwaves at least 35% of the time.
• Nineteen-year-old Jonathan Parker, of Fort Loudoun, Pennsylvania, was charged with burglary after stealing two diamond rings and using the computer in his victim’s house to check his Facebook profile, forgetting to log off from the site. • A football’s shape (prolate spheroid) is that of an inflated pig’s bladder, which is what the first footballs were made of.
• The 1934 mystery novel “Cain’s Jawbone” by Edward Powys Mathers is printed with its 100 pages out of order. To solve the mystery, readers must determine the correct page order and the names of the six murderers and six victims. The mystery has only ever officially been solved by four people. (c) 2022 King Features Synd., Inc.
7. TELEVISION: What is the longest running scripted TV series? 8. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Which president campaigned for election with the slogan “Happy Days Are Here Again”?
10. ANATOMY: What part of the human brain controls hunger? © 2022 King Features Synd., Inc. ANSWER TO TRIVIA ON PAGE 6