By Desert Les
Howdy, pardner. It’s good to see you again. Pardner, the dang editor has ordered Desert Les to test your knowledge about the month of August. Dang, I think he wants me to publish one of these every month. Desert Les might have to write it but you don’t have to read it. Let us know what you think.
Folks are scared of tests. Pardner, this one is EASY. There are ten statements below about the month of August. One of them statements is false. Just remember the number of the question that’s a LIE, scan down, careful like, and you’ll find the correct answers at the end of this here quiz.
Pardner, some gentle reminders; no lookin’ ahead, no Googlin,’ or using Wikipedia. We hang cheaters in these parts. Yup.
QUIZ (10 facts, one is a lie, which one?)
#1. August was named in honor of Augustus Caesar. It has 31 days because Augustus wanted as many days as Julius Caesar’s month of July.
#2. On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail on his first voyage across the Atlantic.
#3. On August 12, 1877, the phonograph was invented by Thomas Edison.
#4. August is both National Golf Month and Romance Awareness Month.
#5. August in the Northern Hemisphere is similar to February in the Southern Hemisphere.
#6. On August 25, 1609 Galileo demonstrated the first telescope.
#7. On August 7, 1173, construction of the Tower of Pisa began. It took 200 years to complete. There still trying to straighten it out.
#8. August 21, 1931, Babe Ruth hit his 600th home run.
#9 August 6, 1926, Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to successfully swim the English Channel.
#10. August 4, 1775, America’s Declaration of Independence was signed in Scottsdale, Arizona.
ANSWER KEY
Pardner, Desert Les don’t like to cause hardship, but he hereby declares ya’ll have to visit Philadelphia on July 4th for the answer.
In 1983, Desert Les and his family moved to their desert “homestead,” located in the only neighborhood (about 10 houses, then) on Scottsdale Road between Bell Road and Carefree Highway. Wasn’t long before Desert Les was having encounters with many critters – javalina, coyotes, Colorado Rive toads, rattlers, scorpions, and worst of all, evil-doer developers. Yup. Well Pardner, somehow more than 30 years rode into the sunset carrying a lot of open desert in its saddlebags, but there’s still a one-shot opportunity to keep an historic landmark, the Desert Foothills Scenic Drive, in this beautiful place. Desert Les hopes you’ll pitch in and do what you can. Also, if a run into The Peak’s dang editor, please put in a good word for old Desert Les. Yup.
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