1-Founded in 1585, settlers here had vanished by 1590—including the first child born in America, Virginia Dare.
2-He was president of the Teamsters union for more than a decade but disappeared in 1975, presumed “hit” by the Mafia.
3-She was America’s darling aviatrix who was the first female to fly solo over the Atlantic—and vanished someplace in the Pacific.
4-Originally eight-inches, the 5.25-inch version held 350 KB of data and was the standard medium for software packaging.
5-He hijacked a Boeing 727 flying between Portland and Seattle, parachuting with $200K in extorted funds in hand.
6-First woman to preach a sermon wirelessly, second woman granted a broadcast license … she went missing in 1926, disappearing from Ocean Park Beach in Santa Monica. (She came back a month later tho J.)
7-Clark Kent’s go-to spot for change-over.
8-Illusionist know for escape acts, disappearing from locked trunks and such.
9-Caught up in a whirlwind, he “disappeared” into the heavens, for good. Yes, it was good.
10-Mystery writer extraordinaire, she was missing inexplicably for 11 days. When found, she had no clue as to what happened.
Email your answers for this week’s game to Peg@ambaa.com.
Answers to last week’s “KNOW BASKETBALL?” Trivia:
1-Holds a skirt out, especially used in mid-1800s HOOP
2-Dip the donut DUNK
3-Opens a lock KEY
4-Greatly diminished during a pandemic—just ask the airlines TRAVEL
5-Visible joint between upper and lower parts of the arm ELBOW
6-Where you protest your parking ticket—which I’m sure you do COURT
7-Engine, Ice, Cheese, Heart, Writer’s, e.g. BLOCK
8-According to Charles Wesley (and on President Bush’s desk), what he had CHARGE 😊 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Charge_to_Keep
9-Where Jim’s golf ball “never” goes OUT OF BOUNDS
10-Get over a broken heart by falling in love again, maybe too quickly? REBOUND
