September Babies
This birthstone symbolizes integrity, nobility, loyalty, and sincerity. In ancient times, people would wear them when seeking enlightenment or answers from oracles.
Sapphire
Thomas has owned 3 trucks. Name the three colors and the order of ownership.
Beige, white, red
Thomas’ most successful crop.
Tomatoes/cherry tomatoes
The type of colored cat that is colloquially know for typically having few brain cells if any.
Orange
This regulatory agency of the United States Department of Labor that originally had federal visitorial powers to inspect and examine workplaces.
OSHA - Occupational Safety and Health Administration
This famous Houston-born artist shares a birthday with Thomas on September 4th. She is the only woman in history to achieve at least 20 top 10 songs as a solo artist and 10 as a member of a group.
Beyoncé
The number one selling vehicle in America for 2023.
Ford F-Series
Identify the measure used to describe how acidic or alkaline soil is.
pH
Toothless was a social butterfly. She would hang out with anyone except this one kind of person.
Children/toddlers
A mixture of sand, cement, and water used to bond masonry together.
Mortar
This famous actor shares a birthday with Stephen on September 3rd. He was once married to Denise Richards and is famous for his role on a popular tv sitcom where his divorced brother and nephew move into his apartment.
Charlie Sheen
According to TitleMax.com this was the national average price for a gallon of gas is 1994.
$1.11
This technique involves cutting away parts of a plant to improve its shape or productivity.
Pruning
Chickens lay eggs every ____ hours.
26
Steel rods placed in masonry units to reinforce the strength of the unit.
Reinforcing Bar or Rebar
Thomas and Stephen’s birthdays are 1 day apart. But how many days apart is their birth?
1,460 Days
According to the transportation analytics firm INRIX, in 2022 the average U.S. motorist spent ____ hours sitting in traffic in 2021.
51
The term for the method of growing plants in a water-based solution without soil.
Hydroponic
What is the universal sign of a neutered/spayed feral cat?
A tipped ear
A wooden or metal structural unit made up of one of more triangles in a flat plane.
Truss
While August is the most common birth month, September is host to 9 of the top 10 most common birthdays. How many Faldyn family members (including one married in member) were born in September? Bonus 100pts if you can name them all.
6 - Uncle Eric on the 2nd, Stephen on 3rd, Thomas on 4th, Jordan on 16th, Jaxon 21st, and Justin on 25th.
The first recorded speeding ticket in the world was issued to Walter Arnold on January 28, 1896 in Paddock Wood, Kent, United Kingdom. Arnold was driving his horseless carriage, also known as an Arnold "motor carriage", at ____miles per hour through the village.
8 MPH, which was four times the speed limit of 2 miles per hour. A police officer on a bicycle chased Arnold for five miles before charging him with four violations.
The Armadillidium vulgare is an isopod, a type of non-insect arthropod also known as a terrestrial crustacean, is a member of the wood lice family. It is often found in gardens and has a diet largely made up of decaying or decomposed plant matter such as leaves, and to a lesser extent, wood fibers.
Pill bugs or Rollie polies
While there are exceptions to this rule, A hen's earlobe color can also be a good indicator of what characteristic for her eggs?
The color - For example, hens with white earlobes usually lay white eggs, while hens with red earlobes usually lay brown eggs.
Saudi Arabia is home to the world’s most expensive building on the planet with a total construction cost of $100 billion. Due to inflation, this amount has been adjusted to $115.2 billion in 2022 dollars.
The Great Mosque of Mecca