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This important figure was known for saying, "How do you know you don't like it if you haven't tasted it?"

Who is Mom

100

A spare tire, jack, and wrench are handy tools in the event of what car trip related event?

What is a flat tire

100

These are the seven last words of a dying organization.

What is "We've never done it that way before"

100

The willingness to change plans or ideas according to the direction of my authorities.

What is flexibility

100

At home, find a recipe and make this with a child to demonstrate its flexibility and its ability to be modeled into many shapes.

What is play-doh

200

This French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation, and pasteurization, once said, “Chance favors the prepared mind.”

Who is Louis Pasteur

200

After this very powerful and destructive Category 5 hurricane hit the Florida Panhandle, it has been part of DHM’s mission to rebuild the impacted communities better and safer than before.

What is Hurricane Michael

200

“Me? I'm dishonest, and a dishonest man you can always trust to be dishonest. Honestly. It's the honest ones you want to watch out for, because you can never predict when they're going to do something incredibly... stupid.” ― Captain Jack Sparrow… On the job, you must come to grips with the fact that not everything is under control. You can always do this.

What is "Expect the Unexpected"

200

Investing whatever is necessary to heal the hurts of others.

What is compassion

200

This brightly colored bird represents the character quality of the month.

What is a hummingbird

300

This former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom who played a central role in the creation of the modern Conservative Party once said, “Change is constant.”

Who is Benjamin Disraeli

300

After this tragedy that killed at least 300 people in 1871, people took the opportunity to emerge from the “ashes” and build a city greater than it had been before.

What is the Great Chicago Fire

300

Similar to a sailboat following the wind, this phrase relates to one's ability to be relaxed and accept a situation rather than trying to alter or control it.

What is "Go with the flow"

300

Showing the worth of a person or task by giving my undivided attention.

What is attentiveness

300

In our present age, this is developing so quickly that some equipment is obsolete as soon as manufacturing is complete. The great challenge is simply keeping up.

What is technology

400

This American Inventor who was responsible for the invention of Freon refrigerant for refrigeration and air conditioning systems once said, “The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.”

Who is Charles F. Kettering

400

This event during the North Pole exploration led to the team backtracking which required a great deal of flexibility to those who were not in charge.

What is losing a locket

400

In the face of changing directions from an authority, respect that person’s right to make the adjustment and do this.

What is "Roll with the punches"

400

The moral excellence evident in my life as I consistently do what is right.

What is virtue

400

When told to do something by a parent, children love to ask this single worded question.

What is "Why?"

500

This English priest in the Church of England and influential theologian once said, “Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better.”

Who is Richard Hooker

500

During this era of the 19th century, hummingbird species were nearly eradicated due to harvesting of their ornately colored skins.

What is the Victorian Era

500

This phrase can refer to the hummingbirds quickly adjustable maneuverability or our ability to rapidly change course when necessary to remain flexible.

What is "Turn on a dime"

500

Mathew Henson made up this this word, which the Eskimos of Greenland adopted the word with the general meaning “to accept difficulty with hope and good spirits.”

What is Ahdoolo

500

This Latin word is derived from a verb meaning "to bend."

What is flexibilis