KNIGHTS
The truce of God in the early 11th century prohibited fighting on this day of the week
Sunday
A month after U.S. delegates signed this organization's charter on 6/26/45, the Senate ratified it
the United Nations
These timber eaters can't digest wood by themselves: organisms in their intestines do it for them
termites
This toy is made of 67 ft. of wire twisted into about 92 coils -- & that's all
a Slinky
Types of these include bass, snare & kettle
a drum
Knights used this heavy club with a spiked or flanged metal head to crush opponents' armor
a mace
Pilots Mathias Rust & Francis Gary Powers both spent over a year in prison in this country
Russia (Soviet Union)
Ants use these appendages to touch taste & smell
their antenna
A six-pointed piece of metal that's picked up between bounces of a rubber ball
jacks
Most pianos have a "damper" one on the right & a "soft" on the left
a pedal
The era of knights is often called this, after a French word meaning "horse soldiery"
chivalry
By 1981 this Eastern European union led by an an electrician had around 10 million members
Solidarity
Because it feeds by using its long snout, this cotton destroyer is also called a snout beetle
a boll weevil
Toy company that introduced the plastic Frisbee in 1957
Wham-O
Stephen Foster wrote, "I come from Alabama with" this instrument "on my knee"
a banjo
Knights sometimes used this heavy beam to smash down castle walls & gates
a battering ram
In 1976 Mao, who ran China since 1949, & this man, who ran Chicago since 1955, both died
(Richard) Daley
This substance oozes from a bee's pores & forms tiny flakes on the outside of its abdomen
wax
A.C. Gilbert got the idea for this toy while watching a high-tension tower being built
an Erector Set
The piccolo is the smallest & highest-pitched member of this group of instruments
the woodwinds
Sancho Panza was one of these, a knight's personal valet
a squire
The top secret study of U.S. involvement in Vietnam published by The New York Times in 1971
the Pentagon Papers
Painted lady, great purple hairstreak & zebra aren't rock bands but types of these
butterflies
Though it looks like a microwave, the Kenner Easy-Bake Oven still uses this to cook the cake
heat (light bulb)
Until about 1700, this "slide" instrument was known as the sackbut
the trombone