Humble Beginnings
This company that sells Barbie dolls began by selling wooden frames from a garage
Mattel
A baby sheep
a lamb
This is an eight-armed marine animal.
octopus
The game’s object is to capture this chess piece from your opponent.
king
Mick Jagger and this band held their first performance.
Rolling Stones
This holiday falls on the third Sunday in June in the U.S. and Canada.
Father’s Day
A multi-billion-dollar business that runs “the happiest place on Earth,” this company began life as a cartoon.
Walt Disney Company
The title of a lord’s wife
lady
Fish use these to breathe.
gills
Each player begins with eight of these pieces on the board
pawns
This crisis was the most critical and dangerous crisis of the year.
Cuban Missile Crisis
The year’s longest day is called this.
(summer) solstice
This famous chewing gum company’s owner started by selling baking powder and soap.
Wrigley’s
A light purple and flowering bush
lilac
This is a mythical half-human, half-animal sea creature.
mermaid, merman, or merfolk
This one-word move ends the game
checkmate
He became the first American to orbit Earth.
(JG)
John Glenn
If you were born in early June, you were born under this astrological sign.
Gemini
Two teachers and a writer founded this now-famous coffeehouse at Seattle Pike Place Market. They sold beans, not brewed coffee, and they sold their company to a former employee—Howard Schultz
Starbucks
E. B. White’s mouse character’s last name
Little
This seafood staple, found only in brackish or salt water, is often eaten raw on the half shell.
oysters
This is the term for attacking the king without capturing him.
check
This was President Kennedy’s goal for U.S. space exploration, which he hoped would be accomplished by the end of the 1960s.
to put a man on the moon
This is June’s classic birthstone
pearl
This poultry franchise was one of the first fast-food outlets to go international, but it began as “a roadside stop in Utah during the Depression,” according to Inc. magazine.
KFC or Kentucky Fried Chicken
A small, two-edged surgical instrument and the name of a prestigious British journal
lancet
This is the common name for edible crustaceans.
shellfish
These pieces begin the game on the board’s four corners.
rooks
This pope convened the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II)
Pope John XXIII
The name June comes from this calendar
the Julian, or Roman, calendar
At the turn of the century, this private dance instructor trained a baroness. This led to a string of dance studios across the country bearing his name.
Arthur Murray (Dance Studios)
A term that means to “make fun of in a satirical manner”
lampoon
Only the males of these sea creatures give birth and raise their young
seahorses
These pieces can be promoted by moving them to the end of the opponent’s side of the board.
pawns
The first Walmart was opened in this city in Arkansas.
Rogers, Arkansas
“June Is Bustin’ Out All Over” came from this musical
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