Current Affairs
The Russo-Ukrainian War began in 2014 with the invasion of this peninsula.
What is Crimea?
Millard Fillmore
What is the United States?
Meals on Wheels as a program was added to the Older Americans Act in 1972. The OAA was originally signed into law by this former US president.
Who is Lyndon B. Johnson?
This company, founded 1848, has its headquarters sitting above Montpelier.
What is National Life Group?
This space in Bloomington, Minnesota is so large... it has its own zip code! (4 letters)
What is a mall?
Acceptable: Mall of America
The tallest structure ever created by these wood-eaters was 42 feet tall!
What are termites?
This representative became the first Speaker of the House from Louisiana in 2023.
Who is Mike Johnson?
Nelson Mandela
What is South Africa
Meals on Wheels is headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia near this major airport.
What is Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport?
Montpelier's sister city is Zapopan is this country.
What is Mexico?
It's as easy as cake! Just pour this into the baking dish after stirring. (7 letters)
What is a mixture?
Formicidae, these insects, can lift up to 5,000 times their own body weight.
What are ants?
Artificial intelligence has exploded into the zeitgeist thanks in large part to this branch of AI, which learns from training data without being explicitly programmed.
What is machine learning?
Pierre Trudeau
What is Canada?
Meals on Wheels originated in this country during WWII to provide food to people who lost their homes and could no longer cook for themselves.
What is the United Kingdom?
This structure, which began construction in 1915, cost nearly $8,000 and was built over a 16-year period.
What is the Hubbard Park Stone Tower?
Acceptable: Hubbard Park Observation Tower
A 1984 single by Madonna describes this concept of the consumption of goods. (13 letters)
What is materialism?
These are the world's strongest insects and are known for eating feces.
What are dung beetles?
India banned this social media app in 2024 as the United States continues to debate whether it should be banned.
What is TikTok?
Jair Bolsonaro
What is Brazil?
Meals on Wheels typically serves adults aged 60 and older, but they serve all ages in cases where someone is homebound, in need of assistance, or are at risk of this 12-letter word for under-fed.
What is malnutrition?
This first Commissioner of Aeronautics for Vermont has an airport named in his honor.
Who is Edward F. Knapp?
Stemming from the Latin roots for 'hand' and 'make' comes this industrial term. (12 Letters)
What is a manufacturer?
Bee-ware! Bees are known to be territorial, but these non-fuzzy cousins have potentially deadly venom.
What are hornets?
SB 990, which went into effect on January 1st 2024 in this state, allows persons released from prison will have relocation options based on educational, treatment, housing or employment opportunities.
What is California?
Haile Selassie I
Ethiopia
FEAST Senior Meals has served the City of Montpelier since this year.
What is 2013?
This Montpelier native's breakout recording, "Hymns for the Exiled," was released in 2004 attracting the attention of Ani DeFranco's Righteous Babe Records.
Who is Anaïs Mitchell?
This other term for aquaculture means farming the sea for plant and animal crops that are valuable as food or for industrial processes. (11 Letters)
What is mariculture?
Butterflies have chemoreceptors to do this with their feet.
What is taste?