Bible Trivia
Q. Can you tell me who had a huge bed made of iron?
A. In the book of Deuteronomy 3:11 Og, king of Bashan
Q. Can you tell me whose bedridden mother-in-law was healed by Jesus?
A. In the book of Mark 1:30 Peter’s
Q. Can you tell me what prophet condemned the idle rich on their beds of ivory?
A. In the book of Amos 6:4 Amos
Q. Can you tell me who blessed the 12 tribes while lying in bed?
A. In the book of Genesis 47-49 Jacob
Q. Can you tell me what bedridden, palsied man was healed by Peter?
A. In the book of Acts 9:33-34 Aeneas
Q. Can you tell me what king of Judah was murdered in his bed by his servants?
A. In the book of II Chronicles 24:25 Joash
Q. Can you tell me who saved her husband’s life by putting an idol in his bed, covering it, and pretending it was him?
A. In the book of I Samuel 19:11-17 Michal, wife of David
Q. Can you tell me who put a bed in her home for the prophet Elisha?
A. In the book of II Kings 4:10 the rich woman of Shunem
Q. Can you tell me who tried to coax Joseph into going to bed?
A. In the book of Genesis 39:7 Potiphar’s wife
Q. Can you tell me what king sulked in bed because he couldn’t acquire a certain piece of property?
A. In the book of I Kings 21:4 Ahab
Informational Url's
Administration On Aging, Older Americans Month
http://www.aoa.gov/press/oam/oam-2006.asp
Cinco de Mayo
http://www.mexonline.com/cinco.htm
http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/spa5may.htm
Cinco de Mayo party ideas
http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/cinco-de-mayo.htm
Cinco de Mayo Bingo
http://www.kidsdomain.com/craft/bingo-cinco.html
National Nursing Home Week
http://www.nnhw.org/
http://www.positivepromotions.com/article.asp?ai=83&bhcd2=1176396779
Frog Jumping Jubilee
http://www.frogtown.org/
National Military Appreciation Month
http://www.nmam.org/
National Postcard Week
http://members.cox.net/jdmount/postcard.html#npcw
http://members.aol.com/rrpstcrd/pchistory.html
http://www.emotionscards.com/museum/gradingpostcards.htm
May Day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day
http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/May-Day.htm
May Day Customs
http://www.theholidayspot.com/mayday/customs.ht
Memorial Day Links
http://usmemorialday.org/
http://www.usmemorialday.org/other.html
http://www.rockies.net/~spirit/grief/grief05.html
Memorial Day Word Scramble
http://www.teachervision.fen.com/vocabulary/spelling/12414.html?detoured=1
A Soldier’s Bible
http://my.homewithgod.com/mkcathy/inspirational2/cards.html
Kentucky Derby
http://www.kentuckyderby.info/
http://www.churchilldowns.com/
http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/ky_derby/default.htm#Songs
Kentucky Derby Trivia
http://www.horsehobbyist.com/articles/HorseHobbyist/DerbyTrivia.html
Kentucky Derby Franks
http://www.foodreference.com/html/kentucky-derby-franks.html
Kentucky Salad Recipe
http://www.thatsmyhome.com/mainstreet/beans/kentucky-salad.htm
Hot Brown Recipe
http://www.brownhotel.com/hotbrown.php3
Herby Roasted Potato Wedges
http://sidedish.allrecipes.com/AZ/HrbyRstdPttWdgs.asp
Kentucky Derby Pie
http://horseracing.about.com/od/triplecrown2000/r/kdpie.htm
Mock Mint Julep Recipe
http://www.tasteoftx.com/bevs/non/ky_derby.html
Mint Julep Ice Cream Recipe
http://www.recipesource.com/desserts/ice-cream/00/rec0014.html
Mother’s Day
http://www.shoptheplaza.com/taste/mothers.html
http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/SpecialDays/Mother/#anchor43352
Mother’s Day Poetry
http://www.poemsforfree.com/mothpo.html
http://www.xmission.com/~tssphoto/mom/trib.html
Lessons my Mother Taught Me
http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/SpecialDays/Mother/funnies.html
Mother’s Day Songs
http://www.lovetolearnplace.com/SpecialDays/Mother/Mother'sDaySongs.html
Mother’s Day Party Ideas
http://www.chiff.com/home_life/holiday/mothers-day-party.htm
Motherhood
http://www.new-life.net/mother01.htm
E.W. Hornung
http://www.online-literature.com/ew-hornung/
http://images.google.com/images?q=E+W+Hornung
Dead Men Tells No Tales
http://www.literaturepage.com/read/deadmentellnotales.html
National Senior Health and Fitness Day
http://www.fitnessday.com/
http://nhnh.essortment.com/exerciseforsen_rkrf.htm
Pink Flamingo
http://www.thewildones.org/Animals/flamingo.html
http://home.nycap.rr.com/useless/pink_flamingo/index.html
http://images.google.com/images?q=pink%20flamingo&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&oe=ISO-8859-1&um=1&sa=N&tab=wi
Jasper Johns
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/john/hd_john.htm
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/johns_j.html
http://www.artchive.com/artchive/J/johns.html
Cut Throat Euchre
http://www.pagat.com/euchre/buck.html
National Tap Dance Day
http://www.tapdance.org/tap/tapday.htm
http://www.citypaper.net/articles/052401/ae.pickc.shtml
http://members.aol.com/barbilee/TAPFOLKS.HTM
Letter of the Month K
http://a4esl.org/q/h/id-k.html
http://a4esl.org/q/h/al-k-lb.html
Marble and Straw Painting
http://www.amazingmoms.com/htm/artpainting.htm
An Evening in Paris, Prom ideas (adaptable)
http://www.promnite.com/
Suggested Videotapes
Check your local library or favorite video store.
Suggested Books
Check your local library or interlibrary loan.
Suggested Audio Tapes
Check your local library or favorite record store.
Suggested Crafts
Discussion Questions
Someone is being born right now.
1. Do you think they are entering a more hopeful or less hopeful world than you
did when you were born?
2. What changes do you think they will see in their lifetime?
3. During their lifetime, do you think they will be living on the Moon or Mars?
4. What hazards do you think they will encounter?
5. What new products do you think will be invented?
6. Do you think the population will be less or more during their lifetime?
7. What changes have you seen during your lifetime?
Unusual Recipe of the Month
War Cake
In a sauce pan boil first 9 ingredients. Cool, add soda, baking powder and flour, which were sifted together. Pour into well-greased loaf pans. Bake 45 minutes in a 350 F degree oven.
Yield 2 cakes
Resources from Catalog Companies
If you request information from the following companies, please let them
know you saw their name on SeniorACT.
BiFolkal: see Activity Products page
A New Day: see Activity Products page
Eldersong, Productions Inc. eldrsong@erols.com
Free Stuff on the Net
Resources to write for:
Activity Directors Resources
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