1. What is the alternative name for the holiday most commonly

known as Memorial Day?

2. What war resulted in the creation of Memorial Day?

3. Based on the Nielsen Media Research, what was the all-time most watched TV program as of May 2007?

4. Name the only three states whose delegates voted unanimously to adopt the Federal Constitution.

5. Where did the first roller coaster in U.S. history begin its ride in 1884?

6. Name the five boroughs of New York City.

7. Who was the first U.S. president to have died in office?

8. What famed USO entertainer from WWII to Vietnam was given the nickname "Colonel Maggie" by the troops?

9. For Bragging Rights, name the military cemetery in which she was buried by her request.

10. Which of the 50 states has the longest official state name?

Answers

1. Memorial Day is sometimes termed Decoration Day.

2. In the South, following the Civil War, both Confederate and Union soldiers' graves were decorated in honor.

3. It was the final episode of "M*A*S*H."

4. It was the representatives from Delaware, Georgia and New Jersey.

5. The first U.S. roller coaster opened in Coney Island, New York.

6. Orleans, Vt., Answer Man-er Norman MacFarlane tells us the five boroughs are Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island.

7. William Henry Harrison, our ninth president, caught pneumonia during his inauguration and died in office.

8. Colonel Maggie is best known as Martha Raye, the outstanding

comedy star for the USO.

9. Martha Raye was buried in Fort Bragg Main Post Cemetery in

North Carolina.

10. The longest official state name is that of The State of Rhode

Island and Providence Plantation. Thanks to Spring Hill, Fla., Answer

Man-er John S.V. Weiss for this question.

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