1. Which state's motto is "excelsior," and what is its aim?

2. We see countless references to Robert E. Lee, the Confederate general. Westerville, Ohio, Answer Man-er John Reed offers the question, what was Lee's middle name?

3. Name the longest-term presidential first lady.

4. Who was the only U.S. president who was never married?

5. Name the top five business franchises in the year 2007.

6. "If the government is big enough to give you everything you want, it is big enough to take away everything you have." Who said it: A) Gerald Ford; B) Thomas Jefferson; C) Abraham Lincoln; D) Benjamin Franklin; or E) John D. Rockefeller?

7. In what document will you find the phrase, "... we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor"?

8. Name the political peninsular area that is now Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

9. Has any House speaker ever become president?

10. What New York Yankees Baseball Hall of Fame shortstop bore the famed nickname "Scooter"?

Answers

1. New York's motto is excelsior, which means "ever upward."

2. Lee's full name was Robert Edward Lee.

3. Quite naturally, Eleanor Roosevelt, FDR's wife, was the longest-term first lady. Answer Man-er John Reed also offered this question.

4. James Buchanan, our 15th president, was never married.

5. The top five were: 1) 7-Eleven; 2) Subway; 3) Kumon Math & Reading Centers; 4) McDonald's; and 5) Jani-King Cleaning.

6. A) Gerald Ford said this.

7. These are the final words of the Declaration of Independence.

8. This was formerly French Indochina.

9. No.

10. Phil Rizzuto was The Scooter.

NOTE: Mahomet, Ill., Answer Man-er Kathleen Jennings points out to The Answer Man that Lou Gehrig, Baseball Hall of Famer, bore the nickname "The Iron Man," not "The Iron Horse."

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