1. It's truly fascinating when the corners of four states touch one another at one corner. Name the four states that have a meeting spot with one another. Can you name this quartet of states that come together at one specific point?

2. What is the term for a simple ailment caused by the back flow of stomach acids into the esophagus?

3. Name the Four Freedoms termed as essential to world peace.

4. Who presented the Four Freedoms to the U.S. Congress?

5. Frances Perkins was the first woman to serve as a member of a presidential Cabinet. Of which Cabinet was she the chair, and, For Bragging Rights, in what year was she sworn in?

6. What cartoon characters symbolize the Democrats and the Republicans?

7. Name the classic cartoonist who created the cartoon characters of the Democrats and Republicans.

8. The cartoonist cited in the preceding question was also credited with having created another eternal holiday symbol. What was that immortal character?

9. What former first lady passed away on July 11, 2007?

10. Name the general who commanded the famed invasion in World War II known as D-Day?

Answers

1. The four touching states are Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Utah. Thanks to Spring Hill, Fla., Answer Man-er John S.V. Weiss for this question and answer.

2. It's simply termed heartburn.

3. The Four Freedoms are: Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Religion or Worship, Freedom from Want and Freedom from Fear.

4. The presentation came on Jan. 6, 1941, from President Franklin Roosevelt.

5. Perkins was Secretary of Labor, sworn in in 1933.

6. The donkey symbolizes a Democrat; the elephant is cited as a Republican.

7. The political cartoon symbols were brought to be by the noted cartoonist Thomas Nast (1840-1902), an American who was born in Germany.

8. Nast's artwork symbolizing Santa Claus was another creation which became eternally used.

9. The former first lady was Lady Bird Johnson.

10. The commander was Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower.

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