1. The most popular historic home to visit in the United States has had 80 million visitors. Name the popular home.

2. What college did George Washington attend?

3. The numerous debates stirred by TV rouse memories of the famed Lincoln-Douglas debates in the 1800s. What elective office were Abe Lincoln and Stephen Douglas seeking during those debates?

4. Which of the two debating candidates in the preceding question won the election?

5. What film version of a famed musical with the music of Leonard Bernstein and lyrics of Stephen Sondheim won 10 Oscars in 1961?

6. Can you name the pair of performers in the film version of the musical in the preceding question who were awarded Oscars for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress?

7. Dino Crocetti and Joseph Levitch were one of the most popular pairs in show business history. What were their stage names?

8. Name the four presidents whose images are carved into the stone of Mount Rushmore.

9. Can you name the six New England states?

10. Name the first state to ban slavery. For Bragging Rights, can you give the year in which this was made illegal?

Answers

1.

This is the number of visitors who've traveled to Mount Vernon, the home of George and Martha Washington, since 1860.

2. Washington didn't attend college.

3. The Lincoln-Douglas debates were staged during the race for a U.S. Senate seat for the state of Illinois.

4. Stephen Douglas was elected to the Senate in that contest.

5. It was "West Side Story," which took in the Best Picture Oscar among its 10 Academy Awards.

6. Best Supporting Actor was George Chakiris; Best Supporting Actress was Rita Moreno.

7. You know Crocetti and Levitch as Martin & Lewis, or Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis.

8. The carvings on Mount Rushmore carry the images of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt. "Answer Man"-er W. Norman MacFarlane of Orleans, Vt., sent in this and the following question.

9. "Answer Man"-er MacFarlane lists the six New England states as: Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and Rhode Island.

10. Slavery was banned in Vermont in 1777.

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