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A New Cabinet Member
1. What did economist Robert Clifton Weaver bring to the presidential Cabinet in 1966? For Bragging Rights, in what Cabinet department did Weaver serve as secretary?
2. In what war did those in service first become tagged as GIs?
3. What does GI …Read more.
Missing Days
1. How many months have 30 days or less? For Bragging Rights, name those months.
2. Who said, "We have met the enemy and they are ours"?
3. In what battle was the preceding quote heard and remembered?
4. Name the first pope.
5. In Greek …Read more.
Capital Change
1. Montgomery, Ala., was the early capital city of the Confederate States of America (CSA). What city became the capital on July 20, 1861?
2. Six states established the CSA at a meeting in Montgomery on Feb. 4, 1861. Can you name the states?
3. Name …Read more.
Off to Moscow
1. Who was the first president to visit Moscow?
2. Name the six categories for the Nobel Prizes.
3. Which U.S. president vetoed the most bills sent to the White House by Congress? For bragging rights, can you say how many vetoes went to this …Read more.
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Count the Votes1. What is the title of the body that casts the votes for each state's presidential election? 2. Four Major League Baseball players were inducted into the Hall of Fame, in less than the five years normally required, following their retirement date. Name them. 3. Name the baseball Hall of Famer who was the Most Valuable Player in three years, even while being a switch-hitter, meaning he would bat either right-handed or left-handed. 4. What is unusual for the male praying mantis during the mating process? 5. Name the two pioneer ironclad Civil War warships that staged a strong battle at Hampton Roads in Virginia. 6. Which Founding Father proposed in 1784 that slavery be banned in all new territories after 1802? 7. Who was the Democratic presidential candidate that was narrowly defeated by Richard Nixon in 1968? 8. What were the parties of the four assassinated U.S. presidents? 9. What self-governed U.S. territory has the motto: "Where America's day begins"? 10. Where was the deeply respected honor society — Phi Beta Kappa — founded? Answers 1. 2. The four players placed in the Hall of Fame before the usual five-year waiting period were Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Joe DiMaggio and Roberto Clemente, who died in a plane crash during a mercy flight for storm-ridden people. 3. Mickey Mantle, the famed New York Yankee centerfielder, batted both left-handed and right-handed. 4. The female praying mantis usually devours the male mantis following the mating process. 5. The ships were the Monitor and the Merrimack. The Merrimack was taken over by the Confederates and renamed the C.S.S. Virginia. 6. This proposal was made by future President Thomas Jefferson. 7. It was Hubert Humphrey. 8. James Garfield, Abraham Lincoln and William McKinley were all Republicans. John F. Kennedy was a Democrat. 9. This is a motto of Guam. 10. Phi Beta Kappa was founded at the College of William and Mary in Virginia. Take "The Answer Man" to work or to school. Challenge your friends for "Bragging Rights." Send your questions and answers to: The Answer Man, Andy Seamans, Horizon House #603, 1300 Army Navy Dr., Arlington, VA 22202. COPYRIGHT 2009 CREATORS.COM
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