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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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Famous PeopleEach of this week's answers touches on famous people. 1. Where was Sen. John McCain of Arizona, who ran for president last year, born? 2. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger is not eligible to run for president because he was not born in the United States. Where was he born? 3. Name the first U.S. female astronaut to walk in space. 4. Caroline Schlossberg is better known by her maiden name. What is it? 5. Name the man who established the modern public-school system. 6. Name the chief of the U.S. Army Air Corps who later headed the U.S. Army Air Forces in World War II, was general of the Army and was general of the Air Force. 7. Cotton Mather was noted for the defense of orthodox Puritanism. What university did he help found? 8. Name the members of the famed motion picture act called the Marx Brothers. 9. 10. Bernard Schwartz is a noted movie star. What is his stage name? Answers 1. McCain, of a multi-generation military family, was born in the Panama Canal Zone. 2. Arnold was born in Austria. 3. Sally Ride was that astronaut. 4. Her maiden name is Kennedy. She is John F. Kennedy's daughter. 5. It was Horace Mann (1796-1859). 6. The commander was Gen. Henry "Hap" Arnold. 7. Mather helped to found Yale. 8. The film land Marx Brothers were Chico, Groucho and Harpo. Zeppo only appeared in some of their films. Gummo had dropped out. 9. Berlinger was Milton Berle. 10. You would know him as Tony Curtis. 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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