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Famous People

Each 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.

By what name do we know Mendel Berlinger?

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.

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