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A Cemetery Guest

1. What country's prime minister was temporarily entombed in Arlington National Cemetery in 1941?

2. What is the oldest capital in South America?

3. Which of the Middle East countries was formerly Persia?

4. What service did the famed author Louisa May Alcott perform for the Union Army in the Civil War?

5. What former secretary of state was elected president, but was defeated in his try for a re-election to a second term and ended up serving 17 years in the House of Representatives?

6. What was the first battle of the Revolutionary War, which was fought in April 1775?

7. How many colonial minutemen died in the famed battle that came about following the epic midnight ride of Paul Revere?

8. To what was Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee referring when he said: "I have lost my right arm?"

9. For what organization did Robert F. Kennedy leave Harvard?

10. The first chief justice of the U.S.

Supreme Court resigned from the court to run for governor of New York. Name him.

Answers

1. It was Poland's former prime minister, Ignace Jan Paderewski (1860-1941), who has since been returned to a homeland cemetery.

2. Ecuador has the oldest capital in South America, which is Quito.

3. Iran was formerly Persia.

4. Alcott served as a nurse for the Union Army.

5. It was John Quincy Adams.

6. The Battle of Lexington in Massachusetts was the first battle of the Revolution.

7. Eight died in the military face-off at Lexington.

8. Lee was referring to his loss in battle of Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson at Charlottesville, Va.

9. Kennedy left Harvard to enlist in the U.S. Navy. He later returned to Harvard to earn his degree.

10. It was John Jay.

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