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What's in a Name?

1. What was President Gerald Ford's original name?

2. What four freedoms were issued as a basis for world peace and became part of the U.N. Charter?

3. What U.S. president presented the four freedoms as a basis for world peace?

4. Name the pilot of the first solo nonstop trans-Atlantic flight, in 1927.

5. What was the name of the plane in the flight noted in the previous question?

6. What passenger car led in sales in the calendar years 2004 to 2007?

7. Suzette Charles of New Jersey became Miss America 1984 because of the resignation of the 1984 winner. Who was the Miss America 1984 who resigned?

8. Name the top three syndicated TV programs in 2007-08 according to Nielsen Media Research.

9. What is the word for a young swan?

10. In 1971, the U.N. General Assembly expelled a government body and admitted a replacement country.

Name those two countries.

Answers

1. After his mother remarried, Leslie King Jr. became Gerald Ford.

2. The four freedoms were freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want and freedom from fear.

3. Franklin D. Roosevelt presented the freedoms, in 1941.

4. The pilot was Capt. Charles A. Lindbergh.

5. Lindbergh's plane was the Spirit of St. Louis.

6. The Toyota Camry led in sales.

7. Vanessa Williams of New York won but had to resign.

8. No. 1 was "Wheel of Fortune," followed by "Jeopardy" and "The Oprah Winfrey Show."

9. A baby swan is a cygnet.

10. The People's Republic of China (mainland China) replaced Taiwan (the Republic of China).

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