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1. What was the successor organization of the League of Nations?

2. Name the noted British writer who created the famed character Sherlock Holmes.

3. What U.S. president urged Congress to declare war on Germany in 1917?

4. What phrase is the formal name of the Statue of Liberty?

5. Who was the first president who never had been elected president or vice president?

6. Based on U.S. Census Bureau estimates, what city had the largest percentage growth in population from the year 2000 to 2007?

7. In line with the preceding question, name the city that dropped 50.6 percent, from 483,659 to 239,124, in population.

8. What sport with 10 players on each side is the national game of Canada?

9. Name the general who was a commander at Yorktown and several other Revolutionary War battles, was secretary of war under George Washington, and proposed the creation of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point.

10. What British composer's first hit was "Jesus Christ Superstar," followed by "Evita," "Cats" and several others?

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It was the United Nations, founded in 1945.

2. Sherlock was created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930).

3. It was Woodrow Wilson, our 28th president. When Congress declared war, it entered the U.S. into World War I.

4. The Statue of Liberty's official name is "Liberty Enlightening the World."

5. Gerald Ford, our 38th president, never had been elected president or vice president by the voting public.

6. The population of North Las Vegas, Nevada, jumped 79.7 percent, from 118,018 to 212,114.

7. New Orleans had that drop in population in the span.

8. Lacrosse is Canada's favored game.

9. It was Gen. Henry Knox (1750-1806).

10. The noteworthy musical creator is Andrew Lloyd Webber.

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