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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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A Slave's Degree1. Name the son of a slave family who was the first to receive an honorary degree from Harvard, in 1896. 2. Who is the late Elvis Presley's sole heir? 3. Name America's first permanent English settlement that had 104 settlers. 4. Three ships disembarked from the James River shores in 1607. Name those three vessels. 5. What U.S. general, who served in the War of 1812 and the Civil War, was 6 feet 5 inches tall and weighed 300 pounds? 6. Which seven U.S. states are named in honor of kings and queens? 7. Name the first state (in 1781) to officially designate the Fourth of July as a holiday. 8. What are the six New England states? Name them. 9. The "March King" was the most noted leader of the United States Marine Band. Name him. 10. What U.S. president had an autobiography titled, "Where's the Rest of Me"? Answers 1. It was Booker T. 2. His sole heir is his daughter Lisa Marie Presley. 3. The original site was named James Fort, later changed to Jamestown. 4. The ships were the Godspeed, Discovery and Susan Constant. 5. The giant general was Winfield Scott. 6. The seven states are Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia. 7. It was Massachusetts. 8. The six New England states are Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Thanks to Orleans, Vt., Answer Man-er Norman MacFarlane for this question. 9. John Philip Sousa was the Marine Band leader for 12 years. 10. This was Ronald Reagan's bio, which was published in 1965. 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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