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A Slave's Degree

1. 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.

Washington. Thanks to Ronald A. Court, president of the Essex Junction, Vt., BTW Society for this question.

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.

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