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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.
Russian Mr. President
1. Who was Russia's first elected president?
2. What is Russia's new name?
3. Give the top three U.S. boy names in 2007, according to the Social Security Administration.
4. Looking back at the previous question, what were the top three names for U.S.…Read more.
A Holiday Name Change
1. What was the original name of the holiday now honored as Veterans Day?
2. Name the president who legally changed the name of the previous holiday.
3. Whose estate was taken away and later became Arlington National Cemetery?
4. Name the …Read more.
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A War Song1. A popular song written during World War I inspired Congress to present a special medal to the songwriter. What was that immortal song? 2. Name the man who wrote the famous song in the preceding question. 3. The songster in the preceding questions said he was born on the Fourth of July. Another song he wrote earned him a patriotic nickname. What was that long-term nickname? 4. What was the early name of what later became the state of Rhode Island? 5. What Massachusetts Bay colonist founded the settlement that became Rhode Island? 6. Who created the phrase "Iron Curtain" to describe the Soviet Union's blocking of freedom? 7. What prime minister of India was assassinated in 1984? 8. Name the top three countries in the world in population. 9. What does unicameral mean? 10. Only one U.S. state has a unicameral legislature. The others all have two legislative bodies. Name the unicameral state. Answers 1. 2. George M. Cohan wrote "Over There." 3. Cohan wrote the song "Yankee Doodle Boy" — also known as "Yankee Doodle Dandy," which eventually became his nickname and the title of a film biography of the song-writing patriot. 4. Rhode Island was originally the Providence Plantations. 5. It was Roger Williams who left Massachusetts to settle what eventually would become Rhode Island. 6. The Soviet nickname was coined by Winston Churchill, in a speech in Fulton, Mo., in 1946. 7. Indira Gandhi was slain by her own bodyguards. 8. The top three in order by population are China, India and the United States. 9. Unicameral means having one legislative house. 10. Nebraska is the only U.S. state with a unicameral legislature. 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 SYNDICATE INC.
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