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An Island Galore?

Happy New Year to All Answer Man-ers!

1. What is the world's largest island?

2. Who signed the ANZUS Pact in 1951?

3. Which U.S. state capital shares the same name with a South American country?

4. Name the military base built on the site of what is now Chicago.

5. Name the French and Indian War fort that was built on modern-day Pittsburgh.

6. Name the Confederate general that was accidentally killed by his own troops in Chancellorsville, Va., May 1-5, 1863.

7. What monster-like film star was dubbed as the "Man with a Thousand Faces"?

8. What future U.S. president was wounded at Trenton, N.J., in the Revolutionary War? He was commended for gallantry and finished his military service as a lieutenant colonel.

9. Name the famous child film star that debuted on the screen at age 3, growing up to become the U.S. delegate to the United Nations and U.S. ambassador to Czechoslovakia.

10. What Civil War general had been superintendent of the U.S.

Military Academy at West Point (1852-3)?

Answers

1. Greenland is described in the "Desk Encyclopedia" as the largest island.

2. Check those initials: Australia, New Zealand and the United States.

3. Colombia, S.C., matches up with South America's Republic of Colombia.

4. Chicago is on the site that was once Fort Dearborn.

5. It is Fort Duquesne, which was later named Fort Pitt.

6. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was killed in action by his own forces.

7. Lon Chaney (1883-1930) was referred to as the "Man with a Thousand Faces."

8. James Monroe, our fifth president, was wounded in the Revolutionary War.

9. The star-administrator is Shirley Temple, whose married name is Shirley Temple Black.

10. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee served at West Point before the Civil War broke out.

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