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The Vast Ocean Life
1. What is another name for the creature referred to as the bladdernose?
2. Breech births (wherein the offspring is born feet or backside first) can result in suffocation for the newborn. Whales, however, are normally breech-born. How do they avoid …Read more.
Black History Month
1. Where did the Tuskegee Airmen get their name?
2. True or false: The Tuskegee Airmen were uniformed members of the United States Air Force.
3. This man was the first black American military pilot, yet he was not allowed to fly for the United …Read more.
Censorship
1. What do the terms "bleeping," "broadcast delay," "revisionism," and "whitewashing" have in common?
2. This term is used to describe the discouragement of a legitimate exercise of a constitutional right by …Read more.
Nicknames
1. This Hall of Famer received the nickname, “Mr. Tiger” as a result of his long career and association with one organization. Name both the athlete and the team/ organization that he played for.
2. He was the first president of the United States to …Read more.
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Courting Ladies1. Name the first woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court. 2. What U.S. president appointed the first female Supreme Court justice? 3. Phoebe Ann Moses (sometimes listed as Mozee) was a star of "Buffalo Bill's Wild West." What was her stage name? 4. The famed performing woman in the preceding question was given a favored nickname by a noted Indian chief. What was that nickname, and who was the man who bestowed it on her? 5. The Department of Foreign Affairs was created July 27, 1789. What became the name of this Cabinet-level department Sept. 15 of that year? 6. Who was the first head of a Cabinet-level department to become president? For Bragging Rights, name the department he headed. 7. Who was the first speaker of the House to move on to be president? 8. What state's name is spelled differently on the famed Liberty Bell in Philadelphia than it's spelled today? 9. On wall maps in Philadelphia's Independence Hall, there is another questionable appearance. On those maps, there is a different labeling of the Atlantic Ocean. What label identification does the Atlantic Ocean bear on those maps? 10.
Answers 1. Sandra Day O'Connor was the first female Supreme Court justice. 2. O'Connor was appointed by Ronald Reagan, our 40th president, in 1981. 3. Phoebe Ann Moses was Annie Oakley. Thanks to Wantage, N.J., Answer Man-er Roger Seccia for this and the following question. 4. Sioux Indian chief Sitting Bull dubbed her "Little Sure Shot." 5. The Department of Foreign Affairs became the Department of State. 6. Thomas Jefferson, who had headed the Department of State, was elected president in 1800. 7. James K. Polk, our 11th president, previously had been speaker of the House. 8. The name of the colony is spelled as "Pensylvania" instead of as "Pennsylvania," with one "n" instead of two in the opening of the word, which is derived from William Penn's name. 9. The Atlantic Ocean on those wall maps reads as the Western Ocean, not the Atlantic. 10. It was Sputnik I. 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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