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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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Korean Sizes1. Which Korea, North or South, has about twice the population of the other? 2. What was the original name of the Federal Bureau of Investigation? 3. Prior to the opening of the J. Edgar Hoover FBI Building, in what building were the main FBI offices housed? 4. Name the Polish warrior who served as a volunteer in the American army in the Revolutionary War, aided in the construction of defense works in Saratoga and West Point, was appointed as a brigadier general, and became a U.S. citizen. 5. What is the capital of Vietnam? 6. What is the former name of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam? 7. The adoption of the U.S. Constitution required the votes of nine state delegates. Which state's vote placed the document into law? 8. The first adhesive U.S. postage stamps were made available in July 1847. Who was placed on the 5-cent stamp, and who was on the 10-cent stamp? 9. Name the five members of the Continental Congress who served on the committee assigned to draft the Declaration of Independence, and name the person who was selected to pen the document. 10. Answers 1. South Korea has 48.4 million people; North Korea has 23.5 million. 2. The FBI was the Bureau of Investigation when it was created, in 1908. 3. The FBI's main offices were in the Department of Justice Building. 4. It was Thaddeus Kosciusko. 5. Hanoi is the capital of Vietnam. 6. Ho Chi Minh City was formerly Saigon. 7. New Hampshire's vote was the ninth, which placed the Constitution into law. 8. Benjamin Franklin was depicted on the 5-cent stamp; George Washington was shown on the 10-cent stamp. 9. John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert R. Livingston and Roger Sherman served on the committee, which was led by the main author, Thomas Jefferson. 10. Washington, D.C., Answer Man-er Sally Rogers tells us it was the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. 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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