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Friday, March 22

The Six Flags theme park chain is named for the six flags that have flown over Texas. There's the U.S. flag, of course, and the flag of the Confederacy, plus Texas was its own republic once, so that's three. Before that it was Mexico, which had been Spanish. The sixth flag is France. Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de la Salle, founded a colony called Fort St Louis in East Texas but it failed.

At what famous Manhattan toy store can you copy the piano dancing that Tom Hanks did in "Big"?

A) FAO Schwarz

B) Macy's

C) Montgomery Ward

D) Tiffany's

Previous answer: Despite starring in "Star Wars," Mark Hamill has mostly excelled in doing cartoon voiceovers.

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