1. She entertained U.S. troops in World War II, Korea and Viet Nam, sometimes spending up to six months overseas with our men in uniform. She even worked as a nurse on wounded soldiers. For her service to the Special Forces, she received an honorary Green Beret with the rank of lieutenant colonel from President Lyndon Johnson, and was later awarded the highest commendation for a civilian — the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Name her.

2. Perhaps the highest award bestowed on the heroine in the preceding question was her funeral in 1994. How was she specially honored at her last rites ceremony? For Bragging Rights, tell us where this ceremony took place.

3. What law enforcement group is nicknamed the "Mounties"?

4. Which state's name is derived from an Iroquoian word meaning "great river"?

5. What breed of dog was kept in the Alps for the rescue of travelers trapped in blizzard-like situations?

6. What actor starred in "My Fair Lady" both on stage and screen?

7. Did the star in the preceding question win an Academy Award for that film?

8. Former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt once was quoted as saying that everyone should be required to read a particular biographical book. What was that book?

9. Name the famed pirate who was commissioned as a privateer by the British to defend their ships, but instead turned to piracy and was tried and hanged for it by the English.

10. Where was Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, R-California, born?

Answers

1. The gal who was adored by our forces during those three wars was Martha Raye, born Margaret Teresa Yvonne Reed (1916-94). Many troopers called her "Colonel Maggie."

2. Special rights were bestowed on Martha Raye, upon her request to be buried at a military cemetery. She rests at Fort Bragg Main Post Cemetery in North Carolina.

3. The Mounties are the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

4. The State of Ohio's name originated from that Iroquoian phrase.

5. The famed St. Bernard dogs were the canines kept by those in the Hospice on Great St. Bernard Pass in the Alps.

6. Rex Harrison portrayed Professor Henry Higgins in both performances.

7. In 1964, Harrison won an Oscar for Best Actor, and the film won the Best Picture Academy Award.

8. Our anonymous Dundee, N.Y., Answer Man-er tells us Eleanor Roosevelt was referring to "The Diary of Anne Frank," the bio of a young girl who hid in an attic in secrecy during Nazi domination in the World War II era.

9. The famed pirate was Captain William Kidd (1645-1701).

10. Schwarzenegger was born in Thal bei Graz, Austria.

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