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Posted on Tuesday, November 11, 2008
1. What is the only chemical element, an inert gas, that begins with the letter X ? 2. What is a “turkey” in the game of bowling ? 3. What do most species of the lungfish do during the dry season ? 4. Margaret Gorman of Washington, D. C., was the first winner of what national contest ? 5. Who was the United Nations ’ first secretarygeneral ? 6. Is it true or false that antiques more than a century old are admitted into the United States duty-free ? 7. Identify the 998-square-mile country that borders on Belgium, France and Germany. 8. Who portrayed Monica on the television show Touched by an Angel ? 9. Which British prime minister said “Despair is the conclusion of fools” ? 10. Who was the last Whig president ? Answers 1. Xenon 2. A turkey is three strikes in a row. 3. Most species of the fish curl up in a mud cocoon and breathe air. 4. Miss America Pageant, in 1921 5. Trygve Lie of Norway 6. True 7. Luxembourg 8. Roma Downey 9. Benjamin Disraeli 10. Millard Fillmore, 13 th president, who was president from 1850-53. He succeeded to the office upon the death of President Zachary Taylor, also a Whig.
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