1. What town takes pride in being termed "The Birthplace of Country Music"?

2. Who was the first solo performer to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame?

3. Name the first group of performers to be elected into the Country Music Hall of Fame.

4. What town remained under Union control for the duration of the Civil War and was designated as the longest-occupied territory of the Civil War?

5. How many U.S. vice presidents became senators after leaving their position as vice president? For Bragging Rights, see how many of them you can name.

6. What former movie star served as a member of the U.N. delegation and as ambassador to Ghana and Czechoslovakia?

7. What tobacco port in early America eventually became part of Washington, D.C.?

8. Name the first U.S. president whose wife witnessed his inauguration.

9. Which U.S. president used to swim against the current in the Potomac River for exercise?

10. This WWII fighter pilot was the first pilot to fly faster than the speed of sound on Oct. 14, 1947. Name him.

Answers

1. Bristol, Va., is termed the birthplace.

2. The first was Jimmie Rodgers.

3. The Carter Family and Mother Maybelle was the first group voted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. This group included Mother Maybelle, Sara and A.P.

4. Alexandria, Va., was the longest-occupied territory.

5. Six vice presidents were voted into the U.S. Senate after leaving the vice presidential position. They are John Calhoun, John Breckinridge, Hannibal Hamlin, Andrew Johnson, who had served as president after Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Alben Barkley and Hubert Humphrey.

6. The ambassador was Shirley Temple Black, the famed little dancing girl in movies.

7. The port was Georgetown.

8. It was James Madison, our fourth president, whose wife, Dolley, attended his inauguration. Charleston, S.C., Answer Man-er Frank Thompson, (Lt. Col. USAF-ret.) sent us this question.

9. Westerville, Ohio, Answer Man-er John W. Reed tells us it was John Quincy Adams.

10. The record-breaking pilot was Charles Elwood "Chuck" Yeager.

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