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1. A popular song written during World War I inspired Congress to present a special medal to the songwriter. What was that immortal song?
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4. What phrase is the formal …
Korean Sizes
1. Which Korea, North or South, has about twice the population of the other?
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Courting Ladies
1. Name the first woman to serve as a justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Some Super StatsMany of the super statistics in this week's quiz are from "The World Almanac" and "Book of Facts 2008." 1. Name the top five U.S. cities by population in the 2006 census. 2. Which U.S. president was the tallest? For Bragging Rights, give his height. 3. The shortest U.S. president of all time was exactly one foot lower than was the tallest president listed in the preceding question. Name the shortest chief executive. 4. Who was the only U.S. president to serve in office as a bachelor? 5. Which was the only U.S. president to come into the White House as divorced and married to a second wife? 6. Which of the 50 United States wears the Spanish name meaning "snow-clad"? 7. Which of the 50 states has Mount Whitney as its highest point? 8. Can you name the first lady whose real name was Claudia Alta Taylor? This does not include her married family name. 9. Which first lady's maiden name was Anne Francis Robbins Davis? 10. As a closer, name the top five states by population in the 2006 census. Answers 1. 2. Our tallest president, standing 6 feet, 4 inches, was our 16th chief executive, Abraham Lincoln. 3. Our shortest president, standing 5 feet, 4 inches, was our fourth president, James Madison. 4. Our 15th president, James Buchanan, was the only president to serve in office while a bachelor. 5. It was our 40th president Ronald Reagan, (who was married to Jane Wyman), divorced, and then married Nancy Reagan, before being elected president 6. Nevada means snow-clad. 7. Mount Whitney's 14,494 feet of height is California's highest point. 8. The name by which we know this first lady is Lady Bird Johnson. 9. You'd know this long-named first lady as Nancy Reagan. 10. The top five U.S. states in population are: 1) California, 2) Texas, 3) New York, 4) Florida and 5) Illinois. 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 2008 CREATORS SYNDICATE, INC.
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