Cabinet Members

1. President George Washington had five officials in departments that would eventually become known as the Cabinet. How many of these can you name by the administrator's title?

2. Our second president, John Adams, added one secretary to the panel we now know as the Cabinet. What secretarial post was added by Adams?

3. Name the first Cabinet secretary to become president. For Bragging Rights, of what department was he secretary?

4. Name the tallest waterfalls in the world at 3,212 feet.

5. How many Bronte sisters were noteworthy novelists? Name them.

6. Name the tallest bird in the world. And give its approximate height.

7. Who was the last bare-knuckle, heavyweight boxing champion (1882-92)?

8. What NFL team won the first two Super Bowl football championships? For Bragging Rights, name the two teams that fell to that Super Bowl champ.

9. Who was the famed coach of that team that topped their opponents in the first two Super Bowl games?

10. We know this land as the Union of Myanmar. What was its former name?

Answers

1. The five were the secretary of state, secretary of the treasury, secretary of war, attorney general and the postmaster general.

2. Adams added the secretary of the Navy.

3. Thomas Jefferson, our third president, was secretary of state.

4. It's the Angel Falls in Venezuela.

5. The three Bronte authors were Anne, Charlotte and Emily.

6. At around 8 feet, the male African ostrich is the tallest. The bird weighs in at around 340 pounds.

7. The last bare-knuckle boxing champ was John L. Sullivan (1858-1918).

8. The Green Bay Packers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in 1967 and the Oakland Raiders 33-14 in 1968.

9. Vince Lombardi was the Packers' topnotch coach.

10. The Union of Myanmar was formerly Burma.

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