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Posted: August 13, 2009 at 4:52 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — 1. What are the three stages of a volcano?
2. How does "parade rest" differ from "at ease"?
3. London's Drury Lane was well known several centuries ago, primarily for what?
4. A regular deck of 52 playing cards has how many face cards?
5. How did the dunking stool work when it was used as a form of punishment?
6. Does light or dark absorb more heat?
7. If a baseball club has won 36 games but lost 24, what is its winning percentage?
8. What is the missing word of the expression "fair, ________ and forty"?
9. Norway borders on three other countries.
What are they?
Answers
1. Active, dormant and extinct 2."Parade rest," a motionless stance, is a formal position of rest. "At ease" is an informal and relaxed position. People in both positions are silent and remain in place. 3. Theaters 4. Twelve, three in each suit. A regular deck contains four kings, four queens and four jacks. 5. A person was tied in a chair at the end of a long plank or board, which was raised up and down to keep dunking him into the water. 6. Dark. 7. .600. 8. "Fat" 9. Sweden, Finland and Russia
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