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Posted: August 27, 2009 at 3:57 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — 1. What aircraft maker built the Constellation?
2. The Rams of the National Football League represent what city?
3. In measurement, what percentage of a meter is a micrometer?
4. What is the meaning of the word "ombre" from the French/Latin "umbrare"?
5. Is the part of a sewing machine that holds the cloth steady the hand or foot?
6. What is the Hebrew name for the ram's horn that is blown on certain Jewish religious holidays?
7. Identify the actor and actress who won Academy Awards for their lead roles in the 1991 Academy Award-winning movie The Silence of the Lambs.
8. The mining of gold from sand and gravel is called placer mining.This results in the gathering of gold in what form?
9. Is something that is cancellous a porous structure or one that is nonporous?
Answers 1. Lockheed 2. St. Louis, after a franchise shift in 1995 from Los Angeles. 3. One-millionth. This measurement is used for objects seen through a microscope. 4. It means to shade, or a color graduated in tone. 5. Foot 6. Shofar 7. Anthony Hopkins and Jodie Foster 8. Gold dust 9. Porous
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