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Posted: August 28, 2009 at 2:45 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — 1. In what Canadian city is the Hockey Hall of Fame?
2. Is it true or false that the U.S. flag should be raised and lowered briskly?
3. Name the river that runs through Des Moines, Iowa.
4. What is the capital of Indonesia?
5. Who were "nesters" after the U.S. Civil War?
6. For what team does Casey play in the classic baseball poem "Casey at the Bat"?
7. What name is given to a pile or wood that is 4 feet high, 4 feet wide, and 8 feet in length, a total of 128 cubic feet?
8. Dried grapes are known as ...
9. A New York Yankee manager, Casey Stengel, won a record 10 pennants, an American League high. The Na tional League record is also 10, by what manager of the New York Giants?
Answers
1. Toronto 2. False.The flag should be hoisted briskly but lowered slowly. 3. Des Moines River 4. Jakarta 5. Cattlemen used the term to describe farmers who sought to settle on rangeland. 6. Mudville 7. Cord 8. Raisins 9. John McGraw
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