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Posted: December 25, 2009 at 12:09 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — 1. In the nursery rhyme “Three Blind Mice,” what does the farmer’s wife do to the mice?
2. On radio, what was the first name of the man known as The Great Gildersleeve, on the show of that name?
3. Name the actress in the movies Can-Can, Two for the Seesaw and The Yellow Rolls-Royce.
4. A U.S. president must be at least what age?
5. What does a naturalist study?
6. In baseball, what is a rundown?
7. Identify the oldest American city.
8. Is a nautical mile as long as a land (statute) mile?
9. “The Hot Canary” is a musical composition for what two musical instruments?
Answers
1. She cuts off their tails with a carving
knife.
2. Throckmorton. His middle initial was “P.”
3. Shirley MacLaine
4. 35
5. Plants and animals in their natural en
vironment
6. Attempting to put out a runner who is
trapped between bases by throwing the
ball back and forth, meanwhile shortening
the distance in which he can run.
7. St. Augustine, Fla., settled by the Span
ish in 1565
8. A nautical mile is longer - 6,076 feet to
5,280 feet for the land mile.
9. Violin and piano
MovieStyle, Pages 35 on 12/25/2009
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