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Posted: November 6, 2009 at 5:37 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — 1. In the final race of horse racing’s Triple Crown, Afleet Alex
won the Belmont by how many lengths, within two?
2. Identify the four words often printed on matchbook covers.
3. What leading sport originated in Springfield, Mass.?
4. What do most species of the lungfish do during the dry
season?
5.The dessert of a cake layer covered with ice cream, topped
with sweetened, stiffly beaten egg whites and quickly oven
browned is known as ...
6. La Rochelle is a seaport in the west part of what country
on the Bay of Biscay?
7. Lymph is a clear, somewhat yellowish fluid that comes from
what part of the body?
8. What very wealthy young lady was called “the poor little
rich girl”?
9. Who played the role of Lily Munster on the television show
The Munsters?
Answers 1. Seven lengths. Afleet Alex also won the Preakness in 2005.
The Kentucky Derby was won by Giacomo.
2. “Close cover before striking.” 3. Basketball, in 1891 by Canadian physical education instructor James Naismith.
4.They curl up in a mud cocoon and breathe air.
5. Baked Alaska 6. France 7. It is derived from body tissues.
8. Woolworth heiress Barbara Hutton 9. Yvonne DeCarlo
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