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Posted: November 30, 2009 at 2:17 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — 1. Name the capital of Oregon.
2. What Minnesota lake is known as the source of the Mississippi River?
3. On what number of a telephone dial or button are the letters A, B and C?
4. “P.D.Q.” is slang for ... 5. Who wrote the poem “The Shooting of Dan McGrew”?
6. What is a “split” in bowling?
7. Is a javelin a spear?
8. What type of clothing is a “puttee”?
9. Do puppies usually see by the first week of their lives?
10. Name the two major league baseball clubs that shifted from the East Coast to West Coast cities between the 1957 and ’58 seasons.
Answers
1. Salem 2. Lake Itasca 3. No. 2 4. Immediately, or “pretty darn quick.” 5. Robert W. Service 6. After the first bowl, it is an arrangement of pins widely separated, thus making a spare difficult. 7.Yes. A javelin is a light spear. 8. A covering for the lower leg, probably cloth, wound spirally 9. Usually, a puppy will open its eyes on the ninth or 10th day of life. The eyelids generally stay closed before that to protect their delicate eyes. 10. The Brooklyn Dodgers moved to Los Angeles, and the New York Giants to San Francisco.
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