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LITTLE ROCK — 1. Oil of the juniper berry is used as the basic flavoring for what alcoholic beverage?

2. What is the monetary unit of Switzerland?

3. Why isn’t there sound on the moon?

4. To “indoctrinate” is to do what?

5. Name the two states that in 1959 ended a watermen’s “oyster war” that had dated back to the 18th century.

6. Identify the medical condition in which there is severe pain in the lower back extending to the thigh and leg along the route of the sciatic nerve.

7.Which state was the first to secede from the Union prior to the start of the U.S. Civil War?

8. A “flying fox” is a species of ... 9. Where is the Avalon Peninsula?

Answers

1. Gin

2. Swiss franc

3. The moon’s atmosphere

is insufficient to carry sound

waves.

4. Instruct or imbue with doc

trines or beliefs

5. Maryland and Virginia

6. Sciatica

7. South Carolina, in Decem

ber 1860

8. Bat

9. It’s in the southeast corner

of Newfoundland, Canada.