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LITTLE ROCK — 1.The parka, a weatherproof coat with a furry hood, was originally a garment worn by what people?

2. Within 20 years, how much time passed between the laying of the U.S. Capitol’s cornerstone and completion of its current dome?

3. Name the shortest U.S. president.

4. Identify three of the five zones of Earth’s surface.

5. What baseball star was nicknamed “Iron Horse”?

6. What is the total value of half a million pennies?

7. Is it true or false that the safety pin was patented in the early 1900s?

8. Name the two biblical cities that were destroyed by fire because of the sinfulness of the people.

9. What is the literal meaning of “orangutan”?

Answers

1. Eskimos

2. 70 years (1793-1863)

3. James Madison, who was 5 feet, 4 inch

es tall. He weighed about 100 pounds.

4. Torrid (between the Tropic of Cancer

and the Tropic of Capricorn); North Tem

perate (between Cancer and the Arctic

Circle); South Temperate (between Cap

ricorn and Antarctic Circle); and Frigid

(between polar circles and poles).

5. Lou Gehrig, the durable player of the

New York Yankees

6. The total is $5,000.

7. False. It was invented in 1849.

8. Sodom and Gomorrah

9. Man of the forest