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LITTLE ROCK — 1. According to mythology, why did Aegeus, king of Athens, drown himself?

2. Name the capital of South Carolina.

3. In zoology, what does “unguis” mean?

4. Who is director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation?

5. What is a bet on the quiniela in horse racing?

6. What precious metal for many years was officially priced at $35 an ounce?

7. What war was called “The Great War”?

8. Is it true or false that Claude Monet was one of the most prominent impressionist painters?

9.When someone says “Come again?” what does that person mean?

10. Name the three children of Adam and Eve.

Answers

1. He mistakenly believed his son, Theseus, was dead in Crete, devoured by the Minotaur, and that his kingdom would have no successor.

2. Columbia

3. It refers to a nail, claw or hoof.

4. Robert S. Mueller

5. Picking the first two horses in a race, in either order

6. Gold

7. World War I

8. True

9. Please repeat what has just been said.

10. Cain, Abel and Seth