Check your knowledge

— 1. The maiden name of which U.S. president's wife was Thelma Catherine Patricia Ryan?

2. What is the popular name for the Church of the Transfiguration in New York City?

3. Who said that "genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration"?

4. What is meant by the geological term "gallery"?

5. Name the musical instrument supposedly played by Nero during the fire that destroyed most of Rome more than 1,900 years ago.

6. What is the width of a regulation football field?

7. Name the ocean liner that collided with the liner "Stockholm" in 1956, killing 51.

8.What is symbolized by the Olympic flame?

9. In what city was the first subway built?

Answers

1. Richard Nixon

2. Little Church Around the Corner

3. Thomas A. Edison

4. It's a large, generally horizontal passage in a cave. It may also be a horizontal conduit built to intercept ground water. 5.The lyre, a member of the harp family

6. The width is 160 feet.

7. "Andrea Doria." They collided off Nantucket.

8. Continuity between the ancient and modern games

9. London, England, in 1863

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