Check your knowledge

— 1. The first broadcasting station in the United States was in Pittsburgh, Pa. Its call letters?

2. What is "morning sickness" in pregnant women?

3. Provide the common name of phenol.

4. What country owns Greenland?

5. Do starfish have teeth?

6. Name the king of Israel whose wife was Jezebel.

7. Is it appropriate to refer to a young female horse as a mare?

8. What nation is the world's leading producer of pears?

9. What language did Jesus speak?

10. Does the vanilla plant have roots?

Answers 1. KDKA 2. Nausea and throwing up occurring early in the pregnancy, during the second, third and part of the fourth month, usually happening when the woman gets up in the morning.

3. Carbolic acid 4. Greenland is part of Denmark, although it has home rule.

5. No 6. Ahab 7. No, a mare is an older female horse. A young female horse is called a filly.

8. China 9. Aramaic 10. Yes. Its roots, on the opposite side of the vine's leaves, cling to trees or other supports.

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