Check your knowledge

— 1. The word "none" is a noun and a pronoun as well as an adverb and an adjective. True or false?

2. How was Pompeii destroyed?

3. Of what country is Sofia the capital?

4. "Sanctum" is Latin for ...

5. In what Southern state does the Big Black River rise?

6. Who was the last Russian czar?

7. Skin is thickest on soles of the feet. Where on the body is skin thinnest?

8. Does the Arctic Circle go through Alaska?

9. In securities trading, what is a margin call?

10. The Korean War, which began in mid-1950, started how many years after the United States had withdrawn post-World War II occupation troops?

Answers

1. True

2. It was buried beneath lava from Mount Vesuvius.

3. Bulgaria

4. Holy

5. Mississippi

6. Nicholas II

7. The eyelids, where skin's thickness is about 1 /12th that of the skin on the soles of the feet.

8. Yes

9. A demand on a customer to add money to his account if securities have been bought on margin (partial payment).This occurs when the partially paid-for securities decline in price.

10. Only one year

Family, Pages 36 on 10/31/2007

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