Check your knowledge

— 1. Name the capital of Louisiana.

2. How many million equals a trillion?

3.What is the more common name for a "tonsorial artist"?

4. What post did Earl Warren hold before he was on the U.S. Supreme Court?

5.Weather elements over a long period of time constitute the ... 6.The area of the District of Columbia is about 68 square miles, less than the original size, which was how many square miles?

7. How does "carat" differ from "karat"?

8. What evil character in literature is a Transylvanian nobleman?

9. What kind of animal is the ferret?

Answers

1. Baton Rouge

2. One million million

equals one trillion.

3. Barber. Another term is

hairstylist.

4. He was governor of

California. Warren was

also the Republican vice

presidential nominee in

1948.

5. Climate

6. The District was 100

square miles, but its size

was reduced when land

south of the Potomac

River was returned to

Virginia in 1846.

7. Carat is a unit of weight

for diamonds, pearls and

other gems. Karat refers

to the proportion of pure

gold, with 24 karat pure

or fine gold.

8. Count Dracula

9. It's a large weasel.

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