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By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

LITTLE ROCK — 1. Name the only actress who won an Oscar playing a man.

2. If a substance is "cancellous," is it porous or nonporous?

3. Who won an Academy Award as best actress for her role in the movie Terms of Endearment?

4. The reverse side of what denomination of U.S. currency shows the Great Seal of the United States?

5.To mine gold from sand and gravel is called "placer mining." This results in the gathering of gold in what form?

6. Identify the flag known as "Stars and Bars."

7. In 1961, Congress restored the former military rank of Dwight D. Eisenhower who had served two terms as president.

What was the rank?

8. What nation's warplanes included the Spitfire?

Answers 1. Linda Hunt won a best supporting actress Academy Award for 1983's The Year of Living Dangerously.

2. Porous 3. Shirley MacLaine 4. The $1 bill 5. Flakes, nuggets or dust 6. The original flag of the Confederacy, with three horizontal bars - red, white, and red - and at the upper left a blue field with white stars in a circle representing the seceded states 7. Five-star general 8. Great Britain

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