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By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
This article was published November 5, 2009 at 4:29 a.m.
LITTLE ROCK — 1. The movie American Graffiti, a big hit in 1973, was the inspiration for what situation comedy television show that ran from 1974-84?
2.What major league baseball club won the most games during the 2008 season?
3.Who carved the faces of four U.S. presidents in the Black Hills of South Dakota?
4. Name the only major political party presidential nominee from West Virginia.
5. “Grab your coat, and get your hat” is the opening line of what song?
6. What was the name of the Mercury space capsule in which John Glenn in 1962 became the first American to orbit Earth?
7.Who is Rocky Balboa’s boxing opponent in the movies Rocky (1976) and Rocky II (1979)?
8. What was the well-known ad slogan for Woodbury’s Facial Soap?
Answers 1. Happy Days 2. The Los Angeles Angels, with a record of 100 wins and 62 losses.The Angels did not reach the World Series. 3. Gutzon Borglum 4.The 1924 Democratic Party nominee, John W. Davis. He lost to Republican Calvin Coolidge. 5. “On the Sunny Side of the Street” 6. “Friendship 7” 7. Apollo Creed, who later became Rocky’s trainer 8. “For the skin you love to touch”
Weekend, Pages 37 on 11/05/2009
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