Check your knowledge

By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

LITTLE ROCK — 1. Name the sport in which Eamon Sullivan of Australia is a champion.

2. What 1940s song about flowers is to the tune of “Old Time Religion”?

3. Eve Arden was the star of Our Miss Brooks on radio and television. What subject did she teach at Madison High School?

4. The water content of a watermelon is 53, 73 or 93 percent?

5. A female singer joined the Hugo Winterhalter Orchestra in the 1950s for a hit recording of “Rock and Roll Waltz.” Her name?

6. Satchel Paige pitched for three major league teams, all in the American League. Identify them.

7. There are how many amendments to the U.S. Constitution?

8. What is the function of the muscle rectus capitis?

9. Provide the proper name for the game of horseshoe pitching.

Answers 1. Swimming 2. “One Dozen Roses” 3. English 4. The watermelon is 93 percent water. 5. Kay Starr 6. In order, Cleveland Indians, St. Louis Browns and Kansas City Athletics 7. 27.The most recent amendment, proposed by Congress in 1789, wasn’t ratified until 1992. It deals with congressional pay. 8. It serves to bend the head forward and backward. 9. Quoits

Weekend, Pages 39 on 11/19/2009

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