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By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

LITTLE ROCK — 1. In 1920, a boy went into a candy store in Ottawa, Iowa, and couldn’t decide whether to spend his nickel for ice cream or a chocolate bar, leading one of the store’s owners to invent what?

2. Dorothy Lamour wore a sarong for the first time in the movies in what picture?

3. What was the sequel, 10 years later, to Silence of the Lambs (1991)?

4. What part of the body organ is the cortex?

5. In what North American country is Reindeer Lake?

6. In what city is the Canadian Parliament?

7. “Hg” is the chemical symbol for ... 8. The article of clothing called “knickers” would be called what if the full name were used?

9. Describe the traditional pirate flag.

10. Arranger Jerry Gray went from Artie Shaw’s band when it broke up to join what other big-name band?

Answers 1. The Eskimo Pie, originally called the “I-Scream Bar” 2. The 1936 movie The Jungle Princess 3. Hannibal (2001) 4. The cortex is the outer or external layer of an organ. 5. It’s a Canadian lake, in Saskatchewan and Manitoba. 6. Ottawa 7. Mercury 8. “Knickerbockers” 9. A black flag with a white skull and crossbones 10. Glenn Miller’s

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