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By The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

LITTLE ROCK — 1. The voice of animated character Betty Boop was modeled after that of what real-life singer?

2. What is the moral of the Aesop’s fable The Lion and the Mouse in which a mouse frees a lion from a hunter’s net?

3. Actor Gordon Jump portrayed radio station manager Arthur Carlson on what television show?

4. The acronym scuba stands for ...

5. The most-populated city in the United States is New York. What is our nation’s second largest city?

6. What is the capital of Chile?

7. Who fought John L. Sullivan in the last bare-knuckle boxing bout?

8. A malfunction of the pituitary gland can result in what two extreme abnormalities?

9. The word “gayly” may also be spelled what other way?

Answers 1. Helen Kane. 2. Little friends might prove great friends. 3. WKRP in Cincinnati. 4. Self-contained underwater breathing apparatus. 5. Los Angeles. Chicago is third. 6. Santiago. 7. Jake Kilrain. The bout was in 1889. 8. Dwarfism and gigantism. 9. “Gaily.”

ActiveStyle, Pages 29 on 10/26/2009

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