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LITTLE ROCK — 1. Identify Damon and Pythias.

2. What determines the number of a thread?

3. In horseback riding, what is a “demivolt”?

4. Who is president of the U.S. Senate?

5. Arthur E. Summerfield served all eight years of the Eisenhower presidency in what Cabinet post?

6. Elizabeth II of England is of the House of ... 7. What kind of mania is “theomania”?

8. What city is capital of the Czech Republic?

9. Is the giraffe or lion the faster animal?

Answers

1. In legend, they were friends so devoted that

when Pythias, condemned to death, wanted time

to arrange his affairs, Damon pledged his life that

Pythias would return.

2.The size of the single strands of cords of which

the thread is composed. The lower the number,

the greater the size.

3. A half turn with the horse’s forelegs raised

4. The president of the Senate is the vice presi

dent of the United States, currently Joe Biden

5. Postmaster General

6. Windsor

7. One in which the person who has it is a re

ligious fanatic

8. Prague

9. Lion, which can run about 50 miles in an hour.

A giraffe can run about 32 miles an hour.