LITTLE ROCK — 1. Who created the Muppets?
2. How was Thomas Jefferson elected president, and what other person nearly won the presidency that year?
3. George H.W. Bush represented Texas in Congress, but he was born in what other state?
4. The Oregon Trail ran between Oregon and ...
5. Does the head of a comet turn toward or away from the heavenly body around which it travels?
6. What does “pro tempore” mean?
7. Is it true or false that capers are small fish?
8. What was the first name of showman P.T. Barnum?
9. What is a cloque?
10. In what country is the Aswan Dam?
Answers
1. Jim Henson
2. Jefferson and Aaron Burr were tied in electoral votes, but Jefferson was elected by the House of Representatives.
3. Massachusetts, in 1924
4. Missouri
5. Toward
6. “For the time being.”
7. False. Capers are unopened flower buds of a tropical plant, pickled and use for flavoring.
8. Phineas
9. A blister or bubble; a fabric with raised design
10. Egypt
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