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LITTLE ROCK — 1. “F.I.C.A.” are letters seen on payroll deduction forms. For what do the letters stand?

2.Who was president of the Soviet Union immediately prior to the presidency of Mikhail Gorbachev?

3. Name the capital of Switzerland.

5. The Gregorian Calendar was adopted in the 16th century and replaced what other calendar?

6. Which president referred to the United States as “the great arsenal of democracy”?

7. After whom are the Hudson River and Hudson Bay named?

8. How many cubic feet are in a room that measures 12-by-14-by-9 feet?

9. Name the movie cowboy who rode Champion.

10.What is the origin of the word “carat” for measuring the weight of a gem?

Answers 1. “Federal Insurance Contributions Act” 2. Andrei Gromyko 3. Bern 5. Julian Calendar.

6. Franklin D. Roosevelt, during the early part of World War II before the U.S. had entered the war.

7. Explorer Henry Hudson 8. The room measures 1,512 cubic feet.

9. Gene Autry 10. Gems used to be weighed on a balance scale with carob beans on the other side, used because of their size and weight similarity. The word “carob” evolved into “carat.”