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LITTLE ROCK — 1. Babe Ruth played major league baseball in New York and Boston but he grew up in what city?

2. Bulgaria fought on which side during World Wars I and II?

3. Who wrote The Grapes of Wrath?

4. What is candling?

5. Is it true or false that there are natural geysers in Iceland?

6. What is a “rabbit” punch in boxing?

7. Bile is secreted by the liver and stored in what body organ?

8. The “Mountain State” is Wyoming, Montana or West Virginia?

9. Identify the principal river in England and the sea into which it flows.

Answers 1. Baltimore 2. Bulgaria fought with Germany.

3. John Steinbeck 4. Inspection of eggs over a very bright light to make sure the yolk and white are clear and intact 5. True 6. A short, sharp punch to the back of the neck 7. Gall bladder 8. West Virginia 9. Thames, which is 210 miles long and flows into the North Sea