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LITTLE ROCK — 1.Who wrote the poem “My Shadow,” about “a little shadow that goes in and out with me”?

2. What country is a confederation of 20 full and six half cantons?

3. What is the source of the caraway seed?

4. On the centigrade scale, water boils at 100 degrees and freezes at ... 5. What is the source of the Christmas yule log?

6. Which has more calories per ounce - cottage cheese or cheddar cheese?

7. Identify the U.S. presidents who served immediately before and after the presidency of Abraham Lincoln.

8. The Wapanocca National Wildlife Refuge is in what Arkansas county?

9. In space, what is a “pulsar”?

Answers 1. Robert Louis Stevenson 2. Switzerland 3. The flowering caraway plant 4. Zero 5. It originated from pagan customs. The fire is a symbol of home and safety for Christians, the light was a symbol of light from heaven when Christ was born. 6. Cottage cheese 7. James Buchanan was president before Lincoln, and Andrew Johnson afterward. 8. Crittenden, and it covers 5,532 acres 9.“Pulsars” are small heavenly objects that regularly emit radio pulses.