LITTLE ROCK — 1. Where is the Strait of Belle Isle?
2. Is it true or false that the gnat is a mosquito?
3. Who wrote Robinson Crusoe?
4. What is the more formal name for the arm bone that runs from shoulder to elbow?
5. In what northeastern state is the Kennebec River?
6. Piper nigrum is better known as ... 7.Was the “Merrimac” or the “Monitor” the Union ship during the U.S. Civil War?
8. Identify the colored part of the eye.
9. Lloyd George was the prime minister of what nation during World War I?
10. Name the Scandinavian god of wisdom, poetry, war and agriculture.
Answers 1. It’s between Labrador and Newfoundland.
2. False. The gnat is a small fly.
3. Daniel Defoe 4. Humerus 5. Maine. The river is about 150 miles long and empties into the Atlantic Ocean.
6. Black pepper 7. “Monitor.” The “Merrimac” was the Confederate ship.
8. Iris 9. Great Britain 10. Odin
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