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Published:December 8, 2009, 7:16 AM

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Updated: August 21, 2010, 3:31 AM

1. Averell Harriman, a Democrat and presidential aspirant, was governor of what state during the 1950s?

2. In the motion picture business, MGM stands for ... Identify the company.

3. Name the capital of Florida.

4.Who spent nearly half a century with Helen Keller as her teacher and helper?

5. What is a fjord?

6. William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, both of whom died in office, were members of what political party?

7. What kind of animal was Ben on the late 1960s television show “Gentle Ben”?

8. Is Thanksgiving on the fourth or last Thursday of every November?

9. What is a grain elevator? 10.How did the Mercer automobile get its name?

ANSWERS

1. New York.

2. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

3. Tallahassee.

4. Anne Sullivan.

5. A narrow inlet or arm of the sea between steep cliffs.

6. Whig Party.

7. An American black bear.

8. Fourth Thursday.

9. A large bin in which grain is stored.

10. The car was built in Trenton, N. J., and took its name from Trenton’s county—Mercer.

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