1.Who was the first prime minister of Israel?

2. Where is the outlet of the Columbia River, which comes from Columbia Lake in British Columbia?

3. What was the relationship between the poet Oliver Wendell Holmes and the jurist of the same name?

4. Two cities in Spain have populations above a million people each. One is Madrid, the capital, with a population of about 5.6 million. Identify the other city

5. James Dean made his movie debut in 1955 in “East of Eden.” His last picture was released in 1956. Its title?

6. In area, name the third-smallest U. S. state.

7. Dinty Moore was a character in what long-running comic strip that featured Maggie and Jiggs?

8. Is feldspar or sapphire the harder mineral?

9. Cole Porter wrote the words of “Don’t Fence Me In.” Who wrote the music?

10. Tirana is the capital of a small nation near Greece and Macedonia. What is the country?

ANSWERS

1. David Ben-Gurion.

2. The Pacific Ocean between the states of Oregon and Washington. The river is more than 1,200 miles long.

3. The jurist was the son of the poet.

4. Barcelona, with a population of more than 4.9 million.

5. “Giant.”

6. Connecticut. The smallest state is Rhode Island, with Delaware next-smallest.

7. The strip’s title was “Bringing Up Father.”

8. Sapphire.

9. Also Cole Porter.

10. Albania.