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Show rv. r. o- r- o o- c- o- o- c- o o- o r-- o- r- m j ANOTHER I I A General Quiz I 7"ie Questions 1. Approximately how much of the total land acreage of the United Unit-ed States is covered with forests? 2. What is a peccadillo? 3. When was FDR first inaugurated? inaugu-rated? j 4. With what group of men is the name Ethan Allen associated? I 5. What physical force throws people off revolving turntables at amusement parks? 6. What state, North or South l Dakota, was admitted to the Union I first? 7. What bird is mentioned most frequently in the Bible? 8. What country is largest in area, Belgium, Denmark or the Netherlands? 9. Approximately what proportion propor-tion of the total area of the United States do the southern states form? 10. Who was the first ambassador to the United States? The Answers 1. Approximately one-third of the United States is covered with ( forests. 2. A petty fault. 3. March 4, 1933. 4. The Green Mountain boys. 5. Centrifugal force. 6. Both were admitted to the Union on the same day, November Novem-ber 2, 1889. 7. Dove. 8. Denmark, area, 16,575 square miles; Belgium, 11,775 square miles; the Netherlands, 12,704 square miles. 9. One-fourth. 10. The first ambassador to the United States, Sir Julian Paunce-fote, Paunce-fote, was sent by Great Britain in 1889. The first minister was Pieter Johan Van Derckel from the Netherlands, Neth-erlands, who came on October 31, 1733. |