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Show ? ANOTHER I A General Quiz 1. Was the sun god or the war god the first to be worshipped? 2. What detective inaugurated the federal secret service? 3. Did London bridge ever fall down? 4. What is the shortest distance between the United States and Russia? 5. Ilipparchus and Ptolemy of the ancient world were its greatest what? 6. Can a rabbit run faster uphill than downhill? 7. What country put platinum coins in circulation between 1828 and 1845? 8. How old was Noah when the ark was completed? j The Answers 1. The sun god. Early man was peaceful. 2. Allan Pinkerton inaugurated the federal secret service. 3. Yes, in 1091. A storm carried it away. 4. Five miles. Between Little Diomede island (U. S.) and Big Diomede island (Russian) in Bering Ber-ing strait, midway between Alaska and Siberia. 5. Astronomers. 6. Yes, because his hind legs are longer. 7. Russia. 8. He was COO years old. |