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Posted on Tuesday, January 13, 2009
1. Was the Pentagon Building in Arlington, Va., near Washington, D.C., completed before, during or after World War II?
2. Is Venus or Neptune the closer planet to the sun?
3. Insulin regulates glycogen storage in what organ of the body?
4. The Wright Brothers - Orville and Wilbur - made their first successful flight in North Carolina on the 17th of what month in 1903?
5. Identify the extra cards used in the game of Persian rummy.
6.Who was the first monarch in Great Britain's House of Windsor?
7.The number 10 to what power equals a million? 8. Name the author of
The Way Things Ought to Be. 9. What is Islam's holy day of the week?
Answers
1. During the war, in 1943 2. Venus is one of the closest planets to the sun, and Neptune is the most distant. 3. The liver 4. December 5. Four jokers are added to the regular deck of 52 cards. 6. George V, who reigned as King of England from 1922 to 1936. His successor, Edward VIII, abdicated the throne less than a year into his reign and was never crowned. 7. Sixth power 8. Rush Limbaugh 9. Friday
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