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Q
and A
Submitted
by HOST
GFS
Nance@aol.com
From the OH-MEMORIES Mailing
List
- Q-1
Where did the Baby Ruth candy
bar get its
name?
- A-1
From the White House no less.
The first baby girl born
there, the daughter of
President and Mrs. Grover
Cleveland, was named
Ruth.
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- Q-2
What is a
maverick?
- A-2
A nonconformist. Sam Maverick,
a Texas rancher, would have no
part of branding his cattle.
His animals came to be known
as mavericks. Today the term
applies also to people who
refuse to "follow the
rules.:
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- Q-3
Alaska is our northernmost
state. Which state is most
southerly?
- A-3
Hawaii.
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- Q-4
During WWW 1, a certain
artillery weapon had the
longest range in warfare
history. What was it and how
did it get it's
name?
- A-4
Big Bertha, a German World War
I weapon, was capable of
shooting a 300-lb shell over
90 miles. It was named after
Bertha Krupp, daughter of the
munitions mogul Alfred
Krupp.
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