Re: Car Bar Guitar -- Quiz Quilt 12 Puzzle



In article <11qtdrbn4foqp42@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
Jeffrey Turner <jturner@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > What Danish astronomer lost his nose in a duel with another
> > mathematician?
>
> Huygens

No, he was Dutch.

> > Which U.S. President's grandson Cameron was sentenced to six months
> > in jail in 1999 for receiving stolen property?
>
> Carter

Right era but wrong President.

> > What thousand-mile race from Anchorage to Nome, Alaska is held every
> > March?
>
> Iditarod

Correct.

> > What country is the first member of the United Nations in
> > alphabetical order?
>
> Afghanistan

Correct.

2 points.


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