One g=
al complained to another, “All my husband and I do anymore is fight. =
I’ve been so upset that I’ve lost 20 pounds.”
“If it’s that bad, why don’t you just =
leave him?” asked her friend.
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She=
thought a moment, then answered, “Maybe I will someday, but I’=
d like to lose another fifteen pounds first.”
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p;
~~ANSWERS to Capital Cities Quiz 2~~
[Second round of searching out capital cities, this time in our ow=
n United States.]
1. What state capital =
city is famous for inventing perforated toilet paper?
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ALBANY,=
New York
2. What state capital city con=
tained Old Fort Western, built in 1754, America’s oldest wooden fort. =
AUGUSTA, Maine
3. What state c=
apital city was the title of a 1952 western shoot out, but none of the movi=
e was filmed there.
CARSON CITY, Nevada
4. What state capital city hosts the world’s largest ou=
tdoor rodeo.
CHEYENNE, Wyoming
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;
5. What state capital city brews the most beer?
DE=
NVER, Colorado
6. What state capital cit=
y is larger in area than the entire state of Delaware.
JUNEAU=
, Alaska
7. What state capital city has =
a minor league baseball team named the ‘Biscuits’ and even thei=
r mascot is a biscuit?
MONTGOMERY, Alabama
8. What state capital city was originally named "Pump=
kinville" even though they didn’t grow pumpkin, but the melons t=
here just looked like pumpkins.
PHOENIX, Arizona
9. What state capital city is named after a fu=
r trader who made beaver hats.
PIERRE, South Dakota
10. What state capital city had Mark Twain =
work as a newspaper correspondent, even having him send letters from Hawaii=
to publish.
SACRAMENTO, California
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11. What state capital city in the 1800’s was called "=
Pig’s Eye Landing" after a local tavern owner?
ST. PAUL,=
Minnesota
12. What state capital city h=
as Waldo Park, one of the smallest parks in the world at 12 feet by 20 feet=
and contains a single tree?
SALEM, Oregon
13. What state capital city contains the oldest church in =
the United States.
SANTA FE, New Mexico
14. What state capital city’s Maid Rite Sandwich Sho=
p opened the first ever drive-thru in America in 1921.
SPRING=
FIELD, Illinois
15. What state capital c=
ity wanted Google to install their fiber-optic broadband Internet in the ci=
ty. To get the company’s attention, the mayor offered to unofficially chang=
e its name to "Google" for a month.
TOPEKA, Kansas=
~~
Dr. Bob Griffin
[email protected] www.grif.net
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+ 3 nails =3D 4 given”
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