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Posted on Monday, May 12, 2008
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1. Name the vice president who became president upon death in office of President Warren G. Harding. 2. Indonesia won its independence in 1949 after being ruled for centuries by what European country ? 3. What is the difference between a meteorite and meteoroid ? 4. What does “erudite” mean ? 5. Identify the unit of measurement that is equal to about 62 / 100 ths of a mile. 6. “Cape Cod” turkey is better known as... 7. What heavenly body in space is surrounded by the chromosphere ? 8. What do the English call the trunk of a car ? 9. What is the name for a drug that is sold under its technical name ? Answers 1. Calvin Coolidge, later elected to a full term 2. The Netherlands. Formal independence came after Indonesia fought the Dutch after initially declaring independence on Aug. 17, 1945. 3. Meteoroids are pieces of material that orbit the sun and which may enter Earth’s atmosphere. When they survive the fall through atmosphere and land on Earth, they are called meteorites. 4. Learned, scholarly, or showing a vast knowledge from reading 5. Kilometer 6. Dried salted cod 7. The sun 8. Boot 9. Generic