4C COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
Posting Date September 18, 2017
1. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: What
was the name of George Washington’s
estate?
2. U.S. PRESIDENTS: Who was the
first president to appear at a live tele-
vised news conference?
3. TELEVISION: In what year did the
children’s show “Sesame Street” debut?
4. MATH: In Roman numerals, what is
D divided by X?
5. LITERATURE: Who wrote the
19th-century novel “Mansfield Park”?
6. MEDICAL: What is a common
name for the childhood disease varicel-
la?
7. ASTRONOMY: What is the only
planet in our solar system named after a
female deity?
8. MEASUREMENTS: What is the
metric equivalent of a teaspoon?
9. NICKNAMES: What major city is
also known as “The Big Smoke”?
10. BIRTHSTONES: What is the offi-
cial birthstone of September?
© 2017 King Features Synd., Inc.
Trivia Test Answers
1. Mount Vernon
2. John F. Kennedy
3. 1969
4. L (50)
5. Jane Austen
6. Chickenpox
7. Venus
8. About 5 milliliters
9. London
10. Sapphire
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