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Mother's Day Quiz

Mother's Day Quiz Answers to the Mother's Day Trivia Quiz are below. 1. Who played Mrs. Robinson, the seductress mother who slept with the young Dustin Hoffman, in The Graduate? Faye Dunaway…

NASCAR

(Encyclopedia) NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing), organization that sanctions American stock-car races, est. 1948. It held its first race in Daytona Beach, Fla., in 1948 and…

Bede, Saint

(Encyclopedia) Bede, SaintBede, Saintbēd [key], or BaedaBaedabēˈdə [key] (St. Bede the Venerable), 673?–735, English historian and Benedictine monk, Doctor of the Church, also called the Venerable…

californium

(Encyclopedia) californiumcaliforniumkălˈĭfôrˌnēəm [key] [from California], artificially produced, radioactive metallic chemical element; symbol Cf; at. no. 98; mass no. of most stable isotope 251; m…

Wood, Leonard

(Encyclopedia) Wood, Leonard, 1860–1927, American general and administrator, b. Winchester, N.H. After practicing medicine briefly in Boston, he entered the army in 1885 and was made an assistant…

Top Ten Richest Americans

(in millions of U.S. dollars) The following table lists the top ten richest Americans in 2008, according to Forbes 400. The table includes net worth in U.S. dollars, name, rank, and company…

Top Ten Richest Americans

The following table lists the richest Americans by their net worth and the industry in which they earned their fortune. Rank Name Net Worth Company 1…

NFL Football Preview - AFC Central

AFC Central Pittsburgh QB Kordell Stewart will be scrambling to get his Steelers deeper into the playoffs this year. As they have for the past two seasons, the Pittsburgh Steelers and…

How The Grinch Stole Christmas—Trivia

Grinchy Trivia Compare the holiday movie, TV, and Dr. Seuss creations by Holly Hartman The Silver-Screen Grinch The live-action movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas features more than…