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April 2000 Answers

1. How does a refrigerator make things cold?
2. How does a microwave oven cook food?
3. What is the biggest spider in the world?
4. In what year was the first pop-up toaster invented and by whom?
5. In what year did the first ever super hero appear and who was he?
6. Who is the character locked behind bars in the Monopoly game?
7. The Model T Ford made the automobile affordable for the average American. How much did a Model T Touring car cost in 1909?
8. In the year 1911, who were the "breaker boys"?
9. Is the sky falling?
10. How is it that a steel nail sinks while a steel boat floats?
11. What is the second closest star to the Earth?
12. Who produced the first all electronic television image?
13. What is the only marsupial mammal native to the United States?
14. What do you call a group of crows, and why?
15. Why were the „Flapper Girls¾ of the 1920¼s looked down upon by so many Americans of that time?
16. Name our seven left-handed presidents?
17. What are some of the benefits associated with caring for a pet?
18. How can families insure the safety of preschool children when riding in a motor vehicle?
19. Who was the first African-American woman to travel in space?
20. For what was Elizabeth Blackwell famous?

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