Geography
ODDS & ENDS
US Citizenship Test
KEEP ON TRUCKIN'
IT'S A STRIKE
400

In 1997 oil production began in the Hibernia oil field in this area of underwater plateaus off eastern Canada

The Grand Banks

400

The pH in pH scale stands for potential of this element whose ions are basically being measured

HYDROGEN

400

The granted rights given by the constitution

Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

400

A good reminder before backing up your truck at any time is the acronym G.O.A.L.--get out and do this

Look

400

This governor's stern response to a Boston police strike got him the 1920 Republican VP nod & he soon succeeded to the presidency

Calvin Coolidge

800

DAILY DOUBLE

Each year over 50000 pilgrims climb to the summit of this Japanese volcano

800

Doonesbury reported that Nancy Reagan's was sagging so hundreds sent donations to save it

Inaugural Gown

800

A change to the Constitution. An addition to the Constitution.

Amendment
800

To a trucker hammer & granny refer to these 2 types of highway lanes

Fast lane and slow lane

800

An 1892 strike at this man's Homestead Steel Mill outside Pittsburgh led to a deadly confrontation between workers & strikebreakers

Andrew Carnegie

1200

The second smallest state in the union

Delaware

1200

These wide-legged women's pants are perfect for lounging around your palace--their name is Italian for palace

Palazzo Pants

1200

The term for a US Senator

6 years

1200

Many large trucks have this many gears matching the number of wheels in a popular nickname for the vehicles

Eighteen

1200

After stopping the 1894 Pullman Strike the federal government created this holiday as a conciliatory gesture to workers

Labor Day

1600

Across the Sea of Galilee on its eastern shore lies this hilly plateau occupied by Israel since the Six-Day War in 1967

The Goulan Heights

1600

This Greek letter is the end

Omega

1600

The year the Constitution was written

1787

1600

Moving a container from truck to train is called this - like riding on another person

Piggybacking

1600

The 1980 firing of labor activist Anna Walentynowicz from a Gdansk shipyard led to a big strike & this union's founding

Solidarity

2000

Asia forms the entire northern border of this ocean

Indian Ocean

2000

bhg.com is the website for this magazine

Better Homes & Gardens

2000

The age a citizen must be in order to vote

18

2000

In trucker jargon a dragon wagon is one of these vehicles you don't want to have to call when out on the road

Tow Truck (wrecker)

2000

A 1953 general strike in Ceylon was prompted by a huge increase in the price of this staple food

Rice

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