Try to find the answers to the following in ONE of your general encyclopedias. Since encyclopedias vary, not all answers can be found in all encyclopedias.

Include the answer, the encyclopedia you found the answer in, and the page on which you found it.

1. What encyclopedia are you using and what edition?
   
   
   
2. Who was the governor of Minnesota in 1940?
   
   
   
   
3. What is the county seat of Morgan Co., Missouri?
   
   
   
   
4. What is the name of the island on which the Statue of Liberty is located?
   
   
   
   
5. What does the abbreviation RSVP stand for?
   
   
   
6. Can you find some pictures of airplanes used in the First World War? Give page number.
   
   
   
7. Can you find a picture of quartz, in color if possible? Give page number.
   
   
   
8. How many square feet are in an acre?
   
   
   
9. Does the French Foreign Legion still exist? If so, where is it based?
   
   
   
   
   
10. Who won the Heisman Football Trophy in 1968?
    
    
    
    
11. How much freedom do women have in Iran?
    
    
    
    
    
    
12. What does the term "argent" mean in heraldry?
    
    
    
13. Where should a company register a trademark?
    
    
    
    
    
    
14. How many calories are there in an apple?
    
    
    
    
    
    
15. Should you capitalize the word "autumn?"
    
    
    
    
    
    
16. About how far is it (as the crow flies) from Bowling Green to Lexington, KY?
    
    
    
    
17. Can you find a copy of the Emancipation Proclamation?
    
    
    
18. Where could you find directions on how to throw a boomerang?
    
    
    
19. Why is the sky blue?
    
    
    
20. Where can you find a picture of the Medfly?
    
    
    
    
    
    
21. What is the capital of the Mexican state of Jalisco?
    
    
    
    
    

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