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Presidents Past And Present

Questions:

1. How many present and past U.S. presidents are alive today? For Bragging Rights, name them.

2. When and in what country did the practice of training dogs to lead blind humans begin?

3. What breed of dogs is most used to lead blind people?

4. What is the U.S. city in which the most guide dogs are trained at the Seeing Eye, Inc. facility?

5. United Nations Day is coming soon. Where is the U.N. headquarters?

6. Has any American ever served as secretary general of the United Nations?

7. How many nations are members of the United Nations?

8. Name the only U.S. president to have served as ambassador to the United Nations.

9. What names are used by the two Asian countries that are on edge over whether to join the two countries into one?

10. In 1884, the first long-distance telephone call was completed. What two cities did the call connect?

Answers:

1. There are four past and present U.S. presidents alive today: George Walker Bush, Bill Clinton, George Herbert Walker Bush and Jimmy Carter.

2. The guide dog training practice began in Germany in World War I.

3. The German shepherd is the most-used breed to lead the blind. Boxers and retrievers are also much used, but not as much as the German shepherd.

4. The Seeing Eye, Inc. training facility is in Morristown, N.J., founded in 1929 by Dorothy Harrison Eustis.

5. The U.N. headquarters is in New York City.

6. No.

7. There are 192 member states in the United Nations.

8. George Herbert Walker Bush served as an ambassador to the United Nations (1971-73).

9. What is often called Free China on Taiwan is the Republic of China. The Communist-controlled country on the Mainland is the People's Republic of China.

10. The call connected phones in Boston and New York.
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