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Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 17, June 16, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. Pure gold is known as 24 caret gold. What is 14 caret gold? 2. Which of the following animals are rodents? rabbit, beaver, mole 3. Which is larger, 1 degree Fahrenheit or 1 degree Celsius? 4. What sport is most widely associated with Wimbledon, England? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 16, June 9, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. The state of Vermont, U.S. was originally part of what neighboring state? 2. If you own common stock in a company, what do you actually own? 3. What does one share of IBM stock cost? 4. How many millions of dollars do you need to be a billionaire? 5. In what year did Washington D.C. become the capital of the United States? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 15, June 2, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. Is a platypus a mammal or a bird? 2. On which continent can you find wild dingoes? 3. Is a koala really a bear? 4. What is the life span of a kangaroo? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 14, May 27, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. Which vitamin is known as the “sunshine vitamin”, and why? 2. What is the cause of the disease called scurvy? 3. What vitamin can our bodies make from beta carotene? 4. How much cholesterol is in eight ounces of coconut oil? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 13, May 19, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. For what important position is John Marshall remembered? 2. When did he have that job? 3. How long is the term of a justice of the Supreme Court of the United States? 4. When was the North American British colony of Carolina divided into North Carolina and South Carolina? 5. What country owns the island of Capri? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 12, May 12, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. The United States began selling air mail stamps on May 13, ______. 2. On May 15, ______, Las Vegas, Nevada was founded. 3. What was the name of Toronto, Ontario, Canada before it was changed to Toronto? 4. Which city is farther south, Toronto, Canada, or Madrid, Spain? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 11, May 5, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. What was the Hindenburg? When and where did it explode? 2. On May 6, 1957, Senator John F. Kennedy won an important prize. What was the prize and what did he do to win it? 3. When was the American Medical Association founded? 4. When did World War II end in Europe? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 10, April 28, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. On April 28, ______, Maryland was admitted to the Union (United States). It was the ___th state to join. 2. On April 29, ______, the zipper was patented by ______________. 3. April 30, 1789 was an important date in George Washington’s life. Why? 4. On April 30, 1947, Hoover Dam became the new name of ________ Dam. Copyright 1997 RHL
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Reference Skills
Volume 2, Number 9, April 21, 1997
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1. What is the area of the state of Connecticut?
2. Max Brand was one of many pseudonyms used by an American writer
whose real name was ____________.
3. Who wrote the first draft of the Declaration of Independence?
In what year did he become president of the United States?
4. What is the capital of New Zealand?
Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 8, April 14, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. What is the capital of the state of Mississippi? 2. What is the longest river in the world? 3. Who is the antagonist of a story? 4. What is the name of the first supersonic (faster than the speed of sound) passenger jet? 5. What body of water surrounds most of Italy? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 7, April 9, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. What continent is Russia on? 2. A score equals the number _______. 3. A gross equals the number ________. 4. Which is greater, a bushel or a peck? 5. What is a baby swan called? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 6, March 24, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. How long does the religious season called Lent last? 2. What are the earliest and latest dates that Easter can occur on? 3. Why is Easter called a movable feast? 4. In Kenya, what season began on March 20, 1997? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 5, March 17, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. In what year was the National Baseball League established? 2. Who invented the Polaroid camera? 3. The first successful airplane was flown _____ years ago. 4. The first _____ amendments to the United States Constitution are called the Bill of Rights. 5. Which Canadian province touches the Pacific Ocean? Copyright 1997 RHL
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Volume 2, Number 4, March 10, 1997
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1. Fact: Amendment 22 to the United States Constitution limited
____________________.
Opinion: Do you believe that this amendment was a good
idea? Give reasons for your opinion.
2. Fact: Amendment 16 to the United States Constitution gave
Congress the power to ________________.
Opinion: Do you think that Congress should continue to have this
power or should this amendment be repealed? Give reasons for your
opinion.
3. Fact: Amendment 26 to the United States Constitution lowered the
voting age of citizens from ____ to ____.
Opinion: What minimum age do you think is best? Why?
Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 3, March 3, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. Which city is farther north, the capital of the United States or the capital of Italy? Name those cities. 2. Which country is closer to the Equator, the South American country of Uruguay or the European country of Spain? 3. Which continent is larger, Europe or Antarctica? 4. What is the shortest distance between the United States and Russia? 5. If you’re in the northern most part of Africa, what country are you in? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 2, February 26, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. Where do pearls come from? 2. Name a planet in our solar system that has no moons. 3. If you travel south from Mongolia, what country will you enter? 4. If you travel east from Portugal, what country will you enter? 5. If you travel north from Spain, what country will you enter? 6. If you travel west of Mexico, what is the first body of water you’ll come to? Copyright 1997 RHL
Name__________________________Date______________________ Reference Skills Volume 2, Number 1, February 10, 1997 Www.rhlschool.com 1. What was George Washington’s father’s occupation? 2. How old was Abraham Lincoln when George Washington died? 3. George Washington is known as “the father _________.” 4. What was the name of Washington’s famous home? 5. What political party did President Washington belong to? 6. How many years did Washington serve as president? 7. Why wasn’t Washington elected to a third term? Copyright 1997 RHLRHL School