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Country music comedienne Minnie Pearl always wore a hat with a price tag on it. What was the price on the tag?
$1.98

In the TV puppet show Kukla Fran and Ollie, who was the host?
Fran Allison

Next to the Yankees, what team has appeared the most World Series?
Dodgers

What was George Washington's salary as president?
$25,000

What was the name of FDR's Scottish terrier?
Fala

This breed is Queen Elizabeth II's favorite companion dog.
Pembroke Welsh Corgi

Lyndon Johnson had a famous pair of beagles. What were their names?
Him and Her

Benjamin Franklin was a prolific inventor. He invented the lightening rod, the Franklin stove, studied electricity, discovered the Gulf Stream, started the first library, and on and on. Among his many other inventions, what musical instrument did he invent?
harmonica

What invention is credited to the Russian born American inventor Vladimir Kosma Zworykin?
television

Who is the only U.S. President to invent and patent something?
The correct answer: Abraham Lincoln
In 1849 Honest Abe invented a method to aid ships that got stuck on sandbars. He called it A Device for Buoying Vessels Over Shoals. It was never used.

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