Quick Quiz on Civic Symbols and Facts
The mace in the U S House stands 46 inches high with 13 ebony rods representing the original states and a surface of solid silver engraved with the seven continents. The rain prophet bird is the cuckoo and radio astronomy waves range from 0.1 inch to 100 feet. Rhode Island uses the Rhode Island red as its state bird. Peyton Place by Grace Metalious is cited as the all time best selling novel with about 10 million sales by 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
House of Representatives
Union
Globe
Peyton Place
Grace Metalious
Dow
Winning at Bridge by Oswald and James Jacoby
The article recalls the famed partnership of P. Hal Sims and Willard S. Karn, noting their bold bidding and stellar play despite imperfect bidding ideas. It highlights Willard's pass with the South hand and Hal's rebid to two no trump, ending in an optimistic final contract and a teachable misstep in bidding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Hal Sims
Willard S. Karn
Hal
Willard
East
Bridge hand unfolds with last-trump squeeze play
The bidding and play show a South hand making a winning sequence after a strategic trump squeeze. South wins with a leading finesse and ruff, then cashes trumps and diamonds while West overruled by discarding. The final three tricks come from a diamond run as dummy replays the clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Willard
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rhode Island
Kate Osann
Pat OM
Hea
Pat
Higgins
FLEET
Gladys
Art Sansom
Chic Young
Berry's
NEA, Inc
Raquel Welch
Twiggy
By Neg Cochran
Ao Way
OWR
Major Hoople
Wilber Babson
Wilber
Brondie
Oswald
James Jacoby
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
V. T. Hamlin
Captain
Eti
Wat OF Bei
BY Leslie Turner
West Agus
North
DAA
SOUTH
A& Q
Priscilla
Stuart
Willets
By AL Vermeer
Hikae
Ening Peopl
Winthrop
BY Walt Wetterberg
BY Dick Cavalli
Opera Binder
Oc Cavalli
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!