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Little Royals Contest Now Open for the 2026 Northwest Cherry Festival

April 3, 2026 GNCadm1n Local News Comments Off on Little Royals Contest Now Open for the 2026 Northwest Cherry Festival
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Ronald Reagan made headlines in 1980 for claiming that 80 percent of air pollution comes from what?


                            

                            
                        

            

                

                

                

            

            

                

                

                

            

            

                

                

                

            
                        
                        
                        
                        

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                    

                        
                        

                            
                        

                        

                            
                        

                        

                            
In 1980, Ronald Reagan made headlines and drew criticism for claiming that trees and vegetation are responsible for 80 percent of air pollution, specifically blaming hydrocarbons released by plants. Reagan argued that this natural pollution meant stricter controls on man-made emissions were unnecessary, later even stating he meant 93 percent.


                        

                        

                            
                        
   
                        
                        
                    

                

                    
                    
                    
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In which country did the modern game of squash originate?


                            

                            
                        

            

                

                

                

            

            

                

                

                

            

            

                

                

                

            
                        
                        
                        
                        

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                    

                        
                        

                            
                        

                        

                            
                        

                        

                            
The modern game of squash originated in England during the 19th century. It was developed around the 1830s at the Harrow School, where students created a variation of the game "rackets" by using a softer, punctured rubber ball that "squashed" against the walls. 


                        

                        

                            
                        
   
                        
                        
                    

                

                    
                    
                    
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What bird did Benjamin Franklin favor for America's national emblem?


                            

                            
                        

            

                

                

                

            

            

                

                

                

            

            

                

                

                

            
                        
                        
                        
                        

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                    

                        
                        

                            
                        

                        

                            
                        

                        

                            
While often considered a myth, Benjamin Franklin expressed a strong preference for the wild turkey over the bald eagle as America's national emblem in a 1784 letter. He considered the eagle a bird of "bad moral character" and praised the turkey as a "respectable bird," "true original native of America," and a "bird of courage".


                        

                        

                            
                        
   
                        
                        
                    

                

                    
                    
                    
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What device was Alexander Graham Bell working, which led him to the invention of the telephone?


                            

                            
                        

            

                

                

                

            

            

                

                

                

            

            

                

                

                

            
                        
                        
                        
                        

                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                        
                    

                        
                        

                            
                        

                        

                            
                        

                        

                            
Alexander Graham Bell was working on the harmonic telegraph, a device designed to transmit multiple telegraph messages simultaneously over a single wire. While experimenting with this, he developed the "gallows phone" (or membrane telephone) to transmit voice-like sounds, leading to his successful patent and the first telephone call in 1876.


                        

                        

                            
                        
   
                        
                        
                    

                

                    
                    
                    
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What musical featured "I Could Have Danced All Night"?


                            

                            
                        

            

                

                

                

            

            

                

                

                

            

            

                

                

                

            
                        
                        
                        
                        

                            
                            
                            
                            
                        

                        
                        

                            
                        

                        

                            
                        

                        

                            
"I Could Have Danced All Night" is a famous song from the 1956 Broadway musical My Fair Lady. It was famously performed by Julie Andrews in the original stage production and later by Audrey Hepburn (dubbed by Marni Nixon) in the 1964 film adaptation.


                        

                        

                            
                        
   
                        
                        
                    

                

            
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