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(1 - 4.) Answer questions about Dick Clark

Television      1925 - 1935           Arizona         Pennsylvania
New York        0.33                     Shine             Military

1. Dick Clark was born in ______________
a) 1935
b) 1929
c) 1925

2. In 1945, he worked for the _______________
a) Mailroom at a radio station
b) Host at children’s parties
c) show, “American Bandstand”

3. Dick Clark first hosted ___________________
a) American Bandstand
b) Cactus Dick and the Santa Fe Riders
c) The price is right

4. When leaving any broadcast, he ________________
a) gives a military salute
b) gives the peace sign
c) blows a kiss with his wife

5. Which presidents died on the same day (7/4/1826)?

a) James Monroe and James Madison
b) Theodore Roosevelt and James Monroe
c) John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

6. __________________ ________________________ was born on July 4th, 1872

a) James Madison
b) Calvin Coolidge
c) Warren Harding

7. _____________ _________________ was born on March 1st, 1994.

a) Calvin Coolidge
b) Justin Bieber
c) Dick Clark



8. _____________ was in use until August 27th, 2011.

a) Walter Reed National Military Medical Center
b) Walter Reed Army Medical Center
c) Joseph Edgar Elementary Medical Center

Read a story about Walter Mondale (1928 - ) and then answer the questions.

Walter Frederick “Fritz” Mondale (5 Jan 1928 - age 83) is an American Democratic Party Politician, who served as the 42nd Vice President of the United States (1977 - 1981), under President Jimmy Carter, and as a United States Senator for Minnesota (1964 - 1976). He was the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate in the United States presidential election of 1984.

Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1951. He then served in the US Army in the Korean War before earning a law degree in 1956. He married Joan Mondale (nee Adams) in 1955. He and his wife have 3 children (2 surviving, 1 daughter deceased) Working as a lawyer in Minneapolis, Mondale was elected to the position of attorney general in 1960. He was appointed US senator in late 1964 as a member of the Democratic Party upon the resignation of Hubert Humphrey, and held that post until 1976. In the Senate, he supported open housing, tax reform, and the desegregation of schools. He opposed United States involvement in the Vietnam War.

In 1976, Carter, the Democratic presidential nominee, chose Mondale as his vice presidential running mate in the forthcoming election. The Carter/Mondale ticket defeated incumbent president Gerald Ford. Carter and Mondale’s time in office was marred by a worsening economy, and although both were re-nominated by the Democratic Party, they lost the 1980 election to Republican Ronald Reagan.

In 1984, Mondale won the Democratic presidential nomination and campaigned for a nuclear freeze, the Equal Rights Amendment and a reduction of US public debt. In the election, Mondale and his mate, Geraldine Ferraro, was defeated in a landslide by President Reagan, gaining electoral votes from only Minnesota and Washington DC.

After the election, Mondale joined the Minnesota-based law firm of Dorsey & Whitney and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (1986 - 1993), and was credited with successes in Poland and Hungary. President Bill Clinton appointed Mondale United States Ambassador to Japan in 1993; he retired in 1996. Since then, Mondale has returned to working at Dorsey & Whitney and remains active in the Democratic Party.






(9 - 11.) Finish several sentences based on the story on the previous page.

(9.) Walter, who is a __________, served as Jimmy Carter’s vice president.

a) Republican
b) Independent
c) Democratic

(10.) He was the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate during the _______ elections.

a) 1976
b) 1984
c) 1980

(11.) Walter _________ Mondale was born in Ceylon, Minnesota.

a) Fritz
b) Theodore
c) Frederick

(12.) What do you think he should have done so he could have won? Explain in complete sentences.
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(13.) At which times did he work for Dorsey & Whitney?

a) 1980 - 1984, 1993 - 1996
b) 1986 - 1993, 1996 - present
c) 1964 - 1976, 1981 - present

(14.) Who was his vice candidate for the 1984 election?

a) Geraldine Ferraro
b) Gerald Ford
c) Jimmy Carter

(15.) Which vice-president did Mondale replace in 1964?

a) Lyndon Johnson
b) Jimmy Carter
c) Hubert Humphrey


(16 - 17.) True/False

(16.) All of his children are already deceased.

a) true
b) false

(17.) His daughter is deceased and his 2 sons remain today.

a) true
b) false

(18 - 19.) Cross the words out

(18.) 1951                                                      receives degree on law after Korean War

(19.) 1956                                                      graduates from University of Minnesota

Checking concepts -

(20.) Walter Mondale ____________________ involvement in the Vietnam War.

(21.) Walter Mondale worked with Japan from ___________ to ___________.

(22.) Walter Mondale ____________________ as senator to become vice president.

(23.) While a ____________________, he was elected to be Attorney General.


















Read the element scale and then answer the questions.


(24.) What do the colors behind the greenish brown Color mean?

a) they are all metal, except for Hydrogen (H) 1
b) they are metalloids
c) all colors are non metal

(25.) Which color is the Staircase mostly located?

a) Yellow
b) red
c) greenish brown

(26.) The first ________________ elements are non-metal.

a) two - Hydrogen and Krypton
b) two - carbon and oxygen
c) two - Hydrogen and Helium


Please count the first 10 numbers in Italian.

Numbers - (the word order is incorrect)

1. Uno
2. Dieci
3. Quattro
4. Cinque
5. Due
6. Tre
7. Sette
8. Sei
9. Nove
10. Otto

(27.) ____________________ is 7
(28.) ____________________ is 4
(29.) ____________________ is 1
(30.) ____________________ is 3
(31.) ____________________ is 2
(32.) ____________________ is 5
(33.) ____________________ is 8
(34.) ____________________ is 6
(35.) ____________________ is 10
(36.) ____________________ is 9.

(37.) Which language did you take? Explain how you felt about taking the language.

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(38.) If you should have taken Italian. Explain what would have happened better if you took Italian.

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(39 - 48.) complete the multiplication chart.

(39.) 1 x 1 =

(40.) 2 x 2 =

(41.) 3 x 3 =

(42.) 4 x 4 =

(43.) 5 x 5 =

(44.) 6 x 6 =

(45.) 7 x 7 =

(46.) 8 x 8 =

(47.) 9 x 9 =

(48.) 10 x 10 =

(49.) Explain how you felt when you got an F on any subject for your quarter average. (especially LOTE)

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(50.) What is 20 times 20?

a) 200
b) 400
c) 100