Pauls Quiz 174 (Answers only)
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1. Four Answers:
a. bathing-water (usually in a spa) Balneotherapy (from Latin: balneum, "bath") the treatment of disease by bathing. It may involve hot or cold water, massage via moving water, relaxation or stimulation. Many mineral waters at spas are rich in particular minerals (silica, sulfur, selenium, radium) which can be absorbed via the skin. b. mud (often near Volcanoes)
c. bathing in sea water
d. laughter (is the best medicine)
2. Barbie Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. In a series of novels published by Random House in the 1960s, her parents' names are given as George and Margaret Roberts from the fictional town of Willows, Wisconsin. Barbie has been said to attend Willows High School and Manhattan International High School in New York City, based on the real-life Stuyvesant High School. She has an on-off romantic relationship with her beau Ken (Ken Carson), who first appeared in 1961. Like Barbie, Ken shares his name with one of Ruth Handler's (American businesswoman Ruth Handler (1916-2002) who is regarded as the creator of Barbie) children. A news release from Mattel in February 2004 announced that Barbie and Ken had decided to split up, but in February 2006 they were back together again.
3. 13.7 billion years
4. Ivan Lendl
5. b. Sao Paulo
6. b. a pear
7. Seven Answers:
a. L.A.
b. Prague
c. Las Vegas
d. Edinburgh
e. San Francisco
f. Minneapolis
g. Manila
8. a. India The Sundarbans is the largest mangrove forest in the world, located in the Ganges delta in Bangladesh and more importantly in West Bengal, India. There are major mangals in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands and the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat.
9. b. 2.2 billion
10. Dennis Wilson of The Beach Boys.
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