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The Guess-What's-Just-Around-the-Corner Quiz

54. When President Hoover begged the American Legion's 1932 convention not to insist on early payment of veterans' bonuses, what chant greeted his please?

55. Why did Hoover say it was important for him to continue to eat a seven-course dinner every night, especially when millions of Americans were hungry?

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56. Why does the Shah of Iran say he believes his people are destined for wealth?

57. Farah Pahlavi, Express of Iran, notes that her husband is "interested in Iran's GNP." With what complementary problem does she profess to deal?

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58. Who was the White Knight of Wall Street, whose bid of 207 for U.S Steel temporarily halted the Crach of 1929? What did he call a "perfect institution"?

59. In what less than perfect institution did he end up? Why?

60. When a group of California leftists asked H. Ross Perot to "finance the revolution," how did he respond?

61. What amendment to the American constitution did H.L.Hunt recommend in his book, Alpaca?

62. Who said: "The best guarantee of efficiency is a long line at the factory gate"? At his trial for stock fraud, what brought tears to several jurors' eyes?

63. According to legend, how did H.L. Hunt win his first oil well?

64. What did Henry Ford describe as "the best education in the world for those boys," converying "more experience in a few months than they would in a year of school"?

65. Who said: "The Japanese are waiting in the wings..."?

66. In the summer of 1971, what did President Richard M. Nixon say he would do with his money--if he had any?

67. Who said: "My sons and I are putting money in sound common stocks"?

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