| 1. What industrial
designer fashioned the interior of the Skylab space station?
2. What did French
winemakers put in the necks of their bottles before corks came
into use in the 17th century?
3. Which six U.S. state
capitals are located on rivers named for other states?
4. Who was producer
Norman Lear's first choice to play bigot Archie Bunker in the
hit TV sitcom All in the Family?
5. Which regular Olympic
sport was the first to have an athlete compete in a wheelchair?
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| 1.
Raymond Loewy, who is known as the Father of Industrial Design.
2. Oil-soaked rags.
3. Austin, Texas, on
the Colorado River; Baton Rouge, Louisiana and St. Paul, Minnesota,
on the Mississippi River; Trenton, New Jersey on the Delaware
River; and Bismarck, North Dakota, and Pierre, South Dakota on
the Missouri River.
4. Former child star
Mickey Rooney, who declined the role because he was concerned
about the show's controversial nature and felt it was unlikely
to succeed.
5. Archery, in 1984.
Neroli Fairhall, a paraplegic, represented New Zealand at the
Los Angeles Games. She came in 35th.
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