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The Answer Sheet: Week of Sept. 19

Published: September 28, 2009 7:00 am

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. What was the first organized baseball team in history? The New York Knickerbockers

2. Which member of the Polish resistance allowed himself to be captured by the Nazis? Witold Pilecki

3. When did Congress pass the Bill of Rights? Sept. 25, 1789

4. Who tried to assassinate President Gerald Ford on Sept. 22, 1975? Sara Jane Moore

5. When was J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Hobbit” published? Sept. 21, 1937

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