Questions:
1) Singer Tom Jones Woodward was born in Pontypridd, South Wales. What other famous person hailed from that same small village?
2) John Lennon maintained that the greatest rock-n-roll record ever made was what?
3) On this date in 1929, the Cardinals, then in Chicago (now in AZ), defeated the Chicago Bears 40 - 6. Their fullback was responsible for all 40 points. Who was he?
4) The Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act was a bill in the U.S. Congress that enacted the National Maximum Speed Law. States had to agree to the limit if they wanted federal funding for highway repair. This uniform speed limit was signed into law by which president? Which president mandated a federal speed limit of 55 mph and which president ended the 55 mph limit?
Answers:
1) Richard Burton
2) Jerry Lee Lewis's "Whole Lotta Shakin.'"
3) Ernie Nevers
4) Nixon signed into law the 55 mph limit out of safety and fuel economy concerns; Clinton ended the 55 mph limit on this date in 1995.
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