The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-10-19

Superintendent Howell has prepared
one hundred questions for the teachers
of Grammar A grade on literary, his
torical and geographical subjects per-
tanning to Great Britain. They have
not been selected as catch questions;
the teachers do not have to submit to
an oral or written examination and
answer them or lose their positions.
Each teacher who gets them will be-
gin with the first and answer one after
the other q the end and should there
be any question passed over through
forgetting the knowledge that would
be useful now. then such teacher will
most likely consult the necessary book
to regain the lost information. They
may be termed questions to brush up
on" and are as follows:
1. What country Is next in importance.
geographically considered, to our own
country?
g. Where was John OGroat's house?
3. The Caledonian canal is 60 miles long
3S of which are through lOChs. What is
a loch?
4. What is lock?
5.What city in Great Britain manufac-
lures the most linen?
6. What is the largest city in the high
lands?
&.
of Cullcden?
s. What and where are the Trossachs?
8. What is the seaport of Edinburgh?
10. Where is HolyrCod palace?
II. Where did Robert Bruce gain q great
victory over the English?
12. What loch in Scotland was immortal
lied by Sir Walter Scott?
49, Have you ever read '"The Lady OF
the Lake?"
H. What famous writer lived on the
banks of the Tweed river?
15 What place in the northern part of
England is described in the last canto of
Scott's "Marmion?"
16 What is the meaning of the express
sion Carrying Goals to Newcastle?
H. To what city in England would YOU
go to buy knives and forks?
49, To what city would you so to buy
hosiery?
10. Where did the author of the follow
ing lines live:
"A man must serve his time TO every
trade
Save censuIo-critics all are ready made
20. TO what city in England would you
go to buy guns aud rovolvers?
21. The city of Birmingham makes aboIt
10000 900 steel pens per week. If pupil
uses one steel pen a week, how lolg
would that supply the schools of Scranton
if we have 1900 pupils in the schools?
%. Locate the home of the author Of
these lines:
"If all the year were playing holidays.
To sport would be as tedious as to work
%. What town in England is noted foi
herring fishery?
"a. What two rivers unite to form the
Thames?
25. The population of the basin of the
Thames is how many times the popula-
ton i'm the basin of the Amazon?
26. Where is the Royal Observatory ir
England?
27. How many degrees are we west of IL
2S. Where is Ferros meridian and wha'
does it do?
20. For what is Runnvmede noted?
30 Where does the highest ecclesias
tical officer in England reside?
81 How wide is the Strait of Dover?
32 Where did William, the Conqueror
win a great victory?
33. Name the fashionable summer re
sort and watering place of England?
son.
S5. What is the principal naval station
of England?
S6. For what is Bristol noted?
81. What was John Cabots theory!
IS. For what is Swansea noted?
80. What is the nearest British port T.
Dublin?
40. What city in the United States ha
the same population as Liverpool?
AZ. What town in Great Britain is known
for the building Of iron steamships?
43. Where do we get Paisley shawls?
a. What city in Great Britain has III
greatest chemical works in the world?
40. One of the wonders of the world |
on the island of Staffa. Name il.
46. What is the highest point of lam
on the British Isles?