Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-02-15
Intere"ting Questions and Answers
Relating in Part to Vermont
(From the bennington .apnsr

Relating in Part 10 Vermont.
| OFF the Bennington Banner,
Something over two weeks ago the
Banner printed a series of % question,
and offered some small prizes to pupil,
| of the local schools who first brought IL
correct answers to all the questions.
surprising degree of interest has beef
manifested in the contest and many PEG
! PIE. grown-ups as well as students, hav
spent more or less time in looking II
answers to the questions and the Ban
ner feels that the time spent on the ron
test has been we'll used. even though n
one has answered all the questions CO,
rcctly.
J Many lists of answers have been fllet
and all tie questions have been answer
Ell correctly. but not by the same 10y
son. le strar.e ting atllf II 10. A
been that the questions which we deem
ed the easiest have been the ones o
which must have failed. Only Il small
percentage OF the answers have sivei
correctly the names of the six Iaree''
towns in Vermont and not one
AIMED correctly the six largest 49,,
the five largest rivers. and the h'e ,'...o
lakes in this State. Only ii"''' -.
been able to name tho half doze" ''l
D. c,ties Of New England. ana uie c'iO'S
.h,, have been made In frNihS u iai'o
cha i,sdinr natural productS anu 'he
,,ci,uI manufactured pro Tue or YER
n, ,rdica.es that text book on Yer
,,,ort % ,,rrently needed In our schools.
rho % questions given were as fol-
iows:
Name the members of President
Taft's cabinet.
Name the governor Of the six New
England States.
3 Mime the six largest towns In YER
mont.
4 Name six OF the principal natural
products of Vernon.
4 Name Sax OF the principal nianufac-
tured products of Vermont.
6 Name the five largest rivers of Ver-
mont
T. Name the five highest mountain
peaks in Vermont.
S. Name the five largest lakes in Yer
mont
Q. Name the presidents of United
States who were born in New England
10 Name the six largest cities in New
England.
Ii. What was the Brook farm COM
munity and who were some OF the men
who made it famous?
-. What poet of national reputation
was Nermonter'
H. Name one of the greatest Amerlchf
naturalists whose home was in New Eng
land.
a. What great New England Thinker
| and writer is said to have failed or eiec
, ton to an important college professor
shin because he dressed SO poorly?
II Name five great American poet
| who were either born in MASSACHUSETTS,
or lived much in that State.
| ~ Who served longer in the unite'
State Senate than any other man ant
how long was his term of service?
r. Name three of the greatest
American editors who were natives O
New England.
Is In what important feature OF gov
ernment do the New England States oil
fer from all the other States or IN
Union?
10 From what country was derived tn
New England common school system
which has come into use throughout tn
United States?
90 Who was the greatest America
orator and Of what State was he
native?
ReIow are given the correct answers
the series of questions;
| IN Philander c. Knox. secretary
state: Franklin MacNeagh, secretary
treasury; Harry l.. Stimson, secretary
war; George Won l.. Meyer, secretary
the navy; Walter l.. Fisher, secretary
the interior; Charles Nagel, secretary
commerce and labor; james wilson So
rotary of agriculture; George "lche
sham, attorney-general; FRANK H. HUI
cock postmaster-hene
90 Maine, Frederick w. Plaisted' ne
Hampshire, Robert p. Bass Vernon
John A. Mead; Massachusetts, Euse'
y Foss; Rhode Island. Aram }. PothIe
Connecticut Simeon u, Baldwin
90 Burlington. Rutland. Barre. he
. pineton. st. Johnsbury. Montpelier.
: fN Granite. marble, slate, asbeste
timber and hay
, (O dry products, maple p'o"uu'
& scales, paper. cotton and ~ooie" ''o''
knit underwear. ,,,,,,
; (0 otter Creek. Winooski' Miss'sa"
/. Lamoille and White rivers
:, y Mt. Mansfield. kiliington ie'
Cancels Hump, Mt. Lincoln, Jay Iesk
) C0 Champlain, MenphremaHog no'
i seen. Willoughby and Maidstone
{ 90 John Adams. John Quincy A0'''
Franklin Pierce. Chester a. Arth"r'
nM Boston, Providence Worces'
New Haven, Fall River, Lowell
QD Brook farm was eol'''"'"S
settlement at West Roxbury' Mass
7, T,on included both manual ana INT
!. ,sct,,al labor N which all were to sha
d while he proceeds were to be he'o
>. cnnuon. some Of tho prominent nan
!. a,socia led with The scheme were Geo
!. R,n,ev. Nathaniel Hawthorne, bron'
=, Aicot, Theodore Parker. Emerson Gu
n and Dana.
- ug John G. Sake,
>. OBJ Louis J. Agissiz ANSWERS CIV
II tho name of his son. Alexander Agis
70 we're also counted as CORRECTLY
p 90 Henry D. Thoreau.
10 Qb) Henry W. Longfellow, John
% Whittier, James r. Lowell. william 1
Id len Bryant and oliver Wendell HON
"a Answers were also counted correct