The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-02-03
THE QUESTIONS ANSWERED

The Banner printed series of TWEEN
ty questions and offered some small
prizes to pupils of the local schools,
who first brought In correct answers
to all the questions.
A surprising degree Of interest has
been manifested in the contest ana
many people, grown-ups as well as
students, have spent more or less
time in looking up answers to the
questions and The Banner feels that
the time spent on the contest has
been we'll used, even though no one
has answered all the questions cor
rectly.
Many lists of answers have been
filed, and all the questions have been
answered correctly, but not by the
same person. The strange thing
about it, too, has been that the Ques-
tions which we deemed the easiest
have been the ones on which most
have failed. Only very small per
centage of the answers have given
correctly the names of the six lar
gest towns in Vermont, and not one
has named correctly the six largest
towns, the five largest rivers and the
FIVE largest lakes in this state Only
fraction have been able to name
the half dozen largest cities of New
England, and the errors that have
been made in trying to name the
leading natural products and the
principal manufactured products OF
Vermont, indicates that text book
on Vermont is urgently needed in our
schools.
The twenty questions given were
as follows:
l. Name the members OF Presi-
dents Taft's cabinet.
2. Name the governors OF the six
New England states.
3. Name the six largest towns In
Vermont
4. Name six OF the principal nat
ural products of Vermont.
5. Name six Of the principal man
ufactured products of Vermont.
6. Name the five largest rivers of
Vermont.
7. Name the five highest noun
tain peaks in Vermont.
8. Name the FIVE largest lakes in
Vermont.
9. Name the presidents OF the
United States who were born In New
England.
10. Name the six largest cities in
New England.
II. What was the Brook farm
community and who we're some OF
the men who made 1t famous?
IL. What poet Of national reputa-
ton was Vermonter?
10. Name one of the greatest
American naturalists whose home
was in New England.
IA. What great New England
thinker and writer is said to have
failed OF election to an important col
lege professorship because he dress
ed so poorly?
Is. Name five great American po-
cts who were either born in Massa-
chusetts or lived much in that state.
16. Who served longer in the U,
s. Senate than any other man and
how long was his term OF service?
II. Name three of the greatest OF
American editors who were natives
of New England.
IS. In what important feature OF
government do the New England
states differ from all the othel
states of the union?
10. From what country was de
rived the New England common
school system, which has come into
use throughout the United States?
20. Who was the greatest Ameri
can orator and of what state was HI
a native?
Below are given the correct ans
wers to the series OF questions:
(1) Philander c. Knox, secretar!
OF state; Franklin MacVeagh, secre
tary of treasury; Harry L. Shmson
secretaryof war; George Won l.. Mey
err, secretary OF the navy; Walter L
Fisher, secretary of the Interior
Charles Nagel. secretary of CON
merce and labor; James Wilson, sec
rotary OF agriculture; George Wicker
sham, attorney general; Frank Il
Hitchcock, postmaster general
/ (2) Maine, Frederick w. Plaisted
New Hampshire, Robert p. Bass
Vermont, John A. Mead; Massachl
sets, Eugene N. Foss; Rhode lslan'
Aram j. Pothier; Connecticut, Sim,
on Il. Baldwin
(3) Burlington, Rutland, Barr
4 Bennington, st. Johnsbury, Montpe
Ter
| az Granite, marble, slate, asbe
tos, timber and hay.
Ill (5) Dairy products, maple pro
| ucts, scales. paper, cotton and wool,
cloths, knit underwear
II CO. otter Creek, wlnooski. Mis-
isQuol, Lamoille and White rivers
III ca Mt. Mansfield, Killingt,
| Peak. Cancels Hump. Mt. Lincol
Jay Peak
III (S Champlain, Memphremago
Bomoseen, willoughby and MAJ
stone.
| (e) John Adams. John Quincy
ans. Franklin Pierce. Chester A. A
thur.
(1O) Boston, Providence, Wore
ter. New Haven. Fall River. Lowell