Arizona republican., 1920-08-22
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS
0. What was the largest fish ever

O. What was the largest fish ever caught? F. A. H.
 A. According to scientists of the Smithsonian Institution the record fish was captured at Miami. Fla, after a fight lasting 39 hours. Five har- peons and l5O bullets were required to subdue the monster. It was whale shark and weighed 3O000 pounds it's liver alone weighing 1,700 pounds
 o. Car liquified hydrogen be used as a substitute for gasoline m running automobiles? B. F. H.
 A. The Bureau of Standards has recently completed 9 machine for max ing liquid hydrogen. and an Italian scientist is said to claim that this ma terial can be used as a motor fuel. However commercial developments in this direction are far in the future:
 o. Where does a flower gets it's smell? B. N. X.
 A. The fragments of flowers is due to special essences or oils which the plant produces. These oils are com ments, carbon and hydrogen. and are known volatile oils, since they es- cape readily into the air. O. When did prohibition come into effect? H. P.
 A. Constitutional prohibition came into effect in the United States Jan uary 16. 1920.
 Q. have heard it reported that there was giant airship, built by the Germans during the war to bomb New York. Is this true? M. L. A. The IL 72." designed and con- structed at the Zeppelin works al Lewenthal, was made for the sole pur- 1 pose of bombing New York City, ac- cording to a report by Colonel William Hensley of the Balloon and Airship Di- vision of the Afr Service. This airsl1fp is 779 feet long. 95 feet high, has an ] lca E Ia srH 260 h. D. each, a speed of 91 miles per hour, a gas capacity of 11,000 gallons, lifting power of S6 tons, hydrogen ca pacity of 2,470 900 cubic feet. a cruis- ing distance of $500 miles and carried l } F tons of bombs in addition to the crew. The pilot of this machine had successfully bombed London 10 times, as well as Dunkirk at the Russian front As reward for these services the pilot was to be given the opportun- ity of piloting the airship in it's pro posed trip to bomb New York City, the most coveted opportunity in the Ger man Air Service.
 O. How much does it cost the Unit ed States to coin pennies, nickels dimes and quarters? A. C. R. A. 1t costs the United States about i 20 cents per 100 to coin pennies; nickels. about 21a cents each; dimes and quarters, about so cents per dol lar value of the coins. Silver is not coined free now as it used to be.
 O. Who were the umPires in the 1919 World Series? R. c.
 A. Rigley and Quigley of the Ma | tional league and Evans and Nallin of the American league.
 O. Is the passenger pigeon extinct? A. L. A.
 A. The passenger pigeon as a spe- cies suddenly disappeared some years ago, but the state ornfthologist ot Massachusetts reports that he has been advised by four hunters that they re- gently saw at close range and posi- lively identified pair of these birds
 O. Where is the expression about found? J. n. K.
 A. This expression is found .n the Bible, Hebrews xiii, 2: Be not forget ful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels un- ! awares''
 e. Who was Brann, the ieonoclast whose works are widely advertised at the present time? G. I. T. A. Brann, the iconoclast, was Will lam Cowper Brann, a notable Ameri- can writer, who was born in Hum 1 boldt township. Coles county, Illinois on January 1, 1855. He issued the first number of the .Iconoclast" in Julv 1891, at Austin, Texas, but it was sus- pended. Tn 1894 he settled in Waco. 1 Texas. and the following year revived
 
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