Arizona republican., 1920-08-09
QUESTIONS AND
 ANSWERS

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 O. What presidents of the United States were elected without receiving a majority of the popular vote? T. H. H.
 A. John Quincy Adams. James Bu- chanan. Abraham Lincolnl Rutherford R. Hayes. Benjamin Harrison, Grover Cleveland (1s32). and Woodrow Wilson are all presidents who did not receive a majority of popular votes. John Quincy Adams was elected by the house of representatives. m
 e. If registered letter IS lost, VIII the postoffice department make good for its contents2 T. J. M.
 A The postoffice department says that if registered letter is lost III the mail, it is responsible for contents up to $50.
 A. The department of agriculture say that most plants twine to the lett Some. including the hop and honey suckle, twine to the right. Twinlng IS apparently the result of a geotropic stimulus.
 o. What Is the name of the liquid acid that will give plate copper the ap pearanee of silver by merely rubbing it with a soft rag? P. O.
 A. The bureau of standards says lt
  ance upon copper by the aplication or solutions or salts containing either sil- yer or mercury. This method would give but a very thin coating at pest and would not withstand any appre~ ciable service.
 a. Who discovered gold in the kiondike region2 T. T. J.
 A. The first important discovery or gold in the Klondike was made in lssc by George Cormack, a miner and old irla isp rfV
 a. Please tell me what runner was iu the war; J. H. A. The war department says that n runner in the army is a soldier who has been detailed from his regular unit to carry messages from one mii- itary headquarters to another There were a number of runners in each company.
 c. Gan an airplane have more than one motor and propeller? E. C. L. A. AirplaneS have from one to SIX engines. or possibly more. There is no l limit to the number save through re- quirements of engineering principles They frequently have more than one propeller, usually having one for each | engine.
 O. Do all the employee ef the bu- reau of animal husbandry work in Washington A. E.
 A. Out of more than 4000 people I employed by this bureau. only about
 
 office, the greater part of the force being scattered over the country.
 |. N. c.
 A. The walls of caves often become
 cooled to such a point in winter, or during the frosty nights of spring and
 fall that the percolating waters freeze.
 The most celebrated ice cave in the
 world is that of Dobschau in Hungary. situated in the Carpathians, at an ele- ] | vat ffrars <nfS f<ox1 feaf a. Who is the author of the quota
 ton, "Pyomies are pygnies s<isl though perched on the AIps?" C. G. E. A. This quotation is found in Ed
 ward Young's Night Thoughts, : ] G. Some soldiers who saw service in France say the sun didn't set until 10 o'clock in that country. Could this 5 be true7 V. V.
 l A. The naval observatory says tha1 2 the extreme northern latitude o1 l France is about 51 degrees. At the 2 sumer salstice the sun sets in thi:
 latitude at about 3 hours, 20 minutes
 summer solstice the sun sets in this
 o'clock on the longest day of the year F even in the northernmost part of Eng land.
 2 e. Where is the Easter Island : Q. H.
 ? A. Easter Island is in Polynesia and was so named because it was dis
 covered on Easter Day. April 6, 1722 by man named Rcggeveen. The in
 habitants have no name for 1t. It hai
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