Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-03-05
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New Questions
1. How much has the birth rate
of the world been reduced by the
world war?
2. Did Washington wish the city
of Washington named for himself?
=, 3. Who WITS called THE Poet of the
Commonplace"
4. Why does the international
date line run in a zigzag way north
and south, instead of straight?
5. How long has glass been
known?
s. Has the Italian nation succeeded
in Harvesting volcanic power?
Z. Can you tell me to whom the
word "Dutchman" refers. whether
Germans Or Hollanders?
laid in a circle around a camp, a
snake will not cross it. Is this true?
.. Aren't there a donkey and an
elephant in the Bronx zoo that drink
out of the same pail?
10. Who is Harry Coppinger, the
alligator tanner?
NEW QUESTIONS.
1. Q. 1 have four tons of coal in
my basement which has been there
three years. Is there any danger of
spontaneous combustion?
A. The bureau of mines states
as four tons is not in danger of
catching fire from spontaneous COM
bustion.
2. @. What is the average daily
attendance in the public schools of
the United States?
able statistics there is an average
daily attendance of more than 49,
100000.
8. Q. How many soldiers bodies
are still in Europe?
A. According to a report Of the
uuartermaster general, U. S. A, there
are at this time approximately 75,-
600 bodies not yet returned from Eu-
rope.
4. @. Is it true that soldier in
the world war lost both legs and ooth
arms and recovered?
A. This is not true. 1t is a ract,
however, that one case existed OF a
soldier who recovered after having
lost both legs and an arm. o,,
5. O. What is a "Black Book"
A. This is private book Kept by
q bank or other financial inst1tu-
ton, containing a list Of names or
discredited borrowers Of money
6. @. How did Russia get posses
sion of Alaska? Did she discover
this land?
Alaska, was known to photographers
as early as 1879, several RUSSIAN ex-
plorers brought back the earliest Gel
mite news of the land early IN the
eighteenth century. One of these, VI
tus Behring, was sent out by Peter
:. O. Was julius Caesar before or
after Christ, and did he make the
calednar?
100 years before, Christ ana o1ge
invented the calendar which was IN
common use until revised by cope
Gregory. The revision became erect
i've in the United States and Great
Britain in 1852. u4,,oro
A. This term is applied to a part
ner in a business who is responsl-
h1o for the full amount OF the depts
Of the business. A silent partner IS
usually responsible for me aInou"' u
money he puts into the business.
@ How many rooms are there
in the white House? How large are
the grounds surrounding it? on+a,na
A The White House contaIQs
eiehty-nine rooms. There are eight
cen and one-half acres within the IRON
fence which incloses the White House
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