The New York herald., 1921-05-13
zoo OF EDISON'S
POSERS ANSWERED
List Which Stumped Col
lege Men Covers Wide
Range of Information.
PRUNES REDISCOVERED
That One About Kangaroos
Proved . Tough Nut, but
Mystery Is Cleared.
GOOD EDUCATION HERE
Those Who Think Apaches
Live in Paris Are Badly
Mistaken.
PRUNES REDISCOVERED
GOOD EDUCATION HERE


Two hundred questions covering a
wide range have been compiled so fan
IN reconstructing the QUESTIONABLE
propounded BY Thomas A. Edison in
his examination of applicants for po.
sitions in his establishments 1t was
the answers to these questions. as
made by those seeking employment
for the most part men OF education
which led Mr.. Edison TO remark thai
college men are amazingly ignorant
From the several sources from which
the questions have come. as nearly q
complete list as possible was made ur
yesterday and answers written by re-
porters for THE NEW York HERALD ar
ter reference to encyclopedias anc
other books. The list of questions ane
answers follows:
What countries bound France Spain
Italy. Switzerland. Germany. Luxem.
bourg, Belgium.
Where is the River Volga? European
Russia.
what country ara CITY pTguNce lflt
finest china? This Is a matter of taste
Both France. in the cities OF Sevres ant
Limoges. and Germany. in the city o.
Dresden. produce fine china.
Where does the finest cotton grow
United States and Egypt.
4 What country consumed the most tea
before the war? China.
What city IN the United States is
notod for its laundry machine making
Troy
What city is the fur centre OF the
United States? St. Louis.
What country is the greatest textile
producer? England.
Is Australia larger than Greenland in
area? No.
Where is Copenhagen? Denmark.
Where is Spitzbergen? Off the coast
of Norway.
In what countries other than Austria
la are kangaroos found? Tasmania
and New Guinea
What telescope is the largest in the
world? Mt Wilson California.
who was Bessemer and what did he
do? English inventor; developed proc
ess for making steel.
Pruncs No Longer a secret.
Where do we get prunes rrom7 Cali
LOTnld, Etltc.
How mary States in the Union? Forty
eight
who was Paul Revere? Boston patriot
who gave alarm Of British advance ir
1775.
who was John Hancock? Boston
patriot; signer OF Declaration of In
dependence
who was Plutarch? Greek biographer
and historian.
Who was Hannibal? Carthag ginian
general.
Who was Danton? French revolu-
tionlst.
Who was soion? Athenian lawgiver.
Who was Francis Marion? American
Revolutionary general
Who was Leonidas? Spartan King
and hero.
Where did we get Louisiana from
France.
Who was Pixarro7 Spanish conqueror
OF Peru.
Who was Bolivar? Liberator Of yene-
zuela and other South American coun-
tries.
What war material did Chile export
to the Allies during the war? Nitrates.
Where does the most coffee come
from? Brazil.
Where Is Corea? Peninsula on east
ern Asiatic coast, north OF China
Where is Manchuria? Northern China.
Where was Napoleon born? Corsica
What Is the highest rise OF tide In
North Atlantic ooeon7 Fifty-three feet.
Bay OF Fundy.
VINO was Emperor OF Mexico when
Cortez landed7 Montezuma.
Where is the Imperial Valley and for
what is II noted7 California; fertility.
heat; below sea level.