Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-08
ARE EDTSON'S
PUZZLERS HARD?
D TRY MR. MAXIM'S
Gun IHCentOr Puts 1t OUer
Jersey Wizard ia Testing
Mental Equipment.

NEW YORK. Aug. S.-From the master
mind Of Hudson Maxim, who has invented
hundred things from canned food 10
snOkeless powder comes questiCnnaIre
similar TO that Of the wizard Of orange,
Thomas A Edison. It Is interesting to
note that Mr.. Maxim himself answered
all except six Of Mr. EdisOn's l4o cues
tons
The fact is the more remarkable In
that Maxim could neither read nor write
when he was .. lie is Gs now.
HERE THEY
are, WORRY.
Here are some OK the Maxim questions.
framed a = his guide to ones mental equip
ment with answers below:
l. Where on the surface Of the earth
would a hunter be standing who. seeing
deer to the east OF him, would point
his gun north to shoot the deerf
>. What causes the cold currents com
ing down from the north to hug the
American coaste
3. II one were to fly by airplane around
the earth in a westernly direction at
the speed Of the earths rotation, start
ing from New York at noon on Sunday.
Il would he noon with him during the
entire voyage: hut where would the day
change from sunday noon % Monday
nOon2
: QUESTION
OF PTCKETs.
Would IL take any more pickets 10
build a picket fence a mile and quar-
ter long over a hill than Il would "a
build It milo OH the level IN tunnel
through the hUi7
&. would II take any more stone 20
build a stone wall four feet high and
three feet wide and Il mile and
quarter long over a hin than It would
TO build II t. mile long on the level IN
tunnel through the hill7
G Would it take any more rails to
build q five RAN fence a mile and quar-
ter long over a hill than It would to
build q five rail fence IN 4 tunnel a mile
long through the hilli
Z When an express train passes by
stander. whistling the while the pitch
Of the whistle is a abnormaliy high ms
the train approaches, normal when OPP
posIte the bystander and nbnormalIy
low after the train has passed. Why is
thiss
MATHEMATICIANS
GET BUSY.
s. What is the correct answer 10 the
following arithemetical problem7
2E2 plus SxS-:-2
0. In the following problem, IN al
gebral
equals a,
Multiplying by K, * equal AZ,
substracting az. Il, minus az equals
az minus az.
Dividing By minus a, 4 plus a equals
a.
Ex lin how It is that, starting with
\ 20 -als q, we arc able to get Y plus
equals q. (A2 and ~ arc used for
square and a square respectivelyJ
10 What is the difference between
two and two and twice twol
II. Punctuate this sentence to make
sense; That that is is that that Is not
is not Is not that IL It is
HE SOLVES
OWN PROBLEMS.
l. short distance from the north
pole, and he would Are over the pole.
The earth rotates from vest to east
under the water, while the water is &C
celebrated to participate IN the earth's TO
tation,
3 At the interna tional date line in the
middle Of the Pacific ocean
4 1t would not take any more pickets
p. II would rot take any more stone.
G. IL would require mere rails to build
the fence over the hill.
I. Because or the rarcfed state Of the
intervening heated air and gasses.
The correct answer is tbirty-siK
0. The eOefhcient Of the factors is
zero. Consequently zero plus zero equals
zero.
10. One is addition and the other is
multiplication
Il. That this Us, IS; that that is rot,
IS NOT Is not that it It Is.
BOOST FOR TEACHERS
LONDON, Aug. 6.-Elementary school