Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-01-25
New Questions

What city in the world has been
in existance longest?
2-How many children have the
king and queen Of England?
3-Who was the first hunger
striker?
4-In what language is the Bible
written so that the greatest num-
Der of people will be able to read it.?
5--Who wrote the first history
book?
Can Easter lilies be grown
from seeds?
why is one of the New Eng
land states called Rhode Island when
most of it is part of the mainland?
Show much money has been COL
lected by the bureau Of internal reve-
1918?
9-Who invented the bicycle?
10-How many notables were
voted into the American Hall of
Fame in 1920?
How Is President-elect Har-
ding's middle name pronounced and
what does it mean?
A. Gamaliel is pronounced ga-may-
1ee-el. and is Hebrew word mean
ing my rewarder is Cod"
2-Can man destroy or disf1gure
his own money?
A. The treasury department says
that a person may do anything he
likes to his own money, but after it
has been punctured or defaced IN
any way it cannot be placed in cir
culation again. That is, the hole
cannot be filled in and the coin again
used as lawful money.
81 hear that Hudson's Bay stores
in the far north are one of the great
est distributors of talking machines,
N,ooy iIriY at
of the world are said to be one of
the greatest buyers Of such ma
chimes, because canned music" helps
more than anything else to relieve
the loneliness of their lives. They
travel for days on sleds to exchange
graphs.
4-How fast does canvasback
duck fly? Also the teal duck and
Canada goose?
A. 1t is estimated that the speed
of the canvasback duck is SO miles
per hour; the blue wing, teal duck
80 miles; and the Canadian goose.
76 miles. The bureau of biological
survey says these speeds are prob
ably in excess of average flights,
5-What is the longest river IN
the world, and what is the widest?
A. The longest river in the world
is the Mississippi-Misso 4,194
the Amazon, it's width being so
miles at it's main mouth.
6-Do all diamonds have what is
termed a pinhole in the center of
the stone?
A. The geological survey says that
the culet point on the bottom of a
stone appears only on those cut in a
certain fashion. An uncut or table
cut diamond would not have it.
What is the source of the story
that George Washington threw a
silver coin across the Potomac river?
A. Weem's Life of Washington"
contains the statement that Colonel
Willis, a kinsman of George Wash
ington, said that he had often seen
Washington, as a boy, throw coin
across the Rappahannock at the low
err ferry opposite Fredericksburg,
This is the probable origin of the
story, the Potomac" being confused
with the "Rappahannock."
S-What is the latest date, that
Easter has come on. and how is the
date of Easter determined?
A. The latest date that Easter has
fallen on since 1900 was April %,
1888. Easter is determined as the
first Sunday after the full moon af-
ter the 21st of March.
9-Are any silkworms raised in
the United States?
A Silkworms are raised on small
scale in the southwestern part OF
this country.
1O-How does an automatic com
pare with a revolver and pistol in
regard to velocity?
A. The war department says that
an automatic and a revolver of the
same caliber have practically the
more power because there is no
ecpnIIn of gas in shooting.