Arizona republican., 1921-10-25
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 c. would Iike to know what kind of rock "PIymouth Rock" is7 T. H.
 A. Plymouth Rock is a granite boulder.
 o. What vas the largest attend ance at world series game? R. w.
 A. The largest recorded attend ance at a world series game was 46,- SEQ. on Oct F, 1916.
 0. Why is the symbol "I'' used for amPheres instead of "A"? H. A. s.
 A. The symbol "T' had it's or igin in the word intensity" and in Nrl b2l4AA tud@l E-flb fish, this word is regularly used where we say current, but in the in terest of international uniformity this was sacrificed in order to gain other points. The letter q" is now the accepted international symbol. O. What countries are included in the Near East7 V. S. A. The countries included in the lzfF n nt~ fsasu A feaf. rsE tan, Albania, Arabia. Armenia, Asia Minor. Egypt, Eritrea, Greece, Cy- trus, Malta, Mesopotamia, Morocco, Palestine. Persia Smyrna, Syria, Tri- poll. Tunis. Turkey.
 O. Is glass porous? B. N. B. A. Glass is impermeable to liquids and gases and is therefore not DOT l ous
 c. Where did seraniums come from? F. G. w.
 A The ordinary garden gerani- ums are spec es of pelargonium and are natives of South Africa O. What is German silver made of? w. N. D.
 A. German silver is a white alloy composed of nickel. copper and zinc | The best quality consists of foul | parts copper, two parts nickel and | two parts zinc, but in this proportion | it is difficult to work. For some uses 8 small amount of lead is added. o. Are any of the trees of ths Garden ot Gethsemane still living F. K. A.
 A. On the land now known as tn, 1 Garden of Gethsemane there are now eight very old olive trees which tra. dition says were living in the time O l Christ The actual location of tn, | Garden of "Our Lords Agony wa. | lost and the present site selected al the probable location.
 c. How large a capacity must tn, refriserators on a ship like the Olym pie have? Nj. L.
 A. The refrigerators of the Olym pic have a capacity of 800 tons O food. This ship when full carrie $500 persons.
 c. Kindly settle an argument b, stating what city is known as Fall City. H. c.
 A. Louisville, Ky, is known b. this title, probably because of tn rapids of the Ohio river, near tn city.
 o. Recently | came across an ilIu sion to the parliament of Ounces. Ca you enlishten me in regard to this c. B. E.
 A. In 1404. at Coventry, England parliament convened by Henry IV was known variously as the Parlia ment of Ounces. the Unlearned Par liament and the LaCk-learning par liament, and the name applied i derisiou, probably by lawyers.
 o. Was DaVy Crockett ever i congress? F. G. S.
 A. David Crockett was in congres from 1926 to 1880 and from 1892 { 1S34 representing a Tennessee con stituency. At the end of his last con gressionaI term he joined the Texan in thair war against Mexico an helped defend the Alamo in 1886. Fl was one of the six survivors who sur rendered and was shot by order ( Santa Ana.