Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-02-24
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New Questions
l. How long has the game of check
ers been known and what countries
: saIs5Stf1ere any law against catch
it in captivity?
8, Where was Buffalo Bill buried?
a. Are there any vegetable juices
that will make an invisible ink?
5. What color uniforms did the
soldiers of other nations wear in the
world war? -:''.
6. How much sediment is carried
into the ocean by rivers of the United
States?
I. When was the song America"
first sung?
s. How much money is spent Oh
movies in year?
g. When was the first minstrel COM
pany in the United States formed?
10, How many mints are now in
operation in the United States?
Questions Answered
20. What relation is the former
Kaiser Wilhelm Of Germany to Queen
Victoria?
A. The former Emperor William
of Germany is a grandson of the late
Queen Victoria of England. His moth
err was Queen Victoria's oldest child.
GO. To whom were the Nobel
prizes awarded in 1920?
awarded as follows: Woodrow VIII
son, peace; Prof. August Krogh
(Denmark), medicine; Knut Hamsum
Norway, literature; Charles G.
Breteuil (head of interior bureau OF
weights and measures). physics.
SO. How long did the glacial pc
riod last, and how long ago was it?
A. The Pleistocene period or glacial
invasion was the last important geo.
logical event before the present
epoch that had wide influence upon
the physical appearance of the world
The duration Of the period is estt-
mated as being at least 100000 years,
and the ice retreated from the north
ern part of the United States as long
as $4,000 years ago, while Sweden
emerged from its ice cover about
10000 years ago. !.
10. When does the astronomical
lay begin?
A. The astronomical day begins
at noon, and the hours are num-
bered from one to twentyfour.
SO. What is the common name
Of the plant called Chionanthus vir-
ginica?
A. The common name for the
Chionanthus is the fringe tree, while
the Chionanthus virginia. is known
as the snow flower.
Go. What is a Marlborough?
A. This is a term used in the vari-
Gus forms of whlst-auction.. bridge,
etc. and is applied to a hand in
which there is not card higher than
a nine.
90. What is the feminine form Of
the name "David?"
A. The name Vida is the feminine
equivalent of David" which is de-
rived from the Hebrew. meaning "be-
loved"
SO. Are women employed as wire
less operators?
A. Women are employed as wire
less operators, assigned to land duty
but are not sent out on sea duty.
60. How long is a copyright
good for?
A. The copyright office says that
the duration of a copyright is twen-
ty-eight years. This period may be
extended for one more period OF
tWenty-eight years.
100. How is the name of the
Japanese ambassador pronounced?
A. The Japanese embassy says that
Baron Shidehara's name is pro-
nCunced Shee dee ha' ra