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~" dla gou answer ir was your
answer intelligent ana SATISFYING Is
Yourself and to the party making the
practically every FToriaiau and al
most every person that has ever
Visited the state or Who
Knows somebody that did viii
promptly inform yuu that they KNOW
Al ABOUT FLORIDA. Now when
sou come to think Of it. that Il a
rather broad statement for even !
natlVe-born Floriaian to make for.
net many know an there IS e. knew
about anything
+ Is good thing sometimes to
[ test our knowledge and ind cut how
little We really do know on a certain
subject. Let's take Florida as j sub
Ject this time and Just Tor the fun Of
It see what kind OF mark we would
be entitled to on the examination
It's a foregone conclusion that some
folks who have heretofore claimed
! ftllI knowledge on the subject win be
mighty glad to know that the answers
can be found in this article and that
L won't De necessary for them to take
/ their report cards home for mother.
The beginning of this piece IS start
ed with list OF 50 questions. all Of
them pertaining To Florida. Similar
questions are being asked every day
/ and most folks who claim to have
fafr knowledge OF Florida should
ind them easy to answer. OF course.
Grower readers who reside cut OF the
state and have NOT had an opportunity
to secure frst-hand information on
the subject cannot besexpected to give
an answer to all these questions. at the
same time it should prove interesting
/ To them because Of the information
they Will gain, and when these ques-
tions are putt to you at some later
date, as some OF them surely will be.
j you will have the satisfaction OF being
I able to give an intelligent answer.
/ Il you are a T1eridian. either by
birth or adoption. and claim an aver
age knowledge Of your state. YOU
/ should know something OF her re-
sources her birds and flowers. history.
] geography and certain general sub
jects. You should be able to answer
at least s. out Of the 50 questions.
They are not particularly hard. some
may seem ridiculously easy. but don't
be too sure. the simplest are some
times the hardest IT you answer 35
you are welI informed if you fall
under that mark you had better brush
up
For yaufsown information and bene-
fit study them anyhow. You viii learn
something perhaps. and it viii prove
/ an interesting and entertaining half
hours diversion Try them on the
children and your neighbours too;
fG's really fun and worth while as
we'll
/ You folks that live up north. cut
out this list OF questions, learn the
answers ana then spring them on
those friends and neighbors of yours
that claim TO know so much about
Florida
You won't find it hard to trap them
and on some Of the simplest questions
at that. As a rule, the folks who 60
out at their way to tell you about
] Florida are those who. visited the
state for a few days, gained their fnfor-
nation through a car window, or got It
second hand from some friend or ref
alire who made such an excursion.
The answers to all OF these questions
are given farther along IN this article:
lock them up If you must, but be
fore you do, try and see how far
YOU can 60 on your own efforts
| We believe that every Banner
reader viii enjoy and benefit by this
article: we will appreciate hearing
from you Tell US how you sue
ceeded and how the kiddies liked il,
what the neighbors said. and 50 on
Letters from Banner Feaders are al
wavs welcome we viii like to feel
that you are one Of the family. and
while we cant meet all OF you per-
s0naIly. it IS always a pleasure TO.
receive your letters.
you viii lind below the answers
TO the set Of questions that appeared
at the beginning of this article, the
answers are numbered to correspond
with the numbers Of the questions
T. The Suwannee River rises IN
southern Georgia. flows southwest
through the major portion OF its course
ii north central Florida. emptying