Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-07-20
New Questions.

1. How long have dice been used
in gambling games?
2. How many telephones are there
in North America?
8. How much is the Woolworth
building worth?
4. What is the origin of the term
Ounce?
S. Is it 5 true that Alexander
Dumas did not write all the books
attributed to him, and that he had
staff of writer's whom he ex-
plotted?
6. How tall is Pershing and what
does he weigh?
T.. How fast can railroad trains
run?
8. How many immigrants were
admitted to the. United States In
1920 and 1921?
8. When was Nell Gwyn on the
stage?
10. What is group life insurance?
Questions Answered.
1. O.-From what musical instru-
ment was the piano developed?
A.-Primitive man discovered that
the strings on a hunters bow emit
tel a tone when plucked. After a
time the harp was evolved. The 9th
ara was a development of. the harp.
Then came the dulcimer, the clayi-
cord, harpsicord and pianoforte-
2. Q.-What do the initials over
baseball scores mean?
"A. B., at bat; H, hits; P. O.,
put outs; A, assists; E., errors.
8. Q.-How many German subma-
rines came to this country during
the recent war?
Am 1915, prior to the entrance
of the United States into the World
war one commercial submarine and
one war submarine brought the Ger
man flag into American ports. The
first was the Deutschland, which
landed at Baltimore. The second
was the U-53 which entered Newport
harbor and after departing sank five
commercial vessels off Nantucket
lightship.
A. Q.-What is the significance of
the phrase with intent" so often
used in legal documents?
A.-As to intention, the law pre-
sumes every person to intend that
which follows as natural conse-
quence Of his action.
5. Q.-Whose bones are preserved
in the Chapel of Bones in Cologne?
A.-St. Ursula in that city con-
tains the bones Of 1000 English vir-
gins massacred there while on a pill
grimage to Rome. They are pre-
served in cases placed around the
church. The church of st. Greon,
also in Cologne, is dedicated to the
martyrs of the Theban legend. The
skulls and bones of martyrs are ar
ranged along the sides of the choir.
6. Q.-How many lepers are there
in the world?
A.-The number of lepers in the
world is estimated to be about 3d.
100000, two-thirds of them being in
China.
7. Q.-What is meant by auto-da-
fe?
A.-This is the name of the cere-
mony that accompanied the pro-
nouncement Of Judgment by the In.
QUESTION; and was followed by exc
cution. Hence auto-da-fe came to
mean theeburnirg of hereto.
8. (Which provinces of Canada
have prohibition laws?
A.-British Columbia has govern
ment regulated liquor sales. The
rest of the provinces, with the eXcep-
IAOAA VI S>uCpCCS nave piOIllU1IlOIl laws
Quebec has unrestricted license.
8. Q.-What percentage of the
population is sick all the time?
A.-Seven community surveys were
made in widely separated localities
under the direction of the Metropolis
tan Life Insurance company to de-
termine the extent of sickness, espe,
clally among the Wage-earning popu-
lation. They show an average per
centage Of sickness of 200; while 1888
per cent were sufficiently sick to be
unable to work
10. Q.-Which is the oldest of our
national parks?
A.-Hot Springs reservation of Hot
Springs national park, in Arkansas,
was the first to be established of the
sixteen national parks in the United
States. Four sections Of the land,
with the springs in the center, We're
reserved by the government in 1882.