Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-10-17
New Questions.

1. Who gave ireland the name En-.
erald Isle?
2. What is an encyclical?
g.. Has the term "fait accompli''
any special significance in diplamat-
ic language?
4. With what force does water ex-
pand when frozen?
5. Why does the state Of New
York recognize a divorce obtained,
say, in Reno, when the grounds for
divorce in Nevada are so different
from the grounds in New York?
6. What relation is the queen of
Rumania to Queen Victoria?
Z. How many cases of leprosy are
there in the United States?
8. What are the Oldest gold coins
in the world?
9. How can horns be kept from
growing on a COW?
10. received a registered letter
from England It contained a silk
necktie and handkerchief. The post
man made me sign for the letter,
open it in his presence, and then he
took it and it's contents to see about
the duty. Is that a correct pro-
cedure?
Questions Answered
10. Has anyone advanced the
theory that Jupiter is inhabited?
A. The French astronomer, Flam-
marion, says that there is a posi-
bility that Jupiter is inhabited.
20. Did Bell patent the tele-
phone as a process or device?
A: When Alexander Graham Bell
was granted letters patent on this
invention is was described in the ap-
plication and specifications as an
instrument for the transmission of
articulated speech by electric cur
rent. This fortunate wording COW
cred the process as well as the de-
vice and made possible a complete
monopoly of the telephone business
until the expiration of his patent
rights.
SO. Does city smoke affect
trees and plants?
A. The study of the smoke prob
lem in one city led the investigator
to the conclusion that the smoke and
gases emitted by power and heating
plant chimneys had harmful effect
upon trees, shrubs ana other vege-
tation.
40. How many rounds did VII.
lard and Johnson fight when Will
lard won the heavyweight title?
Also Jeffries and Johnson when
Johnson won the title?
\ A. The Willard and Johnson fight
was 26 rounds and the Jeffries and
Johnson fight was Is rounds.
SO. Who was Asoka whom H.
G. Wells includes in the six greatest
men in history?
A. Asoka was an emperor of In
Ola who reigned from 264 to 228 or
227 B. G. He was a patron of Bud
dhism in somewhat the fashion that
Constantine was of Christianity.
Asoka was the most powerful SOW
ereign of his time. The numerous
edicts which he had inscribed upon
rocks and pillars become monuments
reign.
Go. What is a person called,
who, under the influence of mania,
burns buildings unconsciously?
A. A person who has an insane in
clination toward incendiarism is call
ed a pyromaniac.
10. What is meant by the ex-
preston "Barnum was right?" AL
SO Sherman was right?"
A. The saying "Barnum was
right has reference to the quotation
general attributed to him There is
a fool born every minute" The ex,
preston Sherman was right" has
reference to his saying "War is
hell"
! SO. What is the Chinese game
Nah Jonng?
A. This game is played with
blocks of bamboo faced with ivory.
They resemble our dominoes after a
| fashion, but the game is more like
the card game Khun Khan or Rum.
60. How do the number of
deaths in airplane accidents COM
pare with automobile accidents in
proportion to the number of ma
chimes in operation?
A. During the IL months that end
ed December 81, 1921, there were in
the United States ia airplane acct