Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-28
New Questions

1. Why were the cedars Of Lebanon
remarkable enough to find a place III
literature?
2. Which has the larger area,
United States or Canada without pos
sessions?
8. How much has the government
paid to World war veterans to date!
4. What was the era of good feel
ing?
5. Are automobile accidents in
creasing?
6. What do the names Baraca and
Philathea mean?
Z. How much did the arenas for
the Dempsey-Willard and Dempsey
Carpenter fight cost?
8. Is the bite or sting Of the stone
fly dangerous?
9. Is Yellowstone National park
one of the seven wonders of the
world?
TO- When were Italics first used?
Questions Answered
10. What is the size of the larg-
est egg known?
A. The epiornis, an extinct mitite
bird of Madagascar, much like an os-
trich in size and structure, laid the
| largest and strongest egg known
measuring about 10 inches by 9 IL.
These dimensions are twice those of
an ostrich egg, and an egg of the ep-
iornis would hold the contents of sly
ostrich eggs. Tradition and the evil
dence of some bones indicate that
these birds were cxterminated since
human occupation Of Madagascar be-
gan.
90. How much does water ex-
pand when it becomes ice?
A. The expansion of water when
it passes into the solid state amounts
to 8.55 per cent.
80. Please name some famous
giants and give their heights.
A. The following are names of
world famous giants: Magrath, go
inches; Patrick Cotter (of OBrien), SO
inches; Charles Byrne, 100 inches;
Hopivard's Kalmull, 100 inches:
Winkelmaier, 1O3 inches; Poplvard' S
Finlander, 112 inches.
40. Has Russias position i'm
proved as far as being able to support
her own people IS concerned?
A. The department, of agriculture
says that enough bread grains are
being harvested in Russia this sum
mer to feed her people.
So. How far was it from Baby
lon to Jerusalem-the route the exiled
Jews took to return from captivity?
A. The Jews, contrary to general
supposition, were not settled after
the captivity, entirely in the city of
Babylon, but in the country of Baby
lonia, a large part of which is now
known as Mesopotamia. The distance
they Travelled in their return to Jeru
| fhnrnfnrn
and 700 miles.
Go. What were or are the ele-
mental spirits?
A. Elemental spirits were beings
who according to popular belief in
the Middle Ages, presided over the
four elements, living in and ruling
them. The elemental spirits of fire
were called salamanders; those of
water, undines; those of air, syIpts,
and those of earth, gnomes.
10. Who was Brian Boru?
A. He was a noted Irish king who
relgned in the eleventh century.
So. In playing golf have 1 a
rlSnt to bend the grass when l find
my ball in the rough?
"A. You may bend or part the
grass only if it is necessary for YOU
TO DO SO in order to identify your ball,
ana then only sufficiently to enable
you to make the Identification.
90. What percentage of the i'm.
4 migration to Canada is from the
United States?
A. Since the first of the year, the
United States has furnished about
half of the newcomers IN Canada
The total is made up of 1928 British,
IS,O1S Americans, and 1927 from other
countries.
100. Were lotteries ever used
for any public purpose in this coun,
try?
A. In the eighteenth century lot.
teries were extremely popular in
America. Legislation authorized
them for every species Of public i'm
Iprovement, for the building OF