Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1922-09-21
New Questions

1. When was the longest legisla-
tive day in congress?
2. What was the mystery or story
in connection with the famous ques-
ton as to who struck Billy Patter-
son?
8. What is the value Of a modern
passenger train?
4. How fast is the solar system
moving?
S. What is the correct version Of
the mountain and Mohammed prov
erb?
6. Did Caesar really say set tn
Brute" when he was assassinated?
Z. How can an eight-hour day be
practiced on a farm when cows have
to be MIXED every twelve hours?
8. Who Is the head of Scotland
Yard? Why was it called that?
8. What Is the origin Of the name
Of Mormons:
10. Will an electric motor run in
a vacuum?
Questions Answered
10. How many words are there
in the English language, and how
does this compare with other Ian
guages?
A. English leads with approx
mately 100000 words; German, 300,-
600; French, 100000; Russian, 140,-
900; Spanish, 100000; Italian. 140,-
900.
20. When was the game Of
marbles invented?
A. This game has been known
", {e ,,lo
ed among all the peoples OF the
world. Marbles are manufactured
in large quantities in Saxony and
are exported to India, China, Africa,
and practically every nation Of Eu-
rope and America.
SO. Give a list of modern Amer
lean inventions?
"A. Among those deserving a place
in such list are: the air brake, eel
luloid, telephone, typewriter, talking
machine, electric lamp, incandescent
lamp, chrome tanning, trolley car,
cash register, rotary converter, cleo
trio welding, recording adding ma
chine, carborundum, high speed
steel, aeroplane, hydro-aeroplane, and
machine gun.
40. For what period can wealth
er be predicted?
A. The weather bureau says 1t Is
impossible to give practical fore
casts of weather conditions for more
than three days in advance.
SO. How much blood is there
N the human body?
A. There are from to II quarts
Of blood in the body Of an average
man about rs years of age.
Go. Are the rings Of saturn
solid or-nuid? -$l!aEz ass
A. The conclusion has been reach
ed that the ring is triple, consisting
Of concentric parts, and that it is
composed of very large number Of
small satellites. If the ring were
solid some temporary disturbance
would suffice to disrupt it, nor is it
more reasonable to presume that it
is liquid.
TO. When are "dog days?"
A. DOG days" is the name given
to the period from four to six weeks,
variously placed between the early
part of July and the early part of
September. It is so called not be-
cause Of the prevalence of mad dogs
then, but because it was reckoned
in ancient times from the rising of
the bod Star Sirius
SO. In what part Of the coun.
try dc people live the longest?
A. The longest lived people are
said to be the Kansans. Wisconsin
ranks second in duration of life.
| 60. Why was Senator Atchison
president for day instead of the in
coming president being inaugurated?
| A. Zachary Taylor was to be in.
augurated and he did not arrive in
Washington in time to take the oath
of Office privately on March 4th
which fell on Sunday. He was in
augurated on Monday. March. 5,
1849.
100. What will take out an
iodine stain?
| A. If it is fresh satin. spirits
Of ammonia will remove 1t.