Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-05-10
QUIZ

@. What is the nearest American town to
Europe? AZ
A. ST. Johns, Newfoundland 1t is only
1920 miles from the coast of Ireland.
@. What are moth balls made of? <'~
A. Varying combinations of camphor, tar,
creosote, and naphthalene. Some formulas
contain cedar OIL
Q. Who said, "You can't make a silk purse
out of a sows ear?" H-
A. An old English proverb reads "You
can not make, my Lord, fear, a velvet purse
out of a sow's ear ''te
Q. What is the correct name of the so-call-
ed Moonlight Sonata? -
A. The Minor Sonata.
Q. What river is widest at It's mouth7-.
A. The Rio de la Plata. 1t measures TWEEN
ty-ftve miles across at Buenos Aires and more
than sixty miles at Montevideo. pla
@. Who was ruling in England when the
Puritans left? ~;
A. Queen Elizabeth. AS a political party
the Purtans were powerful during the reign
of the Commonwealth from 1649 to 1869,
but many had emigrated to New England be-
fore that time. -
Q. Who invented the American game Of
baseball? S. B. B.
A. The modern game of baseball origirlat-
ed with the Knickerbocker club, organized in
New York City in 1S45. The first person, to
prepare diagram of the playing diamond
was Abner Doubleday.
Q. If a ship is out at sea and 1t Is firing
at target which is out of sight how can il
hit the target? G. S.
A. The navy department says that general
ly speaking, when person speaks of target
being out of sight he means out of sight
at the level of the gun. A target mayestill
be visible from the tops of the masts and by
the firing control system of the ship, the
range and direction very easily be deter
mined and a hit scored. Accuracy in this
comes from constant drilling and practice If
target is out of sight from the tops of the
masts it Is necessary to send an airplane close
enough to the target to be able to observe
where the shots fall and then communicate
with the firing shift by radiophone or other
kind of signal as to increasing or decreasing
the range or firing more to the right or to
the left, ETC.
@. Which is thicker, gold leaf or soap
bubble? K L. W.
A. A single grain of gold has been beaten
into leaf of Is inches square, making it
1857 900 of an inch thick. The thinnest
spots on soap bubble are less than 1-3 000,-
0007inch thick.
Q. Are camel's hair brushes really made
Of camels, hair? E. B. u
A. Cancels hair brush is trade express
sion. Such brushes are usually made of Rus
sian squirrel hair, which nearly Stimulates
camel's hair that experts are often unable to
detect the difference.
Q. When were pipelines first used for
transporting oil? A. r.
A. The use Of the pipeline for conveying
oil was suggested by General S. D. Karnes OF
pipelines were not successfully operated until
ter years later.
@. Please tell something about the longest
night in history when people went to bed on
the I'd of September and awoke on the 4th.
J. P. w.
A. The longest night in history September
2, 1852. was when the Gregorian calendar was
adopted in England, through the influence Of
Lord Chesterfield. The calendar arranged by
Julius Caesar by not making sufficient allow
for leap year had caused the English
date to be then eleven days behind the right
time. These days were omitted after Septem-
Der 2, so that the next day was reckoned as
September 4.
Q. What is the main branch of the Roths-
child family? S. F.
A. There three main branches of the
Rothschild family each engaged in business.
The head office Of N NJ Rothschild & Sons
is in London that of Rothschid Freres in
paris, and third branch of which Baron
Rothschild Is the head, at Vienna.