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 Q. When was Benny Leonard, the former lightweight champion of the world born, Was he ever in the U. 6. Army?
 A. He was born at New York city, Aprile7, 1897. He served as boxing instructor in the United States Army at Camp Upton and later at Camp Lee, Virginia. in the latter part of 1917 and 1918, holding commission in the Army. That was after he won the lightweight tHle from Freddy Welsh on May 2S, 1917, Q. What are the names for the male and female swan? A. The ma.e swan is called a cob" the female q "pen." Q. What three outstanding mo. ton pictures were adapted from the Bible? A. "The Ten Commandments,'' V "The King of Kings" and Passion Play"
 Q, How many blind persons and deaf mutes are there in the United States? A. There are 52.567 blind per. sons and 44.Ss5 deaf mutes. Q. Who is the author of the lines:
 ''Once to every man and nation comes the moment to decide. In the strife of Truth and False- hood, for the good or evil side" A. James Russell Lowell. 1 Q. Does Shakespeare use the word hurdle" in any of his poems A. According to Bartlett's Con- cordance to Shakespeare" there is one use of the word hurdle" in Romeo and Juliet. Act ,. Scene k line 156-"Go with Paris 10 Saint Peters church or I will drag thee on a hurdle thither." Q. Where is the new Ford plan, in England located? A. At Dangenham near London It will be capable of producing 200.- 600 cars and trucks annually when completed. It .s expected to he sui. i ficiently completed in 1880 for pro duction to begin. Q. What language is used by a ] ma joritv of people in Switzerland? I A. German.
 Q. When did Wallace Reid die l A. January IS. 1923. c. What was the Black Death?
 A. It is one of the names given to an Oriental plague (Bubonic 1 plague). an acute infectious diseast caused by the presence of a specific microbe. and marked by suppuratior snd tumor. which in the 14th cen. tury desolated the world. It took its name from the black spots caused by subcutaneous hemorrhages which. in severe cases. appeared or the skin. In almost all cases it's vic. tims perished in two or three days after being attacked.
 q. Are the Rocky Mountaina older than the Appalachian chain?
 \. The Rocky Mountains are much younger geologically than the Appalachian chain which accounts for their peaks being sharp and high.
 Q. How long has Richard Bar. thelmess been acting in motion pic. lures?
 A. He began his screen career ir 1916.
 Q. Do more deaths in proportion occur from automobile accident. than from airplane accidents in tn, United States?
 | A. There are e4.5o1, ,oo4 moto vehicles in the United States ant the latest figures show that e7,00, persons were killed by automobile in 1928. There are approximatel. 6.600 airplanes in the United States In 1928 there were s6s airplan fatalities.
 Q. What is the difference be tween fiddle" and a violin?
 A. They are the same. Fiddle an older and more idiomatic tern that has been discarded by mu sicians.
 .. What did the United State pay for Alaska?
 A. &7.c0o.O00
 c. What is the value of a Unite, States large copper cent dated 1900
 X. 10 to 50 cents.
 Q. What ia the political statu of the present government in Egg, pt
 A. It is constitutional mon archy, possessed of the rights ( sovereignty and independence, bu