New Britain herald., 1930-02-28
QUEITIONS ANSWERED

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 c. Who was the author of the saying: Where ignorance is bliss tis folly to be wisc'?
 A. Thomas Gray.
 c. Who was Donate Donatello?
 A. An eminent Florentine sculp- tor, patronized by Comiso de Medici. His works are commented for cor rectncss Of form, propricty Of atti- tude, and power and truth of cX- prcssion, sometimes reaching the pathetic and sublime.
 e. What arc the names of the three orders of Greek architecture ?
 A. Doric. Ionic and Corinthian.
 e. Is it correct to say, Lend mo book or Loan me a book"?
 X. Lend me q book. is correct.
 e. Was Woodrow Wilson ever an alderman in New Jersey?
 A. No. He entered political life as democratic governor Of New Jersey.
 e. Has the moon anything to do with insanity?
 A. The word lunatic comes from the Latin root luna" meaning moon. It used 10 be thought that insanity was induced by the moon. in some unexplained manner, and the word lunatic actually means moonstruck Modern science has discovered that insanity has no con- nection with the moon, but the an cient appclation lunatic still per sists.
 Q. Is the Salton Sea of recent formation"
 A. Salton Sea or Salton Basin has apparently existed from ancient times as salt marsh. covered in spots by shallow pools, and never completely dry. As far back as records exist. overfows Of the Colo rado river have added 10 the normal precipitation of this basin. and the great influx Of waters in 1905 and II l, lr.,,t ?, Sea a body Of water that covered at one time 4o.o00 to 50.OO0 acres.
 c. How much larger is the sun than the carthr
 X. The suns diameter is approNi- mately S65.0OO miles. The diameter Of the ""rth is slightup under 5000 miles. The mass Of the sun is 332,GO0 times the mass of the earth.
 c. Did Christopher Columbus land on the continent of North America?
 A. He landed. first on one Of the second voyage he landed on the con- tinent Of South America.
 c. What is meant by pack Ice. in the Antarctic regions?
 A. It is floating ice that has jammed together to form broken fields, A belt Of drifting pack ice rings the Antarctic continent. .. How long did it take to build the Alaska railroad? What did il cost?
 A. The railroad was begun by the government in 1915 and com pleted in 1923, at total initial cost Of s56. 900, ,000. Appropriations since that date bring the tottal cost up to nearly s70.000,00o. c. Does Harold Lloyd wear glasses habitualy, or only in his pictures?
 A. They are merely feature of his comedy and Slo wears only the frames without lenses.
 Q. What was the date Of the second inauguration Of Grover Cleveland?
 A. March 4. 1899. c. What is the base pay Of a man entering the United States Marine Corps
 A. Twenty dollars a month.
 Q. Has there been large in crease in saving bany deposits in the | United States since 1927"
 A. In 1927 they amounted to sS.73S, ,902. .000; in 1928 they Wcrc :1O.234,o4l.0O0 and in 1929 the tottal was sl0,451.5S7,o0o
 Q. Who were the Coppcrheads during the Civil war?
 A. The name was applied tc northcrncrs whose sympathics wcrC with the South. c. What is the greatest distanco ever covered in a siN day, go-as-you. l please race
 1 A. George Littlewood of England covered G93 miles. The second bcs i performance is G21 miles by Jamo. Albcrts of the United States. ] c. What time does the Broadway ! limited make from New York tC i Chicago"
 A. Twenty hours.
 c. Did Lionel Barrymore rocit' the soiloquy from Henry VI il "The Show of Shows?
 4. It was John Barrymore brother of Lionel, who rccitcd tn, l sOlilOQuy.