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 c. What form of government has Cuba? To whom does it be- long? Who discovered it?
 A. Cuba is an independent nation with a republican form of govern ment, and is a protectorate of the United States. Christopher Colum- bus discovered the islands in 1492, and it was settled by the Spanish in 1511 and was held by Spain until 1898.
 Q. On what date did Good Friday fall in 1918?
 A. March %. Q. What is the name of the presidents yacht?
 A.. The presidential yacht May flower" has been withdrawn from service, and President Hoover has ! none.
 Q. What is the capital of China? A. Ranking.
 Q. Where are leopards and tigers native? A. Leopards occur in India, Cey lon, Burma, Persia, Palestine, Syria, Arabia Africa. Tigers are widely distributed throughout Asia and are abundant in India, but absent from Ceylon and the plateau Of Tibet.
 Q. If a Canadian girl comes to the United States and marries an American citizen does she become an American citizen, by reason of her marriage"
 A. She does not acquire Ameri can citizenship by marriage, and if she leaves the United States, she must pay a head tax, when she re- enters this country.
 Q. What is the derivation Of Genoa"
 A.. It is from Latin "Genua." Italy is shaped like a leg, and Genoa is situated at the knee, and the name is probably derived from the Latin "genu" meaning knee.
 Q. Who invented the first auto matic train stop for railroad trains?
 A. The first one tried on a steam railroad was the invention of a MT. Vogt, general superintendent .rof motive power of the Pennsylvania railroad. It was installed on the main line near Altoona. Pa, in 1887. The device was not practical. After that many inventions were tried, and during the investigation of the block signal and train control board 191S-16 over 1,4S3 patents connected with train stops were examined.
 Q. What is the population of the world?
 A. It is estimated at 1,aoe,- GOO, 900.
 Q. What is the population--of of France, and what proportion of the people are Roman Catholics?
 A. The 1926 census gave France a population of 4O,9S8,S47 and all but about one million are Roman Catholics.
 @, For what is "ult" an ab- breviation?
 A. "Ultimo" which stands for last month.
 Q. What is the oldest known form Of religion?
 A. Animism, or. belief in spirits. Forms of this religion exist today in some parts of Africa.
 Q. What is the definition of a laborer?
 A. A laborer is defined as one who labors or works with mind or body, or both; specifically one who is engaged in some toilsome physical occupatlon: ill a more restricted sense, one who performs work which requires little skill or special train- ing, as distinguished from a skilled workman; in the narrowest sense, such an unskilled workman ensa eed in labor other than that of a domes- tic servant, particularly in hus- bandry.
 e. What is cryptosram'
 A. Anything written by an ar rangement of words or characters that have a secret meaning.
 e. What is the largest sum Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney received for a single prize fight?
 A, Jack Dempsey received ap. proximately s750.oOO for his frs, fight with Gene Tunney in Philadel, phia, Pa. September 8, 1926. Gene Tunney received 3900,O00 for hi, second fight with Jack Dempsey a Chicago. September o2. 1927.
 Q. Do naturalized citizens Of tht United States have the same right! and privileges as natural bori citizens?
 A. Yes, with the exception tha they are not eligible for the offic, of president or vice president of th' United States
 Q. What i. the largest stcan locomotive?
 A. The Northern Pacific o-s-s-. Class Z-5 locomotive number 5,O0' which is 195 feet over all and ha eiyfecp Iyi,