New Britain herald., 1930-08-19

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 2. Since William the Conqueror how many English Kings have been crowned in Westminster Abbey?
 A All but one, Edward V.
 2. What is the largest island in the Mediterranean
 A Sicily. Q. How many degrees Of longi- tude are allowed for each one hour difference in time.
 4. At each 15 degrees west of a given place It is one hour earlier; and each 15 degrees east it is one hour later.
 Q. On what date did President Harding die and when was he buried?
 4. He died August ?. 1929. and was buried August 10.
 Q. How many drug addicts are there in the United States?
 N. In 1928 the Prohibition Con- missioncr in his report to the Secre- tary Of the Treasury said "..... the Government is inclined 10 the opin- ion that there are not more than Ioo.o0o narcotic drug addicts in the continental United States at present. those figures representing very liberal estimate
 Q. What are dog days?"
 A. The name is derived from the Dog Star (Stius), which rises si- multaneously with the sun during the hottest period of the year. during part of July and part Of August The dates have varied throuhg the years, but are now commonly rock- oned from July 10 August H. or 70 days before and 70 days after the conjunction,
 h. Who vas Hotty Green?
 4. Amcrica's leading woman fInancier. born at Now Bedford. Mass. Her father Edward Mott Robinson. left her a large fortune in 1865, She married Edward H Green in 1S67 and was known as the richest woman in America, and the greatest woman financicr any where. She died in 1916.
 Q. Who is the author of the fol- loving line: "A thing Of beauty is a joy foreyer2"
 A. John Keats in "Endymion:" "A thing of beauty is q joy forever: Is loleliness increases; it will nev-
 CT pass into nothingneas
 Q. What is the superlative of handsome?
 4. Handsomest.
 .. Who was the first Mayor Of New York ??
 A. Thomas Willett G665).
 .. How may white silk he kept from turning yellow when washed?
 A. Put bIueing in each water and hang in the shade, preferably iE the dark 10 dry.
 Q. What is the record for out side loops in an airplane?
 A. July :. 1880, Paul Mantz, California aviator. made 4G out side loops
 Q. t satellita . planet? Are stars and the sun r,anets?
 4. 4 star is a sun, and our sun is q star. A planet IS one Of the bodies Of which the earth is q mem bcr, revolving around the sun. A satellite IS q body which is depend ent upon another body as the moon ia satellite Cf the earth.
 c. Who wrote the Molly Brown books?
 4. Nell Speed, who died in 1913.
 Q. When was the motion picture The Four Horsemen Of the Apo calypso" first shown in New York cdy?
 A. March 1921,
 c. On what day d:d the Jewish Passover fall in 1902
 A saturday, March 3o
 c Who was the composer of "Liebestraum ?'
 A. Franz Liszt.
 C. Where were the chief navsi es's blishments of Germany pevious 70 1918?
 4. Al Kiel on the Baltic. Will helmshavep on the North Sea, and the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, across the Schlcswig- Holstein neck from kicl 10 the Elbe. panzig was also an effective hase, having dock yard.
 c. Does the United States use oil burners on all it's naval vessels?
 4. Most of the United States Naval vessels ire steam driven with oH fuel; there are some that have oil burning engines.
 .. How far is the star Botel- geuze from the earth?
 A. About 1S0 light years.
 .. How many musicians are there in the Lucky Strike Dance orchestra?
 A. torty-thrce