New Britain herald., 1930-08-01
QUESTIONS ANSWERED

QUESTIONS ANSWERED
 You can get an answer 10 any question of fact or information by writing to the Question Editor. New Britain Herald, Washington Bureau. 1922 New York avenue, Washing ton. D. C.. enclosing two cents. in stamps for reply. Medical, legal and can extended research be under taken. All other questions wilt re- ceive a persona reply. Unsigned re- quests cannot be answered. All let ters are contldentiaI.-Ed Editor.
 Q. How are percentages and averages figured in baseball?
 A. To determine the percentage of games won and lost divide the total number of games played into the number won. To determine bat ting averages divide the total times at bat into the total Of base hits. To determine fielding averages, di- vide the total of put-outs, assists and errors into the total of put-outs and assists. In all cases where the remaining fraction is one-half or over, q point is added to the average,
 c. Who played the part of Mary Dugan ill the motion picture The Trial Of Mary Dugan"'
 4. Norma Shearer.
 c. What substances cost more than gold?
 4. Some that are more valuable are; Radium, tantalum, platinum, iridium, palladium, rhodium, osmi- um and ruthenium.
 Q. What selection was played by Betty Compson on the violin in Street Girl?'
 A. My Dream Memory"
 Q. What is used to color gaso- line red, green and blue'
 4. The red dye is oil red, the green dye is quinizarine green, oil soluble and the blue dye is alizarlne blue. oil soluble. or any other oil soluble blue dye.
 c. Has Columbus. Ohio a larger population than Toledo?
 A. Columbus has population of 28q.056 and ToIedo's population is oq0.787, according to the 1930 census.
 Q. What is a foul tip" in base ball?
 A. A ball batted by the batsman while standing within the lines Of his position, that goes sharp and di- rect from the bat to the catcher hands. and IS legally caught. If not caught, it is simply a foul.
 Q. How long has it been since Baltimore won the pennant in the International Baseball league? Who won last year?
 A. Baltimore won it in 1925 and Rochester won in 1922.
 Q. How old is Peggy Hopkins Joyce?
 4. 36 years old.
 Q. What is "Hydrostatics?"
 4. The science that treats Of the pressure and equilibrium of prac- tically incompressble fluids.
 Q. Is data singular or plural?
 4. Datum is singular and data is plural.
 Q. Is it good form to use Es- qulre, instead of Mir?
 A The abbreviation Esq IS sometimes used in social core spondence, and IS neither good nor bad form, but simply matter of taste.
 e. How many justices compose the United States supreme court?
 4. One chief justice and eight associate justices.
 c. Did Mime. Curie receive a gift Of q large amount of radium when she Was in the United States?
 4. She was presented with s5o,- GOO worth of radium last year by the women of the United States.
 .. What language do the people Of Java speak?
 1. The official language is Dutch, but the natives speak Javanese, a language Of the Malayo- Polynesian group,
 C. Has Teapot Dome been re- turned to the United States and IS IL being operated?
 4. The Teapot Dome oil basin was restored to the United States government and IS now controlled by the Navy Department, following decisions of the courts that the leases were fraudulent, The field is not being operated at present?
 Q. Where is the worlds largest electric sign?
 A. On top Of the Union station, Chicago, Illinois. It is 268 feet long and 23 feet high, with two lines of letters. The upper line has 12 letters standing s feet high, while the lower line contains 49 six-foot letters.
 Q. How many American women, who went overseas with the army during the World war, died in France?
 1 A. Nearly 400 of the 2o.0oo American women died in France Some were army nurses, others were i Red Cross drivers and some were canteen workers. Many were under : fire repeatedly. A number were killed in air raids. Many died ot l diseases contracted in their work.
 Q. Where should the ground con- ncction on automobile radio recelV' 1 ing sets be made?
 A. The National Radio Institute advises that it is always made tt the metal chassis of the automobile which takes the place of the ground ] nrdir q rilu 1lsnd in raceiNIng sets.