Evening star., 1932-02-16
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN,

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O. What was the remarkable price
paid on horse for place at the Miami
race track?-A. A.
A. Baal, running maiden race at
Hialeah Park, established the world
record place price Of S97110 on Feb
rury 4. Only four tickets were cashed
The 3-year-old paid $248.3o on s0pw
tickets.
@. How many flying hours has Col
Lindbergh?-M. S.
A. The Aeronautical Bureau says
that there is no record kept of the
number Of miles that Col Lindbergh
has flown. Up to October, 1890, it
was estimated that he had flown 400
hours.
9; Was there ever a st. valentine9-
l.
A. Some writer's are inclined to think
that no such person as st. Valentine
ever existed, though there appears to
be ample proof that he was Chris
tian bishop in the third century after
the death Of Christ and that he suf-
fered martyrdom under the Emperor
Claudius on February IA, 27l A. D.
@ Can zebras be domesticated?-
N E.
A. They can be- In fact, zebras have
been domesticated, although not on a
very large scale.
@. Are there hills or mountains
where automobiles will coast uphill2-
3. H. c.
A. Automobiles do not coast uphill
The fact that they seem to is the re,
suit Of an optical illusion produced By
contrast in two grades. Such hills may
be found wherever roads curve around
large hills or mountains. The sharp
contrast OF two grades or two declines
produces the illusion.
Q. Who was washington's drill mas
ter?-E. L. r
"A. He was Gen. Won Steuben. a Ger
man officer. who aided General, later
President, Washington in the Revolu-
tionary War, and was the first foreign
officer to aid IN drilling the raw Colo
NAL troops.
O. What is the lowest temperature
which has ever been reached?-R. H.H.
A. The Bureau Of Standards saws
that the lowest temperature produced
SO far is about eight-tenths OF a de-
gree Centigrade above absolute zero.
@. Who received the Pulitzer prize
for the best American novel in 1929
and l930?-L. L.
A: In 1880 the award went TO Oliver
La Fargo for Laughing Boy" In 1929
1t went to Julia Peterkin for Scarlet
Sister Mary"
@. Did the Republican party favor
bimetallism in 1896?-E. c.
A. The plank as finally adopted was
was follows: The Republican party Is
unreservedly for sound money. 1t caused
the enactment of the law providing for
the resumption Of specie payments in
1879; since then every dollar has been
as good as gold. We are unalterably
opposed to every measure calculated to
debase our currency or impair the credit
Of our country. We are, therefore, op-
posed to the free coinage Of silver except
by international agreement with the
leading commercial nations Of the world,
which We pledge ourselves to promote,
and until such agreement can be OBJ
tained the existing gold standard must
be preserved. All our silver and paper
currency must be maintained at parity
with gold, and We favor all measures
designed to maintain inviolably the obl-
cations of the United States Of all our
money, whether coin or paper, at the
present standard. the standard of the
most enlightened nations of the earth"