The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-06-18
Questions and Answers

O-Name the highest mountain in North
America
Ant Mckinley, Alaska. 10000 feet.
Q-How does Texas compare in with Mexico?
A-Texas contains 265,896 square miles and
Mexico has 767196.
O-When and by whom aluminium first pro-
duced in commercial quantities?
AIN November 1888, by the Pittsburgh Reduc-
ton Company, later reorganiZed into the Aluminium
Company of America. The method was based on
the invention of Charles Martin Hail. patented April
2 1889 He produced aluminium electrically instead
of chemically, greatly reducing the COST
Q-Is the volcano Stromboli active?
A-Almost perpetually.
Q-Is there horizon at the North Pole?
Ayes, the same as at any and all points on the
earth'S surface.
Off a womans first husband died and she re-
rnarres, is she still called widow?
A-widow is defined in law as IAN unmarried
woman whose husband is dead"
Q-what does Via Dolorosa mean?
A-Road of sorrow.
O-Give the address of William Lyon Phelps
Alto Whitney Avenue New Haven, Conn.
Q-What species of eagle is portrayed on the
great seal of the United States?
A-The bald eagle.
Q-Who discovered the Hudson river and why
was it so named?
Att was discovered by Verrazano in 1894, but
was first explored by Hendrix Hudson in 1909 At
first it was called North river to distinguish it from
the Delaware, or South river, but the English re-
named it in honor of the explorer The Indian name
was Shatemuc.
Q-When and where were the first horse cars
operated in the United States?
A-1he first horse car line opened in New
York City, Nov IA, 1882. The cars resembled stage
coaches and accommodated from eight to ten passen-
rr10 fIa1
road Company, and the tracks were laid on Fourth
avenue between Prince and Fourteenth streets.
GIN which states is hitch hiking prohibited by
Anew York New Jersey. Connecticut, Della
ware, Maine, Minnesota, Oregon, Wisconsin, Vir-
ginia and the District of Columbia
Q-What is the source of the quotation "It is
written, My House shall be called House of prayer
but We have made it a den of thieveS?"
A-Matthew 21:13, and quoted from Isaiah 56:l
Odd Wessmuener and Maureen OSullivan have
doubles for the trapeze swinging among the trees in
Tarzan and His Mate" and real lions used in
the picture?
A-They had doubles for the more difficult
trapeZe work. Many real lions used, but there
also were dummy lions in the scenes where they are
shown attacking "Tarzan" and Harry Holt.
GLOW many vessels entered and cleared the
port of New York in 1888?
A-Entries, 3,27S; cearances 1890 vessels for the
fiscal year ending June 80, 1888.
Q-When was Samuel Pennypacker Governor of
Pennsylvania?
A-19O3 to 1907.
Q-Who played the part of kitty" in the mo-
ton picture Three Cornered Moon?"
A-Joan Marsh.
Q-Did Rudy ValIee and his orchestra play in the
motion picture "Glorifyng the American Girl?"
Ayes.
C-When did the twelfth congress noeet9
A-Nov. 4. 1911.
Q-What estimate did President Roosevelt give
for the public debt in his last budget message to
congress?
Ale estimated that by June go 1884, the public
debt might reach 500 BAT 1000 Since that message
was delivered, government receipts have exceeded
expectations and the debt is about four billion
dollars less than the Presidents estimate.
Q-Is the fact that a shark follows a ship sign
that death is imminent?
A-That is a common superstition among sea-
Their real purpose in following ships is to con-
sumo the garbage that is thrown overheard.
Q-Can a specially built shoe be patented?
Ayes.
QEIS Canadian woman who married an Amer
lean citizen in 1882 eligible to vote in the elections
next fall?
A-Marriage to an American citizen did not con-
fer American citizenship upon the wife, and unless
she is naturalized she not vote.
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