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q. In0rganized baseball. nc what
speed I'm feet per second Nv the Av-
ernge bat moving when " connects
with the ball? J. n.
"A. The average bat Ia baseball
travels nc the rate or 20 to "a feet
per second when II contacts the ball
q. what story first pictured a d.
tective "a is hero? A. H.
A. The Memoirs OF vidocq. pub
lished Ia 1873. dealing with am ox-
convict and informer who ultimate
ly became head OF the Paris detec-
tive force IN the first work OF itn
kind TO feature n detective mG lfg ,
hero. It n doubtful whether W.
docq wrote the memoirs himself: "
the writing is usually attributed to
a Paris journalist named Morice.
D. Z !. What is a single phase ''''''''
A. II ls a circuit energiEed by q
single alternating electromotivD
force.
q. Who are the four noted men
whose llkenesses are tO be carved Un
Mount RuShm0re? A. wv.
A. Thomas jefferson. George
Washington. Abraham Lincoln and
Theodore Roosevelt.
q. What are the largest tobacco
centers Ann the United Statesg R- ".
"A. The three largest tobacco cen
tiers I'm the United States are: Lax
ington. Kentucky. which handles
approximately 90. U 1000 pounds "
year: Wilson. ~. O., with " .TpOyGh
pounds: and Greenville, =. C., VITA
62. 365 900 pounds or these, Lex
ington In primarily q Burley tobac-
CO market. while the other two are
predominRntly flue-cured tobacco
markets.
q. Where w the oldest concrete
home I'm American WI. q.
"A. II In In Chappaqua. New York.
Built IN 1882 by Horace Greeley, u
was first used as n barn. When fire
destroyed other buildings the barn
was transformed into a very preten-
tious house.
q. what are the duties % the d.
rector of the Bureau ~ Prisons I'm
the Department of Justice? A. m. M.
"A. The Director or the Bureau OK
Prisons has general supervision or
Federal penal institutions and pris-
oners. and or prison contracts and
matters arising under the probation
law. He also has charge or special
assignments by the Attorney Cen
eral.
q. What wild animals are found I'm
California? w. y. WI.
"A. Wild animals still 70 o. found
In California include the DIack, Gin
namon and brown bears: the grizzly
bear n seen occasionally. but IA
scarce. The California lion, noun
tain lion. or puma II found OCCASION
ally. as well a. the wild cat IN tho
mountains. Coyotes are common
q. when was RasputIn killed? A.
". ".
"A. Gregory Rasputin. tie Mad
Monk. was killed az Petrograd Uen-
ingrRd) In December 1915.
important towns In Ethiopia r.. J..
"A. Adds Ababa. the capital, Dire
dawa. Harar, Gondar, Debra. Mar
kos. Aduwa. Aksum uhe ancien.
capitaD. Ankober. Gore. and Sakota
are the places Of most importance.
q. How much ground does nm
earthwOrm e~xcavate In a Year, ".
:. VI. NY
A. II amounts to about 10 tons an
acre.
q. How old was EtheIbert Nevin
when he wrote Narclssus? ID. ID.
a. II was composed when the mu-
stefan was thirteen years old. o
That We Two Were Maying was
written the following year.
q. what \ The religion OF Latvias
a. Latvia Is Protestant by 1855 a
cent: Roman Catholic hy 1919 Der
cent; and there are BaptiSts. Mora
vans and other faiths.
q. Who was called the Nine Days
Queen? =. ID.
A. Lady Jane Grey. She was the
Observation-Disclosures Of Henry VII
and second cousin of Edward WI.
whom she succeeded for 10 short m
time.
q. How large IN the island d
Guam? ". WI.
A. This possession OF the United
States in the mid-Pacific has an
area Of 2l0 square miles. The pop
ulation IN about 10000. including the
military establishment.
q. Why do plants and flowers wilt
and sometimes die I'm the breere of
an electric fan? G.. ~.
4. This In because the fan causes
too violent a circulation OF afr which
ahsorhs the moisture from the plants
and flowers.
"a. DO nuts contain any lime? P. IVA.
a. Nuts supply more lime I'm FRO
portion 10 their weight than any
other food.
"a. Please give the legend about No.
Swithin and forty days OF rainf w.
II. NJ.
A. Saint swithin was an English
bishop OF Winchester. AT his request
he was buried after his death out
side his church at Winchester. When
a century later he was canonized.
his body was exhumed and buried
within the church. There is N legend
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