Evening star., 1936-07-16
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

| BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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question OF fact by 1Drittng The EUening
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@. How many firecrackers are sold for
Fourth of July celebrations? Where are
they made?-E. v.
A. 1t is estimated that more than
100000 pounds of f1recrackers, costing
$500,000, were sold this year. Firecrack-
erS constitute one-fourth Of all fireworks
sales and practically all come from
China.
@. How many national parks are there
in Canada?-C. N.
A. Canada has 18 national parks. with
total of l2059 square miles set apart.
@. Whom did Max Schmeling marry?
e. G.
A. His wife is Amy Ondra, motion
picture actress.
@. Does a person usually know when
he is losing his mind?-T. H.
A. He does not. The very fact that
he wonders whether he is losing his
mind is good indication that he is not.
The basis of a psychosis is a delusion, a
belief that something false is true.
@. What is the meaning of cisatlantic?
E. r.
A. Cis is a prefix representing the
Latin proposition els, on this side, op-
posed to trans.
@. How many foreign students are
there in United States colleges?-E. G.
A. In 1934-35 the number was 5,887.
@. Is Stanley Baldwin considered a
great orator?-M. D.
A. While he may not be able to domi
nate an audience as Asquith could, it IS
said that he is a good speaker has an
excellent voice, turns a happy phrase,
and says things that live in the memory
of his listeners.
@. Does the President follow a regular
diet?-L. E.
A. Mr.. Roosevelt is very strict with
himself in the matter of food. His
physician says that the President break
fastS only on orange juice and glass Of
milk three mornings week. Four other
mornings he adds bacon and an egg.
buttered toaSt-and substitutes coffee for
milk. Luncheon is invariably frugal, and
even at state dinners the President eats
sparingly.
@. What country has the best educated
population?-P. L.
A. Denmark. However, the population
Of the entire country is equal only to
about that Of Chicago
@. Has Russia dictator in the sense
that Hitler and Mussolini rules. K.
A. The situation is not the same. Rus
sia is not governed by a one-man die
tatorShip. When the chairman of the
political bureau dies or resigns another
is carefully chosen. The stress is on the
party machine rather than on the man.
@. Why are there SO columns instead
of 48 in the colonnade at the Lincoln
Memorial?-W. T.
A. They represent the number OF
States in the Union when Lincoln died.
The memorial has two additional COL
umns which stand in the entrance.
@. What is meant by telling the bees?
H r.
A. An old superstition is that when
death occurs some one must go to the
hives and tell the bees or they will be-
come unmanageable. A further phase
of the belief is that just before the
funeral of one who owns bees the hives
must be turned around. These fancieS
may have had their origin in a super
stitious reverence for the extraordinary
intelligence of bees Whittier in his
verses, Telling the Bees described the
custom.
@. How many bed rooms are there on
the second floor of the White House?
W P.
A. There are seven bed rooms and
baths, a library and the Presidents
study. On the third floor are IA rooms,
7 baths and storage rooms.
Q. What physical change makes the
hair feel as though it stood on end?
C. j.
A. The contraction of the muscles Of
the scalp is responsible. 1t is usually
caused Dy 1rlgnJ,
@. What is the battle of the flowers?
j. r. w.
A. This is feature Of carnival celebra-
tions which originated at Nice. Vehicles
are adorned with flowers and as they
are driven through the streets the occu-
pants salute their friends by throwing
flowers at them. The greeting is re-
turned in kind and the battle continues
for many hours. In many continental
cities the battles take place at other
times.
@. What is the name of county in
Kentucky that is famous for hooked
rugS?-E. L. H.
A. There are many places in the State
where these are made. but a survey sew
eral years ago showed that in Garrard
County 5000 hooked rugs adorned the
floors of various homes, all made in the
county.
c. Has an estimate ever been made
of the length of the average commercial
truck haul?-E. r. w.
A. According to the Motor Truck
Committee of the Automobile Manu-
facturers' Association, the length of the
average commercial truck haul in this
country is about ITO miles.
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