Evening star., 1936-09-16
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC }. HASKIN. |
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question OF fact BY ,Dritino The Euening
Star Information Bureau, Frederic J.
Hasksn, Director, Washington, D. C.
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O. How many Presidents of the United
States have made official visits to
Canada?-E. H.
A. President Roosevelt is the first to
do so.
@. Where is there the greatest range
Of temperature during the year?-B. A.
A. Cities in the United States which
have a great range Of temperature are
Boise, Idaho, which has recorded a diff
ference of as much as 149 degrees be-
tween Summer and Winter extremes;
Bismarck, N. OAK, 153 degrees; Pierre,
s. Oak, 152 degrees; Yakutsk in Siberia
has recorded temperatures as high as
102 degrees and as low as 80 degrees,
and Verkheyansk, "a degrees and go
degrees Gin both cases range Of l84
degrees.
@. What is the average age of the
justices of the Supreme Court?-W. H.
A. The average age of the nine JUS
tices is IL.
@. When was whist first played in
England?-M. S.
A. The origin of whist is very obscure
and no date is recorded on which it was
introduced into England. However, it
was known to be played in England as
early as 1929.
@. How much do the houses In the
old-age colony in New Jersey rent for?
e. G.
A. The homes, near Millville, will
rent for 81 month for couples and S.
month for single persons.
@. What is the word Mahatma Gandhi
uses for home rule?-J. B.
A. The word is swaraj.
@. Are the ultra violet rays of the sun
stronger in Summer than in Winter?
"A. v. o.
A. The intensity of the ultra violet
rays is about eight times as great In
August as in January. 1t increases
rapidly from sunrise until noon, when
it again decreases rapidly until sunset.
The intensity is almost twice as great
at noon as it is at o'clock in the after
noon.
@. Who said 1T is times like these
that try mems souls"?-D. L.
A. This is the opening sentence of
an article by Thomas Paine which ap-
peared in the Pennsylvania Magazine
during the Revolutionary period.
@. What is used to initiate toy ball
loons?-A. c. G.
A. Hydrogen is the gas usually en-
ployed to initiate them.
@. How many positions went under
civil service when the law was first en-
forced?-V. NJ
A. In 1883, the year in which the civil
service law was enacted, 1924 positions
were affected.
@. What is the name Of the place in
Japan where so many people commit
Suicide?-L. W.
A. Mount Mihara, the great active
volcano on OShima Island, south of
Toxic Bay, is favorite place for sui
eide. For years the Kegon Waterfall
in Nikko was the scene Of many cases
of self-destruction.
@. Who originated the idea Of the
Junior Achievement organization?-
r. w.
A. In 1919 Horace A. Moses, head of
the Strathmore Paper Co.. conceived
the idea of educating a group Of boys
and girls by having them form a COM
pany of their own and learn business
by actual experience.
@. Is 1t true that the University of
Texas owns many acres Of oil lands?
e. w. B.
A. The university owns over two mil
lion acres Of land and the discovery of
oil on the land has resulted in the re-
ceipt to August 81. 1895, Of over s2l,-
900 from oil and gas royalties.
@. Is there microvivarium in the
United StateS?-H NJ C.
A. The Rosenwald Museum of Science
and Industry of Chicago hopes to estab-
lish Americas first fnicrovivarium. BY
many for some years, DR.. George Rom
inert OF the Biological Laboratory in
Munich and of Columbia University in
New York, plans to make available to
teachers and students these latest de-
velopments in the field of microbiology
@. Was the Latrobe who invented the
kind of stove which bears his name the
one who rebuilt the Capitol after it was
burned in 1814?-S. N.
A. Benjamin Henry Latrobe was the
engineer and architect. and it was his
son, John Hazelhurst Latrobe, who in
vented the stove.
@. How large Is Loeb Lomond?-N. D.
A. 1t is % miles long and has an area
| Of q square miles.
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