Evening star., 1936-11-06
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

III BY FREDERIC J. HASKLN.
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@. What are the most dangerous
| sports?-H. j.
A. Coach Nal Stevens of New York
University says that foot ball is by
| far the most hazardous Of games, pro-
| ducing many more injuries than polo,
wrestling. lacrosse, soccer, crew and box
ing, which follow in that order.
@. How many people visit the Dionne
| quintuplets?-G. r. s.
A. Approximately 100000 Americans
| have visited the children so far this year.
@. Whom did Queen Victoria follow
as ruler of England?-A. K.
A. Queen Victoria inherited the throne
from her uncle, King william w. Her
father, the Kings next younger brother,
had previously died and Queen Victoria
| was therefore next in line of succession.
Queen Victoria had no brothers and she
was the only child of her father.
@. How old is Prof. Einstein?-T. N.
A. DR.. Albert Einstein was born March
IA, 1879, SO is 81 years old. He is now
an American citizen and appears in
who's Who in America" for the first
time.
@. What are the five largest cities in
Indiana?-R. P.
A. Indianapolis, 365,0O0; Fort Wayne,
115,000; South Bend, 10000; Evansville,
100000; Gary, 100000.
O. How did President Ulysses S. Grant
lose his fortune?-H. M.
A. He lost his fortune in 1884 In the
failure of Grant & Ward, New York City
bankers.
@. What is the name of the famous
bridge on which men spend their entire
lives painting?-E. w.
A. The Firth of Forth Railroad Bridge
in Scotland has permanent staff of 30
painters. When these men die their sons
take their places. 1t requires three years
to paint the bridge from end to end and
NS-~S
work is continuous.
@. How did the father of Liszt spell
the family surname?-S. K.
A. List. The entry noting the christen.
ing of Franz Liszt is thus spelled.
@. How many tourists visit the Statue
of Liberty?-C. H. w.
A. Within the last year 258,000 persons
have visited the statue.
@. When is the Book Fair to be held
in New York City?-T. F.
A. The New York Times National Book
Fair, sponsored jointly by the National
Association of Book Publishers and the
Times, will be held at Rockefeller Cen.
ter from November to 10, inclusive.
@. How old is Marie Tempest?-
G. w. S.
A. The actress is II years old.
Q. When was hookworm first knownP
Il. w.
A. An American Doctors Odyssey SAYS
that hookworm first came into prorni-
nence with the building of the st.
Gothard Tunnel in 1880. The Italian
laborerS fell sick in such numbers that
the work came to a standstill The
calamitous illnesses were ascribed to the
mountains anger at being bored full Of
holes.
c. Is there a ghetto in Florence,
Italy?-D. S.
A. There was for long time In 1849
Jews were no longer required to live in
this quarter. and 1t is now being de-
molished.
@. How far from the coast Of New
York is the Gulf Stream?-R. P.
A. About $50 miles.
@. How far does a bee travel In its
search for nectar?-M. S.
A. 1t usually stays within a radius Of
three miles of the hive.
@. Was Hercules rewarded for clean
ing the Augean stables?-A w. b
A. The legend of the Augean stables is
that Augeas, Greek King of Ellis, had a
stable of 5000 oxen which had not been
cleaned for 80 years. Hercules was given
the task of clearing the stables in one
day with the promise of one-tenth of the
CdIIlc, IL lie SuCCeeQeQ. Inc goa ac-
cepted the challenge and turned the
River Alpheus through the stable, which
Immediately carried away the dung and
filth. On the refusal of Augeas to keep
his word war ensued. Hercules con-
quered and put Augeas to death.
Q. Is there any protection against the
mislabeling of furniture as genuine wal.
nut, mahogany, etc.?-F. L. w.
A. AS result of the Name the Woods
campaign supported by the United States
Forest Service, the lumber industry, the
furniture industry, the Federal Trade
Commission, and the national and local
Better Business Bureaus, much progress
has been made in eliminating misrepre-
Sentation. BY general agreement as well
as by legal sanction, the use of trade
names which might have been mislead-
ing has been abandoned and common
| names have been restricted so as to apply
to wood produced by various species of a
single genus or, at the most, to wood pro-
duced by several species Of closely re.
| lated genera.