Evening star., 1937-03-16
ANSWERS TO
QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN,

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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Star Information Bureau Frederic J
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g. How many clowns are there in the
Ringing Brothers and Barnum and
Bailey Circus?-W f. r.
A. There are approximately one hun
dred
@. When are the South Carolina and
Georgia gardens at their best?-M. T
A. Late March and all of April is an
excellent time to make a tour of the
gardens.
q. How many people went to Alaska
| In the first year of the gold rush?-H N.
A. About twenty eight thousand per-
| sons rushed to Alaska when the news Of
gold in the Klondike region reached the
outside world.
@. How many greyhounds are raced
dC FIOlIQd!-W. X.
A. This season there are approximately
f1tty-four hundred at the various races.
@. Is there an automobile road to the
top Of Mount Wilson, Calf, where the
observatory is located?-R. G.
A. An automobile road leads from
Pasadena to the summit Of Mount Wilson.
O. What is leaf lard?-T. T.
A. 1t is the lard taken from the fat
surrounding the kidneys of swine.
O. How large book is the Koran?
S. D
A. II is nearly the same as the New
Testament and is divided into one hun
dred and fourteen suras or chapters.
@ When was the Lambs Club in New
York founded?-T. A. l.
A. It was started at Christmas time
in 1875 and was incorporated May 10,
1877.
@. Why is horse measured by hands
instead Of feet?-R. D. B.
A, In the early days Of the race meas
urements were usually derived from some
natural measurement such as the hand
for vertical distance and the foot for
horizontal.
@, How much money did Sousa derive
from the sale Of The Stars and Stripes
Forever ?-M H
A. 1t has been estimated that from all
sources the march earned It's composer
over three hundred thousand dollars.
@ Did President Wilson sponsor cur
rency retorm?-T. H
A. He sponsored the basic currency
reform embodied in the Federal Re
serve System. 1t became a law in De-
cember, 1913. and the u Federal Re-
serve Banks opened in November, 1914.
@. In breeding mice is it possible to
develop animals other than black and
White?-G. F. c.
A. English breeders have developed
prize mice of various colors. such as black
and tan. cream, red, chocolate, lilac, blue
and faWn.
@. When were incubatorS first used
for babieS?-S. w.
A. Dr. TaTnier constructed the first
one in 1880 for used in the Paris Ma
ternity Hospital.
Q. When was Cumberland Gap discov-
ered?-C. r.
A. Daniel Boone discovered the passage
through the mountains when on a hunt
ing trip in 1863. Later, he and his COM
panions blazed a trail through the gap
in ITS, which became known as the
Wilderness Road.
@. Where was the tea house said to be
the model of the willow pattern china?
". w.
A. This tea house was in Shanghai.
@. Has fly more than one kind Of
eyes?-F. D.
A. 1t has several thousand compound
eyes and three simple eyes.
@. Did the Colonies use privateers dur
ing the Revolutionary War?-J S.
A. More than two thousand American
priVateers ranged the seas. They cruised
along the Atlantic Coast, about the West
Indies, and extended their operations 10
the English Channel and the North Sea-
c. What is the capacity of the human
stomach?-E. c. c.
A. 1t depends upon the size of the
person and varies in the adult from foue
to five pints.
c. Please give the name of a radio
publication in England with large cir
culation.-E. G.
A. The Radio Times, Official organ Of
the British Broadcasting Corporation, has
circulation of 100000 copies week.
@. Where in Canada is the ranch which
was owned by the Duke of WindsorP
How large is it?-E. H
A. The E-P Ranch is in Alberta, Can,
ada, and consists of four thousand acres.
G. What per cent Of crude oil is gaso-
line?-J H
A The average yield of gasoline from
crude oil run through refineries in the
United States is about forty per cent.
1t ranges from five to ninety per cent.
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