Evening star., 1937-08-11
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QUESTIONS
BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

BY FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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Q. What city has the most telephones
in proportion to its population?-C. B.
A. Washington, D. C. San Francisco
| Is second. In this respect, considering
| the cities of the world, Chicago ranks
ninth and New York City fifteenth.
@. What is the most expensive sport.
| ing event?-J. H.
A. 1t is the Americas Cup races.
Q. How does the amount of money
| spent at the discretion of President
Franklin d. Roosevelt compare with the
| sum thus spent before his term?-A P.
A. In recent article, David Lawrence
| said: From 1789l933 the most money
| that all Presidents of the United States
| had to spend in ways in which they
| could exercise their own discretion
amounted to total over all the years
| of only 81 687 900 900. One man in the
White House since 1893 has had sl5,-
428,000,O00 placed at his discretion"
@. What food commodities are traded
| in IN futures on the Chicago Exchange?
| r. D. C.
A. Food commodities admitted to fu-
| lures trading on that exchange are
wheat, corn, oats, rye. barley, soybeans
| and hog products.
@. Do the tides ever stand still?-J. G.
A. The Coast and Geodetic Survey says
| the tide begins to fall Immediately after
| reaching its highest point, but the ver-
| tlcal motion is so slow at the time of
| both high and low tides that the change
| OF elevation is usually not perceptible
| until some minutes later. The smaller
| the range of the tide, the longer is the
| apparent stand at the times of high
and low waters.
@. What does epizootic mean?-W r.
A. 1t means an outbreak Of disease
among animals, just as epidemic means
| an outbreak Of disease among people.
| firm that is sending out q trailer to
| investigate old and worthless securities?
| E. W.
A. The R. M Smythe Company, 70
| Wall Street, New York City, is sending
out travelling financial library in
| trailer to appraise and sometimes to
! purchase inactive and extinct securities
The trailer is equipped with reference
| books on obsolete issues and the COM
pany charges a small fee for appraising
securities.
| @. How far can bird migrate?-E J.
A. Among the more remarkable flights
are those of the golden plover, which
travels some 5000 miles south from the
Hudson Bay region, crossing about 1000
| miles over the sea from Nova Scotia to
the Caribbean countries and Winters in
| Argentina. 1t returns to Arctic America
| by way of Central America and the Mis-
sissippi Valley. The Arctic tern migrates
| almost from the North Pole to the
South Pole and back again each year.
| @. How many pounds Of bread will
| fifteen pounds of dough make?-L. ]. F.
| A. Fifteen pounds of dough would ap-
| proximately produce thirteen pounds Of
baked bread. Tests conducted were made
one hour after bread was removed from
oven.
| O. What is the purpose of the National
Twin Convention?-C. B. S.
A. The purpose of the organization and
| its convention is to create fellowship
among twins.
O. How has the percentage of church
members kept pace with the population
in the past hundred years In the United
| States?-B. C. D.
A. In 1880 church members were about
13 per cent of the population. In 1858
they we're about 48 per cent of the
population.
@. How large a city is Bogota?-S E.
A. Bogota, the capital of Colombia.
has population of 35o.000. 1t Is Stu
ated at an altitude Of $3.50 feet.
O. How many times have attempts been
made to assassinate Mussolini?-M B. H.
A. There have been five or six at
temptS to aSsaSsinate MuSSollni. The
principal ones seem to have been: In
1881, Schirru confessed a plot to kill
! MuSSOlll ana he was put 10 QedlH, on
June II, 1882, A.. Sbardellotto was SEN
| fenced to death because of a confession
of plan whereby he was chosen by lot
| to hurl bombs at MusSoliri's car: in
| March, 1884, Professor G. Salevmini and
six others were charged with conspiring
to assassinate Mussolini-four were
acquitted.
@. Why do eggs beat more readily at
some times than at others?-P. T.
A. Temperature has great influence.
At room temperature they beat more
rapidly and to greater bulk than when
they are chilled.
@. Who designed the Stephen Foster
Memorial at the University of Pitts
burgh?-M. F.
A. The designer of the memorial build
ing was the famous Philadelphia archi-
tect, Charles e. Klauder, who also plan
ned the Cathedral of Learning for the
university.
@. What is the origin of the name
| Labrador?-J. H.
A. The name is said to be derived from
the Portuguese, "lavradores," laborers, an
early navigator having brought fifty
seven natives to Lisbon as laborers.