Evening star., 1938-09-08
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QUESTIONS
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.
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q. Did Clarence Darrow's father study
Tor the ministry?-H. r. l.,
A. Clarence Darrow In THE Story OF
My Life says: When my fathers time
had come to take theological course
he went to the Unitarian School in
MeaoVllle. Pa, on the other hill from
the Methodist College allegheny Col
lege), where he took his first degree.
In due time he completed his theological
course, but when he had finished his
studies he found that he had lost his
faith. Even the mild tenets of Uni
tarlanism he could not accept"
Q. What is the oldest annual fete held
in the United States?-K. L. j.
A. 1t is the annual fiesta at Santa Fe,
N. Mex, which has been held con-
tinuously since 17l2.
who enter college fail?-H. r. K.
A. Approximately fourth,
@. Who was the famous newspaper
man who died in Sing Sing?-J. L.
A. Charles Chaplin of the New York
Evening World died in Sing Sing in
1880, where he had been sentenced for
the murder of his wife Chaplin has
been called the finest city editor in the
annals Of journalism.
@. Who said, "All the world is queer
save thee and me, and even thou art a
little queer"?-T. w. E.
A. 1t has been attributed to manv
sources but one version is that it is a
quotation from Robert Owen l77l-
1889 on severing business relations with
his partner, William Allen, in 1928.
@. How many children has John
Coolidge?-T. K. L.
A. Mr.. Coolidge and his wife, the
former Florence Trumbull, have one
daughter, Cynthia who is years old
@. What are the best sellers of all
time among chldrens books?-T S. K.
A. The best seller has been "Freckles."
: which has sold over 1000 900 copies. The
Adventures of Tom Sawyer" is next
with over 100000 copies and the fol-
lowing have sold over million copies.
'Pollyanna.' Five Little Peppers and
How They Crew. Beautiful Joe" THE
Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come" and
"Huckleberry Finn
Q. Does corn or rice contain more
starch?-H. NJ B.
A. Rice is about rs per cent starch and
corn is so per cent starch.
Q. How early was the first X-ray
photograph made for surgical use?-
c. T. NJ
A. The first was made at McGill Uni
versity in 1895. only two months after
Rontgen had announced the discovery
Of X-ray.
@. How many bottles are used in this
country?-R. N. p.
A. approximately 4,O0O,O 900 900 a year,
Q. How does duralumin compare with
steel in weight and strength?-W. L. H.
A. 1t Is as strong as steel and only
weighs about one-third as much.
Q. What caused Bachs blindness?-
H. T. L.
A. His elder brother was Jealous Of
his talent and forbade him access to a
manuscript volume of works by Fro
berger. BuXtehude and other great or.
ganlsts. Every night for six months
Bach got up late and. stealing the volume
from the bookcase, copied by moonlight
to the permanent damage of his eye
sight and his subsequent blindness.
O. Who originated the term blue
ribbon jurv?-H. L. K
A. The New York Herald Tribune SAYS:
Half dozen judges and attorneys have
been credited with coming it, but 1t Is
said to have been first used by a noted
criminal lawyer, the late Abraham H.
Hummel.'
Q. What is the world record for
hammer throwing?-J. T. r.
A. In an international track and field
meet between Germany and Sweden at
Stockholm, Erwin Blask of Germany set
the world record with a throw of 1913
feet IA inches
@. Why is gasoline so much cheaper
than it was 20 years ago?-W. S. K.
B. Because of the development of the
cracking process and other improvements
in refining.
O. Next to Hitler, who is the most
powerful man in Germany?-T. K.
A. Emil Lengyel in the Commentator
says: "Germany's dictator No. Is
Marshal Hermann Goering, Prussian
minister president Reich cabinet min
lister for air forces minister of the in
terror, president of the Reichstag, gen.
eral OF the infantry, supreme commander
OF the air forces, commissioner Of the
four-year plan and master Of the Reich
forests and hunting. Through his con-
troll Of the four-year plan alone he holds
more power In his hands than any of
his colleagues"
@. What is person called who writes
backward or upside down?--J w.
A. He is known as strephosymbolic.
@. What is the source of the line, "Tis
distance lends enchantment to the
view"?.-R S. D.
A. 1t is from Pleasures of Hope" by
Thomas Campbell.
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