Evening star., 1939-03-09
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@. What is the Oldest Parliament In
the world?-J. H. D.
A. The Althing of Iceland is the oldest
parliamentary assembly, having cele-
brated its 1,000th anniversary in June,
1890.
@. In what kind of airplane was Quen-
tin Roosevelt killed?-P. L.
A. Quentin Roosevelt was flying q
Nieuport, French plane, at the time
of his fatal crash.
@. How many monks are there on
Mount Athos in Greece?-L. H. G.
A. The rocky promontory of Mount
Athos is occupied by 20 monasteries and
1900 monks of the Greek Orthodox
Church.
@. What was the peak year for the
sale of phonograph records?-W. M. H.
A. In 1921 approximately 100000 900
phonograph records were sold in the
United States.
@. Is there word descriptive Of the
feeling Of annoyance one has in noisy
place?-L. G. N.
A. Dysacousia refers to the discomfort
caused by noise.
@. How large is Perrys Monument at
Put in Bay, Ohio?-T. J. U.
A. The Perry's Victory and Interna-
tional Peace Memorial National Monu-
ment is 352 feet in height. The diameter
at base is As feet; at neck, 351a feet.
The walls are feet 9 inches in thick
ness at the base; at neck, feet. The
diameter of the rotunda is 261a feet. At
the top there is an open-air promenade
protected by 5-foot parapet and
reached by an elevator.
@. Please give the names Of some OF
the movies in which Marguerite Clark
played.-S. j. F.
A. Her pictures included "Wildfower,"
1.-THE Crucible," Goose Girl" Pretty
Sister of jose" "Gretna Green" Seven
Sisters" Helen of the North" still
Waters" "The Princess and the Pauper"
and Mice and Men"
@. What is poganip?-G. NJ H.
A. 1t is dense winter fog containing
frozen particles, formed in the deep VAL
leys of the Sierra Nevadas.
@. Please give the origin of the Service
Flag used during the World War.-R.
E. j.
A. The Service Flag was originated by
Capt. R. F. Queisser of Cleveland, Ohio,
in honor of his sons.
@. Did Abraham Lincoln receive an
sity?-T. H.
A. In the spring of 1864, Princeton
conferred the degree of doctor of laws
on President Lincoln.
@. How many apartment houses and
hotels are there in New York City?-
F. D. F.
A. According to survey published by
the New York City Tax Department for
November, 1898, there are 1858 walk
up apartments in metropolitan New
York, and 6,295 elevator apartments.
The number of hotels reported was SGT.
Q. What organization offers prizes for
certain quotations from Mark Twain's
works?-T. J. S.
A. The Mark Twain Association, 40
Central Park West, New York City, will
offer prizes this year for the quotations
that best give Mark Twains ioea Of
what democracy stands for This is the
organizations 18th annual contest OF
the kind.
@. What is meant by referring to a
person as "Stoughton bottle"?-B.
c. r.
A. A Stoughton- bottle is dark green
or black bottle formerly used for DR..
Stoughtons bitters. The bottles were
shaped like log cabin and used in
the presidential campaign of 1910. The
term from its association has come to
imply stupid person or fgurehead.
@. What is the rarest metal used in
the manufacture of steel?-J. M. S.
A. 1t is probably columbium, which is
used almost solely to prevent inter-
granular corrosion in high chromium
and chromium nickel stainless and heat
resistant steels. The only known COM
mercial supply of columbium exists in
Nigeria.
@. How old is the Singer Sewing Ma
chine Co.?-J. L. H.
A. The Singer Manufacturing Co.
dates its founding from the invention
and marketing of the first practical
sewing machine by Isaac Merritt Singer
in 1851. The first few machines were
produced in a small shop in Boston A
partnership with Mr.. Edward Clark was
formed soon afterward under the name
Of I. M. Singer & Co., from which date
the rapid expansion of the business
began.
@. How long would 1t take an electric
current to travel around the earth?-
L. v.