Evening star., 1943-12-29
By FREDERIC J. HASKIN.

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| @. What is the average midwin-
ter temperature in Moscow?-K. j. E.
A. The average temperature in
Moscow in January is 8 degrees, the
same as at Bismarck, N. Oak. Lem
! ingrad averages 18 degrees and Stall
ingrad about Is.
@. What city was the first to erect
memorial to George Washington?
"A. C. F.
A. Baltimore. The Washington
Monument dates back to 1910 when
the Legislature of Maryland author
lied lottery to provide funds for
its erection.
@. When was the deepest place
in the Atlantic Ocean discovered?-
c. E. E.
A. The Milwaukee depth near
Puerto Rico was discovered on Feb
ruary IA, 1899, when the U. S. S.
Milwaukee, while taking part in
maneuvers, made sounding of 49,
$50 feet.
@. What is the best known al
manac?-E. L. H.
A. The best known probably in
the entire world is the almanac pub
lished by Benjamin Franklin in
Philadelphia between 1888 and 1855
as Poor Richards 1t was quoted
Throughout the colonies and trans
lated into many languages. No
complete set exists.
G. What President was noted for
his love of fast horses?-L. P. P.
A. Ulysses S. Grant. He loved fast
horses, always had several in the
White House stables and had taken
the highest mark for horsemanship
in his class at West Point.
Q. What makes a person less tall
in the evening than in the morn
ing?-C. H. E.
A. The little cartilages between the
vertebrae of the spinal column di-
minish in size during the day due
to the weight or pressure that is
upon them. In some individuals the
difference in height between day
and night may be as much as one
fourth to one-half an inch.
Q. How does the weight of alumni
mum compare with that Of steel?-
r. P.
A. The weight Of aluminium is
only one third the weight of steel.
@. Please explain the fact that the
earth is nearer the sun during win
ter in the northern hemisphere
L. G.
A. The earth's orbit is not quite
round-it is oval with the sun not
at the center but at one of the foci
About January l the earth is trav-
cling along the part of the oval
which is nearest the sun.
@. Who was the French scientist
who was one of the inventors of
artificial silk?-D. r. G.
A. Count Hilaire de <Chardonnet.
AS student he had worked with
Pasteur in Paris who was trying to
find cure for a silkworm disease.
1t was while watching silkworms
digest leaves that the young chemist
was inspired with the idea OF max
ing artificial silk.
Q. How many figureheads were
used on the Constitutional. P.
A. The famous ship carried five
different figureheads during her long
career, the most notable that of
Andrew Jackson. In 1909 the Navy
Department ordered figureheads to
be removed from its fighting ships.
@. What proportion of English
words are Latin and Greek?-J. C. E.
A. Richard c. French, in his book
entitled "On the English Language,
Past and Present" says: IF the
English language were to be sub
divided into hundred parts, As OF
these might be Anglo-Saxon, or Old
English, IS Latin dncluding Latin
that has come through the French),
five, perhaps most Of our scientific
nomenclature, are from Greek, such
as the names of new instruments
and processes 0ithography, tele-
phone, telegraph, etc."
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