Salt Lake Times | 1962-02-23 | Page 10 | The Compton Quiz

The Compton Quiz Test your knowledge with the questions and answers from the pages of Compton's Pictured Encyclopedia. En-cyclopedia. 1. What is the "hooded terror" of India? 2. Who was the "father of the English language?" 3. In what country does everyone every-one celebrate his birthday on New Year's Day? 4. What is the largest inlet on the Atlantic coast of the United States? 5. What insect lives 17 years underground? 6. What canal was once called "Clinton's Ditch?" 7. What is probably the most ancient game of pure skill? 8. In the days of the Old West what was the gravest crime on the range? 9. What bird has a windpipe five feet long? 10. Who was the real "Robinson "Robin-son Crusoe"? ANSWERS 1. Cobra snake. 2. Geoffrey Chaucer. 3. China. 4. Chesapeake Bay. 5. Cicada. 6. Erie Canal. 7. Chess. 8. Alteration of a brand on a horse or a cow. 9. Crane. 10. British sailor, Alexander Selkirk.