Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-09-16 | Page 4 | Frederic J. Haskin Says

FREDERIC J. J HASKIN SAYS 1 Here Heres Here's S Your Answer i Q QIn In la organized baseball at what speed in f feet et per second is the average bat moving when It connects with the ball 1 J. J P. P A. A The average bat in baseball travels travels at at a rate of 20 to 25 feet teet per second when It contacts the ball Q What That story first tInt pictured a detective a as Its Us hero A. A H. H A. A AThe The Memoirs of published pub pub- in 1828 dealing ng With with an an anex ex- ex convict and nCi informer who ulti ultimately beca became head of the Paris detective force is the first work of its kind to f feature ture a a. det detective ct e as its hero It is doubtful whether wrote the memoirs memoir's himself him him- self the writing Is usually attributed attributed attributed at at- to a a. Paris journalist named Morice Q 4 What Is a a single phase circuit cir cult D D D. S. S A A. It Is a circuit ir energized by bya bya a a. single alternating electromotive electromotive electro electro- motive force Q Who Vho are x f the four noted men whoso whose likenesses are arel to be bo carved on Mount Rushmore A. A W. W A. A Thomas Jefferson George Washington Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt Q Who IIO were the parents of Ed Ed- I r Telegram r readers aders can get tho the answer to any question of ot fact by writing Tho The Salt Lake Telegram Information Bureau Frederic J J. J Haskin Director Washington D D. C. C Please lactose three 3 cents for reply I 1 I mund lean Kean th the English actor J. J C. C CD D.A. D. D A. A Hi His parentage Is uncertain tam tain although evidence is st sf strong strongest ong- ong ng- ng est in favor vor of Edmund Kean a surveyors surveyor's clerk and Ann Carey one of a company company of strolling players Q Who Vho discovered that fingerprints fingerprints fingerprints finger finger- prints had luid permanent individuality individual individual- ity E E. ERA ER R. R A. A This was put forward scientifically scientifically by byJ J. J E. E a professor professor professor pro pro- fessor of ot physiology in a a. paper read before the University of Br Breslau in 1823 Why hy Is Selassie ca called Jed King ICing of Kings Kings Kings-A. A A. P. P A A. The title King of Kings re refers refers re- re fers fern to the fact that Ethiopia is isan isan isan an empire made up of f several kingdoms Besides being emperor emperor emperor em em- Haile Selassie Is king of ot Q What produces the colors often seen in a film of ot crude oil oU M. M. M L E. E A. A The iridescence is due to the mutual action of the rays of ot light lighton on one another Q h Wiry Why Is the crocus so called L. L F. F A. A Its name comes from th ut Greek word for saffron which fc obtained from Its stamens t V t t Q What hat is meant by say sai that an airplane D. D. D J. J Ji rV A. A To taxi is to run an at alij plane over the ground or a ac sei s plane on the water Q 9 What hat place Is Is called H Hermit Kingdom B. B. B A. A t A. A This namo name for Korea Is d de derived rived from the country's rigid j ex elusion of foreigners y Q How far on Its jour Journe around the sun does tho the en travel in a day day D. D. D S. S 1 A. A A Approximately p pro x I m a. a tely 1601 miles The journey around thi thO sun is 58 miles I