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Show Task a wi,h answers ffering ? ' tiVflf" ' information on various subjects j 77te Questions 1. What is the meaning of the word "concinnity"? 2. Which country names its capital cap-ital after an American president 3 Why is it wrong to say thata ship "travels 20 knots an hour . 4 What is a plant which sheds its leaves periodically called 5. What price was paid to Russia Rus-sia for Alaska and the Aleutians? 6 Who always "has the last word" in the navy, the senior or the junior officer? 7. How many articles has the bill of rights? 8. How many tracer bullets does a gunner in a Flying Fortress shoot and how do they help him. 9. Who was the hero of 'the Man Without a Country"? 10. What docs Washington call former army and navy officers who served in World War I and who have now been recommis-sioned recommis-sioned for service in World War II? The Answers 1. Skillfully put together. 2. Liberia (Monrovia). 3. A knot is a rate of speed, not distance one nautical mile per hour. One should say the ship traveled "20 knots." 4. Deciduous. 5. The United States paid $7,- 200,000. 6. The junior officer, with his "Aye, aye, sir." 7. Ten. 8. Every fifth cartridge is a "tracer" bullet which leaves a trail of fire, plainly visible day and night. The tracers help the gun-ner gun-ner correct his aim and they also start fires. 9. Philip Nolan. 10. Retreads. |