Show Attorney Ranks With School Head Kelly elly Scores 64 Per Cent In Test Carnegie Tech L cation Stumps Him Ever since the Intelligence test swept the country the flamboyant ego of the American people has been on the decline It has been beena a Godsend Its advantages are not all destructive it Is rt really ally teaching them a great deal deaI This In part Is the statement of an American author In discussing the quizzes that are now wrinkling millions of brows Supposedly brilliant bril- bril persons it seems are finding many Important they didn't know Are you well informed Or are arc are yoU a person with a one track mind Are you content to rest your i knowledge In the lIbraries of Salt I Lake and leave your minds free for vacuity Somewhat reluctantly Wallace Kelly county attorney took the same seven tests of 70 questions that had been submitted to Superintendent of City Schools George N. N Child When the quizzIng quizzing ing was over and the score averaged averaged aver aver- aged up It was found he had scored exactly the same percentage of correct correct cor- cor answers as had the educator Both had answered 64 per cent of the questions correctly TRY THEM YOURSELF On one set of ten questions Mr Kelly scored 90 while on another he could answer but 50 per cent correctly Try them on yourself and see how your on these particular tests stacks up with the county attorney The set which Mr 1 Kelly answered answered an- an correctly except for one question Included the following War Var with what country was pre prep by Americas America's acquisition of Texas In what year did the sparsely inhabited in- in habited and poor California receive receive re- re a tremendous Influx of settlers set set- tiers from the east and for what reason What famous western scout and Indian fighter later latel organize a show which toured America under his nickname On the banks of what river did Custer and his men meet death Who Vho led the settlers Into Utah and made a garden spot of the Salt Lake basin Name a man who was Influential In the development of railways from the middle west to the northwest northwest north north- west What Is the Golden Gate What man who led In the Securing securing se- se curing of California for the United States was the Republican party's first candidate for president was the name of oC the pioneer plo plo- fleer neer system whereby messages were sent across the plains with great speed What famous author and humorIst humor humor- prospected for sliver silver in Nevada during and after tIle the Civil war var The last question was the only one In the test which Mr Ir Kelly could not answer And heres here's the theOne theOne One which stumped hi 60 50 per percent percent cent What Great Lakes city is known as The City of the Straits In what group of mountains is Mont Blanc I IWho Who Vho was president of the United States during the Spanish Amen can war What is the capital of New York Who Vho wrote When that the poor hath cried Caesar hath bath wept ambition am- am should be made of sterner stuff What state does Senator Hiram Johnson represent Vho played the title role in the picture The Lady In Ermine Where Is the Carnegie Institute of Technology What amendment of the United States constitution provides for woman woman suffrage Where Is radIo tation Mr l Kelly missed the second seventh sev- sev elgh eighth l nineth and tenth ques- ques How about you rou ques I. I |