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Show Klr Mp f A Quiz With lwiV WJ. gf Answers Offering 5T JlL Information on sUlOtlLQT Various Subjects 1. Is gasoline a stronger explosive explo-sive than dynamite? 2. How many acres of floor space are there in the Capitol in Washington, D. C? 3. Is it true that the Golden Gate bridge would sink instantly if it should be destroyed by enemy bombardment? 4. How does a nautical mile compare with a land mile? 5. Why is Wall street so called? 6. What kind of a government has Italy now? 7. What is the record length of time that any one has ever attended at-tended college? 8. Has the Netherlands two capitals cap-itals and if so why? 9. What are the seven branches of the army service? 10. Are there virgin forests and wildernesses in Japan? Answers 1. According to Dr. George Granger Brown of the University of Michigan, gasoline as an explosive ex-plosive has 10 times the explosive power of dynamite. 2. The building has a floor area of 14 acres. The structure stands in a park of nearly 50 acres. The dome is 3S7 feet in height. 3. It is designed so that it would immediately sink to the bottom of the channel and not congest the harbor. 4. It is almost 800 feet longer than a land mile. 5. A wall, the northerly defense of the city, once ran along it. 6. Italy is now referred to as a corporative state. The legislative powers of parliament were sur- rendered to the council of corporations, corpor-ations, set up January 18, 1934. Mussolini is the head of this. 7. It is said to be that of the late William Cullen Bryant Kemp. Returning to college at approximately approxi-mately forty years of age, he took courses in almost every school and department of Columbia university uni-versity up to the age of seventy. His decrees included A. B., A. M., Ph. D LL. B., LL. M., M. E., E. E., C. E. and Phar. G. 8. In reality, it has not. Amsterdam Am-sterdam is the capital and The Hague is the seat of government. The term, capital, does not carry the same meaning associated1 with it in the American mind. It connotes con-notes merely a chief city or metropolis. me-tropolis. 9. The seven branches are: corps of engineers, signal corps, cavalry, field artillery, coast artillery artil-lery corps, infantry and air corps. 10. Japan has a comparatively small area, dense population, and long history. While there are mountains, lakes, waterfalls and forests, this natural scenery has been modified by close contact with civilization. |