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Show I ASK ME O AuizW?nsw;is y Ottering Information ANOTHER f on Various Subjects The Questions 1. What are the following: (a) Adam's needle; (b) Adam's peak; (c) Adam's profession? 2. Why is an artesian well so-called? so-called? 3. What do the racing clothes including boots of a jockey weigh? 4. Which are the two smallest states in Europe? 5. A gnomon is a person of no importance, a dwarf, Scottish chieftain or a geometrical figure? 6. To what does the song, "Comin' Through the Rye" refer? 7. The unit of current or flow of electricity is called an ampere, am-pere, a volt or a watt? 8. Which is the correct idiomatic idiomat-ic expression "If worst comes to worst" or "if worse comes to worst"? 9. What American city was first known as New Amsterdam? 10. What kind of foundations are under the buildings in Venice, Italy? The Answers 1. (a) Various species of yucca plants; (b) Mountain peak in Ceylon; Cey-lon; (c) Gardening. 2. Because such wells were first sunk in Artois (anc. Arte-sium), France. 3. A jockey's outfit seldom weighs more than 30 ounces. 4. Monaco, the smallest state, is 8 square miles, and San Marino, the next smallest state, is 38 square miles. 5. A geometrical figure. 6. A small river. 7. An ampere, named after Andre An-dre Ampere, French scientist who established the relationship between be-tween electricity and magnetism. 8. Dr. Rossiter Johnson, in "Alphabet "Al-phabet of Rhetoric," says" 'If worse comes to worst' is often rendered meaningless by being changed to 'If worst comes to worst.' The original and correct form is evident on a moment's thought. It is essentially a continuation con-tinuation of from 'bad to worse from worse to worst.' " 9. New York. 10. Mostly piles. |