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Show PJi IF A quiz w!th answers offering ? 'normat'on on var'ous objects ? 7. In 1932. 8. The Bay of Rio de Janeiro, which has a total surface of 200 square miles. 9. A shelldrake is a wild duck; a mandrake is a narcotic plant. 10. In 1843. ' The Questions 1. What is the lowest bill in circulation cir-culation in China and what is it worth in U. S. currency? 2. How did the ancient Romans applaud? 3. How many passenger trains in the U. S. have been named foT women? 4. When were the corner mail boxes first used? 5. How many depressions have there been in the U. S. in the past 100 years? 6. Where does the water go when the tide goes out? 7. The election of Hattie Caraway Cara-way of Arkansas to the U. S. senate, sen-ate, first woman elected to that body, took place in what year? 8. In which harbor could all the warships in the world anchor at one tune? 9. Wnat is the difference between be-tween a shelldrake and a mandrake? man-drake? 10. The first telegraph line in the U. S., from Washington to Baltimore, Balti-more, opened in what year? The Answers 1. A $500 bill. It is worth 4 cents in our currency. 2. By snapping their fingers, waving the flaps of their togas and clapping their hands. 3. Two the Ann Rutledge and the Pocahontas. 4. In 1560 in Paris. 5. Twenty-six. 6. While the tide goes to the other oth-er side of the ocean, the water you actually bathe in only goes a few miles out to sea and then comes back again. |