Show 4 ea 40 it kea 4 at 10 we 01 aver 7 W 0 low 1 p kt W I 1 old bl to it ab 0 4 ail w I 1 or two 1 1 A ka 9 q the 0 answer to hi woo sn s n 6 it dad 1 boo ap ol 01 S le answers to X rr 00 A A 4 0 adlo ov 1 ft J jo 0 eg 4 2 4 oi o 0 V ap t 4 t ask I at IVO 41 4 le rv akl I 1 1 It loal ov p r chaes the unior A aue ti is ile answer 0 at P or I 1 A qu atlo qa I 1 th 14 1 10 1 d I 1 dit o ca t or tk t k or 1 9 toe A 14 1 I co W I 1 je v I 1 I 1 1 4 4 1 Z 4 P 4 I 4 dy N ak 0 roof by ELMO SCOTT WATSON 1 do mr average W I 1 american much good to find B out what was a three letter word meaning A species of ox found in central asia or another three letter word meaning an arctic diving bird now extinct because no sooner had find lie he enlarged ahli hi vocabulary to un dreamed of proportions in i efforts to solve the crossword cross word oe than along came this ask me ile other lother craze to torment ills hla mind th Us its impudent demand for a type which he had never rn n called upon to furnish before and make him realize just how little lie he 1 know and liow how uncertain lie ho was out ut what lie he thought he be ina knew of ase he still Is working crossword cross word zales but lie la Is not doing it so er I 1 8 h IY w as 9 he once did just now Is pretty much occupied with haddan know the r 7 11 1 now ow ill ash one quiz sk me ife another what do YOU low owl and questions 1 since tho ques questions tlonA and answers e Is the fad of the hour it Is reprint C enough to ask a question two tito ab about out tile the fad fadl Itself how did tart start when will it end why they do it what Is its value hough there are probably as many ivers to these its as there persons who would attempt to ter them as good a guess as any that this whole business of inter alon started when psychology gave the world the intelligence test and of that p product of the scientific orator developed this popular and ion wide indoor and outdoor sport 1 the commercializing commercial izing of it did not e about until two graduates of hert erst college rucien esty and till began asking each er cr another as a time killer while y were lere loafing around in new york 0 t n J job ob they were the first to the commercial possibilities of a K of questions and answers and rood kool their guess was la Is shown the e fact that they have already e 1 VL id ed royn royalties mes on nearly two hun annd copies of their book vian V hen wit will I 1 it end there to Is just answer to that ask me he an er r vily hy do they do it since the started this thing thine let ln nver that question it results n the tug fag and fatigue of modern it Ns 18 simply a new form of un says one it la Is a product of the machine age man is venting ways anys to exercise ills mind says mother another the craze Is perfectly natural and as old na as tho the oldest kames games says still a third it Is not a higher but n broader form of mental activity than the crossword cross word puzzle puzzie the pursuit factor the desire of the hunter to achieve a certain end Is perhaps not so stron strong g but ninny many of tile the books help to supply this by giving the rating or of some celebrity ns as a mark for us to shoot at As for the value of the game here are the opinions of the experts it will not harm anybody nor do anybody much good it Is interesting but unimportant psychologically it Is a now new outlet for the montal mental energy of man when lie he Is denied tin an outlet for ills his physical energy one psychiatrist a psychiatrist you know Is a practical psychologist sees in the fad a certain alao value in helping us overcome the inferiority complex and in explaining pla ining why lie makes use of the newest pot pet word of the psychologists empathy sympathy Is feeling fo foa a thing but empathy Is feeling into a thing to such an extent that you become part of that thing yourself so mr average american gets a lot of empathy out of this popular diversion when he sees that some prominent citizen lias has made a grade of 70 or 80 per cent in one of these quizzes and then goes ahead and makes as good a grade or even a better one lie he feela that he lq 19 just as smart as aa the prominent citizen and Is therefore one of tile the best minds tind a great thinker As aa a matter of fact this questions and answers business Is old stuff they used to do it away back in the middle ages aes but how different the quizzes of those days are from the ones of today Is shown by the following examples from a list compiled by some of the learned men of the twelfth to the fourteenth century centar y why did aid 0 god od not will that man should be ba hungry only once a week answer hunger Is one of the punishments brought on man by the sin of adam what makes beasts so go mad looking at a certain star atar answerl in tile the eat east on the twenty first day of the march moon if m father and mother had never existed how should I 1 have it av I 1 been bornt born answer the number of 0 f living beings from all eternity consequently foreseen ws was father and mo thel has had if 1 your not been born biorn you would have been man and woman born from another the men who conduct qu questions and answers departments deport depar ments talents in newspapers of giving readers de for tile the purpose 0 sired information will tell you also that all of this la Is old stuff for them and if you compiled a book of questions from the In inquiries quirles that come to thorn them nud and apply a test from froin it to the wisest men in the world it would probably result in fit a grade of minus zero here la Is what one of them lins has been Ic called tilled upon to answer what to la the best thing I 1 can do when I 1 want to do something and dont know what wh at it Is I 1 have a radio but it sounds bounds spooky what shall I 1 do why are we in america instead of europe why president coolidge in an s my last three letters how can I 1 apply to th the carnegie Carn eglee benevolences for an act of heroism T so numerous have the questions and an answers books become that the latest development la Is to burlesque them perhaps the inspiration for this athla was by F P P I 1 the published A the famous newspaper columnist colum columnist nisi in ills his conning tower in the new york world in which the answers were supplied by lorelei of gentlemen prefer blondes fame who started off by answering what was the diet of gf worms with the information that it was weeds grass and dirt 11 HI ps another newspaper humorist has contributed his share chare to the business of not taking these quizzes too seriously with n foolish question book here are some of his questions lind and answers Q what famous former president of the united Statis stat ea la ts burled buried in the united states supreme court A A william willain howard taft Q do you know what the artist said when he looked at the newly completed skyscraper and movie palace j A yea Y I harry Irry thaw shot hot the wrong architect ar hitech Q for what are the ruins of ancient rome noted A fallen arches Q what to Is the name of the japanese skirt designer whose influence to s most re reflected floated in present styles A osal onal kan U see aee 3 what Is an emir A doe an alan alanl A animals bred exclusively for or cross croas word puzz puzzles lep of Q why did rip van winkle go BO to th the Is catskill n mountains to sleep twenty years A there were no movies in those days Q what was w an it ft eald when he be first saw the venus dl di milo A give this thin little girl it hand band Q what are archives A archives Q what Is in necessary in most states state of america to get a divorce A about 1009 Q what are the tha six most exasperating words in the english language A what number did you call please Q what Is 13 a A something that Is often found in a lute Q what kind of milk Is obtained froni ron contented cows chwat A cows cowa it Is better to inspire th tho heart with n noble sentiment than to teach tho the mind a 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