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Show ASK ME f I AfWTim I j I A General Quiz j j . rie Questions ! 1. How many times was Wil-' liam Jennings Bryan defeated for j the presidency of the United j States? 2. Members of the Caterpillar I club are what? 3. What is the weight of a 1 ball? 1 j( 4. The word Bible is derived from Greek and Latin words meaning mean-ing what? 5. How many rooms are there in the White House? 6. What is the meaning of riposte? j 7. Why are bells rarely used in I an orchestra? ' 8. What is the Japanese Emperor Em-peror Hirohito's family name? 9. What is Canada's oldest , province? 10. What wai the name of Magellan's Ma-gellan's ship that completed the j first circumnavigation of the , globe? 1 . I The Answers J I 1. Three times. 1 2. Aviators who saved their I lives by parachute leaps. 3. A standard baseball weighs five ounces. j 4. Books (Biblia, after the Phoenician city Byblos, whence papyrus was exported). 5. About 50 rooms, counting kitchens, valet bedrooms and corridors cor-ridors used as sitting rooms. 6. A quick, sharp retort. 7. "Because of the length of their vibrations and the number of overtones. Bell sounds are generally gener-ally produced by a glockenspiel or tubular chimes. 8. He has no family namej 9. Quebec. 10. Victoria. |