Iron County Record | 1940-01-18 | Page 8 | Ask Me Another a General Quiz

Ask Me Mc Another MeA 0 A General Quiz The Questions 1 Has Brazil a state as large as Texas 2 What makes wood decay 3 Does Docs the moon influence pendulum pendulum pen pen- clocks 4 How do waves on the Great Lakes compare with v waves aves on the oceans 5 Which is the longer coastline the Atlantic or Pacific 6 How do our rivers compare with those of Europe 7 How large is Death Valley Vaney 8 Did Cortez Gomez or Pizarro conquer Peru i The Answers 1 Brazil which is larger than the United States has 20 states 3 of which are larger than Texas 2 Bacteria and certain microscopic microscopic microscopic micro micro- plants called fungi grow inthe in inthe inthe the wood arid and destroy the ture 3 The mechanism of pendulum clocks is affected slightly sightly by the gravitational pull of the moon 4 Waves on the Great Lakes sometimes reach 25 feet ocean waves more than 50 feet 5 The Atlantic 6 The Mississippi alone discharges discharges discharges dis dis- dis- dis charges more water than all aU the rivers of Europe 7 Death Valley proper is about 50 miles long and averages between between between be be- tween 20 and 25 miles in breadth between the crests of enclosing mountain ranges It is feet below below below be be- low sea level I 8 Pizarro I