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Show Ask Me Another O A General Quiz Bell Syndicate. WNU Service. 1. When was the "conscience fund" in the United States treasury treas-ury started? 2. How far away from the earth is the nearest star? 3. From where was the inscription inscrip-tion on the Liberty bell in Philadelphia Phila-delphia reading: "Proclaim liberty liber-ty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof" taken? 4. From where did the word "geyser" come? 5. What is the size of Yellowstone Yellow-stone National park? 6. How many different types of holly are there? 7. What is the net area of national na-tional forests in the United States? 8. What city is known as the City of Hills? 9. What is the greatest height at which birds fly? 10. What is the estimated world total of unmined coal? 11. What is a dewworm? 12. What is the difference between be-tween a surf board and an aquaplane? aqua-plane? Answers 1. In 1811, by a contribution from some anonymous person whose conscience hurt him. The fund has grown until today it totals to-tals over $650,000. 2. About 25,500,000,000,000 miles. 3. From the Bible Leviticus 25:10. 4. Geyser is an Icelandic word the original pronunciation being "geeser," later changed to "gay-ser" "gay-ser" and finally Americanized to "gyser." 5. It covers 3,438 square miles i of territory, of which 257 are in Montana, 25 in Idaho and the remainder re-mainder in Wyoming. 6. There are 175 different type or species of holly found throughout through-out the world. ! 7. More than 162,000,000 acres. 8. Lynchburg, Va., is so called. 9. Aviators crossing the Andes report condors seen at 22,000 feet. 10. Estimated at 7.8 trillion metric met-ric tons. 11. This is the British name for the earthworm. 12. An aqunpinne is attached to a motor boat. A surf board is not, attache:! to enytbinp. If UFed behind be-hind a motor boat, the rider hol-Js a rope in his hand and can cast loose tt any time. |