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Show ......................... Jlsk Me Another O A General Quiz The Questions 1. How tall is a horse 15 hands high? 2. In Greek mythology who was Hie goddess of the rainbow? 3. Who first suggested daylight saving? 4. What per cent of the personal names in the Bible are those of women? 5. What is the singular form of the word dice? 6. What First Lady was known as Her Majesty? 7. How many ships per day can the Panama canal handle? 8. Wh.nt fnmraio hriillr, ; called "The Cradle of American Liberty"? 9. When were hymns first written? writ-ten? 10. What national holidays did congress create? The Answers 1. Sixty inches. 2. Iris. 3. Benjamin Franklin in France in 1784 in a magazine contribution. 4. Only 5 per cent are those of women. 5. Die. 6. Mrs. Dolly Madison was alluded al-luded to as Her Majesty. 7. Approximately 48 ships of the usual size per day. 8. Faneuil hall at Boston. 9. The earliest records we have of hymns are of those written in ancient Egypt to the sun god Ra. 10. The only national holiday ever created by an act of congress was the "Centennial Anniversary of the Inauguration of the First President Pres-ident of the United States," which took place on April 30, 1889. |