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Show Jlsk Me Another O A General' Quiz The Questions 1. How many kinds of twins are there? 2. How many words are there in the Bible? 3. What is the deepest hole in the world? 4. Can the Panama canal accommodate ac-commodate the largest ships afloat? 5. In French history what was a dauphin? 6. How many teams in the major ma-jor leagues have never won a pennant? 7. What is the difference between be-tween a majority and a plurality? 8. For whom is Newport News named? 9. What amusements and recreations recre-ations rank highest in popularity in the United States? 10. How large is the Boeing B-314? B-314? The Answers 1. Three identical, unlike and Siamese. 2. The Bible has 3,566,480 letters forming 773,748 words in 31,173 verses arranged in 1,189 chapters. 3. It is the Continental Oil company's com-pany's K. C. L. A-2, which is 15,004 feet deep, or nearly three miles. The well is four miles west ol Wasco in the San Joaquin valley. 4. No. The S. S. Normandie and the S. S. Queen Mary are too long for the lock chambers. 5. The oldest son of the king of France. After the revolution of 1830 the title was abolished. 6. Only one, the St. Louis Browns. 7. A candidate receiving more votes than any other receives a plurality; one receiving more votes than all the other contestants contest-ants combined more than half of all the votes cast receives a majority. ma-jority. 8. The National ' Geographic magazine says: "The city received re-ceived its odd name from two men, Capt. Christopher Newport (an associate of Capt. John Smith) and Sir William Newce, on whose advice the site for the settlement was chosen." ; 9. According to a Fortune survey, sur-vey, the favorite forms of amusement amuse-ment In the order of their popularity popu-larity are radio, movies, magazines maga-zines and books, hunting or fishing, fish-ing, watching sporting events, newspapers, playing outdoor games, playing cards and indoor games, legitimate theater. 10. The plane measures 152 feet from wing tip to wing tip and the over-all length of the fuselage is 109 feet. It has two decks connected con-nected by a spiral stairway and can accommodate 40 sleeping passengers. pas-sengers. The operating range with full load is 2,400 miles. |