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Show , ask me 9 ; ANOTHER ? U f , A General Quiz ? The Questions 1. What is lacking in a person xho is anosnic? 2. Where is the "Land of the iVhite Elephant"? 3. How old were the Dionne quintuplets on Ma y28, 1946? 4. Who did Joe Louis defeat to jecome the world's heavyweight Doxing champion? 5. What does the maxim "Ca-ireat "Ca-ireat Emptor" mean? 6. The prefix tele in such words as telegraph and telescope means what? 7. How deep is the lake formed Dy Boulder dam? - 8. Dolly Madison was hostess of She White House 16 years. How was this possible? 9. The Gulf of Guinea has neither nei-ther longitude, latitude nor altitude. alti-tude. Why? 10. In the poem "Barbara Friet-chie," Friet-chie," what general said, "Who touches a hair of yon gray head dies like a dog I March on!"? i The Answers 1. The sense of smell. Such a person is suffering from anosmia. 2. Thailand is known as the "Land of the White Elephant." 3. The Dionne quintuplets were 12 years old this year. 4. James J. Braddock was defeated de-feated by Joe Louis in 1937. 5. Let the buyer beware. 6. Far off. 7. Over 500 feet. 8. Thomas Jefferson's wife died before he became President, so the wife of his secretary of state was officially hostess for eight years. Then James Madison became be-came President for two terms. 9. Because it is located where the prime meridian crosses the equator at sea level. 10. Stonewall Jackson. |