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Show ANOTHER f I ? A General Quiz 1. How many crimes are actually actual-ly mentioned in the Constitution? 2. What is an eleemosynary institution? in-stitution? 3. How did Stephan Decatur meet his death? 4. If a President of the United States were impeached, what body would try the case? 5. In what year were the women of the United States given the right to vote? 6. In South Africa what is a kraal? 7. During a race, what part of the time is a greyhosnd completely complete-ly "up in the air"? 1 8. Bats have a life span of how many years? 9. Is the so-called "French" telephone a French or American ; invention? 10. Who said "Labor to keep alive in your heart that little . spark of celestial fire called conscience"? con-science"? The Answers 1. One, treason. 2. An almshouse. 3. In a duel. 4. The senate. 5. In 1920. 6. A village of natives. 7. One-half of the time. 8. Bats have a life span up to eight years. 9. The handset telephone, combining com-bining transmitter and receiver in one unit, is an American invention. inven-tion. It was developed and invented, in-vented, in 1878, by Robert G. Brown, a young New York City engineer, for his own convenience. conven-ience. 10. George Washington in his "Moral Maxims." |