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Show ASK ME O ANOTHER r on Various Suhjt&t I The Questions 1. What are the following: (a) Adam's needle; (b) Adam's peak; (c) Adam's profession? 2. Why is an artesian well so-called? so-called? 3. What do the racing clothes including boots of a jockey weigh? 4. Which are the two smallest states in Europe? 5. A gnomon is a person of no importance, a dwarf, Scottish chieftain or a geometrical figure? 6. To what does the song, "Comin' Through the Rye" refer? 7. The unit of current or flow of electricity is called an ampere, am-pere, a volt or a watt? 8. Which is the correct idiomatic idiomat-ic expression "If worst comes to worst" or "if worse comes to worst"? 9. What American city was first known as New Amsterdam? 10. What kind of foundations are under the buildings in Venice, Italy? The Answers 1. (a) Various species of yucca plants; (b) Mountain peak in Ceylon; Cey-lon; (c) Gardening. 2. Because such wells were first sunk in Artois (anc. Arte--" J France. ' J 3. A jockey's outfit seldom-,! more than 30 ounces. 4. Monaco, the smallest sy i 8 square miles, and San )!a ia the next smallest state, isfo ( miles. jj 5. A geometrical figure, ji 6. A small river. .;i 7. An ampere, named afe -! dre Ampere, French scieri;; ;J established the relations!.: ;! tween electricity and map! ? 8. Dr. Rossiter Johnson'n phabet of Rhetoric," say;- " worse comes to worst' is rendered meaningless by I -j changed to 'If worst eta M worst.' The original and a r, form is evident on a ma thought. It is essentially a tinuation of from 'bad to i; from worse to worst.' " 9. New York. -10. Mostly piles. |