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Show I ANOTHER ( 7 A General Quiz The Questions 1. Is it correct to refer to a soldier sol-dier as a commando? 2. Does garlic grow above or in the ground? 3. How far above the earth does light disappear? 4. Who was the first president of the Chinese republic? 5. How much is a "bob" (English (Eng-lish slang) in coin? 6. Where did Stradivarius make his famous violins? 7. Who was the first astronomer to attempt to measure the distance around the earth? 8. Baseball rules say a baseball bat must be no longer than what? 9. What does a gold nugget weigh? 10. What army first discovered the usefulness of olive drab in warfare? The Answers 1. No. Commando means a British Brit-ish military unit of about 600 men, and not one soldier. 2. Garlic, of the lily family, grows above the ground. v 3. At 72,000 feet above the ground it becomes pitch black. 4. Sun Yat Sen. 5. A shilling. 6. In Cremona, Italy. 7. Eratosthenes (275-195 B. C). 8. Forty-two inches. 9. Gold nuggets have been found that weigh over 200 pounds, and some have been found that are so fine that 10 billion of them barely weigh ai ounce. 10. The British soldiers In India discovered that by dipping their battle uniforms in muddy water they offered excellent camouflage. I |