Show A quiz with answers offering information A 21 E MCI on various subjects 1 has there ever been an airplane flown around the world 2 how long does it take to get a telephone call through to london rom this country 3 how many miles of submarine arine cable are there 4 what town is nearest the geographical center of the united states 5 what is pectin 6 why are some t tin in cans enameled on the inside answers 1 there has never been a round the world airplane flight in that such a flight would require girdling the globe at its greatest ci circumference either along the equator or along a single degree of longitude 2 it takes from 10 to 30 minutes although it rarely takes 30 minutes it costs 15 for three minutes talk in the daytime but the rate for sunday and for night calls is 10 for three minutes 3 the earth is encircled with more than miles of submarine cables miles of telephone wires and miles of telegraph cables 4 Le lebenon barion in eastern smith county kan is the nearest 5 it is a substance which appears in many vegetable tissues as a constituent of the sap or cell wall in making jellies its presence is necessary to cause the fruit juice to solidify 6 red fruits and vegetables bleach in contact with tin plate and foods with sulphur content discolor the can just as a cooked egg discolors a silver spoon the stain is harmless but uninviting |