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Show I ASK MS ? A quiz with answers offering ? ? information on various subjects ? The Questions 1. What is the meaning of the word "concinnity"? 2. Which country names its capital cap-ital after an American president? 3. Why is it wrong to say that a ship "travels 20 knots an' hour"? 4. What is a plant which sheds its leaves periodically called? 5. What price was paid to Russia Rus-sia for Alaska and the Aleutians? 6. Who always "has the last word" in the navy, the senior or the junior officer? 7. How many articles has the bill of rights? 8. How many tracer bullets does a gunner in a Flying Fortress shoot and how do they help him? 9. Who was the hero of "The Man Without a Country"? 10. What does Washington call former army and navy officers who served in World War I and I who have now been recommis-sioned recommis-sioned for service in World War II? The Answers 1. Skillfully put together. 2. Liberia (Monrovia). 3. A knot is a rate of speed, not distance one nautical mile per hour. One should say the ship traveled "20 knots." 4. Deciduous. 5. The United States paid $7,-200,000. $7,-200,000. 6. The junior officer, with his "Aye, aye, sir." 7. Ten. 8. Every fifth cartridge is a "tracer" bullet which leaves a trail of fire, plainly visible day and night. The tracers help the gunner gun-ner correct his aim and they also start fires. 9. Philip Nolan. 10. Retreads. |
