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Show I ASK ME ) I I ANOTHER f ? ? f A General Quiz 7 The Questions 1. What is the limit set by the U. S. government for first class mail? 2. What language is spoken by more people than any other language? lan-guage? 3. Which is lighter, cork or balsa wood? 4. What is the present population popula-tion of the United States, including includ-ing those in the armed forces? 5. Which is correct, anchors away or anchors aweigh? 6. Is there a fixed North pole? 7. When army transport crews fly the "clothesline," where do they go? 8. What was the shape of handkerchiefs hand-kerchiefs before the time of Louis i XVI? 9. What does ibid, mean? 10. Who was the first white man to lose his head after seeing the Pacific? The Answers 1. Seventy pounds is the limit for first class mail. 2. Chinese, including dialects. English is second. 3. Balsa wood (one-half as heavy as cork). 4. 138,100,874, an increase since 1940 of 6,431,599. 5. Anchors aweigh (just clear of the ground and hanging perpendicularly. perpen-dicularly. 6. No. It is the northern extremity ex-tremity of the earth's axis which moves within a small area. 1. From Miami to Brazil or British Guinea where they can get overnight laundry service at prices far below U. S. prices. 8. Oblong. 9. Ibidem (in the same place). 10. Balboa, beheaded for treason. |