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Show ASK MS 1 A quiz with answers offering f ? B 'normation on various subjects ' 9. Yes, in 1833. The British parliament then outlawed slavery throughout the entire empire. 10. Hot water is more likely to crack a thick glass than a thin one because there is a greater opportunity op-portunity for inside and outside portions to expand at different rates, causing strain. The Questions 1. How much silver does sterling ster-ling silver contain? 2. What is the only South American Amer-ican country deriving its culture and language from Portugal? 3 What does the word "proof" mean as applied to alcoholic beverages? bev-erages? 4. Cuba originally belonged to what country? 5. Up to the year 1814 Australia was known as what? 6. What letter is meant by Hawthorne's Haw-thorne's title "The Scarlet Letter"? Let-ter"? 7. Napoleon's Waterloo is in what countrv? 8. What baseball player was known as the "Iron Horse"? 9. Did England free its slaves before the United States did? 10. Why will hot water crack a thick glass more easily than a thin one? The Answers 1. It contains .925 silver. 2. Brazil. 3. The "proof" is twice its alcoholic alco-holic content by volume; 86 proof contains 43 per cent alcohol. 4. Spain. 5. New Holland. 6. "A." 7. Belgium. 8. Lou Gehrig. |