Judge — February 1937 — page 23: what you’re looking at

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ARE YOU SURE? Fifty Questions to make you think. By Irving D. Tressler GRAB A PENCIL in your good right hand and check one of the suggested an- swers on each of the following questions +. © is just fair, 70 is good, and anything above 80 puts you in the brain trust. 1, According to the advertisements, the Dionne quins eat and thrive on: Lydia Pinkham Jones Sausage W beasties Quaker Oats Corn Flakes Kraft Cheese Coca Cola Rem 2. One of these is not a skiing term: telemark herringbone Christiania ducks rib jump turn slalom 3. You sce one of these names on office building mail chutes far more often than any of the others: Hammer Farley Prandle Simon Cutler Venzke 4. You wouldn't be able to float very long in one of these: gondola frigate lugger dhow galleon galley bastion junk 5. When you see the word tundra you should think of: the noise that accompanies lightning an edible species of prickly pear a fish a Siberian scrub forest @ treeless Arctic plain an Eskimo boat 6. In England they call a dime novel a: sleep cheater penny dreadful beggars’ Bible fipence thriller lovers’ literature scalp tickler 7. Here's a photo of Peggy Hopkins Joyce whose hus- band you would be if you were to marry her tomorrow: 3rd 4th Sth 6th 7th 8. Next time you feel like commiting a crime which calls for a lynching party, go to one of the following sections of the U.S. and you'll be safest Pacific Coast South Midwest Northwest New England Southwest 9. Though the winter winds may be howl- ing against your window panes, shrug deeper in your chair and select the one true state- ment here: Melvin Purvis official rank is second only to J. Edgar Hoover's An artery carries blood from the heart Most pine trees are deciduous Wilson was the first U.S. President to leave the country while in office 10. Women’s silk stockings are usually knit so that there is a seam up the back because it: helps keep the stocking straight makes it fit the leg better prevents runs from going around makes thick legs look thinner helps attract male eyes more quickly 11. It has been estimated that the largest fleet of trucks in the U.S. is operated by: Ziefield Follies, Inc. Texaco A&P Greyhound Bond Bread American Telephone & Telegraph Co. 12. If you were given a giant panda as a present you probably wouldn't be happy unless you were a collector of: overgrown street beggars tropical nut-fruits savage Brazilian apes rare Chinese bears rare snakes primitive coins man-eating turtles 13. Dorothy Parker has not only recently published a book, but has announced: the coming of an heir next spring her approaching marriage to Ben Bernie a weight reduction of 50 pounds a breach of promise suit vs. Joe Cook 14, A group of wild rabbits living together without benefit of clergy is usually known as a: flock herd covey bevy school colony fleet mob squadron regiment butch crowd 15. If you happen to live in it then you'll know which one of these cities has the greatest mean annual precipitation of those listed: New Orleans Mobile Seattle Little Rock Nashville Cheyenne Salt Lake City San Francisco Boston 16. In all but one case the words paired together here are synonomous: therapeutic—curative patent—obvious garrulous—loquacious opprobrium—ap probation oscitancy—drowsiness 17. Eveready Prestone, that much adver- tised product for-keeping your car radiator from freezing, is manufactured by: Seagrams National Carbon Co. Delco-Remy Prest-O-Lite Battery Co. Socony-Vacuum Standard Oil of N.J. 18. Landlubber or not, you should know that on board a boat the binnacle is: the unused space by the anchor chain the men’s room in the creu’s quarters the case for the ship’s compass the cook’s pantry the lookout’s post 19. Thought maybe you'd be interested in this soulful picture of Merle Oberon who was born in Tasmania which is a part of: Roumania New Zealand South Africa Philippines Australia Russia 20, The Land of The Rising Sun is: Norway Sweden Japan Finland Italy Siam 21. One of these is known as The Father Of Waters: Epsom Salts Niagara Falls Lake Champlain Atlantic Hudson river Mississippi river 22, You're probably sick and tired of hear- ing the song over the radio, but the next line after the opening “When did you leave heaven?” is: How could they let you go? Why are you headed for bell? Who the devil are you? Hou’s St, Peter these days? Don't tell me you're going back! 23. If you must be really literal, then the word dirigible means: thunder boat which goes like hell in sky cigar-shaped lighter than air that which can be steered sausage-shaped car of the air capable of sailing in the sky 24. Matthew . Vassar, founder of Vassar College, made his fortune in: beer waste paper beet sugar textbooks Bas stoves shoes pearl smuggling rat exterminating 25. You've often seen that greenish rust which forms on copper and is called: mufti oleander verdigris phlegm meld lichen guano 26. Most higher living organisms are grouped into two divisions called: dull and interesting Republican and Democrat animal and vegetable moral and immoral rich and poor American and foreign dry or wet 27. Max Eastman has written a recently published book entitled: History of The Russian Revolution Reasons For Anger Three Worlds Enjoyment of Laughter Freedom On The Trail of Ancient Man (Page 32, please) Judge comicbooks.com