Judge — September 1937 — page 26: what you’re looking at

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RE YOU your LQ. on the following ques- ions and aes and find out whether you should take advantage of school-days. Check one answer to each question. 70 is fair, 80 is good, and anything above 90 is too good to be true. 1, Pirates are out of fashion, but buried treasure is much in vogue, as proven by the tremendous horde of gold which the United States government has recently buried in: Panama New York Pennsylvania Washington, D.C. Kentucky Haiti 2. Which of the following presidents once said, “I do not choose to run”? Washington Hoover Franklin D. Roosevelt Coolidge Theodore Roosevelt Harding 3. The famous U.S. tennis team, led by Don Budge, brought home the Davis Cup recent- ly, for the ‘st time since it was lost in: 1930 1929 1933 1918 1932 1927 4, What famous screen lover today was a menace in silent pictures years ago? Wallace Beery Jobn Barrymore Ronald Colman William Powell Clark Gable Spencer Tracy 5. The word, guinea, has been misused so often that some of you may have forgotten that it means: a sandwich an Italian « fsb a Pole an English coin a foul 6. Normally, an adult should have the fol- lowing number of teeth: 24 36 25 32 100 30 7. The modern birthstone of a person born in September is: pearl bloodstone beryl onyx 8. The great Spanish writer, Cervantes, wrote the story of a slayer of windmills, and rescuer of fair damsels in distress. Who was this eccentric and mad knight-errant? Don Juan Machiavelli Sir Walter Raleigh Cellini Don Quixote Galahad 9. Which of the following great pianists is as great a statesman? Josef Hofmann Jose Iturbe Schnabel Harold Bauer Paderewski Chico Marx 10. The Daylight, the Twentieth Century, the Challenger, the Green Diamond and the Super Chief are: Indians movie titles topaz agate horses yachts trains books 11. A quarrel between two of the following organizations has a profound bearing on the struggle to restore industrial peace: D.A.R. AF, of L. W.C.T.U. CLO. S.P.C.A. AAA, 12. The Treasury Department of the United States was organized by: Alexander Hamilton George Washington Jobn Adams 13. One of the following writers originated the detective story, perfected the mystery short story and produced America’s first great poems: Wordsworth Longfellow Poe Andrew Mellon Henry Morgenthau Jr. Thomas Jefferson S. S. Van Dine Conan Doyle T. A. Daly 24 SURE? 14, The ancients believed that the Arteries carried air instead of blood, until one of the following men proved the contrary by feeling his own pulse while in a hot bath: Michael Paraday William Harvey Edward Jenner Louis Pasteur David Hume Ambroise Pare 15. The World Series of each year is played between the champion baseball team of two of the following leagues: National League Pacific Coast League Southern Association International League American League American Association 16. Four percent of the population of the United States are illiterate, which means that they are: born out of wedlock ten years of age or over and cannot write in any language ten years of age or over and unable to read any language without either mother or father 17. Of course you have a radio, your neigh- bor has a radio, and his neighbor hes a radio. There are how many radio-set owners in the United States? 1,000,000 24,500,000 23,200,000 4,000,000 18. In fight parlance, a jab is: ok an upper-cut a sight-cross a straight punch a Rabbit punch a slice 19. There was once a Sultan who beheaded at cach dawn his beautiful bride of the night before, until he met: Dionysus Venus Scheherazade Aphrodite 20. The Tierra del Fuego—"The Land of Fire,” a primitive cou which Darwin studied carefully, is located: in Siam in Spain north of Guatemala 21,000,000 12,000,000 Aeneid Cleopatra in Tibet south of Patagonia 21. One of these men wrote the following advice for the New Year: “Resolution: Resolve to perform what you ought: perform without fail what you resolve”: Jobn Keats Franklin Roosevelt Daniel Webster Jobn Milton Benjamin Franklin Aesop 22. Ladies, a tactful way to bring up the subject of a new Fall tux to your men-folks, might be to ask them if they know what this type of suit was named after: An English Lord — The Prince of Denmark A party A park in New York State A drink A horse 23. Chinese-Japanese war breaks out inev- itably, tho China has a population of 420,- 000,000 and Japan a population of: 200,000,000 98,000,000 150,000,000 24. If your girl-friend isn't kidding, but really has a fit, you should: land a right book to the jaw put something between ber teeth throw a bucket of cold water over ber tickle ber in the ribs 25. A little cocktail with a long name and a long punch is the Alexander—one third gin, one third cream and one third: brandy rye cognac creme de cacao bitters vermouth Fifty Questions to Make You Think 26, Franklin D. Roosevelt has been called “Canada’s Santa Claus,” because of the fact that one bill which he signed has greatly aided Canadian economy. It was the: Tydings-McDuffie Act The Wagner Act The New Court Bill Gold revaluation law The AAA. The Social Security Act 27. Which of the following painters was also noted as a sculptor, engineer and archi- tect: Giotto Fra Lippi Rafaello DaVinci Botticelli Greco 28. The four seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, change, respectively, on the twenty-first of the month except one sea- son which changes the twenty-third. Which season beginning one of the following months is the exception: March ‘June ‘September 29. Here's a Florida is: Tallahassee Tampa December stickler, The capitol of Miami St. Petersburg Jacksonville Pensacola 30. The female of one of the following will lay nine and bury them, but will never turn around in doing so: snake frog lizard turtle toad Spider 31. Palestine, the restless “Holy Land,” is now: ruled by the Arabs divided into three states governed by the Jews Mandated to Great Britain 32. In playing bridge, a grand coup is: taking all thirteen tricks trumping your partner's good cards to shorten your own trumps peeking at your opponent's bands making a successful finesse 33. Almost everyone knows someone who ‘ inclined to be bibulous, which means that eis: Smitten with liver disorder @ student of the Bible inclined to drunkenness inclined to be garrulous 34. Can you pair the following men with the right positions in the Cabinet? 1, Homer Cummings 2. Daniel C. Roper 3. Harry H. Woodring a. Secretary of War b, Attorney General ¢. Secretary of Commerce 35. Epicurus was famous as: a horse fancier @ Greek philosopher a Roman Emperor a cook @ historian @ doctor 36. One of the following statements is not true: Largo Caballero is the present bead of the Spanish (Loyalist) Cabinet Neville Chamberlain is a conservative Hitler was a paper banger Mussolini was once a socialist 37. Every secretary should know that a word must be capitalized if it is: the name of a person, place, or thing applies to the Roosevelt Administration a title without the name following if it is the name of a season Judge comicbooks.com