Judge — December 1937 — page 27: what you’re looking at

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41. If a stick of dynamite exploded in the middle of the desert and no living thing were within hearing distance: there would be a big boom there would be a faint pop there would be no sound at all a tree would spring up 42. Match each of the following with the proper definition: 1. metaphor 2. sonnet 3. simile 4. 4 poetic or imaginative comparison. b. an implied, but not expressed comparison. ¢. a short poem 43. Recent elections in New York City spelled victory for the: Democratic Party Communist Party Popular Front Government Tammany Hall Fusion Party 44. The oldest metal of commerce, first mined and used more than four thousand years before Christ, is: iron lead copper zine tin platinum 45. The leading players in the movie pro- duction “Conquest” are: Dorothy Lamour and Jon Hall William Powell and Myrna Loy Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Greta Garbo and Charles Boyer 46. Benzedrine is a newly discovered drug used: as a substitute for coal and oil to clean spots (en woolen garments to prevent inclination to suicide to prevent cold feet 47. If a violinist’s music is marked fortis- simo, he should play: loudly softly sweetly with mute under the table with his back to the audience 48. The women of Watteau, fashionable French artist of the early 18th century, may be recognized by their: peasant sturdiness sleek, straight hair flat noses elegance and delicacy slant eyes plain dresses 49. The oldest college in America is: Harvard Yale William and Mary Dartmouth Leland Stanford Duke 50. The capital of Maine is: Portland Bar Harbor Augusta Bangor Rumford Lewiston ANSWERS ON PAGE 29 Number of correct answers. Multiply by two for score............ December 1937 NEXT MONTH Judge's Birthday Number The Biggest and Best Issue of Our 57 Years COVER BY VERNON GRANT Whose cover on the issue you are now reading is only an introduction to the finest cover he has ever done. CROSS CURRENTS Americana from all parts of these United States. A CALENDAR OF THE MONTH By George Kaufman and Marc Connelly. THE SENATOR-AT-LARGE Inside information about goings-on in Washington. A GOLF DEPARTMENT By Alec Duncan, the most beloved and probably the best known golf professional on two continents. HIGH HAT By Judge, Jr. RADIO An hilarious lowdown on the infant industry by Fred Allen. THE THEATRE By Carroll Case, whose fresh viewpoint and descriptive style will delight you. IF | DARE SAY SO Charles B. Driscoll’s caustic comments on the current scene. BOOKS By Ralph Cohen. RECORDS By Charles Jackson. MOVIES By Robert Terrall. ARE YOU SURE? Fifty pertinent questions to make you think. CROSSWORDS Two of the most amusing and toughest puzzles you have ever tackled. A complete review of the best humor that's been published during the past two generations, plus pages and pages of keen comment and forceful drawings by America’s leading humorists. Judge's Birthday Number comicbooks.com