Judge — February 1938 — page 40: what you’re looking at

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ARE YOU SURE? Fifty Questions to Make You Think IT doesn’t matter whether you use pen, pencil, or lipstick. Just check one of the suggested answers for each of the following questions. A lawyer scored 78 on this one. 1, One of the following men is known as Europe's “Smartest Little Statesman”: Adolf Hitler Yvon Delbos Winston Churchill Dr. Eduard Benes Benito Mussolini Joseph Stalin 2. You might find the inscription “He wrote fifteen immortal Hungarian Rhapsodies” un- der a picture of: Liszt Chopin Debuss, Wagner Brahms Bac! 3. The Civil War, which began on April 12, 1861, broke out at: Appomattox Gettysburg Richmond Charleston Greensboro Chancellorsville 4. Now try a bit of word detecting. Choose the misspelled word in the following group: adducible ebullient fuchsia dentefrice abettor — concupiscent 5. You may read the poem “The Wreck of the Hesperus” among the works of which of the following American poets: Wadsworth Cooper Longfellow W hitman W bittier Guest 6. If you've gone through sixth grade, you should know that the capital of South Da- kota is: Vermilion Pierre Aberdeen Sioux Falls Tyndall Rapid City 7. The etchings of one of the following American artists have been compared with those of Rembrandt: George Gershwin Jobn Sargent Walt Disney George Biddle James Whistler Milt Gross 8. Emily Post says that it is proper: To be at least a half hour late for formal dinners For a woman to attend a stag party To introduce oneself before the hostess has a chance to do so Not to leave a dinner party for possibly two hours after dinner 9. One of these celebrities recently signed away United States citizenship: Claudette Colbert Helen Keller Mrs. Mathew Astor Wilkes Countess Haugwitz-Reventlow Mary Lewis Finley Eleanor Roosevelt 10. The famous cocktail, Saserac, is com- posed of one lump of sugar, one dash of cocktail bitters, one dash of anisette, one dash of orange bitters and one jigger of: Bourbon whiskey Jamaica rum Ronrico rum Irish whiskey Rye whiskey Applejack 11. The brightest star, which rises and sets with the sun in summer, is known as: Star-bright Dog-star Shirley Temple Venus Mars Betelgeuse 38 12. If someone showed you a figure with twelve sides and twelve angles you might correctly say: I love duodecimals! That's an interesting dodecagon. Who would bother to make a pyramid! What a funny looking octagon. 13. The Associated Press poll of fifty lead- ing sportswriters revealed one of these men as No. 1 U.S. male athlete for 1937: Joe Louis Frank Parker Muscle-builder Atlas Clinton Frank Jobn Montague Donald Budge 14, The same poll elected which woman as the No. 1 U.S. female athlete: Katherine Rawls Alice Marble “Babe” Didrikson Stella Walsh Mrs. Sylvia Annenberg “Dolly” Stark 15. Pair the following with proper defini- tions: 1, doggerel 2. blank verse 4. poetry without rhyme b. verse devoid of sense or rhythm ¢. short or long poem based on emotional reactions 3. lyrie 16. What famous character was exiled from Yugoslavia recently: Yvon Delbos Mae West Benito Mussolini Duke of Windsor Mickey Mouse ‘Anthony Eden 17, A famous New Orleans dish made from the gummy pods of the okra is called: Subi-Yaki Chop Suey Gumbo Sauer-braten Chili concarne Bouillabaisse 18. King George VI is lovingly known to his family as: Kent Your Royal Majesty Bob Jimmy Bertie Danny-boy 19. At this writing what flag flies over Peking? Japanese flag. Flag of the original Chinese Republic. Flag of Chiang Kai-shek’s Nanking Government. Skull and crossbones. 20. Where would you be most likely to find a gnu: France Alaska Australia Mexico South Africa Wyoming 21. If you received a message written in code, it would be an example of: eryptogamia crypt Ctesiphon cryptography writ codex 22. The ancient town of Astrakhan is on what river: Euphrates Rhine Rhone Tigris Volga Jordan 23. A kilometer is the equivalent of how many statute miles: 2 05 0.1733 0.8325 24. Our neighbor, the President of Mexico, is: Gerardo Machado Lazaro Cardenas Largo Caballero Genaro Vasquez Edssrdo Suarez Eduard Hay 0.6214 25. If you received a Gobelin as a Christ- mas gilt you probably thanked your thought- ful friend for the: old witch lovely piano rare old boo dainty glass ware exquisite tapestry big turkey 26. A glyptograph is a design: woven into silk cut into glass engraved on gold clips enameled on rings an instrument which measures billiard all cut or engraved on gems 27. The character Alfredo appears in which of the following Italian operas: Pagliacci La Traviata Il Trovatore Norma La Boheme La Gioconda 28. Most of us use graphite every day. This is in connection with: soap pencil toothpaste telephone monty paper 29. If you were to enter a class in numis- matics, you would learn something about: geology archaeology gymnastics wig-making coins and medals juggling 30. Pair the following words with proper definitions: 1. barratry 2. barrister 3. barouche a. In law, the practice of exciting lawsuits. b. A four-wheeled carriage with a falling top. . A counselor at law. 31. A popular radio personality recently pul ed a book entitled “Of Men and Music’ Bing Crosby Lawrence Gilman Arturo Toscanini Walter Damrosch Deems Taylor Milton J. Cross 32. You must be nearly a hundred years old if you can remember the beginning of the photographic process by which pictures were produced on plates of silvered copper, called: tintype etching engravin, photogravure photolitbograps daguerreotype 33. Which of the following states has the greater population: Alabama Pennsylvania Maryland Texas Oklahoma Ohio 34, What talented young Miss had the un- usual distinction of singing Mimi in La Bo- heme opposite Martinelli at the age of fifteen: Deanna Durbin Grace Moore Martha Raye Betty Jaynes Marion Talley Bruna Castagna 35. All but one of the following are well- known tooth powders: Calox Dr. Lyons Calsodent Clorox i Polident 36. The proper pronunciation of the follow- ing word is: IN quiry in QUIR y The Judge comicbooks.com