Judge — August 1938 — page 32: what you’re looking at

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ARE YOU SURE? Fifty Questions to Make You Think ETERMINE your mental magnitude. Check off your choice of answer for each of the following questions—a pencil stub will do. A doctor scored 84 on this quiz. 1, The Commander in Chief of the Na- tional Guard in each State is the: President of the United States Secretary of State Secretary of War Corps area commander Governor Kentucky Colonel 2. An automatic apparatus for regulating temperature is called a: thermophone therm thermotype thermostat thermometer fixit 3. Choose the correct pronunciation of the word “quay”: kwai hee hay hu-ay cooey dock 4. Which of these men is known as the “Great Commoner”: Franklin D. Roosevelt William Pitt Henry Ford Abraham Lincoln George Washington P. T. Barnum 5. How many orthographic errors are there in the following verse by Edgar Allan Poe: Once upon a midnight dearie, wile 1 pon- derd weak and wearie, Over many a quainte and curious volum of forgotten lobr— Wile I knodded, nearly naping, suddenley their came a tapping, As of someone gently rapping, gently rapping at my chamber door. mo errors 2 4 15 12 6. In less than three minutes, without pa- ¢ and pencil, find the answer to this prob- fom: 32x 10x1xOx¥ equals: 30 120 42 0 A 7. The first names of the famous (Prince and the Pauper) Mauch twins are: Billy and Bobb Ivan and Eric Leo and Lionel Hadrian and Adrian Larry and Harry Peter and Paul 8. The Sherman Act, which was the orig- inal federal anti-monopoly statute, went into effect during the administration of: Benjamin Harrison Warren Harding Franklin Roosevelt Herbert Hoover Theodore Roosevelt Woodrow Wilson 9. The dimensions of a tennis court for a doubles game are: 78 x 27 ft. 84 x 26 ft. 1 68 x 36 ft. 78 x 36 ft. 00 x 48 ft. 10. Facts are facts, and a factotum is: an almanac a relic @ man of all work a statistical expert an Alaskan pole a walking encyclopedia 11. Which one of the following statements is false: Jobn Philip Sousa composed The Stars and Stripes Forever. Beethoven wrote bis first sympathy when be was five years old. La Boheme and The Bohemian Girl are the same opera. . Kirsten Flagstad, the Norwegian soprano, is best known for ber Wagnerian roles. 30 12. A pair of jacks or better is an opener in a poker game, but which of the jacks have only one eye to open? clubs diamonds bearts Spades 13. Almost everybody knows that bullion is: chicken soup beef broth _ an armoured car uncoined gold or silver Premier of France a French term of endearment 14. On arising after an average night's sleep, a person’s weight, compared with his weight on retiring is: greater less 15. And his height is: greater Tess the same the same 16. How many swings can a baseball bat- ter take at a ball before striking out: not more than three an unlimited number not more than a hundred not less than ten a maximum of twenty-five 17. The government's fiscal year is from: January 1 through December 31 March 1 through February 31 July 1 through June 30 better to worse 18. If you dropped a thousand-pound bag of feathers and a thousand-pound bag of bricks from a roof-top at the same moment, one of the following statements would be correct: The bag of bricks would reach the ground rst. The bag of feathers would reach the ground rst. Both bags would reach the ground at the same moment, 19. General Pershing’s nickname is: Pink Old Hickory Windy Blackjack Tron Man Lula 20. How many lakes are there in the Great Lakes chain of North America: 5 8 6 4 21. The majority of us go to the movies, principally for the feature picture, which is always: 6 reels or over never less than 15 reels 2 to 4 reels 1 reel boring 22. How many matches are there in an ordinary book: 15 18 20 24 27 23. Pair the following with the medals: right 1. Extraordinary bero- a. Congressional Med- ism in attion al of Honor 2. Exceptionally meri- torious service in position of great re- sponsibility Conspicuous gal lantry in action against the enemy 24. The first U. S. money was coined in 1792 at: Boston Philadelphia &. Distinguished Serv- ice Cross ¢. Distinguished Serv. ice Medal New York Washington Chicago Richmond 25. So far, Cunningham seems to run fast- er than the rest of us, doing a record mile in: 4:04 :2 4:01 4:02:4 4:09 26. How should the following pair up: a. carried by unmounted troops 4. flown on ships ¢. carried by mounted troops 1. flag 2. standard 3. ensign 27. There have been six democratic ad- ministrations since Abraham Lincoln's elec- tion, while the Republicans have held the presidency how many times: 10 13 14 17 18 28. Arthur Schopenhauer s chief work was: The Art of Cross Examination The Minute Waltz The Funeral March Without Benefit of Clergy Critique of Pure Reason The World as Will and Idea 29. The V-shaped stripe worn by officers of armies, navies, police and other uniformed groups to indicate rank or length of service is called a: cheviot chewink chianti chevalier thesron chiapas 30. The familiar “ground hog” of Feb 2od is none other than az prairie dog = muskrat uinea pis shunk woodehuck Sear 31. Pick out the true statement: The American Flag has six red stripes and seven white stripes. The American Flag has seven red stripes and six white stripes. The American Flag has seven red stripes and seven white stripes. 32. This being an age of initials, what does W.C.T.U. stand for: Working Classes Trampled Under Whoops! Can The Umpire! Women’s Christian Temperance Union Workers’ Classified Time Union 33. Immediately after birth a baby nor mally: Congratulates the doctor gains weight loses weight loses bis teeth rs The largest of living land animals is the: coos elephant rhinoceros black bear polar bear 35. This simple musical instrument is called a: harmonica Jezreel Jeu’s Harp \ jousarp finjitse N gourd 36. Who said, “I would rather be right than be President”: Calvin Coolidge Henry Clay Abraham Lincoln dinosaur bippopotamus Daniel Webster Patrick Henry George M. Coban 37. A dermatologist is one who treats the: hair shin ears ~— nails throat boys in the back room comicbooks.com