Ask Me Another General Quiz on Navy Ash Can and World Facts
Answers cover depth bombs naming shrapnel to Britain, locations from Venice to Atlantic City, and the largest organ details. Notable items include Polaris as the North Star, the seven-manual organ in Atlantic City’s Convention Hall, and Greenland ice-free area about 31,284 square miles.
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Europe
Asia
Russia
Turkey
Iran
George Washington
Greenland
Socrates
Venice
Palace of the
Census figures show eligible U S voters and non voters
The census bureau estimates 80,528,000 American citizens eligible to vote while 84,178,000 are age 21 or over. Exclusions include 3,200,000 aliens and 450,000 DC residents. Non voters include 563,321 mental institution occupants and 161,000 prisoners.
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Census Bureau
District of Columbia
America
De-Oiling Sea Gulls Near Penzance
A de-oiling hospital for sea gulls runs near Penzance England for almost two years. Explosions from sunk submarines draw fish and gulls, leaving many drenched in oil. Up to 700 birds are rescued and sent to the facility in a single day.
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Penzance
England
Quote on unity beneath tribal patterns by Holmes
The quotation highlights that true humanity and divine love reside in a single heart beneath diverse tribal designs, comparing people to South Sea Islanders yet affirming universal kinship and shared worth.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes
Death and Sleep Quote Under Byron Theme
A concise reflection notes that death and sleep occupy life, with sleep accounting for roughly a third of existence, evoking Byron’s meditation on fate and consciousness.
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Byron
Tanks and steel battles shape wartime policy
Lord Beaverbrook urged U S aid to Britain with tanks as the army debates lend lease and strategic use. British need 32 ton medium tanks to counter Axis forces. light 12 ton tanks arrive but lack armor. OPM and steel industry clash over rationing and capacity. Admiral Land pressures steelmen to expand production as White House press relations draw critique.
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Washington, D. C
Lord Beaverbrook
U. S
North Africa
Russia
Texas
Britain
Beaverbrook
Greece
Libya
Hitler
Spain
Portugal
Strait of Gibraltar
Atlantic
French West Africa
Dakar
Grand Coulee Dam Powers Vast Irrigation and Power
Grand Coulee, claimed as the world’s largest dam, blocks the Columbia River with a barrier 0.75 miles long and 500 feet high. It will form a 151 mile long lake, irrigate 1.2 million acres, and supply electric power to an area five times England. Boulder Dam on the Colorado River creates a 115 mile lake behind Black Canyon, finished in 1935, with a 2,000 foot wide gorge and massive water weight cautioning geologists about crust bending.
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Grand Coulee
Columbia River
England
Boulder Dam
Colorado
Black Canyon
Habits of Salmon and their lifecycles described
Pathfinder notes that a group of Pacific king salmon die after breeding from July to December and do not return to the sea. Other salmon return to the sea after spawning and stay there until the next breeding season. All salmon live partly in salt and fresh water and spawn in fresh. They ascend rivers to spawn.
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Pacific
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S&. E. Comer 16Th & Clark
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White House
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PTT
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Margaret Speaks
Firestone Symphony Orchestra
Alfred Wallenstein
H. B. C. Red Network
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