General Quiz Questions From ASK ME ANOTHER
A list of trivia prompts covering political history French monarchy a 1845 city banning bathtubs without physician advice wartime gasoline use pyramid size and literary phrases plus a question about a European dictator who was a newspaper man.
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Progressive Party
United States
Gizeh
Illium
Bomber Planes Offer Postwar Farm Delivery Capabilities
Surplus second-hand bomber planes will be available after the war. They can carry a five ton load and fly at 28,000 feet where temperatures reach 45 degrees below zero. The so called bomber delivery system could ship farm-fresh perishables anywhere in the United States within a few hours.
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United States
Anzio Port Keeps Working Under Fire With British and Yank Help
Ernie Pyle reports on the Anzio port operation where British navy and Fifth Army engineers organize amid shellfire. Quartermaster crews improvise fuel caches, a bakery, laundry, and salvage depots while graves are tended in a large cemetery with continuous casualties.
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Fifth Army
Italy
Anzio
New York
Quartermaster Corps
Fifth
Monty Woolley Battles Hollywood For Real Acting Skill
A Hollywood veteran decries the idea that acting can be learned overnight. Monty Woolley recalls his 30-year struggle, credits Moss Hart and others for his break, and defends genuine craft against film industry hype.
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M &T. Woolley
Hollywood
Hamlet
Monty Woolley
Changing War Nicknames From Huns To Krauts At Front
The speaker notes shifts in enemy nicknames across wars. Germans cited as Huns in the earlier war gave way to Jerry in the early years and Kraut more recently, reflecting front line usage and public language changes.
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Jerry
Crochet hats and purses pattern 7040 available
Crochet for pleasure in spare moments. Pattern 7040 covers hat and purse. Due to high demand and wartime conditions, some orders take longer. Send orders to Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 564 W Randolph St Chicago 80, IL. Enclose 15 cents plus 1 cent mailing for Pattern No. Include name and address.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
W. Randolph St
Chicago
Real Need Customer Photographers Mercy and Necking Penalty
The exchange shows a customer unhappy with pictures and a photographer seeking mercy. The text notes necking as another sport penalized for holding besides football.
Salt Seller Exchange
A brief dialogue shows two sellers trading lines about salt. One asks the other what they sell and the reply confirms they both sell salt, with a playful exchange about their trade.
Name for Em First Student
A classroom pun about ancient writing tools. The dialogue compares Gaul tablets with Gaul stones as a playful misnomer.
Friend in Need Married Man Dinner Invitation
A brief note shows a social exchange where a married man invites a friend to share his wife’s first dinner, and the bachelor responds that he has always shared sorrows. The tone suggests light, personal humor in a domestic scene.
Halfhearted Wedding Talk Frays at Bill and Henry
Henry muses about marriage while Bill reacts with dry caution. The dialogue hints at uncertainty and playful tension as a major life step is contemplated.
Pat's Heart Boss-l'at Presents a Gift of a Pig
The speaker offers a pig as a present in a rustic salon scene. Pat-Sure accepts with playful banter, emphasizing a jokeful, neighborly exchange and a lighthearted mood. The dialogue highlights friendly rapport and rustic humor.
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L'At
Pat
Sor
Come Around Diner Waiter Feels Flies In Diner
A diner patron complains about flies while a waiter replies that new flies will arrive tomorrow, reflecting a humorous exchange on service quality and nuisances.
Male Brush Turkey Builds 3-Ton Nest
The brush turkey of Australia creates a nest up to 12 feet wide and 6 feet tall, weighing about three tons. The male builds the structure from leaves and branches while the female lays eggs and the male adjusts interior temperature by removing or adding debris with his bare neck as a makeshift thermometer.
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Australia
Color coding of U S radio networks by technicians
About 25 radio networks in the United States are identified by color on switchboards and in program transmission. The color system began twenty years ago when NBC engineers used red and blue pencils to map two networks, and the colors were adopted as the official names of those radio chains.
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Wein
Anu Gvery
Licata
Sicily
Charles Monnier
Dixon and Tremont
Ill
United States
NBC
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