Curiosity Quiz: Historical and Geographic Questions
A rapid-fire list asking for facts: Stonewall Jackson's first name, Aguinaldo’s capture by an American general, a mechanics term, a lightweight boxing champ, Hofmann’s nationality, New York State’s principal river, five largest US cities by area, a volcano, Supreme Court justice selection, astronomy versus astrology, Emancipation Proclamation date, signers of the Declaration, zoology, a 220-yard champion, a highly praised past film, the canal linking Great Lakes to sea via Hudson, the only woman Nobel laureate in Literature, vultures and their habitat, current Secretary of War, and the moon’s hunter- harvest cycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
Cosen
Great Lakes
Hudson River
Fragmented OCR quiz items and names list
A scrambled set of trivia references including plant genus in the vervain family, European species now troublesome in the US, geographic states, historical figures like Winfield Scott and Sargent, a burnett author, dates such as 1808 and 1825, and phrases about science, music, and a note on a public sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mary Roberts Rinehart
Wyoming
John Singer Sargent
Bob O’farrel
St. Louis Cardinals
South Carolina
North Carolina
Virginia
Texas
Alabama
Mississsppi
Louisiana
Florida
Georgia
Arkansas
Tennessee
Few Years of Poverty in Victor Hugo's Life
Victor Hugo enjoyed a bright youth and early success but faced personal tragedy after his mother died. His father opposed his writing, offering money only if he quit literature, which Hugo refused, leading to early poverty experiences and a public life shaping Les Miserables. He married in 1822, reconciling with his father, per Kansan City Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Hugo
Hita
Hugo
Kansan
Pilgrim Visits London Inn Tied to Francis Thompson
An American visitor, fond of Francis Thompson, tours Skiddaw Arms Kilburn, the famed pub where the Hound of Hoenoven author once dreamed by the fire. The innkeeper, unaware of Thompson, dismisses the pilgrim as a bad influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Francis Thompson
Kilburn
Egloon
104th Birthday Celebrated by Mrs Sophia Bird
Mrs Sophia Bird of Loughborough Ireland celebrated her 104th birthday with a procession of well wishers all day. She said she is comfortable and will strive to reach another birthday. Mrs Bird rises at 9:30 each morning and retires at 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bea Merry
Sophia Bird
Loughborough
Ireland
Hard Luck The Prize Example of Hard Luck
August Winkler suffers a sequence of misfortunes in Wisconsin and Mississippi floods. He travels to Kangna and Rossville with $165, deposits cash in Rossville bank, which fails the next day. His wife dies during the journey and he faces renewed ruin.
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August Winkler
Wisconsin
Kangna
Rossville
Couldn't Lose The Judge Reeve Card Game Quote
The late Judge Reeve argued that many misdemeanors stem from lack of will power and that circumstances govern most cases. He noted people resist temptation by avoidance and told a proverb about a veteran card player who hadn’t entered a game for four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeve
Carde
Talks and Bluster Mark Italy Yugoslavia Albania Clash
John Halkett, president of the building trades council, talks in New York on the three cornered wrangle among Italy Yugoslavia and Albania. He notes much talk but no action, adding windy people never come to blows and that some of the pep is avarice.
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John Halkett
The
Building Trades Council
New York
Italy
Yugo Slavia
Albania
Mr. Halkett
Cols Grip or Influenza Preventive Patent Remedy
A sales note promotes Laxative Dromo Quinine Tablets as a preventive treatment for colds grip and influenza. The box carries the signature of BD W Grove and Dc-Adv. The latter section describes magules as winged insects appearing one evening and disappearing by the next morning.
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W. Grove
Quotations on Piety and Ruin From La Fontaine and Gltes
A compact collection contrasts piety with memory and outward judgment. It notes how enemies ruin some men while friends ruin others and observes that the poor struggle to get neat while the rich cannot always digest it.
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Wells & Richardsee Co., Inc
Darlington
Vermont
Sendree
Bend FL
Starling CO
Cedar Napids
Iowa
Calli
Rich Fruit
Dairy County
Horton-Wimpay Furniture Co
Hanford
Calif
Harned Tate
St. Jea
Kay
Astuma
Tovdlons
Monto
Jock
Temple
Minneaponie
Minn
Nam
Naver
Vis Trees
Irp Wrey
le Mara
Dodd
Dodda Medicine Co. Inc
Main St
Buffalo
Boschee
Ora. Gq
Green, Inc
Oodbury
Stonewall” Jackson
Aguinaldo
Pugilst
Joseph Hofman
New York State
Idaho
Claude Joseph Teouget de Lisle
William Henry Hartson
Winfield Scott
Frances Hodgson Burnett
Reynolds Tobsets Marca
la Fontaine
Hmerson
Atwater
Kent
RADIO
Atwater Kent Radio
America
Two Gore
Atwater Kent Experimental Engineers
Prigea
Canada
Bolid Mahogan
Binet
Atwater Keat
Associated Stations
Onn
Otene le
Arwaran Kent
Gomrany
Wissahickon Ave
Atwater Kent
Philadelphia, Pa
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