Answers to a Selection of General Knowledge Questions
This item lists queries on topics from 1926 AL batting champion to geography and history. It includes asking who won the league title, a general killed in the Philippines, the resigning VP, ring gold content, origins of Adam’s apple, early English comedies, Europe’s largest peninsula, Bodleian Library location and founding, a quote on unconditional surrender, top US corporations, most valuable player 1920, cork, milk from rubber trees, Swedish colony origins, Cherokee Strip opening, Da Vinci painting, Europe’s highest mountain chain, a US historian as minister to Spain, Mobile Bay battle quote, and domestic help shortages by region.
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United States
Cork
Leonardo da Vinci
Spain
Mobile Bay
Answers to a Set of Historical and Science Trivia Items
A list of concise answers includes figures such as Daniel Webster and Owen Wister, places like Colombia and Venezuela, and historical notes on light refraction, dog days, and battles. Other items reference Fort Schuyler, New York 1777, and Samuel Pepys, with geographic and period details across Europe and the Confederate army.
Colorado Highway Between Ouray and Durango The Most Expensive
The Ouray Silverton Durango state highway is cited as the United States most costly road at about 50000 dollars per mile. Built along a historic toll route it required blasting masonry embankments canyon fills bridges and stone walls to ensure safe travel. It sits along some of Colorado’s rugged mountains offering dramatic views for auto tourists on the direct route to Mesa Verde Telluride Ouray Silverton and Durango.
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United States
Colorado
Ouray
Silverton
Durango
Canon
Mesa Verde
Telluride
Wesley Great Horseman
A. M. Pagan in the Empire Review extols John Wesley as the chief horseman of the eighteenth century. He rode 60 to 70 miles daily, later reaching 4,000 to 5,000 miles in a year after age eighty. He started riding by 8 a.m. and often rode with loose rein while reading history.
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John Wesley
A. M. Pagan
The
Empire Review
Explorer's Homely Longing For Coffee and Bread
Roald Amundsen, famed Norwegian explorer, recalled during harsh polar travel that he longed for a simple cup of hot coffee and a plate of bread and butter. The hardship of foreign lands often turns men toward everyday comforts rather than luxury foods.
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Roald Amundsen
South Pole
Science Seeks Origin of Polynesian Races
Edward W. Gifford from the University of California joins Bishop Museum Honolulu staff for race research in the Pacific. He sails to the Fiji islands in May to seek Polynesian traits or remnants. The museum has conducted extensive Pacific prehistoric research and collaborates with Dutch East Indies authorities on early vestiges.
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Edward W. Gifford
Museum of Anthropology
University of California
Bishop Museum
Honolulu
Pacific
Fiji Islands
South Seas
Asian
Government of
Dutch East Indies
Bureau of Ethnology
How Silly Grownups Puzzle Small Boys
Anne Wheeler, a settlement worker, notes children take things literally. Billy’s father brings home candy but his mother guards permission. A guest asks Billy to eat, but Billy insists he must ask his mother and points to her far away, saying his father is not his mommy.
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Anne Wheeler
Billy
Just a Suggestion at the Wayside Depot
A wandering troupe pauses at a western PDRR wayside depot as an antique station agent recalls that express trains once stopped there for Jesse James, adding a hint of legend to the quiet scene.
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Wa-al
Jesse James
Money in Old Letters
Advertises purchase of old envelopes up to 1876 with stamps intact. Buyer George Hakes offers high prices and lists 200 Broadway New York as contact.
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George Hakes
Broadway
New York
Submarine Capable of 2.5-Day Submersion
In a recent note the newest British Navy submarine is said to be able to remain submerged for two and a half days. A dialogue snippet from a published piece contrasts entreaties about “strait ened circumstances” with a humorous exchange about twins and parallels.
Dead Shot Worm Expeller Ad at Pearl Street
Advertisement touts Dr. Peery's Dead Shot a single dose remedy to expel worms or tapeworms. Includes address 372 Pearl St offering the product with a provocative slogan about intolerance.
Women of Middle Age Find New Health With Pinkham Compound
Mrs. Annie Kwinski of Milwaukee and Mrs. Mattie Adams of Brewton report improved health after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. They say six bottles helped them regain vigor, enabling them to enjoy books, plays, grandchildren, church and civic life. Thousands of women over fifty credit the remedy and recommend it to others.
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Annie Kwinski
1St Avenue
Milwaukee
Wis
Lydia B. Pinkham
Mattie Adams
Downing Street
Brewton
Ala
Lydia BE
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Atlanta
Waagner
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Belgium
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Haarlem
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Houston
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McCormick & Co
Baltimore
Bee Brand
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