Quiz questions from a vintage trivia column
A list of general knowledge prompts asking about history politics geography science arts and religion. Includes inquiries on the longest MLB game, impeached presidents, Roosevelt death, brain stem function, Burke Johnson Goldsmith Garrick circle, largest country by area, Vedas, Captain Bragg quote, learn versus teach usage, biblical first verse, top woman golfer, chief justice appointment, Hanoverian state name and king, senses, America's sweetheart, largest European river, Becky Sharp reference, turquoise origin, split infinitive, and First Book of Samuel alternative title.
Fragmentary historical snippet names notable figures and places
A collection of brief references lists 20 items including Jubal Early, Lee DeForest, General Wolfe, Gene Tunney, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson and locations such as Samoa, Bavaria, Colorado and California. Several entries mention percentages and natural elements, with varied topics from battles to the fascist labor code.
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MickQweele
Colorado
California
Mountain Top
Samoa
General Wolfe
Thomas DeQuincy
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Gene Tunney
Master of Music Had Novel Piano in Mind
Berlioz, renowned French master, ordered a uniquely built piano whose strings could serve as a harp. He dreamed of Harp tuned grand instruments and stringed lessons. The instrument, partly realized in his lifetime, is now in the possession of a major collector loaned for a Berlioz centennial exhibition.
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Berlioz
L'Ere Nouvelle
Paris
Kansas City Star
Voice Distinction Between Soprano and Mezzo Voices
The text notes that range defines soprano and mezzo-soprano and that timbre also matters. It states many mezzo-sopranos can reach higher notes than some sopranos and that a middle tessitura exists, guiding how practice should be woven into vocal study.
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Grove's Dictionary
Lindbergh Joins Select Company of Solo Adventurers
Washington reports Col. Charles A. Lindbergh has joined a distinguished list of single handed explorers including David Livingstone Henry Stanley and Joshua Slocum. The National Geographic Society notes lone adventurers earned the world’s glory and recalls Livingstone Slocum Pidgeon Meyer Rock Selkirk and Revere as famed solo travelers.
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Washington
Charles A. Lindbergh
David Livingstone
Henry Stanley
Alexander Selkirk
Robinson Cruesoe
Joshua Sladim
Harry Pidgeon
Andrew 8
Rowan
John Colter
Sir Galahad
National Geographic Society
Westminster Abbey
Africa
Congo
Vivingstone
USN
Explorer
Garcia
Lindbergh
Elbert Hubbard
McKinney
Cuba
Ghire
Durbans
Berlin doctor challenges heart as life’s prime mover
Prof. Martin Mendelsohn in Berlin argues the heart plays a secondary role and that cellular activity in glands and skin provides the body's motive power. He cites cases of weak hearts yet long life and calls for new death tests beyond heartbeat cessation.
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Berlin
Martin Mendelsohn
Berlin University
Mendelsohn
New Medical Weekly
Die Medizinische Zeit
Alfred Kerr
Berliner Tageblatt
Medical Society
Applicant Letter Seeks Employment in Far East Cavite
A letter from Wing I, an applicant in the Cavite Philippines area, claims to drive a typewriter with good noise and strong English. He says his last job ended unfairly due to a large man’s death and offers to join and arrive on a guessed date. Squadron News of the Far East reports the missive.
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New England
Joshua Slocum
Harry Pidgeon
Los Angeles
Pidgeon
Far East
Cavite
Philippine Islands
Styles Move Eastward San Francisco
California shoe styles lead the nation with six month head start says A H Genting of Philadelphia president of the National Shoe Retailers association. By the time fashion reaches the Atlantic coast Californians wear different styles.
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San Francisco
California
Atlantic Coast
A. H. Genting
Philadelphia
National
Shoe Retailers’ Association
Special Outfit Arrives to Preserve Skeena Area Totems
The dominion government totem pole preservation outfit reaches Skeena Crossing with a heavy derrick and hoisting gear from Kitwanga. Work moves to Gytsegyuela near the river where 18 poles are visible from the railroad. The Pacific highway progress brings U S visitors, and crews will extend along toward Kitwanga this season.
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Vancouver
B. C
Skeena Crossing
Kitwanga
Gytsegyuela
Skeena
United States
Dig Up Ruins Believed to Be Timur's Palace
Remains of walls at Samarkand are believed to be part of a palace of Timur or Tawerlane. Excavators report richly decorated frescoes and ornamentation. Timur known as Timur the Lame built his capital in Samarkand and launched campaigns from there.
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Timur
Samarkand
U. S
S. A
Tawerlane
Timur the Lame
Volga
Persian Gulf
Hellespont
Ganges
Samark
Briton Invents Odd Auto Repair Prank at Sea Resort
A London man devised a novel way to repair cars by leaving his vehicle beside a similar model hoping the owner would mistake it for his own and fix it. At a seaside resort the plan backfired when the real owner discovered the car would not start and the passerby repaired it, prompting police.
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London
Maine’s Oldest Woman Mary Waterhouse Is 102
Mrs. Mary A Waterhouse 102, born April 10 1825 in Saco Maine, is one of the oldest in the land. She stays active at Scarborough with her adopted son’s family. Scarborough presented her $100 in gold on her hundredth birthday.
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Mary A. Waterhouse
Maine
Saco
Scarborough
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