Answer Key for Historical Quiz Questions
A compact key listing: 1 George Eliot used the pen name 2 longest AL game era uncertain 3 four secretaries of state who became presidents: Adams Jefferson Madison Monroe 4 King James I of the House of Stuart 5 biology definition 6 landscape painting after portraits by Gainsborough 7 largest lake in Russia is Ladoga 8 turkey native country and number of species 9 French alphabet letters 10 Bible verse location 11 Tolstoy novel about wars with Napoleon I 12 record for one mile walking and maker 13 Inez President elected by Whig party 14 Confederate general raid into Ohio 1863 15 chemistry defined 18 master composer deaf late in life 18 country with greatest geographical irregularity 20 tulip species count 10 Basque language regions 20 show vs shew spelling
Answer Key Fragments Covering Figures Names and Places
A compilation of disparate facts lists figures names and locales including Harvard California Florida Dr William Eustis and James Madison era note. It cites Atlantic depths Pacific depths 30000 feet and 27366 feet along with historical figures Henry James George Washington Samuel Colt Benedict Arnold and Leonardo da Vinci.
Effect of Sanitation on Literary Manners
Robert Lynd argues sanitation reform reshaped literary manners by expanding privacy and cleanliness, turning prior comic situations into offensive irrelevancies. He notes prudery grows where sanitation advances most, suggesting modern readers would blush at older humor.
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Rabelais
Robert Lynd
Atlantic Monthly
Oldest coin bank traced to ancient Phoenician urn
The use of coin banks as thrift in incubators goes back to ancient times. The oldest known bank urn, discovered by Count de Provok, is now at National City bank. Found in Utica near Carthage, the baked clay urn with a top clit is believed to be at least 2,500 years old.
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Count de Provok
National City Bank
Utica
Carthage
Last Whaling Port: John R. Manta Remains as New Bedford Declines
In New Bedford Massachusetts the era of Yankee whalers fades as the schooner John R. Manta stands as the port’s last active ship. Captain Ulysses B.E. Mayhew recalls Civil War voyages, the Lafayette incident, and sightings of the Kearsarge. most old ships and crews are gone, and the port shifts toward cotton mills.
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New Bedford
Mass
Nety England
John R. Manta
Atlantic Ocean
Azores
Ulysses BE. Mayhew
West Tisbury
Martha's Vineyard
Lafayette
Mayhew
Fernando de Noronha
Convict Island
Alabama
United States
Brazil
U. & . Kearsarge
Fayal
Greyhound
Wanderer
Bedford
Persian Shiite Ritual Clashes With Turkish Authorities in Istanbul
In Constantinople 1000 Persian residents of Stamboul held their annual mourning for Hassan and Hussein despite a Turkish crackdown. They erected a makeshift mosque, slashed foreheads and backs, and wailed as police arrested hundreds after the moonlit rite. The Shiite ceremony honors the grandsons of Muhammad, with Turks mostly Sunnite since the seventeenth century.
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Constantinople
Turkey
Stamboul
Moulharrem
Cainel
Hassan
Hussein
Mohammed
TI Hassan
Nassan
Damascus
Wives Jealous and Taxi Drivers Oppose Women Members
In Brooklyn a taximen association meeting reveals wives’ opposition to admitting women into the organization. Officer Harry Carlson notes his wife’s disapproval and that the plan has been tabled, unlikely to pass without a change of heart at home.
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Brooklyn
N. Y
South
Bay Ridge
Carlson
Jury rules on usage of shall will who and whom
A 220 person jury of authors editors business people and teachers endorsed relaxing strict rules on shall will and whom They banned 45 phrases from speech such as None of them are here Will you be at the Browns' this evening Who are you looking for There is a bed dresser and two chairs in the room That clock must be fixed Try and get it The jury notes most members favor originality and ease over rigid rhetoric standards
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Chicago
A. Leonard
University of Wisconsin
National Council of Teachers of English
Browns
National Farm Leaders and Business Men Unite in Chicago
The Agricultural Club of America, a national federation for farmers and business leaders, moves toward formal organization with Coburn Whitmore and Dean Charles F Curtis guiding. It aims for 510 members and a $35 million Agricultural Capitol building in Chicago to serve as a central home and hub for farm interests.
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Chicago
Agricultural Club of America
Coburn Whitmore
Charles F. Curtis
Town State College
Ames
Board of Governors
Reveals Recipe for Famed Singing Hinnie
Dublin residents react to reports from London about a cooking demonstration where Mrs. L. Amery and other British figures learned the well known Irish dish chamada singing hinnie. The recipe lists one pound flour one teacup currants three fourths pound fat lard or margarine one teaspoon baking powder and enough sweet milk to make a pancake like dough. Hittings are cooked on a hot griddle and earn the name for the sizzle.
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Dublin
Ireland
London
Amery
Dominions
Little Terry Decker Saves Girl From Drowning
Gladstone Oregon fourteen year old Terry Decker earned praise after diving 50 feet to rescue Audrey Chippman from drowning in the Clockames river. He then swam to shore with the girl, and may receive the Carnegie Medal for his actions.
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Terry Decker
Gladstone
Ore
Audrey Chippman
Clockames River
May Succeed Woop Newton Gilbert for Philippine Governor General
Woop Newton Gilbert of New York is urged for governor general of the Philippine islands. He is backed by several New York and Indiana congressmen. Gilbert previously served as judge and vice governor there for several years, familiar with local conditions.
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Newton W. Gilbert
New York
Philippine Islands
Indiana
Congress
Gilbert
Islands
Wedding comedy ends with a vow twist
A bride is asked if she will obey her husband. She questions the demand, and the groom replies I do. The moment unfolds in a lighthearted exchange that ends with mutual wry laughter rather than a traditional vow.
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Eliot
England
Stuart
Thomas Gainsborough
Russia
Tolstoy
Napoleon I
Inez
Whig Party
Ohio
Harvard
California
Florida
William Eustis
James Madison
Atlantic
Pacific
William Charles Macready
Edwin Forrest
New York City
West Indies
Henry James
George Washington
William Dean Howells
Grove
Asia
Cape of Good Hope
Samuel Colt
Leonardo da Vinet
Canada
Benedict Arnold
Coin Bank Idea Old
National Farm
Hinnie
Sue
Columbia River
Ortland
Ted Underwood
May
Woop
Roy R. Graves
Bureau of Dairy Industry
Department of Agriculture
Will Seek Chorus
Dovention
Miami
Mahi Shriners’ Temple
Fla
Shriners
Conay
Boston
Gulf
Starved Rock
Ill
Ilinois River
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