Ask Me a Another Quiz: World War II Era Trivia
This set of ten trivia questions covers U S government pay, Shakespeare, weaving terms, military candy consumption, Indiana poet, ancient Greece, Angora goats origin, elephant young, and battleship jewel mechanisms. Answers note: 28 states 10000 dollars King Lear warp 18 pounds per man James Whitcomb Riley Peloponnesus Turkey calf and over 5000 jewels with many only 4 25th inch in diameter.
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Mexico
U. S
Greece
America
King Lear
James Whitcomb Riley
Peloponnesus
Turkey
White King of La Gonave: Faustin Wirkus’s unlikely reign
Marine Gunnery Sergeant Wirkus, later a warrant officer, ruled La Gonave as King Faustin II from 1921 to 1925 after being crowned by Queen Ti Memenne. The era intertwined Haiti’s politics with local voodoo and native governance, while Wirkus balanced duties as a Marine and island administrator.
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la Gonave
Faustin I
West Indies
Port Au Prince
Wirkus
United States Marines
Faustin
Island
Faustin E. Wirkus
Pennsylvania
Faustin II
Marine Corps
Haiti
Ti Memenne
Navy
Chapel Hill
N. C
Alexander S. Williams
Smedley Butler
Inner Court
William B. Seabrook
Mr. Wirkus
Louis Borno
Leatherneck
Island of
Curtains of Early Colonial Homes Then and Now
Ruth Wyeth's article notes that early New World homes used casement or sash curtains due to scarce glass windows. Frills arose later. sash curtains suit rooms needing privacy. It cites a series on period curtain fashions with booklets priced at 15 cents each and available by order.
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New World
America
Devildogs' One Gun Halt 125 Japanese in Guadalcanal Stand
Pfc. Jack Sugarman recalls a three hour battle on Guadalcanal where a small group of Devildogs using a single machine gun repelled waves of Japanese attackers. The gun jammed five times and had to be cleared quickly while mortars found their range. About 125 Japanese were killed as 4,000 rounds were fired.
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Guadalcanal
Pfc
Jack Sugarman
Sugarman
Greatest Object: A Good Man Struggling with Adversity
A philosopher notes the greatest object in the universe is a good man facing hardship and adds there is an even greater charity when that good man comes to relieve it. The quote reflects on virtue, endurance, and helpful action.
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Goldsmith
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