Quiz Card Questions From A General Knowledge Page
Popularized McKinley to Garcia story. Sis tine Madonna painter. Saddle knob vainly called pommel. You cannot touch both hands to same time. Alhambra is in Spain. George Washington's father was Augustine. Chrysotile is a asbestos mineral. A protocol is a set of rules. An isosceles triangle has two equal sides. Latitude from pole to equator is ninety degrees.
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McKinley
Garcia
Alhambra
George Washington
North Pole
Equator
Weekly News Analysis Big Allied Winter Push Aims At Heart Of German Industry
Western Newspaper Union editors forecast a major Allied winter offensive targeting German industrial hubs and supply lines while outlining 1945 food goals. The analysis frames strategic objectives and potential impacts on wartime production and civilian welfare.
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WEA
Elbert Hubbard and Raphael in a riddle list
The list presents answers including Elbert Hubbard and Raphael along with items such as Pommel and Your elbow. It also mentions Spain Augustine asbestos a preliminary draft of a treaty two equal sides and ninety degrees.
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Elbert Hubbard
Raphael
Pommel
Spain
Augustine
Asbestos
West Point Grads Count Amid 13,000 Alumni
The article notes that from 1802 to 1934 about 13,000 men graduated from West Point and more than 7,000 of them are living and serving in the army today.
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West Point
Allies Press West Front Toward Ruhr and Rhine
Allied forces push through wintry conditions to advance toward the Ruhr and Rhineland. British Second Army nears Duisburg while U S forces move toward Dusseldorf Cologne and the Saar as heavy bombing and artillery support aid the drive.
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Ruhr
Rhineland
Holland
Duisberg
U. S
Dusseldorf
Aachen
Cologne
Metz
Saar
Bavaria
Vosges
George S. Patton
Wisconsin Quarterback Allen Shafer Dies in Big Ten Game
The untimely death of Wisconsin quarterback Allen Shafer in a game against Iowa marks the first collegiate football fatality since 1940. Money in circulation rose by nearly $600 million in October to $24,386,247,083, equating to about $176.10 per person.
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Allen Shafer
Wisconsin
Iowa
MacArthur Strategy Push in Leyte Front and Rear Encirclement
U S forces on Leyte island implement a two pronged plan as the 24th division hits the Japanese front while the 1st cavalry and 96th divisions drive southeast to cut off retreat. Air strikes target Ormoc port and Manila Bay as carrier planes sink 11 enemy cargo vessels and oilers.
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U. S
Leyte
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
1St Cavalry
96Th
Ormoc
Manila Bay
Philippine
Medical progress cuts WWI era death rate in half
War wounds show less than 4 percent mortality with sulfa drugs penicillin plasma and whole blood used in forward areas. Heavy weapon injuries now incapacitate 50 to 60 percent of wounded versus 20 percent in 1917 to 18. Return to duty is 80 percent now versus 70 percent earlier, with infections down to 10 percent from 60.
1945 Food Program Actions Forecast Stable Production
The USDA forecasts a bumper 1944 grain harvest with 3.258 billion bushels of wheat at a record 1.108 billion and corn at 61 million bushels. Sorghum expected at 160 million, with top yields for oats barley rye and strong crops for cotton tobacco potatoes sweet potatoes soybeans fruit and pecans. The War Food Administration plans similar 1945 programs increasing pork cattle and milk while egg output drops 16 percent toward prewar levels. Veterans returning from service may receive automatic promotions and pay, and must be rehired at the pre break level per the War Labor Board ruling.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
War Food Ad Administration
USDA
WFA
War Labor Board
WLB
CIO PAC Claims 110 Candidates Win Backing in Postwar Drive
At the CIO convention in Chicago leaders hailed the 110 candidates backed by the political action committee as proof of labor’s strong postwar campaign. The 96 representatives and 14 senators span 28 states, with calls to press for 60 million postwar jobs and broader industrial and government planning to secure employment and economic stability.
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Political Action Committee
The
CIO
Labor
Chicago
Ill
Church Loans Aid Homesteading Program Growth
A Presbyterian Church board program funds homesteading on 30 year terms with deferred down payments, plus possible forest land purchases and equipment loans. Applications require pastor and three elders approval, with owners pledging cultivation and self sustaining crops as farming expands amid wartime prosperity and fluctuating land values.
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Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church
Wonder Show Highlights Scientists At Chicago Exposition
At the National Chemical exposition in Chicago Il a display features lightweight weather resistant plastic magnesium furniture weed killing lawn sprays synthetic fabrics plus a high mileage gasoline method artificial aromatics and a spray for painless burn treatment. Scientists explained electronics processes from drying plywood to welding thermoplastics as spectators toured the turreted Coliseum.
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America
Chicago
Land Reform in Poland Splits Potocki Estates
Under Moscow backed reform, the Polish committee of national liberation parcels 5 000 acres from Count Alfred Potocki to 1 050 families. The Potocki LanCut castle is seized and slated as a museum. Potocki allegedly fled to Vienna with Germans. total holdings estimated at 75 000 acres.
Doll Wardrobe Gift Dress Pattern for Dolls
New doll wardrobe patterns 8707 and 8625 offer coordinated outfits for 12 to 48 inch dolls. Pattern 8707 includes a dress pantie nightie slip coat beret jumper and blouse in multiple yardage options for 16 inch dolls. pattern 8625 covers various sizes with a short sleeve dress and fabric needs listed.
Cover Discolored Ceilings With Thick Starch Solution
Instructions advise applying a starch mixture to stained ceilings, allowing it to dry, then brushing away the marks and residue for a cleaner finish.
Improvised broom repair guide on resewing straw brooms
The text instructs shortening sew ing threads to the top row when broom straw wears and, if strands shorten again, cutting the top row of stitches and resewing closer to the handle. It suggests using a fine wire if no needle is available.
Home-Mixed Cough Syrup Claim Promises Quick Relief
An article promotes making a home cough syrup using 2 cups sugar or corn syrup plus 1 cup water and 2% ounces of Pinex to yield a pint. It guarantees rapid relief from colds, loosening phlegm and soothing membranes, with a money back promise if not satisfactory.
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Western Newspaper Union
IBELG
France
Switz
Germany
Austria
Hungary
Poland
Slovakia
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Reich
Rhine River
East Prussia
Pomerania
Silesia
Breslau
Czechoslovakia
United States
Doctor’s Hospital
Park Ave
Omaha
Neb
Nielsen Chevrolet Co
Columbus
Nebr
Feathers
Sterling Feather CO
North Broadway
St. Louis, Mo
Canaries
MAX Geisler Bird CO
No. 16Th Street
Nebraska
Nebraska Beauty School
West Point Grads
Vicki VapoRub
VapoRub
Vaporus
Ig Tayel
Europe
Big Push
s’Hertogenbosch
Heinrich Himmler
Adolf Hitler
Hitler
Himmler
Pacific
Bloody Science
CIO Success
Alfred P. Sloan
Wonder Show
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Wells St
St. Joseph
Kellogg’s
Lal
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