Risk Me Another General Quiz Query Set
A collection of trivia questions addressing historical figures and terms. Questions ask if John Witherspoon signed the Declaration, counts of Native Americans, the first Roosevelts to visit the U.S., the meaning of oigamist, knot versus nautical mile, Merchandise Mart floor space, icebergs from whistle sounds, and when women began coloring their nails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Witherspoon
United States
Little Big Horn
Roosevelt
Merchandise Mart
Chicago
Answers to miscellany on history and measurements
A compilation of trivia covers numbers and facts from American Indian population trends in 1876 to the first Roosevelts in 1640, legal marriage rules, mile lengths, and square footage of the Merchandise Mart. It notes the land mile as 5280 feet and nautical mile as 6080 feet, plus the effect of whistles on air vibrations. It also recalls henna nail staining in biblical times and aristocratic fingernail customs in ancient China.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Roosevelt
Claes Martenzen van Roosevelt
Merchandise Mart
Salome
Cleopatra
Understanding Infantile Paralysis Transmission and Treatment
Dr. James W. Barton discusses how poliomyelitis spreads directly or via contaminated secretions and through inhaled droplets. He emphasizes prevention, early signs, spinal fluid puncture for diagnosis, rest, and casts for paralysis, plus notes on serum therapies and blood-donor research with mixed but largely positive donor health outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal of the American Medical Association
Winnipeg
Canadian Medical Association Journal
Manitoba
Cadham
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Fragmented Prose Snippets on Speech and Time
A collection of disjointed aphorisms and musings on public opinion free speech history and danger. The text mentions ink brains and corks for speech and notes an auto accident can happen in two seconds.
Early Worm That Gets the Bird’s Smile
Two brothers John and George try to win the attention of a pretty girl Mary at a dance. John realizes he sees Mary before George and shares a playful moment about arriving earlier for a chance. Mary smiles at the exchange.
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John
George
Mary
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Gargia
W. M. Thackery
Hily Clingi
Chartered Institute of Than Inventors Ame
Washington, D. C
Robert Muller
Geneva
Muller
Fido
Hamilton College
New York
Helen Hayes
Ruth Draper
Don Budge
Elsworth Vines
Alice Marble
Budge
Vines
Clarence Kipp Jr
Susie
Charlie
Tom
Betsy
Kipp
Marietta
James W. Barton
Dr. Barton
Fox Farmer
Alaska
Ashigat Island
Kay Baker
West Virginia
Seattle
Margaret Ayer Barnes
Edward Sheldon
Letty Linton
Our of
Tinea
O'Nea
Cfinanos
Pope
Luden
Dora Steinberg
Baltimore
Leonardo da Vinci
Pinkhem
Femele
Cassifie
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