Practical knowledge quiz questions from a vintage worksheet
Series of multiple choice prompts on monuments, Continental Congress representation, a device, Svreat shop usage, Eli Whitney, Bible languages, and petroleum output. Includes true or false: US petroleum output vs world total.
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Mt. Rushmore
California
Montana
Washington
South Dakota
States
Eli Whitney
Kit Carson
America
U S
Improved Refrigeration Fuels Home Food Preservation
Uniform and economical cold storage and freezing temperatures reach farm families via advances in automatic refrigeration controls. Locker plants expand from a few in five states to over 1,850 in 38 states, enabling near zero temperatures for homegrown foods. Commercial freezing grows with 100 million pounds of vegetables and about 200 million pounds of fish frozen annually.
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K. F. Warner
Federal
Department of Agriculture
Diamonds From the Sky Diamonds From Meteor Crater Arizona
An X ray examination of black crystals from the Arizona meteor crater shows diamonds not gem quality but industrially valuable. Smithsonian material loaned to Carnegie Institution researchers confirms presence of diamonds. Past drilling attempts failed at 1200 feet due to water and inability to penetrate.
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Meteor
Arizona
Smithsonian Institution
Geophysical Laboratory
Carnegie Institution
Scotland Yard Links Bacteria to Tank Explosions
After months of puzzling blasts in wartime gasoline tanks, investigators found a new bacteria that can live in kerosene and ferment it into 10 percent ethane and 90 percent methane. The explosive gas produced caused the explosions in the storage tanks.
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Scotland Yard
Man Without a Country Flies His Peace Flag
George Dibbern, known as the man without a country, sails the Te Rapunga under a self-made flag to symbolize world friendship unity and humanity. He asserts no nation claims him, claiming no country has jurisdiction over a ship and a man without a country.
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George Dibbern
Golden Gate
Anchorage
San Francisco Bay
Dibbern
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Big 8 Co
IGAL
THE
Ohio Public Service CO
Massillon, Ohio
McDowell
Pathfinder Polls
Pathfinder
News Center
Black Hills
Georgia
Cities Service Products
Acme
Milemaster
Acme Milemaster
Kidron
Dalton
First Savings & Loan Go
Massillon
Ohio
Dalton Milling Co
DeSoto
Plymouth
Agency
Nu-Blu
Sunoco Gas
Haverstock & Davis
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