Quick Quiz Answers From General Knowledge List
Answers cover speed of efficient engines at 20 mph, glass is mainly silica from sand, Ulysses S Grant the sole West Point graduate to be president, the Confederate flag known as The Stars and Bars, ambergris from the sperm whale, Grand Canyon about a mile deep and eight to ten miles wide, rocking chair credited to Benjamin Franklin, largest U S port by tonnage New York City, gasoline far stronger than dynamite, legato as opposite of staccato, Delaware first to ratify the Constitution on December 7, 1787, Theodore Roosevelt, Mexico as most plant-diverse country, iron symbol Fe, Franz Lehar composer of The Merry Widow, Magellan’s voyage about 1083 days, Thomas Jefferson on the two dollar bill, Land of the White Elephant is Siam, top wholesale markets New York Chicago Boston, David and Goliath from First Samuel.
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Grand Canyon
Benjamin Franklin
New York City
Colored Women's Cancer Society Education Drive Supported
The National Council of Negro Women Inc. endorsed cooperation with the American Cancer Society in education, service and research. The resolution warns that over 184,000 Americans will die from cancer this year and urges affiliated councils to publicize the national menace through media outreach.
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New York
American Cancer Society
National Council of Negro Women, Inc
Etah R. Boutte
National Council of Negro Women
United States
Congress To Consider Raising Minimum Wage To Seventy-Five Cents
A laundry worker Mrs Gert rude Jones of Hagerstown Maryland testifies before the House Education and Labor Committee urging a higher federal minimum wage. Rep Ralph Waldo Gwinn questions her remark about quitting and washing to earn a living. The piece also references North Atlantic Treaty signing, fishing anecdotes, and Jackie Robinson’s Atlanta visit amid Ku Klux Klan tensions.
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Congress
Gertrude Jones
Hagerstown
Maryland
House Education and Labor Committee
Ralph Waldo Gwinn
Westchester County
New York
Dodgers star delivers again against Braves in 6-3 win
In a deep southern drawl, fans asked for his autograph as Robinson provided two hits to lift the Dodgers over Atlanta 6-3. The prior night against Macon he opened with three straight singles in his first three plate appearances.
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Robinson
Dodgers
Atlanta
Macon
Times-Star
Nurses Alumnae Meet in St Louis at Homer G Phillips Hospital
The Homer G Phillips Nurses Alumnae meet in St Louis on April 19 20 with National Chairman Lucille Lacy Scales presiding. First day focuses on establishing a National Program as the group began in September 1948 with speakers Supt Virgil McKnight and Miss Farrar observing hospital clinics. The Homer G Phillips Internes Alumnae also meet April 20 22 and will interchange ideas with the nurses on the 20th.
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St. Louis
Missouri
GNS
Homer G. Phillips
Homer G. Phillips’ Hospital
Lucille Lacy Scales
Virgil McKnight
Miss Farrar
Landlords Ordered to Pay Damages in Segregation Era Case
In Helena Arkansas two white landlords Cox brothers and foreman M C Nabors must pay 425 dollars to James Hawkins and William Henderson, Negro sharecroppers, for evicted crop value and possessions. Workers Defense League aided the plaintiffs. jury included seven planters. two black jurors rejected.
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Arkansas
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M. C. Nabors
James Hawkins
William Henderson
Workers Defense League
Ross Robley
Elmer Scoggins
Rowland Watts
Workers Defense League National Sec
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