General Knowledge Quiz Answers Revealed
A list of twenty trivia questions with concise answers spans anatomy geology politics geography and history. Highlights include dentin and enamel as the hardest tissue, Cotopaxi as the tallest equatorial volcano, Hayes and Tilden as the closest race, insulin from animal pancreas, grebe as a water bird, Frances Perkins as first female cabinet member, popcorn swelling six to eight times, Lake Ontario as eastern lake, George Washington as first president’s wife Martha’s famous husband, an acre as unit from plowing, John Marshall’s death, Iwo Jima as flag raising site, coin money, Cuba, Leger lines, Katahdin as eastern sunrise peak, bees in an aviary, Bogotá’s country Colombia, marches as 4/4 tunes, and Puerto Rico as a rich port.
Perkin's Blu Room Bar Of Mirrors Finest in Foods
A brief item notes Perkin's Blu Room at 430 West Fifth Street offering a bar of mirrors and a focus on fine foods. The record highlights the venue's name and street address as the central details.
Edison and early American inventors honor in Patent Office history
The piece reviews the Patent Office's origins with Jefferson and its first administrator, notes Eli Whitney's 1794 patent for the cotton gin, and lists key inventors from McCormick to Bell. It highlights Edison’s prolific output, wireless progress with Marconi, and postwar patent activity totaling 118,353 since WWII.
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Patent Office
Eli Whitney
Cyrus H. McCormick
Samuel Colt
Samuel F. B. Morse
Charles Goodyear
Elias Howe
Robert Fulton
George Westinghouse
John W. Hyatt
Eli Janney
Joseph F. Glidden
Alexander Graham Bell
Ottmar Mergenthaler
Linotype
Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Sholes
Marconi
Congress debates rent control and economy in government
In a Washington floor discussion on rent control by a Democratic and Republican mix, supporters cite a Dallas rent spike after decontrol and propose a cushion extension. The record covers soil conservation funding fights, Cancer Research, and musings on economy for Congress. It notes editorials in the Washington Post criticizing public payrolls and urging restraint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Congress
Christopher
Missouri
Keefe
Wisconsin
John McSweeney
Ohio
House of Representatives
Negro Actors Guild Barn Dance Impresses Savoy Crowd
New York City Atlas reports a sell-out Negro Actors Guild Barn Dance at the Savoy Ballroom on April 21. Stars from Broadway, Hollywood, and Europe attended, aiding a fund drive for the guild. Noted baritone Lawrence Winters and Camila Williams are prominent in the New York City Opera Company, with hints the Metropolitan Opera may hire Negroes if worthy. Washington censures Dixiecrat Rankin’s reading of a speech as good reading for Congress.
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Negro Actors Guild
Savoy Ballroom
Broadway
Hollywood
Lawrence Winters
New York City Opera Company
Camila Williams
Met. Mgr
Metropolitan Opera
Impressario
Washington
Memphis
Tenn
T. Binford
Ds Beli
Capris
John E. Rankin
D. Miss
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West Fifth Street
Tony Mitrin
Richard Basehart
Duck Hunt
Abbott & Costello— “Buck Privates
Dad Mair
Gold
Mack Brown
Over the Border
Buick Privates
Freda
Claire Ee
Powder River
MacMurray
Claire Trev
Catnip Gang
Tim Holt
Batman and Robin
Epi
A. C. Gordon
U. S
Great Lakes
Martha Dandridge
West Indies
United States
Bogota
Mount Cotopaxi
Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel
Tilden
Frances Perkins
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lake Ontario
George Washington
John Marshall
Iwo Jima
Cuba
Leger
Mt. Katahdin
Maine
Columbia
South America
Puerto Rico
Mr. Goode
Madam Mansiendsle
The
Monse
Chapel St
Walnut Hills
Perkin’s Blu-Room
America
Jefferson
Textile Industries
McSweeney
Taber
New York
McCormack
Truman
Street Journal
Woodman
Taxpayers of America
House of Representative
Washington Post
Trict of
Central Avenue
Sun
Mon
Joseph Cotten
Orson Welles
Walli Tevor Howard
Wabash Avenue
Betty Grable
Victor Mature
Phil Harris
Sat
Capetown
Broderick Crawford
Ellen Drew
John Ireland
Edgar Buchanan
Havana
Desi Arna
Mary Hatcher
Lincoln
Fifth Street
Scott Brady
Andrea King
Curtis
Whip Wilson
Wild Bill Elliott
Thurs
WEB
Edmond O’brien
Ella Raines
William Bendix
Vincent Price
Simone Simon
Kent Smith
Jane Randolph
Frank Buck
Tiger Fangs
Jane Duprez
Duncan Renaldo
Nabonga
Buster Crabbe
Clark and Linn Streets
Ruth Roman
Dane Clark
Raymond Massey
Under MY Skin
John Garfield
Micheline Presse
Virginia
Gordon Macrae
Ginger Rogers
Dennis Morgan
Western Pacific
Kent Taylor
Sheila Ryan
Robert Lowery
East Side
West Side
Barbara Stanwyck
James Mason van Heflin
Ava Gardner
Michael O'Shea
Virginia Grey
Charles McGraw
Early Bird A
Robert Mitchum
Jane Greer
CRY OF the City
Richard Conte
Chapter
Cody of the Pony Express
REGAL
Hurricanes of Rhythm Orchestra
New York City
Atlas
Europe
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