ASK ME ANOTHER General Quiz Sample Questions
A set of trivia prompts covers topics from aviation and geography to history and religion. Questions include average flight temperatures at high altitude, droshky usage, building facades, St Mark's Cathedral location, suicide figures in the Bible, highest navigable lake, U S population center, ship masthead pennant, mosque equivalents, and early New England window materials.
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St. Mark
United States
New
The Answers Collected And Miscellaneous Clues
The list presents varied items: seventy degrees below zero as a clue, rides in a droshky carriage, the facade reference, Venice as location, biblical figures Judas Samson and Saul, Lake Titicaca between Bolivia and Peru, a point two miles southeast of Carlisle Indiana, a banderale term, a mosque, and oiled paper.
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Venice
Judas
Samson
Saul
Lake Titicaca
Bolivia
Peru
Carlisle
Ind
Giant natural arrowhead rises in Sierra Madre near San Bernardino
A towering natural arrowhead formed in the Sierra Madre mountains above San Bernardino California stands 1375 feet long and 449 feet wide. The unique soil in this mountainside stripe created the shape and it is believed to have been an Indian worshiping site.
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Sierra Madra Mountains
San Bernardino
Calif
Flying Fortresses Escape From Philippine Chaos
Lieut. Col. Frank Kurtz recalls the day of Jap strikes in the Philippines. Ground ruins at Clark Field, barracks unsafe, planes photographed, evacuees move to Mindanao. Navigator Harry Schrether recounts two Fortresses on a transport raid attacked by Zeros. They crash in a Masbate rice paddy, buy outrigger canoe, reach Panay and later Australia.
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Frank Kurtz
Philippines
U. S. Plate
Clark Field
Mindanao
Harry Schrether
Masbate
Gail
Isle of Panay
Australia
Far East
Philippine Islands
Dutch East Indies
Lee Coats
Brisbane
Java
Frank
Asia
Bali
From Darwin to Java A Fortresses Mission and Christmas
The narrative details brutal long-haul bomber missions from Darwin to Del Monte and on to Luzon, with crews enduring eighteen-hour days, scant mail, and Christmas sorrow. It notes Schaetzel’s crash and the shift of operations to Java, where personnel prepare for new bases, admire Bali, and brace for grueling campaigns to hold the Japanese back until reinforcements arrive.
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de Monte
Darwin
del Monte
New York
Denver
Luzon
Australia
Frank
Radio Shack
Philippines
George Schaetzel
Batchelor Field
Schaetzel
Xiltian
George
Smartest athletes across sports in one veteran’s view
Bobby Jones presents a candid list of humorless but sharp entertainers from boxing to tennis, naming James J. Corbett, Gene Tunney, Christy Mathewson, Moe Berg, Maj. Robert T. Jones, Knute Rockne, Bill Tilden, Earl Sande, Jack Lovelock and more. He weighs outside talents like acting, languages, writing and leadership, then reflects on upcoming baseball season amid wartime service.
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Margo
Schaetzel
Allence
James J. Corbett
Frank Tunney
Ring
Gene Tunney
Tunney
Shakespeare
Shelley
Keats
Christy Mathewson
Matty
Pittsburgh Athletic Club
Moe Berg
Bobby Jones
Maj
Robert T. Jones
Army Air Force
Bobby
Georgia Tech
Harvard
Koute Rockne
Percy Haughton
Lou Little
Bob Zuppke
Dan McCougin
Dick Harlow
Rockne
Bill Tilden
Big Bill
Earl Sande
Sande
Jack Lovelock
New Zealand
Lovelock
Glenn Cunningham
Princeton
Cunningham
Berlin
Scotland
England
Pattern No m587 sewing sizes and yardage
Pattern No m587 lists sizes 10 12 14 16 14 and 20 with size 12 short sleeves. It requires 34 yards of 38 inch material and 44 yards for tulip appliques.
Qualified Husband Debates Congress Gag
A comic dialogue lampoons lawmakers and a wife urging entry to Congress. A husband jokes about bills and a girl’s quick reply while a street scene prompts a quip about a ten dollar favor.
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Congress
House
Heat From Fruit Outpaces Human Heat in Storage
A statement notes that at 60 degrees Fahrenheit the respiration of one ton of certain fresh fruits like pears in storage or during shipment can generate more heat in 24 hours than 1,000 people.
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Dr. Caldwell
Niragin
Foxbeahy
Tlalis
Witton 4
Fas
SRM
Booth SL
Miwanice
Wis
Chapter
Bethlehem
Schartzel
19Th
Colin
Jack Adams
Brereton
Air Force
United States Army Air Force
Far Haat
Matang
Borneo
Celebes
Davao Bay
Surabaya
Malang
Mama
Papa
Tilden
Bob Feller
Joe DiMageso
Hank Greenberg
Johnny Mize
Johnny Beazley
Ted Willams
Phi Rizzuto
Charley Keller
Capper
Tony
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
South Welly’ St
Chicago
St. Joseph
Spokane
Sun
Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Hanches
H. H. Roady
First National Bank
Harnvgen
McKesson
Soretone
Rhough
Taelent
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