General Knowledge Quiz Questions
A set of trivia prompts including who delivered the Cooper Union address, the river whose flow is controlled by the Assam dam, Hitler's rise to dictator year, Liberia's official language, the function of an anodyne, the fictional figure with a sea creature on his shoulders, the extent of the Appalachian mountains, the meaning of a yashmak, and the number of landlocked South American countries.
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Cooper Union
Assam
Hitler
Germany
Liberia
Answers Card Set From Historical Quiz
The list presents items with topics ranging from historic figures to geography and language. It includes Abe Lincoln as an answer, the Nile river, a 1933 March date tied to Reichstag power, English language, a pain relief claim, Sinbad, a travel route from Quebec to Alabama, a double veil describing Moorish women, and the countries Bolivia and Paraguay.
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Abe Lincoln
Nile River
Reichstag
Quebec
Alabama
Bolivia
Paraguay
La Befana Brings Christmas Gifts in Italy
In Italy Santa Claus is unknown and La Befana, an old woman, visits on Epiphany January 6. She leaves a gift for each child after a legendary chase from Bethlehem, explaining why gifts arrive late and trees are rare. The tale endures as the Befana searches for the Christ Child.
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Italy
Santa Claus
la Befana
Bethlehem
Jesus
Christmas Card Origins From J C Horsley to Sir Henry Cole
The first Christmas card was designed in 1846 by J C Horsley, for Sir Henry Cole who wished to greet a thousand friends by mail. One thousand hand colored cards featured a jolly family at a dinner table and sparked temperance furor. Early lithographs followed with simple greetings and generic season imagery. America later adopted the British custom, giving the Christmas card its enduring start.
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Cristmas
Santa Claus
J. C. Horsley
Royal Academy of London
Sir Henry Cole
Sir Cole
England
America
Proper Postage On Christmas Mail
Unsealed Christmas cards carry one and one half cents postage with simple inscriptions not personal correspondence. Weight must not exceed two ounces. Letters cannot enclose with packages. Fourth class or parcel post may include greetings with names. Books may bear non personal dedications at one and one half cents per pound.
Roosevelt plans shift to federal pensions and youth outreach
The president discussed two focus areas before Congress, youth and old age pensions, signaling a move toward uniform federal pensions with a lower starting age and criticizing social security board leaders. He urged public suggestions while outlining a broader defense and industrial mobilization critique amid wartime shortages and missed production opportunities.
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Congress
Roosevelt
Social Security Board
Mistletoe History Through Pagan to Christian Times
The mistletoe, cherished as a Christmas greenery, has a long eventful history. It was once honored in pagan England and cut from oak with golden axes, shared to ward off illness, then banned from churches for pagan ties, and later restored as a symbol of peace and friendship hung as a welcoming doorway ornament.
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Great Britain
Bristol
Coventry
Southampton
Scotland
England
Yule Log Cake Recipe Tips and Garnish Ideas
A simple guide for making a Yule Log Cake spread a jelly roll with fruit nut filling roll tightly wrap in waxed paper and chill. Cover with chocolate icing add bark grooves and knot hole decorations using white and green candles for festive effect. Keep log chilled until serving.
How to Sew for Budget Homemakers From Ruth Wyeth Spear
Transparent new materials turn luncheon sets aprons rain coats and closet accessories glamorous. Hat cover underwear case and two glove cases cost under sixty cents to create using window pane clear material. Complete drawings for thirty two homemaking projects in SEWING Book 6.
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PHERE
Ting
Debtor Sets the Collector an Example in Conduct
Doublex is noted for nerve temper and lack of cash. At a lonely breakfast a debt collector storms in presenting his bill. Doublex rebukes him for intruding and insists the man leave a card. The collector sends in his card. Doublex remarks that he is not in.
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Doublex
Camel cigarette gift packages for Christmas shoppers
Busy shoppers favor two Camel cigarette gift packages advertised by local dealers. One regular Camel carton of ten packs, each containing twenty cigarettes, comes in a colorful holiday design. Another Camel flat fifty pack offers four boxes of cigarettes, totaling 200 cigarettes, pitched as easy, pleasing gifts.
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Adv
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Art Womert
Tuke
Christ
Meray
Lieved
Lon
Don
Washington, D. C
Defense
William Reuther
United Auto Workers
Albania
U. S. State Department
State Department
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Holland
Belgium
Norway
Denmark
William Wincapaw
New England
Boston
Sun Valley
Gay St. Nick
Phil Daubens-Peck
Mistletoe
Ruth Wyeth Spear
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Tel Hora
Ates Parkway
Sheridan Road
Chicago
Jeremy Taylor
California
Juice
Sunkist
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