Quiz: Aug. 23, 1926

1) Whom did the U. S. Chamber of Commerce advise to get a silk hat? (P. 28)

2) What U. S. editor, aged 62, called what Italian poet, aged 62, an "old fool"? (P. 13.)

3) From what famed sack-bibber is Andrew T. Volstead descended, according to U. S. folklore? (P. 7.)

4) How do penguins make love? Fiddler-crabs? (P. 24.)

5) Name the 48 State capitals. (P. 9.)

6) What did radium do to diamonds? (P. 24.)

7) What agronomist is taking on Southampton? (P. 9.)

8) What did dogs sniff in a Louisiana cotton-field? (P. 9.)

9) What British M. P. compared the U. S. to "a great big piece of cheese"? (P. 10.)

10) What royal infant is known as "the baby who is always smiling"? (P. 10.)

11) Who answered "Tiger Clemenceau? (P. 6.)

12) Who may be asked to mediate the Passaic strike? (P. 7.)

13) What classic of U. S. literature has been produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer? (P. 16.)

14) What publisher "may operate in the Finger Lakes but not by rule of thumb"? (P. 20.)

15) What was the game of Edna Ferber's 'Gaylord Ravenal'? (P. 31.)

16) Who believed that "The White House spokesman is a Mr. Paul Smith"? (P. 20.)

17) Who is constructing an opera about the theme of a U. S. football match? (P. 16.)

18) How long since a heavier-than-air craft flew over the Atlantic? (P. 29.)

19) Why did a beloved soak in the Atlanta penitentiary have tears of joy in his eyes? (P. 7.)

20) Describe the Farrow method of recalling things that happened to you as a child of 6 months.

(P. 24.)

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