Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 10, Number 46, DeMotte, Jasper County, 3 October 1940 — ASK ME ANOTHER ? [ARTICLE]

ASK ME ANOTHER ?

A Quiz With Answers Offering Information on Various Subjects

The Questions 1. Approximately how long is the Panama canal? 2. How many innings was the longest major league baseball game ever played? 3. During what war did the British complete the conquest of Canada from the French? 4. Has the South Magnetic pole ever been reached by man? 5. What part of the edible portion of the average watermelon is water? 6. Which of the Harrisons, William Henry, or Benjamin, his grandson, served but one month of his term as President? 7. How are fortunes told in China? 8. How many people are killed in this country each year by lightning? 9. In case no candidate for President receives a majority of the electoral votes, how is the President chosen? 10. On what river is the Grand Coulee dam? The Answers 1. Approximately 50 miles. 2. A 1 to 1 tie was played by Brooklyn and Boston in 26 innings in 1920.

3. Seven Years’ war (1756-1763). 4. No. Sir Douglas Mawson came within a few miles of it. 5. Approximately 92.4 per cent. 6. William Henry Harrison, who died one month after his inauguration. 7. In China fortunes are told Jjy reading the lines on the soles of the feet as well as the markings on the palms of the hands. 8. Some 2,000 people in the United States are either killed or injured by lightning each year. Of those killed, the annual average is about nine men to each woman. 9. By the house of representatives. 10. Columbia river.