Radio mirror (Nov 1938-Apr 1939)

^t^/j/toati Here's fun, folks! How much do you know? Match your wits against these questions on every subject under the sun, inspired by radio's quiz shows N OTBJNG is quite as fascinating as the question-and-answer game which radio has been playing with its listeners for the past six months. Time in almost any night of the week and you'll find yourself listening to a series of questions on every subject under the sun, being propounded to the luckless members of a studio audience. And you'll not only be listening, you'll be racking your brain in an effort to answer the questions before the answer comes out of your loudspeaker. Inspired by all these "ask me another" programs, Radio Mirror presents its own mammoth quiz, guaranteed to tax the knowledge and memories of every man, woman, and child. The questions are all brand new, never asked on the air, but they are all modeled upon the queries asked on the programs. You ought to be able to answer all of them — but we're betting you won't. Play Radio Mirror's quiz game alone or with a party of friends — it's loads of fun either way. Get a piece of paper and a pencil with which to jot down your answers, and you're all ready to start. Give yourself plenty of time, because there are seventy questions to answer in all, and some of them have more than one part. It's more fun if you keep score on yourself, and here's the best way to do that. Give yourself ten points for every numbered question you answer correctly — a perfect score for the entire quiz would thus be 700 (but you won't get it). In the case of questions with two parts, give yourself five points for each part answered correctly; in questions with five parts, give yourself two points for each right answer. A good average is 425; anything higher is excellent and anything lower is fair to poor. The correct answers are on page 70. Now — ready? Go! Prof. <?■•»- he's a who. Decorations by Charles Addam* Suggested by PROFESSOR QUIZ (CBS. Saturdays at 8:30 P.M., E.S.T.) 1. If you see a flash of lightning on a hot summer evening, and ten seconds later hear its thunderclap, how many miles away from you was the lightning? (Sound travels through hot summer air at the rate of 1266 feet per second.) 2. If the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, is the earth turning from west to east or vice versa? 3. The boiling point of water becomes lower the higher you ascend from sea level. This being the case, will a pot of boiling water be hotter in New York or on top of Pikes Peak? 4. What is the earth's only liquid metal? 5. Jones walked 117 miles beginning on Monday morning and ending Tuesday evening of the following week. Each day he walked one mile farther than the day before. How many miles did he walk each day? 6. Is the star we call "the Evening Jones finishes his 1 17-mile hike. How many miles did he go each day? Star" really Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, or Saturn? 7. Who was the only President of tne United States ever to be impeached? And was he voted guilty at his trial, or not guilty? 8. If somebody told you that George Washington was not the first President of the United States, would you be justified in thinking he wasn't very well informed? 9. If you went on an automobile trip through the "Golden State," the "Baby State," the "Sunshine State," the "Lone Star State," and the "Sooner State," what States of the Union would you have visited? 10. Who were the Iron Duke, the Great Commoner, the Rail Splitter, the Maid of Orleans, and the Sweet Swan of Avon? Suggested by TRUE OR FALSE (NBC, Mondays at 10:00 P.M.. E.S.T.) 1. Oklahoma was the last state to be admitted to the Union. 2. Platinum is the world's most valuable metal. 3. Diamonds, and the "lead" in lead pencils, are made from the same substance. 4. Pocahontas the Indian who Smith go free. 5. A flying buttress is a kind of winged lizard. 6. A porpoise is not a fish. 7. The ^Eneid was a famous ship of ancient times. 8. The President of the United States is elected by direct vote of the people. 9. Omsk is a city in southwestern Siberia. 10. Indian nuts, pine nuts, and pinon nuts are all the same thing. Harry Haai not a vague 'un. was the name of let Captain John