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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1921)
r ISO 1l f f fit h t' f ' i ,1 3 1 4' .5 it ii. a; it ; 6,' SB 10 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1921. Omaha Daily Bee Intelligence Questionnaire Sent in by. Address. What country does the most coffee con from? (I) What U the electro-pneumatic block signal? ( What U an element? (3) What U a diamond? (4) What U asbestos? ) What Is aluminum? () What U steel? (7) What Is sugar? () What is coin? () What is silk? What Is wool? '") Vhat is shoddy? 12) Vhat is Iinolaum? 13) What is tinder? U4) What is strawboard? (IB) What is shala? (ie) How many stars in the Amsrican flag? (17) What is th Declaration of Independenca? (l) What is the U. S. Constitution? lt) What is congress? (20) . What are taxes? (21) Wheal did the U. S. take over the work of the Panama canal? (22) . , Who discovered the Pacific ocean? (23) Where did the Mayflower Pilgrim Und? (24) How many states in the union? () Who was Paul Revere? (M) 1 tv i-wow r, , itriio;iCTiJWii.j'nwi iin " i- w Who was John Hancock? (27) From what country did we get Louisiana? (2) What is the largest state in the union? (29) What is the smallest state in the union? (30) What state is commonly known as the Badger state? (31J What city in Pennsylvania was nearly destroyed hy flood in May, 1889? Who was the most famous French heroine? (33) Who reigned longest of English sovereigns? (34) Who in U. S. invented the telephone? (35) Who in U. S. invented the telegraph? (36) Who invented the typesetting machine? (37) Who invented the cotton gin? (38) Who invented wireless telegraphy? (39) Who invented the talking machine? ) Who invented the sewing machine? (41) Who invented the adding machine? (4Z) Who invented the typewriter? (43) Who in the U. S. invented the submarine? (44) What first pneumatic invention attracted general attention in U. S.? (45) What is the first planet in order of distance from the sun? (46) Who discovered the law of gravitation? (47) What causes the tides? (48) Is porcelain a good conductor of heat? (49) Which are the five largest islands in the world? (50) Name a large inland body of water having no outlet? (51) What is the highest mountain in the world? (52) What is the longest railroad in the world? (53) . , What country produces and uses most carpets in the world? (54) , What insect carries malaria? (55) What is the oldest university in the U. S.? (56) Who was America's greatest humorist? (57) Of what university was Woodrow Wilson president? (58) What is a patent? (59) What is a spectrum? (60) What are the seven colors of the spectrum? (61). What are the five senses?. (62) What is a turbine wheel? (63) What is an oculist? (64) What is a caisson? (65) What is a shoemaker's last? (66) What is harmony? (67) What is a curriculum? (68) A What is a dictagraph? (69) What is a telephone? (70) , What is cube root? (71) What is a piano? (72) What is a cotton-gin? What is a (cross-cut saw? (74) What is a (7S dynamo? What is meant by collateral security? (76) What is a notary public? (77) What is a check? (78) What is a trade acceptance? (79) What is a promissory note? (80) What is a warranty deed? (81) What is liability insurance? (82) What is fire insurance? (83) What is a threshing machine? (84) What is a night letter? (68) What is a carburetor? (86) Who is governor of Nebraska? (87) Can a man veto on his first papers in Nebraska? When was the base line surveyed between Kansas and Nebraska? (89) What is the area in square miles of Nebraska? (90) How many ounces of sugar to the pound? (81) " How many pounds of coal to ton? (92) What is the most common food ? (3) - ' . What is the principal imitation of butter? (94) What is condensed milk? (5) What is the most common and important fruit? (98) What is hominy? (7) What are prunes? (s) What is baking powder? (99) What is potash principally used for? (100) I riAmnjwuwMVMvvvsVvrvinfT Which Are the 30 "Best" Questions? Pick out the 30 questions which you consider would besl indicate the general knowledge of a person seeking a job, Mark X in the space following the questions you select. EXAMPLE Should you choose questions 26 and 51 aa two of your 30 "best" questions they should be marked as follows : 1 26 X 51 X 76 MARK 30 QUESTIONS ONLY in Table Below - oi g ' Jf nag ag IS K-sg 11 IJ 11 -gtsi ii -gel if Pi 3 (I 26 51 I! 76 g1 1 27 H 52 I 77 3 ' (I 28 j II 53 1 78 4 II 29 54 I 79 5 I 30 I 55 I 80 6 II 31 l 56 II 81 1 II 32 j II 57 82 8 , 1 33 i 58 II 83 9 34 & " H 84 1 "16 II 35. 60 85 T 1 11 36 61 I 86 12 1 37 II 62 87 ' 13 ' II 38 1 II 63 I "88 . 14 39 II 64 89 I 15 40 I 65 90 nr i i 4i i H 66 i 9i I 17 42 I- I 67 I Ii 92 j T8 I 43 j 68 I 93 j 19 44 69 94 20 f 45 70 I 95 21 46 I 71 96 22 ' 47 f 72 97 23 '" 48 I ' 73 I 98 24 49 I I 74 99 25 I 50 75 100 j , 4 4 V ft. --- - . V A I