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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (July 14, 1921)
f X.. i I y " n it. THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 14, 1921. a rrntiummnttnTimn o rrr ' ' ' , - : j5 . ' Will He Be the One to Get $1,000 for Answering The Bee's Intelligence Questionnaire ? $3,500 in Cash Prizes Someone Will Get $1,000 Will be distributed by The Bee among the persons who send in answers to the ques . tions in the "Intelligence Questionnaire" A short time ago Mr. Edison gave out a list of questions, which were spread broadcast across the country, stating his opinion as to the things a college man should know to be quali fied in holding a job in any ordinary business. There has been a great deal of comment about these questions and many people have considered that Mr. Edison's list did not give a fair rating of the intelligence of the person under examination. At the present time qualifying oneself to get or hold a good job is the paramount question with most people. For the entertainment of the many who are interested in this subject, The Bee is printing a list of questions of a general nature. These questions are offered as a fair test of the intel ligence of the ordinary person who holds an ordinary job and to make it interesting to our readers we are offering cash prizes for answers. In cash for answering these questions and 99 others will get cash prizes ranging from $1.00 to $500.00 each Here is a chance to prove that you not only are intelligent enough to hold the ordinary job, but also that you are intelli gent enough to grasp the opportunity to make extra money when this opportunity is offered to you. It costs nothing to submit your answer it should take very little effort and you do not need to be a subscriber to The Bee in order to have your answers given every, con sideration. It will not be required that the answers assume any partic ular form or number of words or follow the wording of any dic tionary, encyclopedia or ref erence work to be considered cor rect. Any answer that is a common sense correct answer to the question will be counted correct. You may submit as many lists of answers as you like, but only one prize will be awarded in a household. Send in your first list of answers as soon as you have it ready. 1. Any man or woman who is not an employe of The Omaha Bee may submit an answer. 2. Any person may fill out and send in as many questionnaires as he or she may wish, but only one prize will be awarded in the same household. Each question naire will be considered as a unit and not in conjunction with any other questionnaire sent in by the same person. Only one an swer is allowed to each question on each questionnaire, and this, answer must be written in the space immediately following each question. 8. Write your full name and ad dress on each sheet of questions in the space provided for that purpose. All answers must be brought to the office of The Omaha Bee by 6 p. m. August 31, 1921, or mailed by your postoffice closing time August 31, 1921. This prize offering closes at 6 p. m. on the above date and answers sent by mail must be post marked not later than August 31 .in order to be eligible. L .FVv AM answers will be checked as -g' rzvVYi - rpidly as they are received and . i the awards will be announced as Ic3r ?) m oon after the closing date as lU S-n t possible. X "ST JyAw Address All Communications to I. Q. Department, Omaha RULES 6. The answer lists submitted will be judged as follows: First For the number of cor rect answers. Second For the selection of the thirty questions which would best determine the fitness of an applicant. Third For neatness, spelling, etc. The answer list containing the greatest number of correct an swers to the questions printed will be awarded first prize and so on down the list until the 25 prizes in each classification ' have been awarded. In case of a tie or ties in the number of correct answers the tying questionnaires will be judged for "The Thirty 'Best' Questions" selected, and the prizes will be awarded in each classification according to the precedence as determined by the judges. If, after judging lists for correct answers and then judging the se lections of the 30 "best" ques tions, ties still exist, the lists will be judged for neatness, spelling, etc., in order to .determine the prize winners. 7. Anyone sending in a list of an swers qualifies for the list of Ordinary Prizes, whether they subscribe for The Bee or not. Anyone sending in one subscrip tion for the daily and Sunday Bee, paid in advance, for three months, qualifies for the list of Special Prizes. Anyone sending in one subscrip tion for the daily and Sunday Bee, paid in advance, for six months, or two subscriptions, paid in advance, for three months, qualifies for the list of Grand Prizes. Anyone sending in one subscrip tion for the daily and Sunday Bee, paid in advance, for one year, two subscriptions, paid in advance, for six months or four subscriptions, paid in advance, for three months, qualifies for the list of Royal Prizes. Either an extension of a present subscription or a new subscrip tion is counted as a subscription for these prizes. 8. All lists of answers will receive the same consideration whether they are qualified by subscrip tions or whether the person sub mitting the list of answers is a subscriber to The Bee. 9. Three prominent Omaha business men will act as judges of the lists of answers submitted and will determine the prize winners. Bee, Omaha, Neb. PRIZES Ordinary Special Grand Royal Prize Prize Prize Prize List Liit Liaf LUt First Prizes $50 $250 $500 $1,000 Second Prizes $20 $100 $200 $400 Third Prizes $10 $50 $100 $200 Fourth Prizes $5 $25 $50 $100 Fifth Prizes $2 $10 $25 ' $50 Sixth Prizes $1 $2 $5 $10 to Twenty-fifth Prizes, Inclusive ft -. - -1-1. 51