BIOGRAPHY
How many constellations? 2132.
Do the signs and constellations of the same names always coincide?
2132.
What are double stars? 129. What is a nebula? 129. What is the nebular hypothesis? 1030. Who originated this theory? 1030. What is the rival to the nebular hypothesis? 747. What does it affirm? 747. What are new stars? 1331.
What is the most probable theory concerning their origin? 1331. What is the brightest star in the heavens? 540. What is the brightest constellation in the northern heavens? 1394. Where is the Southern Cross? 1787.
BIOGRAPHY.
What president was taught to write by his wife? 975.
How did Sulla get rid of 3,000 of his enemies? 1845.
Who said: "I feel a better man for reading Cicero"? 398.
Who divorced Henry VIII from Catherine? 474.
What ruler was deposed on account of her charities? 608.
Who "rang the bell that called the other wits together*'? 154.
Who said: "England expects every man to do his duty"? 1319.
What celebrated gardener traveled on foot through Europe to study
parks? 1380.
Why did President Jackson carry a loaded pistol for 30 years? 953. Who was so shy he could not stand up in school to speak pieces? 2063. Who introduced "shirt sleeve" diplomacy into Europe? 709. When did Sheridan say: "Face the other way, boys; we are going
back"? 1740. How does Sheridan rank with, the greatest commanders in history?
1739.
Who was the hardest fighter among the Confederates? 1114. What did Jefferson Davis say in his last message? 508. Did Napoleon succeed in his first attempt at revolution? 1301. What caused his defeat at Waterloo? 1302. Who educated Alexander the Great? 44. What city did he burn while drunk? 44. What town did he name after his favorite horse? 44. At what age did he die, the master of the world? 44. What Revolutionary general stands second to Washington? 803, Who shot "Stonewall" Jackson? 954.
Who had the "clearest head and firmest heart in Congress"? 11. What general was called the Rock of Chickamauga? 1904. Who was General Tom Thumb? 565.
What statesman denounced war to decide national questions? 1847. What family furnished three American ministers to England? 10. Who gave $1,000,000 for the army in the War of Independence? 1265. What general was thanked by Congress for valor at Gettysburg? 1194. What American actress showed that stage life may be pure? 70. Who seized the Confederate commissioners to England in 1861? 2083. Who rendered the Dred-Scot decision in 1857? 1869. Who was the greatest and wisest of Mogul emperors? 35. "When was the golden age of American oratory? 406. What American statesman was the Great Pacificator? 406. What American declined the title of baron from Queen Victoria? 1433, How was Miles Standish unsuccessful? 1809. What great idea did Fahrenheit conceive? 645. Who was the "Good Queen" in the 18th century? 1118. How is Demosthenes distinguished above every other orator? 519. Who said: "0 Liberty, what crimes are committed in thy name"?
1625. What famous writer on education believed he was hated by children?
1638. Who called America "the harbinger of French liberty"? 1902.
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