Q. Where can an edition of the New Testament containing the authorized
version and new version in parallel columns, be obtained?
A. From Porter & Coates, Philadelphia.
Q. From what book can a thorough knowledge of the New Testament
Apocrypha be obtained?
A. Any work on the canon will contain more or less on the Apocrypha.
Probably the best work is in French, Michael Nicolas’ “_Etudes sur les
Evangiles Apocryphes_.”
Q. Is the sentence, “There is no world under our feet, no radiant
clouds, no blazing sun, no silver moon, nor twinkling stars,” correct.
A. “Nor” is correlative to “neither” or “not.” Either the sentence
should retain “not” before “stars,” or “neither” should be introduced
into the first clause as a negative instead of “no,” so as to
correspond with “nor.”
Q. Who is the author of the quotation, “Whom the gods wish to destroy
they first make mad?”
A. Euripides.
Q. Is the aërolite illustrated on page 122 of “Warren’s Astronomy,” the
one which fell at Santa Rosa, California, a few years ago?
A. It is.
Q. On page 114 of the “Geology,” does the author intend to class snakes
with mammals?
A. He does not.
Q. Was Alexander of Macedon, who, before the battle of Platæa, informed
the Greeks of the intention of Mardonius to attack them, their ally?
A. He was not, though secretly friendly to their cause. He had been
compelled to submit to the Persians and had accompanied Xerxes to
Greece in 480 B. C.
Q. What was the reason that the Almæonidæ were considered sacrilegious
by the Greeks?
A. In consequence of the way in which Megacles, one of the family,
treated the insurgents under Cylon in 612 B. C., they brought upon
themselves the guilt of sacrilege and were banished.
Q. What is the pronunciation of “applique,” as used in embroidery?
A. Ap-pli-kā´.
Q. What poet was born the same year as Napoleon Bonaparte?
A. There were three. Ernest Arndt, a German; Charles de Chenedolle,
French; John Frere, an English diplomatist and poet.
Q. What authority is there for spelling the name “Shakespeare,”
“Shakspere?”
A. Many of the best authorities consider this spelling preferable.
Q. Who is the author of the line, “It flies and swims a flower in
liquid air!” referring to the butterfly?
A. P. Commire, a writer of Latin verse.
Q. What is the meaning of the Roman initials S. P. Q. R.?
A. _Senatus Populusque Romanus_ (The Senate and the Roman people).
Q. Who fixed the date of the birth of Christ?
A. About the middle of the sixth century Dionysius Exigius, a Roman
abbot, introduced the method of dating from the birth of Christ. It
is conceded that he placed the date four years too late, a fact of no
importance in chronology, as all that is necessary is to place the
Savior’s birth 4 B. C.
Q. What event in English history is connected with the “Royal Oak?”
A. After the battle of Worcester in 1651, in which Charles II. was
defeated by Cromwell, the former was obliged to conceal himself in an
oak at Boscobel, to avoid capture.
Q. What was the faith of George Henry Lewis?
A. He was a positivist.
Q. What was his nationality?
A. English.
Q. What is the Chautauqua salute?
A. The waving of white handkerchiefs.
Q. Explain the expression, “balance of power.”
A. The division of land and wealth among nations, which prevents any
one being sufficiently stronger than the others to interfere with their
independence.
Q. What is the difference between the majority and the plurality of
votes?
A. When a candidate receives more than any other candidate, he has a
_plurality_ of votes. When more than all others, a _majority_.
Q. Are the Goths, Scandinavians and Norsemen, the same people?
A. They are not. Scandinavians or Norsemen were the names given to the
inhabitants of Denmark, Norway, Sweden, and Iceland. The Goths lived
south of the Scandinavians. Although probably of the same origin, they
are a distinct people.