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MEMOIRS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 



EXAMINATION ALPHA 

 "TesfS Information. 



[Vol. XV. 



Form 6 



1 Bostonisin Connecticut , Rhode Island Maine Massachusetts . ............ 



2 Euchre is played with dice rackets cards pins .■ .-.*..«*. 



3 The Arabian is a kind of hjaac E°at cow sheep *.-. 



4 The most prominent industry of Milwaukee is fish brewing flour automobilgs, .... 4 



5 Turquoise is usually yellow, red green blue _. £ 



6 The LeghorA is a kind of cow horse fowl granite . . r . *..,.,.. 6- 



7 Arthur Brisbane is famous as a newspaper man comic artist athlete actor ..,..«.-.,. Z 



8 Shoes are made by Swift & Co. Smith & Wesson W. |L. Douglas Babbitt Co. . . . /, & 



9 Blanche Sweet is known as a writer singer suffragist m' ovic actress . 9. 



10 * 'The makings of a nation" is an advertisement of a tobacco flour beer health food.. 10 



11 Country Gentleman is a kind of wheat corn bay "oats .- U 



12 The artichoke is a veget able , fish lizard snake.. *.... 12 



13 Yale University, is at New Haven Annapolis Ithaca Cambridge..;.*..,..-. W 



14 Tokio is a city of India China Egypt Japan. . ^ 14 



15 Diamonds are obtained from mines reefs elephants oysters... ...» 15 



16 Rodin is famous as a poet painter sculptor composer ,,-'...*.<•. • ■«-.*.-.. 16 



17 The chameleon is a -bird re p til e Insect fish .. ..• 17 



18 The thyroid is in jthe , shoulder neck head abdomen •. -.,., ...i^/.^ 18 



19 Dioivgen is a disinfectant food product patent medicine toothpaste;... , 19 



20 The U. S. S. Michigan is a destroyer monitor submarine battleship , 20 



21 The cutlass is'a kind of sword musket cannon pistol /;;-•: % ?* 



22 The Corona is a kind of phonograph multigraph adding machine type writer . -. 22 



23 Indigo is a food J drink color fabric '. • *•- - - - - » j23 



24 The xylophone is us^d in lithography music -., stenography book-binding, .,..,....,.. 24 



25 Madras is a drink_ fabric food dance > #..«- 25 



26 The author of "The Scarlet Letter" is Hawthorne Poe Stevenson Kipling 26 



27 John Wesley was most famous in literature science war religion ... ......i,. 27 



2S The Delco System', is used in plumbing filing i gnition cataloguing, . . -<. ...,/-.,— ..,. 28" 



29 Rubber is obtained from ore petroleum trees hides *-■ •"• 29 



30 Darwin was mott famous in literature science war politics *..:.... + .. .*• 30 



31 Falstaff appears in Romola Vanity Fair Oliver Twist Henry IV : « 31 



32 The number ,of a Korean's legs is two four six eight ,.j. ....: 32 



S3 Perjury is a- term used in 'pedagogy tfg theology, medicine ,. r* 33 



34 A tedder is iised in farming fishing " hunting athletics «...*.v« ..... 34 



35 £lice is a term used in bowling golf" tennis football ...» .-...w. 35 



36 Tho Battle' of lexington was fought in 1620 ■ 1776 1812 1864 ,.... 36 



■37 The kilowatt is used in measuring rainfall wind power electricity water poweir. ;.,;... 37 



38 The Buick car ia made ia Toledo Flint Buffalo Detroit .* 38 



39 Among the allies of Germany id Bulgaria Norway Rumania Portugal, t *.-. 39 



40 An eight-sided figure,is called a trapezium scholium parallelogram; ojjtagon.-. ,... 40 



Form 7 



1 Bull Durham is the name of a chewing gum aluminum ware - tobacco -clothing 1 



2 Seven-up is played with rackets carjjs pins dice 2 



3 The Merino is a kind of horse sheep goat cow ; 3 



4 The most prominent industry of Minneapolis is ' flour packing automobiles "brewing. 4 



5 Garnets are usually "yellow blue green ' red , ..., ». 5 



6. The Orpington is a kind of fowl . horse granite - cattle .. . . v 6 



7 George Ade is famous as a baseball player comic artist actcr author. 7 



8 Soap is made by ■ B. T, Babbitt Smith & Wesson W. L. Douglas Swift & Co 8 



9 Laura . Jean Libby is known as a singer suffragist writer , army nurse .-. 9 



10 "EventuaUyVwhy not now?" is an "ad" for a revolver -cleanser flonf automobile.- 10 



11 Alfalfa is a kind of. hj^ com fruit rice ?»><-••/ '• ••-■••.- J 1 



12 The rutabaga is a lizard vegetable fish snake .' ■....,., '12 



13 Harvard University is in Annapolis Cambridge Ithaca 'New Haven,..., 13. 



14 Calcutta ia a city in Egypt China India Japan ...,-... — ..".— .„,..., 14 



15 Pearls are obtained from mines elephants reefs oysters ., — ,... - 15 



16 MacDoweil is famous as a composer sculptor poet painter..-.. .,,.... ..- -» 10 



17 The. penguin is a ' bird fish reptile .insect *...« -17 



18 The larynx ^s in the. head, neck abdomen shoulder... 18 



19 Peruna is a ' disinfectant, food product patent medicine tooth, paste - 19 



20 TheU. S. S./Nebraskaisa destroyer monitor submarine- battleship 20 



21 Theiowitzerisakindof musket sword cannon ■ pistol . 21 



22 The Burroughs is a kind of multigraph adding machine phonograph, typewriter...... 22 



23 Cerise is a qo.lpr ■ drink fabric food, i .:...'....,. ...... , — 23 



24 The cymbal is used, in music stenography' book-binding lithography 24 



25 Pongee is a food.- dance fabric drink... ...... '. .•. ..." 25 



26 The author of "Barrack Room Ballads" is' Poe- Stevenson Hawthorne Kipting 26 



.27 Joseph Choate was a merchant engineer lawyer scientist. - . . . 27 



28 An air-cooled engine is used in the Buick - Packard Franklin Ford 28 



29 Henry VTXI's wives numbered . 4 5 £ ? i 8 9.... 29 



30' Newton was. most famous in ; science politics , literature war .- ■■ 30 



31 Portia is in Vanity Fair Romola The Christmas Carol The Merchant of Venice 31' 



32 The number Of a Hottentot's legs ia two four . six eight 32 



'33 Homicide is a term used, in medicine las theology pedagogy ,.., .* : 33 



34 A dibble is used in fishing hunting athletics farming ; ,. 34 



35 Lob is a term used in . football hockey golf ' tennjs r ., 35 



36- The Spanish-American War started in '1890 i89_8 1904 1914 36 



37 The ohm is used in measuring rainfall wind power electricity . water power. . 37 



38 The Rolls-Royce car is made in iQgJand. France Canada United States 38 



39 Bile is made in the spleen kidneys stomach Uver..... . ■.. 39 



40 A five-sided figure-is called a.' scholium pentagon parallelogram , trapezium, 40- 



Form £> 



1 The apple grows on a" shrub vine ; bush tree t. ..»....-. ..*»« -.. ] 



2 TiVe hundred is plavcd with rackets pins carols dice ...., 2 



,3 The Percheron is a kind of ' goat horse cow sheep ,. „ - . 3 



4 The most prominent industry of Gloucester is fishjnfi packing brewing automobiles. 4 



5 Sapphires are usually blue ■ red green yellow .+ 5 



6 The Rhode Island Red is a kind of horse granite cattle fowl.. . , 6 



7 Christie Mathewson is famous as a writer artist baseball Player comedian 7 



8 Revolvers are made by Swift & Co. Smith fr. Wesson W. L. Douglas E. T. Babbitt : . . 8 



9 Carrie Nation is known as a singer temperance agitator suffragist nurse 9 



10 "There's a reason" is an "ad""for a drink revolver flour cleanser..., 10 



11 Artichoke is a kind of hay corn vegetable fodder - 11 



12 Chard is a. fish lizard vegetable snake. 4.1 -. 12 



13 Cornell University is at Ithaca Cambridge Annapolis NeWHaven. ..;.«„ ., 13 



14 Buenos Ayres is a city of Spain Brazil Portugal Argentina 14 



15 Ivory is obtained from elephants mines oysters reefs T".'"" *** 



16 Alfred Noyes is famous as" a painter poet musician sculptor ,.. 10 



17" The armadillo is a kind of ornamental shrub animal musical instrument dagger ... 1J 



18 The' tendon of Achilles is in the heel head shoulder abdomen ^ 18 



19 Crisco.isa patent medicine disinfectant tooth-paste food rrcduc | t ,.. ». 19 



20 An aspen is a machine fabric tree drink .-* 20 



2l' The sabre is a kind of musket sword cannon pistol -•• 21 



22 The mimeograph is a kind of typewriter copying machin e ■ phonograph pencfl. v 22 



23 Maroon is a food fabric drink color .*• 23 



24 The clarionet is used in music stenography book-binding lithography .' ., -. . . . 24 



25 Denim is a dance food fabric drink .- 25 



26 The-author of "Huckleberry Finn'* is Poe Mark Twain Stevenson Hawthorne. ...... 26 



27 Faraday was most famous in . literature war religion science . ; 27 



28 Air and gasolene are mixed in the accelerator carburetor gear case differential . 25 



29 The Brooklyn Nationals are called the Giants Orioles Superbas Indians - 29 



30 Pasteur is most famous in politics literature war science 30 



31 Becky Sharp appears in Vanity Fair Romola The Christmas Carol Henry TV. 31 



32 The number of a Kaffir's legs is two four six eight 32 



33 Habeas corpus is a term used in medicine law, theology pedagogy 33 



34. Ensilage is a term used in fishing athletics farminr hunting .,-.. 34 



35 The forward pass is used in tennis hockey football golf < 35 



36 General Lee surrendered at Appomattox in 1812 1 865 , 18S6 1832..... - 36 



37 The watt is used in measuring wind power rainfall water power electricity. .., 37 



38 The Pierce Arrow car is made in Bugalo Detroit Toledo Flint 38 



39 Napoleon defeated the Austrians at Friedland WagTani Waterloo Leipzig . 39 



40 An irregular four-sided figure m called a scholium triangle trapezium pentagon 40 



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1 The pitcher has an important place in tennis football baseball handball...,. ........ 1 



2 Crfbbage is played with rackets mallets dice sards - 2 



3 The Holstein is a kind of eojj horse sheep goat 3 



4 The most prominent industry of Chicago is pacjyng, brewing automobiles flour.... 4 



5 The topaz is usually red vdlow -blue green 6 



6 -The Plymouth Rock is a kind of horse, cattle granite {owj -« 6 



7 Irving Cobb is famous as a baseball player actor w rit er artist . , . . 7 



8 Clothing is made bv Smith & Wesson T ' : iipp^r|h'> imf ' 1 ' B J". Babbitt Swift fy Co. ^.. ,. S 



9 Carrie Chapman Cart is known as a singer writer nurse suffragist 9 



10 *The flavor lasts" is wx "ad" for c hewinn gum drink health food fruit ,..» 10. 



11 Timothy is a kind of com rye wheat hay,. L II 



12 Kale is a 1 fish lizard ywetuhle snake. . .. , ; ; ..._.. .^. .^ 12 



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13 The U. S. Naval Academy is at West Point Annaoojis New Haven Ithaca 



14 Rio Janeiro is 'a ci!y of Spain Argentina Portugal Brazil , .,......., 



15 Emeralds are obtained from elephants mines oysters reefs ,...-. ^.. 



16 John Sargent is famous as a sculptor author Pointer poet 



17 The iguana is a ' reptile bird fish insect , — ... 



18 The clavicle is in the_ shoulde r head abdomen neck -...«,. . v . .»>.«, 



19 Karo is a \ patent medicine disinfectant tooth paste food product . ..-...». ■-.._■.. . 



20 Eucalyptus is a machine tree drink fabric. , 20- 



21 The carbine is a1cind of pistol cannon muske t sword. - ,. 21 



22. 1 The multigraph "is a kind of typewriter pencil copying machine phonograph^...—- 



23 Magentaisa fabric drink food colpr — - £•> 



24 The piccolo is used in m usic stenography book-binding lithography - tJ 24 



25 Cambric is a dance fabric food - color t , ..,. v .. 25 



26 The author of "Treasure Island" is Poo Stevenson Kipling Hawthorne. ,.,.......,.. 26 



27 Blackstone is most famous in Law, literature science religion „.,..... 27 



28 The spark plug belongs in the crank case manifold carburetor cylinder 28 



29 The Bartlett is a kind of fruit fish fowl cattle 29 



30 Kelvin was most famous in politics war science literature 30 



Little Nelf appears in Vanity Fair. Romola The Old Curiosity Shop HenrylV., 31 



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32 The number of a Papuan's legs is tEff.' four six eight. 



33 Arson is a term used in medicine law. theology pedagogy - - 33 



34 The silo is used in fishing framing hunting athletics. 34 



35 A puck ia used in tennis football hockey golf 35 



36 Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet in Newport News Boston Harbor China Sea Manila Bay 36 



37 The volt is used in measuring electricity wind power rainfall water power 37 



38 The Packard car is made in Detroi t Buffalo Toledo Flint... -... 38 



39 The Cooper Hewitt lamp uses the vapor of gasolene mercury tungsten alcohol...... 39 



40 A regular five-sided figure is scalene rhomboid equ ^ater al elliptical <pj 



Fig. 32.— Group Examination Alpha, Four Forms, Test 8, Information. 



