Panorama quiz [quiz]

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English

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1939

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Questions and answers.

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'AllllffklllllllHllllll!lfllllHlllllllllll .. lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllHllllllll!lllllllll PANORAMA QUIZ 11111n1111H1HIHllllllllllllllUINlllllDltlllnllUl'lHNHllllll1111ttfHllllllllllllUlffflm THIS feature is intrnded to test your fund of information on matters that an educated person should know. Read each question carefully. Check the answer you think is correct. Aft~r you have gone over all of them, look up the correct answers on page 67. 1. "Six years is too short for a good President and four years is too long for a poor one," said President Quezon recently, attributing these words to Speaker Yulo. The fact of the matter, however, ls that these words were used by one of the following officers who aspired for a longer term in eif:fice: (1) Theodore Roosevelt, (2) Woodrow Wilson, (3) Jose Yulo, (4) Wm. H. Taft, (5) Sergio Osmena. 2. A "sonata" might be briefly defined as: (1) Any b.eautiful musical piece, (2) An instrumental composition in 8 or 4 movements, ( 3) A musical piece appropriate for fox-trot dancing, ( 4) an operar tic air. 3. Under the penal laws of the Philippines when a person signs a check for a pair of shoes he ~ts from your shop when he has no money in the bank at all, he commits a crime which is classified as (1) theft, (2) robbery, (3) estafa, ( 4) false pretences. 4. Representative Alexander of the U. S. Congress presented a resolution in the House of Representatives last month for the purpose of investigating Presid.e·nt Quezon JUNE, 1939 and other officials of the Philippine Government for alleged (1) extravagance in the maintenance of the government, (2) pro-Japanese attitude and dictatorial mnbition and conduct of Quezon, (3) anti-Spanish tendencies on the part of the National Assembly, (4) interference with the activities of American citizens in the Philippines. 5. One of these is the son of a former American chief executive of the Philippines and may become the Republican candidate for President of the United States in 1940: (1) Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., (2) Dwjght Davis, Jr., (3) Robwrt Taft, (4) Frank Murphy, (5) Hugh Wilson. 6. As a lover of good poetry you should know that ThanatO'psis was written by (1) Lowell, (2) Tennyson, (3) Longfellow, (4) Bryant, (5) Poe, (6) Shakespeare. 7. The Roman Catholic bishopric of Nueva Segovia has its main sEat in (1) Cebu, (2) Iloilo, (3) Vigan, (4) Zamboanga, (5) Lingayen. 8. One of the outstanding Filipino statesman and educators who died in May, 1939, was (1) Emilio Aguinaldo, (2) Rafael Palma, 63 Buencamino, Sr., (5) Ruperto Kapiinan. 9. One of the best-written works about the Philippines, accurate and exhaustive, is the book entitled "The Americans in the Philippines." Its author was (1) D<MAJey, (2) Retana, (3) Le Roy, (4) Harrison, (5) Worcester, (6) Malcolm. 10. The so-called check that one house does on the other house of a bicameral legislature is purely theoretical and rarely talc.es place in actual experience in serious matters of legislation because (1) a conj erence committee in fact does almost all the final work of the two houses, (2) one house is afraid to displease the other, (3) the chief executive intervenes in legislation of great importance, (4) oine house sh if ts responsibility to the other. 11. Among the last acts of the Spanish government to regain the loyalty of the Filipinos during the Spanish-American War was: (1) a promise on the part of the Spani8h Governor General to grant the Filipinos independence within 10 years a/ ter they had decided to help Spain defeat the Americans, (2) a promise to open all the high positions in the government to Filipinos, (3) the establishment of a consultative assembly with Filipino members who may be consulted by the Spanish Governor General in governmental matters; (4) the establishment of municipalities and provinces with; autonomous powers. 64 12. Dominador Gomez was an outstanding figure during the early days of the Philippine Assembly because, (1) he was a prominent leader of the revolution against Spain, (2) he was in favor of the annexation of the Philippines to the United States, (3) he was antiAmerican and was ousted from the Philippine Assembly on account of his doubtful Philippine citizenship, (4) he was a scholarly writer and wielded a great perstmal inf luence1 in the Philippine Assembly. 13. One of the British dominfons whose population is partly of English and partly of French descent and where the English and French languagies are spoken is (1) Australia, (2) Canada, (3) Union of South Africa, (4) New Zealand, (5) New Foundland. · 14. In the naval battle of Actium, the Roman leader Octavianus defeated the forces of Cleopatra and her ally who was (1) Julius Caesar, (2) Brutus, (3) Mark Antony, (4) Cassius, (5) Pompeii. 15. If you are really a lover of art, you should know that a minuet is (1) the tall tower of a mosque, (2) a minute piece of delicate sculpture, (3) a slow, graceful, and stately dance, (4) a brief niusical film. 16. What w:as called the province of Paragua during the Spanish administration is now known as (1) Marinduque, (2) Rizal, (3) Palawan, (4) La Union, (5) Antique. PANORAMA

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