EDISON’S QUESTIONS.

Shannon News, 23 September 1921, Page 2

EDISON’S QUESTIONS.

AND DOUG. FAIRBANKS ANSWERS. .

Recently there was published a list v of questions that Mr Edison had compiled as being calculated "to. demonstrate the amazipg ignorance of college graduates. ’ ’ When Douglas Fairbanks read this list, ho immediately took in hand his sharpest pencil and proceeded to answer them. Mr Edison's questions and Mr Fairbanks’ answers follow: — Where do we get shellac from —I’d be arrested by prohibition, officials if I told, but you can ask any boot-legger. What is a monsoonf—Ask the Los Angeles people who lost the roofs of their houses a few nights ag°Where do we get prunes? —I never eat ’em. Where do we get domestic sardines?'' —From .the Sea of Matrimony, or any modern apartment house. Where do we import cork from?— From wherever we. can get it. Of what land of wood are axe handles made?—The same that woolen heads are made of. . Who wrote "Home, Sweet Home? —■ —The man who neyer had one. Where are condors to' be found? —• In the Smithsonian Institute. "Who was Cleopatra?—Oh) Mr Edison, you stop that! What, voltage is used jn street cars? —As little as possible. ' , What is felt?—a lot of things.^ What'States produce phosphates?— , States of health. Why is cast-iron called pig iron?—■ Ask the man who wrote "Pigs is Pigs." Where is Spitzbergen?—Where the apples come from. Who was Frances Marion? —I know, but I won’t tell, because she might get too much publicity. Who invented logarithms?—The meanest man in the world. What ingredients are ' in the best white paint?—There is no colour to, this one. Where do we,get benzol from?— From any member of the Rockfellor family. How is window glass-made!—Ah! that gives nie a pane. J Bound the State of West Virginia?—■ Gimme a woollen string.