Questions For You
.
1) What part of the strawberry plant is the true fruit?
- The seed. The delicacy that we eat and call the fruit is
actually the swollen end of the stem called a drupe
2) What was the first sport to be filmed - and who filmed it?
- The sport was boxing; the man who did the filming, Thomas A. Edison;
the year, 1894. Edison filmed a boxing match between Jack Cushing and
Mike Leonard in a studio on the grounds of his laboratory complex in
west Orange, New Jersey.
3) On what planet is the largest known mountain in the solar
system?
- On Mars. Called Olympus Mons, it's a volcano more than 3 times
the height of Mount Everest.
4) How fast can an ostrich run?
- About 40 miles per hour - taking strides of 12 - 15 feet.
5) From where in nature do we get quinine, the medicine used
to treat and prevent malaria?
- From the bark of the cinchona tree, a South Africa evergreen.
1) What part of the strawberry plant is the true fruit?
- The seed. The delicacy that we eat and call the fruit is
actually the swollen end of the stem called a drupe
2) What was the first sport to be filmed - and who filmed it?
- The sport was boxing; the man who did the filming, Thomas A. Edison;
the year, 1894. Edison filmed a boxing match between Jack Cushing and
Mike Leonard in a studio on the grounds of his laboratory complex in
west Orange, New Jersey.
3) On what planet is the largest known mountain in the solar
system?
- On Mars. Called Olympus Mons, it's a volcano more than 3 times
the height of Mount Everest.
4) How fast can an ostrich run?
- About 40 miles per hour - taking strides of 12 - 15 feet.
5) From where in nature do we get quinine, the medicine used
to treat and prevent malaria?
- From the bark of the cinchona tree, a South Africa evergreen.
posted by Videos by Professor Howdy | 9/01/2005
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