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How satisfying it must be these days to live in the super-state of Wisconsin, the kingdom educated by the intellectual giant Senator La Follette!

Prospective teachers at a county normal school were recently given an "identification test" according to the New York Times. Some of the answers were:

Ober-Ammergan A great German politician.

Herrin A title used in Germany.

Pinchot--A race horse.

Frances E. Willard American pugilist.

Obregon--A province in Germany.

De Valera--A bandit in Mexico.

Lloyd George--King of England.

Ford--Ran for President and backed out.

Helen Keller--A great airplano flior.

John Wanamaker--A watchmaker.

Mussolini--A region in the southern part of Eurasia.

Tariff--A city in France.

Leonard Wood--An aviator.

Venizelos--Country in South America.

Heary Cabot Lodge--Place where societies meet.

Volstead--Experimenter about laws in physics.

Fiume--A mountain in Japan.

Babe Ruth -- World heavyweight champion.

Muscle Shoals--A great coal mine in Italy.

Firpo--African prizefighter.

Steinmetz--A kind of piano.

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