DO YOU KNOW?

Dominion, Volume 23, Issue 33, 2 November 1929, Page 28

DO YOU KNOW?

(1)’ How many breaths we take in a minute? I

(2) Which character in Shakespeare’s plays says the most? . (3) How are the Nobebprizes awarded and what is their value? (4) Why are Japanese short? (5) Who, was Charlemagne? ANSWERS 1. Twelve to nineteen. A horse takes only six~to ten- breaths, whereas 'a rabbit takes fifty to sixty.- ' ■ 2. Hamlet, who in the play of his name speaks 1569 lines. Richard 111 comes next with'll6l lines. Macbeth utters only 705 lines, and Romeo 618. .3. The prizes, which vary in-value from time to time, are worth about £BOOO each. There are five prizes and they are awarded annually to men and women eminent in the following subjects:-— Physics, chemistry, physiology, or medicine, literature and the cause of peace. The physics and chemistry p-izes are awarded by the Swedish Academy cf Science, the medicine prize by the Stockholm Faculty of Medicine, the literature prize by the Swedish Academy of Literature, and the peace prize by. a committee of five selected by the Norwegian Storting or Parliament. 4. They usually squat with their legs beneath them, and this may be one of the reasons for the Japanese being a short people.

5. Charlemagne or “Charles” (Karl) the Great was the first Charles- to ru’e over France.