THIS WEEK'S TEASER.

Auckland Star, Volume LXV, Issue 267, 10 November 1934, Page 7 (Supplement)

THIS WEEK'S TEASER.

In the illustration below you will ece a solid -balh which has been sliced into four parts by cuts that arc equal distances apart, so that each part has the same thickness. Although it would require rather elaborate calculation to accurately answer the. questions below, nevertheless the

answers you supply will give a good check on your powers of estimation. Correct answers should be supplied within four, minutes. (1) The weight of B is equal to, greater than, less than the weight of D. (2) The curved surface of. C is equal to, greater than, less than the curved surface of D. {4) The total surface of B is equal to, greater than, lese than the total surfaces of A and D combined. * (4) The surface of the original sphere is equal to, greater than, lees than the total surfaces of B and C combined. Answers to Last Week's Puzzle. A brief glance at last week's questions should have told you that (b) (benzine and water) was the most reasonable. In (a) there would he too much- cream; in (c) alcohol and water would not separate; likewise in (e), and in (d) the eugar would have dissolved. DO YOU KNOW? How Did Calicut, in India, Get its Name? Calicut, the first place in India visited by Europeans, from ■ which calico gets its name, is probably from Kalikot, the "fortress of Kali," a powerful goddess. ••• - • Can Rain Occur Without Clouds? In certain conditions raindrops may be formed directly through moistureladen air striking a cold region without the intervening formation of clouds. • • * • What Makes Stars Twinkle? The twinkling is due to the pencil of light that comes through a star being deflected hero and there as it passes through different layers of our atmosphere with different densities. ••* • - Is Hawaii an Italian Word? No; it is a revised spelling ofOwyhee, the name which the natives, called the islands when Captain Cook; found:them. It means the hot place, and it is pronounced Hah-wi-ye, with, stress on the second syllable.