PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 226, 24 September 1938, Page 14 (Supplement)

PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

1. If Bomebody asked you how to box the compass, what would you reply? 2. One read* almost daily about the "textile" trade-. What is a textile, and how was the word derived ? 3. What is a template?

4. Over the pretzels and sherry one night recently a young thing gave us this poser: "What relation is the gentleman to you?" said one lady to another. "His mother was my mother's only child," replied the other. What was the relationship? 5. What is an etude? 6. What was the origin of the phrase "to take the cake"?

1. What is bouillabaisse, and what city makes a specialty of it?

8. What is a compeer? 9. Define a conspectus. 10. What is a curt ana? 11. It originated in Japan, and it is called go-bang. Can you describe it

SOLUTION TO BRAIN TWIZZLER No. XIX. (See page (i.) sold one dozen for one penny an<l had three eggft left. Bob sold four dozen at one penny per dozen and had two eggs left. Jack sold seven dozen at one penny per dozen and had one egg left. Each sold left-over eggs at three pennies per egg, giving a total of 10 pennies each.

12. Give the meaning of the word lucubration. 13. A\ hat is a mezzanine? To whom i s attributed the phrase "C'est magnififjue, mais ce n'est pas la guerre" ? 15. Who nvented lacrosse ? 16. What was the original implication of the phrase "to go at each other hammer and tongs''? IT. What are entremets?

18. Does an elephant drink through its trunk? 10. What does "Good-bye'' mean? 20. Do you know the correct names for groups of the following: Sheep, cattle, wolves, swine, lions, ducks, geese, starlings, snipe and "-oldfinches? " (Answers on "Laugh With the World" Page.)