PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 250, 22 October 1938, Page 13 (Supplement)

PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

1. Everybody knows about the amazeing Dionne quintuplets. Therefore a question or two about them will he just too easy. Now, they are all girls, and their names are —well, you tell mc. 2. They were bora on May 28. Was it in 1936, 1030, 1932 or 1934?

3. Before leaving the little wonders, who are probably the wealth'iest infants (in their own right) in the world, can you remember whether they were horn at Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, Schenectady (New York), Ontario (Canada), or Chicago! , 4. A funambulist is an undertaker, theologian, humorist, or rope-walker. Do you know? 5. Flinders Naval Depot ceremonies occasionally include a feu de joie, if you know what I mean. 6. Helium is either fire of Hades, a town in Grecce, or a very light gas which will not burn.

7. Do you remember in which ancient country the English alphabet originated?

8. We all know the meaning of the musical term harmony, but what is counterpoint! 9. Who wrote the "Canterbury Tales"? 10. What is a dilettante! 11. What is a Bombay duck! 12. Who is the patron saint of shoemakers ! * * + * SOLUTION TO BRAIN TWIZZLER No. XXIII. (As outlined on page six.) I T is easy to get "one word" by reforming the letters in "new d^or."

IS. A large swimming mammal, often culled a sea-cow, is sometimes caught by the North Australian blacks, or is washed ashore. What iB itß correct name ? 14. What was El Dorado, and In what country was it supposed to have beent

15. What colour are emeralds—red, blue, green, yellow or black T lfi. Is eschscholtzia a genus of flowering plants, a bronchial complaint, or an old Spanish custom? 17. What is Satsuma wareT 18. What is the real, original meaning of table d'hote? 19. Warning you first that the figure is written differently in at least two other countries, I wonder whether you can write down the figure meaning in Enplisli a billion—that is, a million million ? 20. What is meant by the legal phrase the act cf God! (Answers on "Laugh With the World" page.)