Answers To Peter Simple's Posers

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 280, 26 November 1938, Page 17 (Supplement)

Answers To Peter Simple's Posers

1. A hard coal. 2. A large group of small islands. 3. A vessel for holding liquids, made of the dried shell of the gourd. 4. An old man, an aged rustic; in some English counties a foreman. 5. China. 6. Eastern North America. 7. Baboon. 8. An Alpine plant with white flowers. 9. An agreement between a ship's owners and the crew regarding an intended voyage, the food and wages to l>e given, and other details. It is signed by the captain and all members of the crew before the voyage begins.

As outlined on serial story page 10. Marks stamped upon gold and silver articles to show the purity of metal in them, as found by teste. 11. Swift. 12. Dried kernels of the coconut. 13. A weasel-like killer of snakes. 14. In ancient times bakers always allowed retailers an extra loaf on the dozen to repay them for their trouble. Heigho, the good old days! 15. "David Copperfield."

16. That he wished to marry Peggottv, the servant of Mrs. Copperfield, and David's nurse and friend. 17. Jason.

18. Real. George Bryan Brummell (about 1778-1840), a man about town in London who inherited a fortune and became notorious for his taste in dress.

19. So long as your strange fact is correct, your answer's as good as mine. Here is one for the New Zealander: The kiwi is such a sound sleeper that it can be picked up without awakening. And one for the Aussie: The kangaroo was named through a misunderstanding when a sea captain asked a native the name of the animal and he replied, "Kan ga roo," meaning, "I don't understand."

20. A cyclone.