How Much Did You Know?

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 20, 25 January 1939, Page 20

How Much Did You Know?

Results of Our General Knowledge Test Our general knowledge test certainly brought forth some amusing answers, and some surprises, too. Although this competition was not as heavily contested as it was expected it would be, nevertheless, entries were quite up to standard. Question No. 5 evidently puzzled more than one entrant, as evidenced by the variety of answers. Many seemed in doubt as to the "Swedish Nightingale's" last name—one competitor listed her as Jenny "Wren" and another as "Sonia Heinic." The answer to No. 3 is the "mantilla." but readers were not very Correct in stating where this was worn. Only twenty of the winning entries were entirely correct, so the four neatest out of the pile of "sixes" were selected. Qiis is in keeping with our usual policy of selecting winners from the neatest lists. Here are the names of the twenty-four lucky winners:— Owen Claridge, Aucklnnd, age 12, boy's purse. Mavis Baldwin, Sandringham, age 12,, fountain pen. Joan Macky, Auckland, age 14, cricket ball. Molly Guildford, Raglan, age 16, torch. Shirley Morton. Mount Eden, age 12, fountain pen. J. Gammon, Kaikohe, age 12, girls purse. Harold Ward, Mount Roikill, age 13, torch. John Turnwald, Point Chevalier, age 12, stationery set. Patricia McCarthy, Te Puke, age I I, fountain pen. Ronald Rae, Remuera. age 13, propelling pencil. Allan Forsmai\, Green Lane, age 15. fountain pen. Mary O'Brien, Morrinsville, age 10, purse. Geraldine Bailey, Morrinsville, age 9, purse. Iva Joyce, Epsom, age 11, table tennis set. Nola Mathieson. Waipukurau, age 15, table tennis set. Elva Best, Parnell, age 16, stationery set. Phyllis Gow, Mount Eden, age 14, toilet set. Mavis E. Rudkin, Epsom, age 13.. purse, Betty Rowlandson. Mount Eden, age 13, stamp album. Shirley Easton. Mount Albert, age 13, torch. Marie McSweeney, Morningside, age 14, stamp album. Ailsa Sayers, Epsom, age 10. box of paints. Nancy Buckrell, Remuera, age I I, box of paints. Marie Greig, Wanganui, age 14, purse, PINK certificates go to the following:^— J. Small, Remuera; Geraldine Easton, Mount Albert; Ernest Easton, Mount Albert; Helen Crocombe, Mount Albert; Moira Lynch. Hunterville; Lesley Grainger, Waiheke Island; Margaret Grainger, Waiheke Island; Joyce Cox, Grey Lynn; Margaret Buckrell, Remuera; K. Slattery, Auckland; Marjory Jackson, Ponsonby; A. Stewart, via Huntly; William Long. Auckland; Garaeth K eat ley. Glen Eden; Rod Smith. Mount Albert; Herbert Geale, Wellington; Ruth Silva, Kaukapakapa; H. G. Webb, Hamilton: Colleen O'Brien, Frpnkton; Marie O'Brien, Frankton; Rayma Phillpotts, Mount Albert; Shirley Haddon, Russell; Tony McManemin, Grafton; T. Bellshaw, Auckland; Arthur Woodward, Pukekohc; Jeune FitzWilliam, Albany; Lynley Wilson, Mount Eden; H. Mathiaa, Rotorua; Jean Davenport, Onehunga; R. Harris, Mount Eden; Graeme White, Epsom; A. J. Bray, St. Helier's Bay; Joyce Walkar, Te Kuiti; Rae Keatley. Glen Eden; Ann Bray, St. Helier's Bays R. G. Adams, Remuera; Moira Mcßride, Remuera; Rosalie McSweeney, Morningside; Patty McSweeney, Glen Eden; Graeme Goodare, Mission Bay; Olga Power, Epsom; Colin de Luca, Mount Roakill; Margaret Baker, New Plymouth.