Peter Simple's Posers

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 23, 28 January 1939, Page 6 (Supplement)

Peter Simple's Posers

1. Speaking: of holiday celebrations, where and when is Hogmanay observed? 2. With Borneo as a clue, what are dyaks ? 3. Who was the famous Queen of fee Iceni in Ancient Britain? 4. Hymenoptera include bees, wasps, hornets, ants, and sandflies. All have the same number of wings. Would-that be two, four, eight, or six? 5. What is caoutchouc? 6. Apropos of famous partnerships, such as mustard and cress, and Gilbert and Sullivan, who was associated with Beaumont in writing many famous English plays? 7. Who was the cynical old Greek philosopher who is said to have lived in a tub? 8. Complete these metaphors:—Taking the bull , Letting the , Bee in , Long arm • 9. Who wrote "Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, 'This is my own, ay native land.'" ? 10. Who lives next door to the Chancellor of the Exchequer in London? 11. It took them a week or more recently to rescue a sick keeper from the storm-lashed Eddystone Light. The light is visible for:—6, 10, 17J, 30 miles? 12. A gallon, yes. But what was a galleon? 13. What is a firkin? 14.—Iridium is a hard, white metal, used for tipping certain commonly used articles. What are they? 15. Of what do these five form part— the Assembly, the Council, the Secretariat, the International Labour Bureau, and the Permanent Court of International Justice ? 16. On what part of a fish is the dorsal fin? 17. What is a psychiatrist? 18. "KJadderadatech." Sounds a mouthful, doesn't it? But every country has a leading humorous journal. Do you know to which country this belongs ? 19. The date of Magna Charta was 1066, 1215, 1314, 1594? 20. How many incisors has a normal person, and where are they? (Answers on short short story page.) ♦ *

SOLUTION TO BRAIN TWIZZLER No. XXXVTL, (See Page Six) of the men travelled extensively around the ■world, one alwavs going the westerly route, the other the easterly route. If both crossed the international date line 50 times one would gain 50 days, the other ■would lose 50 days.