Peter Simple's Posers
(Answers on Page Four.) 1. What are letters of marque? 2. Can you recall the name of the famous British author recently announced to be a prisoner of war in Germany? 3. Point-de-Galle is a famous geographical feature of (a) (Vvlori; (b) Southern France; (c) Portugal? 4. How long is a quinquennium? ~>. A lac of rupees i« (a) 100; (fj) 2.',.000; (c) 100.000? 6. Coupe means a front, seal, or a carriage. Jn what sport is it also an important term? 7. When poets address one of the heavenly bodies as Cynthia, to which one should they refer. 8. What kind of animal is a borzoi? 9. Cyclops was a mythological giant with (a) one; (in six; (c) I<>o eye*? 10. Satvagraha i« an important political term in India. What does it mean? 11. What is a stuka? 12. ha t part of a stringed instrument the chevalet ? J3. (,'«n you re member the name of Japan's Parliame-nt? 14. What is a »tick of bombs? 15. Jane Austen (1775-1817) was the author of ' Pride and Prejudice."* Who was Alfred Austin? a
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 297, 14 December 1940, Page 2 (Supplement)
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