PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 169, 19 July 1941, Page 11

PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

1. Barology is (a) the manufacture of barometers; (b) the science of weight; 'c) the art of mixing drinks?

2. You don't need a mathematical mind to work this one out: A man walking alone reached a country crossroads. No one else was about. He did not know what direction to take, but found a signpost lying on the ground. It wasn't a help, because it pointed in no particular direction. He stood the post up, thought for a moment, muttered 1 see 1 " and set out along the road that took him to his destination How did he choose the right road? 3. What were the original meanings of "gaffer" and gammei . .4. Archimedes the Greek fa) founded the peripatetic school or philosophy; (b) invented a screw for raising water; (c) founded the monetary system? 5 Longshanks was the name of (ai Edward I. of England: Jb) Henry VI11.; (c) Oliver Cromwell.

G. Who were (a) Albert Durer; <b> Claude Duval; (c) Mary Baker Eddy?

7. Who wrote ''Revolt In the Desert," and of what equally famous work is it an abridgment?

8. His famous paintings include "The Last Supper" and the "ilona Lisa." His name is Sir John La very; <b) Leonardo da Vinci; (e) Thomas Gainsborough? 9. What made George Simon Ohm famous? 10. Omphalodes are (a> hardy annual and perennial plants: <b) symbols used by physicists: (c) painful swelling of the knees? 11. To qualify as primates, animals must (a) be able to suckle their young; <b) walk upright; <c> be able to grasp with all four feet? 12. To "cross the Rubicon" means to take what may prove to be a fateful step. Where and what is the Rubicon?

1. Science of weight. 2. He knew where he had come from and that place was marked on the capsized signpost. All he had to do was to stand up the post with that place pointing the way he had come. He could then tell to which roads the other arms pointed. 3. "Gaffer" from old English, meaning grandfather; "gammer" from the French grandmere. 4. (b) Invented a screw for raising water. 5. (a) Edward I. of England. 6. (a) German painter; (b) English highwayman; (c) founder of Christian Science. 7. Colonel T. E. Lawrence; "Seven Pillars of Wisdom." 8. (b) Leonardo da Vinci. 9. Important studies in electricity; electrical unit ohm is named after him. 10. (a) Hardy annual and perennial plants. 11. (c) Be able to grasp with all four feet. 12. Small river in Italy, flowing into Adriatic. By crossing it. 49 RC. Julius Caesar practically declared war on Rome.