PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 193, 16 August 1941, Page 13

PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

. j Name the military officer whose •nil" '• also the name of .in Indian >tork. -'. Gibraltar was acquired bv Britain in the reign of -a) Charles 1 .. <b' George 11., <<•■ William 111., '<!' Queen Anr.c? •<• Captain Oliver Lyttelton was lecentjy appointed to an important post. Can \ou recall it? 1. Rear-Admiral commanding the Australian Sn.uadron was in the news recently. Can you name him and recall the circumstances? -'" u- hal , a2 .' c lhc five ereat hvdrograpnical envisions of the globe"'' H. What do >vu associate with the name Catalina? 7. Has any President of I'Si of office'*" 1 Brhain dU " ng his tcr ' m *. Describe inotherm, W -onai r , : r( -..,. cjcs triangle. <d)

9. What is the frog - of a brick, and what is its use? 10. Can you explain the difference between assurance and insurance? 11. What is the popular name for that which astronomers know as the 12. Flamingo is <a) a web-footed 52£fL b i r « ,h \? bright s P anish >nawl. f C > a lively Mexican dance? 13 Persons who use the word I are (a ' Sunders, (b; efeonsts, <c) l>oasters? 14. Eikon Cor ikon' means imaso or statue. The word is 'a) Russian <b> Greek, <c> Arabian' »*WMn. m »£; T ? ? u *} if ? a to.vophilite v< A . must (a have a knowledce'n! poisons. <b> read music at sight 'c; be al'le to use a bow and arrowl'' (Answers on Page 17.)