PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 247, 18 October 1941, Page 11

PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

Australia's Federal Capital Territory la (a) 91 square miles; Cb> 912; (c) 9120? 2. How many islands in the Fiji group? , 3-?£ew Zealand was discovered by ( . aT Dutch navigator Tasman; (b) Captain Cook; Cc) van Diem en? 4. After all, appropinquatlon is merely a word for 'a) oompulsorv savings; Cb> domestic bliss; <c) act of coining or bringing nearer 1 5. Doctors may call It dlchromism. fi& Aii* V* ( »> swollen feet; <b) colour blindness; (c) growing pum? 6. .What Js the correct word for a coral island with central lagoon? 7. The apparent path of the sun among the stars is called (a) (b) ecliptic; co orbit?

8. Can you recall tl»e reason fothe following great fires; London 666: Moscow. 1812; San Francisco 1906; and Tokyo, 1923? 9. Name the famous Russian fori ress that includes palaces, cathedraland churches, intermingled with military buildings? 10. Polyandry differs from poh gamy, which means having in >:-<■ than one wife. Then what is polyandry? 11. Saccharin is an extremely sireei white substance. It is made from (a) concentrated sugar; 0>),ooal tar; Cc) maple syrup? % 12. Name the instrument need tor measuring the angle at other heavenly body. •buw at sp'

1. tb). 2. About 250 (80 inhabited). 3. (a). 4. (c). 5. (b). 6. AtolL 7. (b). 8. London, accidental; Moscow, intentional, to checkmate Napoleon's invading French army; San Francisco' and Tokyo, earthquakes. 9. Kremlin. 10. Having more than one husband. Custom prevails also in -parts of India and Central Asia. 11. Tb). 12. Sextant.