PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue 108, 8 May 1943, Page 4

PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

1 Name taken "by the Puritans after the Act of Uniformity was passed in 1662 was: • Freethinkers; Nonconformists; Philadelphians? 2. What fish is known as the sock- ' " 3.' What is a termitarium? 4. To what animal is the slang term varmint most often applied? 5. You have to go back to 1601 to find that the first King's Counsel was Sir Francis Bacon. Title was granted to him by Queen Anne; Charles II.; James I.? . , 6 Tarsus, a city in Asia Minor, is famous as: Birthplace of Paul the Apostle; meeting place of Abdul Abul-bul Amir and Ivan Skavmski; where Britain talked Turkey with the Huns after the last war? 7 What is the difference between a molecule, a monocule and a m ß n °Which is the relatively higher rank: Admiral of the Fleet; fieldmarshalj or marshal of the Royal Air Force? , , 9. One of these composers played before kings when he was six: Wagner; Beethoven; Mozart? 10. In which one of these countries is the Sebu the longest river: Algeria; Tunisia; Morocco? 11. The swift is said to be the swiftest of all birds. Its approximate speed is: 60, 186, 300 m.p.h.? 12. Which of the following places is sacred to three religions (Mohammedan, Christian and Jewish): Bethlehem; Jerusalem; Mecca? . (Answers on Page 8)