PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 42, 19 February 1944, Page 4

PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

1. If you see high altitude, streaky clouds, sometimes called mares'-tails, you should know that they are: Cirrus, nimbus, cumulus? 2. Your chemist will tell you that suspension in water of oil droplets results in an: Embrocation, emulsion, emolument? 3. When your dentist refers to your incisors, he means: Your four upper or four lower teeth; your two upper back teeth; your lower front teeth? 4. A field-officer is one of rank between: Lieutenant and major; captain and colonel; captain and general' 5. When a Scot talks of "the land of the leai he means: Scotland; the Highlands; heaven? 6. Our word Merino is derived from: The Spaniards; a shade of bluethe Incas of Peru? 7. In Biblical times frankincense and myrrh were sprinkled in the presence of the great. What is myrrh? S. The Greek God of the woods was: Narcissus; Orpheus; Ban' ?. In New Zealand politics the three principal parties are Labour, National and Democratic Labour. In Britain what are they? 10. When you use the word pyjama, you are speaking: PersianJapanese; Chinese. 11. What part of the earth, space, or the planetary system is the lithosphere? 12. Which of the following are included m the designation of Scandinavian countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Iceland? (Answfcrs on Page 8) ]