PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

Auckland Star, Volume LXXV, Issue 304, 23 December 1944, Page 8

PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS

1. Name the general in Shakespeare's plays who was sent to Cyprus to defend the island against an attack by the Turks.

2. The boat used by Eskimos and made of sealskin and walrus ribs is called: Kayak, kalmuk, oshkomi? 3. Can you pick out from the countries named those whose national flowers are the lily of the valley, azalea and forget-me-not, respectively: Norway, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, Yugoslavia, Greece? 4. Before the war Australia's average wheat production used to be 170,000,000 bushels a year from 14,000,000 acres. Can you say approximately what is the latest wartime figure and from what acreage? 5. What is the capital of Belgium? 6. My friend Pennyfather bored me in the tram by reminiscing about a funambulist he saw once at, a circus. He was referring to a: Juggler, ropewalker, bearded lady? 7. To what part of the world's oceans does the term "high seas" apply? 8. You can still plant cucurbitaceous seeds or seedlings, if you know what I mean. Do you? 9. What is the correct term for seven singers or seven players, or for a musical composition for seven voices or instruments? 10. What is the Quai d'Orsay? 11. In the good old daj's of long, long ago, what was the meaning of the term "the Fancy"? 12. A triton among the minnows is a person looking important among nonentities. Who was Triton? Answers on Page 10