PETER SIMPLE'S POSERS
Answer the following correctly, and give yourself these scores; 10-12, excellent; 8-9, goqd; 5-7, fair; 4-6, average. . 1. A bibloplile is...a booklover; a bibliopole is what? . :. 2. What is the meaning of the word communique? „ , . 3. Can you recall the name of a strong cotton stuff with velvety ribbed surface? . . , •4. Near what .great British port is the English Grand National Steeplechase ordinarily run? . 5 If you suffered from an interscapular pain, where would it be? 6. Name the fashionable part of London between Park Lane and Bond St 7? e What exceedingly rare and consequently valuable element is yielded by the mineral called pitchblende? 8. Would you say that the game of dominoes is: Italian, Chinese, MexiCS 9* Name the planes made famous by-the R.A.F. Coastal Command. 10. Technology is: Study of machines; study of- children, study of technical books? . 11. Mamelukes were members of a former ruling class in: Egypt; Turkey; Morocco? •- 12. Who was the god of the sea? (Answers-on Page Nine)
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 88, 14 April 1945, Page 7
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