KNOWLEDGE

Bay of Plenty Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11931, 24 January 1936, Page 3

KNOWLEDGE

TWENTY QUESTIONS TEST YOURSELF In societies where books on science and biography often elbow novels aside at the best seller counter, general knowledge cannot be despised. Here are 20 questions which will either gratify you with the assurance that there are no gaps in your general knowledge, or fill them up where they exist (answers on Page 4); —• 1. —Turkey may give Britain naval assistance in the Mediterranean. Do you know the form of government in Turkey, and the designation of its chief? 2. —A diary, hitherto unknown, is being published in London; the work of a famous scientist who in 1547 visited Australia, and met his future wife in Sydney. Can you guess the scientist? 3. —What is the Taj Mahal? 4. —To which scientific study is the name “anthropology” given? 5. —Who wrote the philosophic romance of “Utopia”? C.—What name is used by the Turks for Constantinople? 7.—Where is Azerbaijan? S. —Who is Sir Rabindranath Tagore? Uopcrnican Science. 9. —What is a Tight year”? 10. —With what scientific discovies is the name of Copernicus associated? 11. —What is Tao-ism? 12. —After whom are the city and island of Vancouver named? 13. —Do you know a Polish novelist who learnt English at the age of 20, and write his works in that language? 14. —What is the chief town of Afghanistan? 15. —ln international relations, what is a “protocol”? 10. —In political economy, what is the doctrine of “laissez-faire”? 17. —What is the meaning of “plutocracy”? 18. —Do you know the term given to the summer sleep of certain animals during dry conditions? 19. —What is the Decalogue? 20. —What was the battle of Caporetto?