U.S. knowledge under test

Press, 7 March 1978, Page 20

U.S. knowledge under test

Compiled by ‘GLADIATOR’

Make way for the “Stars and Stripes” — this month’s touragram is devoted to 40 States of America.

Whitcoulls’ gift vouchers will be awarded the first six correct entries opened. (Three will be he'd for entries from outlying areas.) “The Press” will again award a special $lO cash prize for the neatest correct entry submitted by a school class. Results and the names of winners will appear in “Tuesday Travel” on April 4. The words are hidden in the touragram in a random manner and may appear horizontally, vertfcally, or diagonally. They can be read from left to right or from right to left, and up or down. Some letters may be common to two or more words. Each word has a corresponding clue. When located, the words should be ringed neatly with a ballpoint pen and listed to correspond with the numbers of the clues. Entries should be addressed to the Travel Editor, P.O. Box 1005, Christchurch.

1— Southern lass slowly drinking her mint julep? 2— The New England joint I slice. 3— Providence bred state poultry. 4— Indian potato away from equator. 5 — “Beautiful” short-named river gave north-central state its name. 6— S wins coins contest in Great Lakes state. 7— The Blue Grass state of thoroughbred horses. 8— NATO man at Custer’s last stand? 9— “Painted Desert” backdrop for Wyatt Earp at O.K. Corral. 10— Fiftieth incorporates Union Jack in state flag. 11— Did Mayflower come looking for cod in 1620? 12— Forty-ninth purchased for 2c an acre in 1867! 13— Where the corn is as high as an elephant’s eye! 14— Dollars for Napoleon in another real estate deal. 15— Part of 14’s deal became a state in 1836, but in 1861 left the union —. returned in 1868. 16— Green mountains to the Atlantic. 17— Bask near the foot of the Rockies. 18— The gambling state in the Great Basin. 19— Cotton state with a French and British history. 20— Dial for southern space centre and swamps. 21— One of the original 13 states founded in 1682 by Quaker leader from land granted by King Charles 11. 22— Diana in central grain state. 23— North central state with four major rivers including Mississippi, Ohio, and Rock. 24— Largest New England state with rugged coastline. 25— There’s rich soil in Herbert Hoover’s north-central state. 26— Golden state is most populous (20 million) with capital of Sacramento. 27— Most southern was named after English king. 28— Where Ida hoes in Sun Valley! 29— North-west mountainous state forested, one would expect with pine. 30— Mountainous state hosts “Old Faithful,” has two national parks, and gave women the franchise in 1869. 31— Second most populous was one of original 13, colonised by the Dutch in 1609 and sometimes known as the “Empire State.” 32— A deep-canyoned Rocky state first' settled by the Spanish and now home of the United States Mint. 33— It just has to be the biggest! 34— “She” is twins with geographical first names. Both in original 13 and on the seaboard. 35— Brigham Young and record breakers are linked with this state. 36— The Great Lakes state and home of the auto industry. Also birth state of Abraham Lincoln. 37— Named in honour of English queen and first permanent English settlement in North America (1607). 38— Central state where Jefferson reigns and Truman left for White House. 39— Not the old one with Hartford and Hereford — but New. First colony to declare its independence on June 15, 1776. 40— Colonised by Spain, held by Mexico, acquired by the United States of America in 1848, statehood in 1912. Name correctly prefixed “New.”