Quick quiz
1. What is the chief material used in making glass? 2. Which composer became stone deaf? 3. What is an agate? 4. What is par? 5. On what river does Bonn, the West German capital, stand? 6. What is a coalition? 7. Who was Nebuchadnezzar? 8. What is a caret? 9. Who was Sir Truby King? 10. What is a loofah? 11. What is a crustacean? 12. What is a lunar month? 13. Where is Timbuktu? 14. What is the highest mountain in Great Britain? 15. What is Upper Volta, a West African republic, now called? ANSWERS 1. Sand. 2. Beethoven. 3. A gem. 4. A condition of equality. 5. The Rhine. 6. The union of several interests. 7. King of Babylon. 8. A mark to indicate the omission of a letter or word. 9. A New Zealand doctor who was a pioneer in infant health and diet. He founded the Plunket Society. 10. A type of sponge made up of a network of fibres in the fruit of a climbing plant. 11. A shellfish. 12. The time taken by the moon to complete its orbit round the earth. 13. North-west Africa. 14. Ben Nevis. 15. Bourkina Fasso (It means “Land of Incorruptible Men”).
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Press, 15 April 1986, Page 18
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