DO YOU KNOW?
SECOND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE: TEST.
Last week’s series of questions proved an interesting - quarter of an hour for many of our readers and those who are still in doubt will find the answers iu this column. THIS WEEK’S QUESTION. (1) (a) Which City in New Zealand has the largest population iu its administrative area? (b) Which is New Zealand’s smallest city? 2. Which river iu Mew Zealand discharges the greatest volume of water? (a) North Island; (b) South Island. 3. In what years did an American Fleet visit New Zealand? 4. —What is the estimated population of Abyssinia? 5. —Who was Menelik, whose drum is sounded in Abyssinia as a call to. battle? ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK’S QUESTIONS. 1. North Island, 44,281 square miles. South island, 58,01L’ square miles, Stewart Island. (170 square miles, Chatham Islands, 372 square miles; 103,415 square miles. 2. —Auckland Islands 234 square miles. 3. (a) Ruapehu; (b) 9,175 feet. 4. (a) Tasman; (b) .11,475 feet. 5. —F. R. Spofforth; once took 10wickets for 20 runs at Lords.
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Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 February 1936, Page 8
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174DO YOU KNOW? Horowhenua Chronicle, 8 February 1936, Page 8
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