HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

Northern Advocate, 24 October 1936, Page 8

HOW MUCH DO YOU KNOW?

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r possible answers are given for each question. You Jh select what you think is the correct answer, and put its 1 number on the line at the right of the number of the , . question on the. answer sheet. Example: 0. The Prime Minister of Great Britain is (1) MacDonald, (2) Chamberlain, (3) Hailsham, (4) Baldwin, (5) Lloyd George. Baldwin is the correct answer. The number of this question is 0 ; the number 4 (meaning Baldwin) has been placed at the right of O on the answer sheet. At the end of the Test check your replies with the answers t given on Page 10. AND DON’T PEEP. ; In our opinion, 20 is a good score, 25 very good indeed. There ■■''-are no prizes.

1 — The Whangarei cricket competitions got under way on Saturday, when the -first century was scored by: (1) L. Madden; (2) G. L. Weir; (3) GI Lawrie; (4) T. Mason; (5) ■ -Carr., 2 When Miss Jean Batten'flew from Australia to New Zealand last week, she established a new record time for the crossing. The previous best time for the Tasman crossing was held by: (1) Mr Guy Menzies; (2) Sir Charles Kingsford Smith; (3) Mr W. M. O’Hara; (4) Mr C. T. P. Ulm; (5) SquadronLeader J. D. Hewett and FlyingOfficer Kay. 3 Last week Lord Nuffield gave a total of £1,350,000 to Oxford University, and this week, gave another £30,000 to: (1) Miss Jean

Batten; (2) A nursing home; (3) The -British Treasury; (4) The King George Jubilee. Fund; (5) Relatives of the late Mr Campbell Black. 4 Twenty-six lives have been lost in an earthquake in: (1) Japan; (2) San Francisco; (3) Italy; (4) Spain; (5) England. 5 It is expected that the total amount of business done at the Motor Olympia will amount to: (1) £40,000; (2) £7,600,000; (3) £52,000,000; (4) £750,000; (5) £88,000.000. 6 Under the Workers’ Compensation Bill, the minimum amount of compensation payable in the event of death is to be raised to £SOO from:

(1) £350; (2) £200; (3) £300; (4) £400; (5) £450. 7 Three British Ministers last week stressed the ! need for stranger defences for Britain. They were Mr Anthony Eden, Sir Thomas Inskip and: (1) Mr Baldwin; (2) Sir John Simon; (3) Mr Walter Elliott; (4) Mr Malcolm MacDonald; (5) Mr Duff Cooper. 8— In a repbrt to the Whangarei Harbour Board, the secretary estimated that the cost to complete the Kioreroa Road would be: (1) £1350; (2) £1000; (3) £2500; (41 £3000; (5) £IOO. 9 A giant new telescope is being y constructed, which, when completed, will bring the moon within an apparent distance of: (1) 100 miles; (2) 56; (3) 127; (4) 24; (5) 79. 10— The English cricketers, in their first match in Australia, beat Westralia by an innings and 130 runs. Two English players scored' centuries. They were Hammond and; (1) Hardstaff; (2) Wyatt: (3) Burnett; (4) Worthington; (5) Fishlock. 11 — A Jewish merchant of Manchester has announced that he will devote five per cent, of the profits from his business to; (1) Gambling; (2) Medical research; (3) British de-

fence; (4) Prohibition; (5) Fighting capital punishment. 12 — An Auckland street has been named after; (1) Lord Elibark; (2) Mr Savage; (3) Mr Nash; '4) Miss Batten; (5) Mr Baldwin. 13— A decision to nationalise an important arms factory has been made by the Government of: (1) Italy; (2) United States; (3) Canada; (4) Russia; (5) France. 14— The Joseph Conrad, which sailed from Auckland some months ago. has been reported at: (1) Buenos Aires; (2) Capetown; (3) San Francisco; (4) Cherbourg; (5) New York. 15— A half-sheet of 2id Silver Jubilee stamps, printed as an experiment in Prussian blue shade, and issued in error, is now valued at: (1) £100; (2) £500; (3) £5000; (4) £750; (5) £2OOO. 16— A message received this week recorded the theft of the Crown jewels of: (1) Italy; (2) Spain; (3) Irak; (4) Portugal; (5) Belgium. 17— A plot has been discovered to overthrow the Government of: (1) Japan; (2) Bolivia; (3) The Philip, pines; (4) Russia; (5) Egypt. 18— The race round the world between three American journalists was won by Mr E. Edkins, who com-

pleted the journey in; (1) 10 days 15 hours 10 minutes; (2) 18 days 14 hours 56 minutes; (3) 19 days 23 hours; (4) 15 days 6 hours 3 minutes; (5) 80 days 10 hours. 19— A shower of meteorites scared residents of Fortune and Trinity Bays in: (1) Newfoundland; (2) Java; (3) Jamaica; (4) South Africa; (5) Western Australia. 20— The youngest competitor in the New Zealand golf championships at New Plymouth is: (1) J. Weir; (2) J. Young; (3) P. Smith; (4) J. Jeffrey; (5) A. Murray. 21— London’s new Lord Mayor is: (1) Sir Percy Vincent; (2) Lord Wakefield; (3) Sir Stafford Cripps; (4) Lord Derby; (5) Sir George Broadbridge, 22 The Education Board (Britain) has agreed to share the cost of providing free clothes and footwear for school children for the purpose of: (1) Enabling a higher leaving age; (2) Assisting the children of the poor to obtain a better education; (3) Improving health; (4) Improving physique; (5) Preventing crime. 23 Thirteen men have been indicted in New York for running an alleged racket in connection with: (1) Liquor; (2) Restaurants; (?) Gambling; (4) Kidnapping; (5) The newspapers.

24 — Two nations which it is feared may follow Belgium’s example and begin to draw away from France are Yugoslavia and: (1) Greece; (2), Turkey; (3) Rumania; (4) Poland; (5) Czecho-Slovakia. 25 — The U.S. Presidential election will be held on; (1) November 3; (2) November 25; (3) October 31; (4) December 1; (5) November 14, 26 — The number of loans for houses granted by the Mortgage Corporation (later the State Advances Corporation) to date, totals: (1) 44; (2) 200; (3) 798 (4) 850; (5) 655. 27 — The Prime Minister of Czechoslovakia is: (1) M. Titulescu; (2) Herr Greiser; (3) M. Krafta; (4) Dr. Schuschnigg; (5) Kemal Ataturk. 28— One player holed in one during the first round of the New Zealand golf championships. He was: (1) * J. Jeffrey; (2) J. L. Black; (3) A. E. Guy; (4) A. J. Shaw; (5) J. P. Hornabrook. 29 A message from London stated that Mr Ernie Clark, a New Zealand farmer, intended to fly from England to New Zealand. His heme is in; (1) Otago; (2) Gisborne; (3) Taranaki; (4) Auckland; (5) North Canterbury. 30— A jewellery theft is reported to have occurred on the; (1) Strathnaver; (2) Essex; (3) Queen Mary; (4) Mariposa; (5) Awatea.

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