How Much Do You Know?

Northern Advocate, 10 February 1940, Page 8

How Much Do You Know?

1— A blockade is closing our enemy’s ports to all commerce. The practice was introduced in 1584 by: (1) The Spanish; (2) Dutch; (31 French; (4) English; (5-) Portuguese. 2 General Nobili was: (1.) An Italian air ace; (2) a French colonial soldier; (3) an Italian explorer; (4) an Italian revolutionary; (5) a Spanish Loyalist general. 3 The Russo-German truce of December 15, 1917, was signed at: (11 Warsaw; (.21 Berlin; (3) Pctrograd; (4) Brest-Litovsk; (5) Posen. 4 The only British territory on the mainland of Central America is: (1) British Guiana; <2; the Gold Coast; (.3) British Honduras; (4) Nigeria; (51 British America. 5 Tasman discovered New Zealand in: (1) 1679; (2) 1642; (3) 1598; (41 1652; (.51 1698. G—Lake Constance is in Switzerland. Lake ConniSton is in: (.11 Italy; (2i England; (31 United States; (41 Scotland; (51 Australia. 7 Tea was first used in England in: (11 1762; (.21 1591; (31 1698; (41 1821; (5) 1714. 8— The average weight of a man's brain is: (1) The same as a woman's; (21 lighter; (31 heavier; (41 21bs heavier; (5) lib lighter. 9 The average weight of a man’s brain is: (1) 2ilbs; (21 3ilbs; (31 41bs; (41 2Jibs; (51 6ibs. 10— The name of the cabin boy in “Treasure Island" was: (1) Tom Brown; (.21 Jim Hankins; (3l Amyas Leigh; (4) Robert West; (51 Charles Flint. 11 — The word “yes" in German is: (1) Si; (2) da; (3) oui; (. 4) ja; (51 ta. 12 — Telescopes were invented in: (1* France; (21 Holland; (3) Germany; (4) Switzerland: (5) England. 13 — Kapok, used for pillows, etc.: (1) Grows on a tree; (2) Made from wool; (3) is a type of cotton; (4) a wood product; (5) by-product of paper mills. 14 — American unemployed on December 31 numbered: (1) 3,000.000; (21 1,760,230; (31 450,763; (41 9.379.000: (51 6,354.000. 15 — 3i per cent, is: (11 9d in the £; (21 74,c1; (31 4td; (41 2td; <sl Bid.