MIND SHARPENERS

Southland Times, Issue 23444, 26 February 1938, Page 7 (Supplement)

MIND SHARPENERS

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. What is the name of the New Zealander who distinguished himself in the running events at the Empire Games recently? 2. What do the letters of the word “Anzac” stand for? 3. What letter of the alphabet occurs most frequently in the English language? 4. Who was Sir Truby King? (20 marks) WORD SQUARE 1. Eras 2. An animal 3. Rest 4. Pace (5 marks) HIDDEN NAMES (Sent in by Cousin Marie Neas) In each of the following sentences there is hidden the name of a girl: 1. He jumped over a fence. 2. The boy ate the lemon at once. 3. I rise earlier than my sister. 4. She lent me a copy of the pattern. 5. The girl will knit a jumper for herself. (5 marks)

JUMBLED NAMES (Sent in by Cousin Derek Pears) Girls’ names: 1. L U R A S U 2. L E R I E V A 3. TZHBLIEAE 4. R N A I M O 5. TCIREABE Boys’ names: 1. H C I L E M A 2. U M E S L A 3. DLXNAEARA 4. Y R N E M V 5. H O S E P J (10 marks) Entries close MONDAY, March 7. Answers to Sharpeners. GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. April 15. 2. An imaginary line encircling the globe 66adeg. south of the equator. 3. By direct air service from Taieri to Palmerston North. 4. Duke of Wellington. (20 marks) JUMBLED NAMES Nelson, Cook, Columbus, Tasman, Napoleon, Drake. Germany, India, Brazil, Poland,

Turkey, Japan, Holland, Australia, New Zealand.

(15 marks)

PUNCTUATION Waken, lords and ladies gay! On the mountain dawns the day; All the jolly chase is here With hawk and horse and hunt-

ing-spear; Hounds are in their couples yell-

ing, Hawks are .whistling, horns are

knelling, Merrily merrily mingle they, “Waken, lords and ladies gay!”

(5 marks)

RESULTS Cousin Graeme Anderson 40 Cousin Sylvia Raines 40 Cousin Jeanette Moore 40

Cousin Daphne Shields 40 Cousin Norman Shields 40 Cousin Marion Stobo 40 Cousin Margaret Hyndman 40 Cousin Albert Moore 40 Cousin Shirley McKeever 40 Cousin Dorothy Stevens 40 Cousin Rita Lange 39 Cousin Eva Lake 39 Cousin Melva Lake 39 Cousin Dorothy Lake 39 Cousin Vera Lake 39 Cousin Margaret Francis 39 Cousin June Hayes 39 Cousin John Middleton 39 Cousin Wilma Mo watt 39 Cousin Eunice Sleeman 39 Cousin Watson Dykes 39 Cousin Bryce Dykes 39 Cousin Bessie Hamilton j 38 Cousin Richard Goodson 38 Cousin Joyce Chilton 38 Cousin Clara Lobb 38 Cousin Wallace Baillie 38 Cousin Patricia Henderson 38 Cousin Iris Winsloe 38 Cousin Elfreda Sampson 38 Cousin Mary Lobb 37 Cousin Alan Lake 37 Cousin Yvonne Hall 37 Cousin Ngaire Gardner 35 Cousin Raynor Huffadine 35 • Cousin Cyril Whitaker 35 Cousin Eric Lindsay 35 Cousin Ella Lindsay 35 Cousin Annie Mcßae 33 Cousin Elva Knox 33 Cousin Elva Denoon 33 Cousin Doreen Warnock 33 Cousin Mary Maloney 32 Cousin Margaret McCleery, 30