MIND SHARPENERS

Southland Times, Issue 23634, 8 October 1938, Page 2 (Supplement)

MIND SHARPENERS

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. Who wrote “Pickwick Papers?” 2. What is the date of Labour Day, 1938? 3. How many states are there in the United. States of America? 4. Who is the President of Czechoslovakia? (20 marks)

RIDDLE-ME-REE (Sent in by Cousin Connie Buchanan) My first is in wind but not in blow, My second is in rain but not in snow, ' My third is in sick but not in well, My fourth is in street but not in dwell, My whole is a beautiful flower. (5 marks)

JUMBLED TOWNS (Sent in by Cousin Ruth Holland) 1. N N O O DL. 2. R S A P I. 3. N K LIE B. 4. O O N E G L C. 5. XEAUBORD. 6. NALDACKU. 7. RRIICAGLLNVE. 8. OORUGHEDNIB. 9. EEWCSATLN. 10. NGWL L N E I O T. (10 marks)

FILL THE SPACES

Fill each blank space'with a to make this verse complete. Go—d People —ll, of —v—ry S—rt, G— ve e—r un—o my so—g; A—d if yo— f dit w—nd’ro— s s— ort, It c—n—ot h—ld y—u I—ng. (5 marks)