SHARPENER ANSWERS

Southland Times, Issue 24598, 21 November 1941, Page 2

SHARPENER ANSWERS

GENERAL. KNOWLEDGE: 1. A contrivance or wire attached to high buildings or chimneys for diverting the electric currents. 2. An inland sea in the South of Russia, bordered by Southern Russia, the Balkan Peninsula, Asia Minor and Persia. 3. A long wooden slat fixed to the feet for easy travelling over snowy country. 4. British minister of supply and also a member of the War Cabinet. (20 marks). WHAT ARE THEY?: Sweet—wee; money —one; drawl—raw: drugs—rug; dairy—air. (5 marks) JUMBLED AUTHORS: 1. Robert Burns. 2. lan Hay. 3. Arthur Mee. 4. L. M. Alcott. 5. Lewis Carroll. 6. John Buchan. 7. Jane Austen. 8. J. M. Barrie. 9. R. L. Stevenson. 10. Jules Verne.. (10 marks) PUNCTUATION: “Two days wrong!" sighed the Hatter. "I told you butter wouldn't suit the works!" he added, looking angrily at the March Hare. "It was the best butter,” the March Hare meekly replied. (5 marks) RESULTS FORTY MARKS to Cousin Verna Withington, Noelen Frampton. Desmond Frampton, Ronald Frampton. June Ballam, Norman Shields, Ursula Kinzett M.M.S., Lois Cunningham M.M.S., Shirley Prentice, Jean McNoe. Betty McNoe. Leonard Lake, Dorothy Lake M.M.S.. Melva Lake. Alan Lake, Valerie Fox, Jean Coster. Eveline Coster,. Hazel Hamilton. Keith Brighton. Alick Mackenzie, Rosalind Moore, Mavis Finlay, lan McEwen. Sheena McEwen, Isabel McEwen. One entry without a name. THIRTY-NINE MARKS to Cousins Phyllis Hughes. Jean Dickson. THIRTY-EIGHT MARKS to Cousins Kathleen Hughes, Nancy Salton. One entry without a name. THIRTY-FIVE MARKS to Cousin Gladys Laird. THIRTY-ONE MARKS to Cousins Mary McKillop. Gwenda McGill. THIRTY MARKS to Cousin Betty Thompson. TWENTY MARKS to Cousin Dawn Hayes. MIND SHARPENERS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE 1. What is a building brick made of? 2. What is an eddy? 3. On what date do the primary schools of Southland break up this term? 4. What is an advertisement? (20 marks) RIDDLE ME REE

(Sent in by Jean Coster) My first is in cow and also in calf. My second's in whole and also in half, My third is in leg, but not in arm. My fourth is in rough, but not in calm, My fifth is in earth, but not in sky,

My last’s not in sell, but is in buy. My whole is a fruit, a small red berry Whose name, you'll find, is none but? (6 marks) WORD SQUARE (Sent in by Eveline Coster) 1. A city. 2. Like an egg. 3. What the postman brings. ■l. A girl's name. (6 marks) JUMBLED NEW ZEALAND TOWNS (Sent in by Dulcie Tuftrey) 1. ONSMERTPAL. 2. HAMTES. 3. ACLHUTLAB. 4. TERONEF. 5. LWDOLEIVO. 6. RANIEP. (8 marks) Entries close MONDAY, December 1.