FAMILY FUN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 52, 26 December 1907, Page 38

FAMILY FUN

For those who like entertainment on the conundrum order the game of fruits offers some attractions. Each member of the company is provided with a. pad or slip of paper and a ■ pencil with which to record the answers to the various questions propounded • by the spokesman. Three minutes is allowed for the writing of the answer and a second reading of the query is allowable., on request. Sometimes prizes are awarded for the best list and also a booby prize. One popular list is as follows \-pr- . To reveal a secret ?— Peach. What heads a letter V— Date. A swift water passage ? — Currant. - Lovers unable to run away ?— Cantaloupe. 7 The -name of an island ?— Plu-m. A • cap and the outside of, cheese ? — Tam, a rind (tamarind). A foolish person and a berry ?— Gooseberry. . The name of a thin dress material, joined by a T)erry? —Mulberry. * . A fruit mentioned in mythology ?— Apples. To grieve and the name of a fruit.?— Pineapple. An interdiction and a girl's name ? — Banana. Najme of a gjame £*nd fruit ?— Checkerberry. To file or to irritate and a "berry ?— Raspberry. . To peel ?— Pear. -■ , A male and a command ?— Mango. Name given to small shot ? — Grape. A senior and a berry ?— Elderberry. A fruit bearing the name of the staff of life?— Breadfruit. . . An herb signifying bitterness and a sharp instrument ? — Rhubarb. - An article, a term meaning" before, and a / small house ?— Apricot.