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Cue (NZERS), Issue 1, 15 June 1944, Page 14

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, 1. Which area in NZ has the greatest yearly rainfall? Which has the least? , ? !. 2. How many members in the NZ >! House of Representatives constitute :a quorum? , < ,/' 3. Which New Zealand province has the ‘ A greatest : population?.' Which County? • - A ' 4. What are the names of the/ two houses of American Congress? , 5. Who is the present Chancel? ? lor of the Exchequer in .the British Government v .;• /■' 6. Where is ( the Ligurian Sea? ■ 7. What is the Cornwall Decoration? /-’A ; ■; /,.. ' ' ' 8. How ; many National Broadcastingl Stations in NZ? Privatelyowned •; /Stations?y / Commercial . 'Stations? ' x/ '; ' 7 ' 9. What is the Great Divide? / 10. When/ was Summer Time introduced 1 in NZ? By whom?., ./ ,11., Who is the present C-in-C; India? • /T'-'-.-’ ' ■/ ? "'" x -' 12. , Who is. the Speaker of the recently-elected NZ House of Representatives? ■ v ‘ 13. How does the population of Australia compare with/NZ? Y; 14. What , year did . Mussolini: assume power in Italy? A , 15. When, did the Matson Line ’ vessels (Mariposa,-. Monterey) first commence ' the service between USA and NZ? Chief ; ports / -of call? '■ A"’ / sj’W: India is comprised of many . states. ; How., many are there and which ; is /tho/ largest? ' \ J/.17,. When,did x England and Scotland become /a UK?> 18. Whaffis the standard guage, o?/ NZ railways? -In / England? ~ ~ 19. Where; ; and ; when ; was ’. the first railway line open to traffic in NZ? . t V'\-\ 20. 'Why were Lenin s followers called Bolsheviks?/, T x ‘ 21. Are convictions for drunken- ; ness .bn t the - increase in /NZ? . 22. What/ / 'is - the Tdifference ween , V the > RAF. //cap ;< badges’ v 7 m by airwomen- v and those by airmen? .

23; The Ranfurly was presented to the NZRU by Lord Ranfurly./Can you recall . any humorous incident; in , connection with its presentation? ' . -24/ The year the - K ; NZ Social. Security Act was introduced into Parliament? \ / < '' , | 25. < How| many . personnel .in the NZANS ' and ..NZVADs ‘ serving, overseas?' ' 26. In consequence of : Japan 5 .... conquests . in the Pacific what percentage of the world rubber doesshe control? Tin? ;\ 7 ' ' 27. How. many'vwhaling stations operating in NZ waters? Where? 28. Two . ex-New Zealand Golf Champions /In the’ RNZAF?; 4 29; - Under whose > operational: command: are- the- ships of thex Royal 'NZ Navy? 7 '' //.- - ’ 30. - When was , the. ’Royal New Zealand Air Force formed—if you,< like, New./Zea land; Permanent Air/. Force? - Where Were the -first Air V Force stations' established in the ■" Dominion?/'-, ; 31. Which English' cricket testecaptain was ’• formerly ;a protect ‘s tonal and later, qualified as an, .'amateur., ' .■'■ 1 ; ■ 32. « The Pride of the Yankees.*’ , Do you know . hatfi sport,.th ■ story' of this film portrayed? Who was the Yankee star player? z -' > ■ . 33. Here are some sporting per- . sonalities. Do you recognise ?-• them? /. : <« Manassa • Mauler -d • «Johnny ; Won’t Hit To-day » ; - Strawberry Bdll»; « Grand O‘d Man,/ of English Cricket »; -y-The lighting v Fireman »; > Gentleman J:m »; « The Rod Terror --; .« Ala- T, Kama Wildcat.» • ".•,/, 34. The ’ J’few Zealanders played; their first official cricket ’■ test against England at Lords in 1931. Do you .know; the names of the . two Dominion batsmen who, scored centuries in this match?//.;/’; ,35. A New Zealander who |won/ the; all England Tennis Champion* / Ship on four occasions? . / / 36. /A. South African /golfer; who \ toured NZ in recent years? <

1. Milford Sound i (226.48 ins.); Hokitika ’ (100.12). ; Alexandra least (11.85), Timaru (20.22). 1941 taken as average year.. / // 2. Twenty members inclusive of the Speaker. \ ‘ z k 3/ Auckland. Southland County. ,' v ' 4. The Senate and the House of Representatives. 5. Sir John Anderson. 6. Immediately to the South of the Gulf of Genoa. 7. The Boy Scouts’ V.C. 8. 14. National, four privately owned and five' commercial. 9. ' The water . parting / formed by the Rocky ' Mountains. 10. 1929. The Hon. T.K. Sidey. 11. Sir Claud .Auchinleck. 12. Hon . F.W. Schramm. . 13. Four times as large. Population approximately 6% millions. ‘ ' 14 Became Prime Minister in October, 1922. ; 15. 1931. Honolulu/.Fiji, Pago PagO.-'-'W;|;g//| /■ 16. 562. Hyderabad. 17. 1707. Act .of Union. 18. 3ft., 6ins.. 4ft'.. Bhns. ’’ 19. Christchurch to Lyttelton. 1863. 20. Bolshevik is Russian meaning majority. Lenin’s party, the

extremists, was then the larger. 21. N 0 .1895, 6.5 per 1000 population. 3.1 in 1941. 22. None. ; / 23. The trophy originally had a replica of a soccer ball * surmounted instead of a Rugby ball. ' ’ 24. Social Security Act, 1938. 25. 450. 350. ; / 26. Nearly 90 per cent. Tin, 55 per cent. ‘ • 27. One. Queen Charlotte Sound. Total oil production 1941, 516 Y tons. >|'| k/w . 28: John Hornabrook and Pax Smith. 'k 29. Vice-Admiral W.F. Halsey, US- Navy. '" ' 30. 1923. Wigram and Hobsonville. ■ ’ // ; 31. W.R. Hammond. 32. Baseball. Lou Gehrig. 33. Jack Dempsey. _ J;W.H.T. Douglas (former English cricket capt.). ? N.Z.-bred racehorse, High Caste. W.G. Grace. Tommy Donovan. James J. Corbett, former world heavy-weight boxing champion. ,Phar Lap. PeteSarron. . 34. C.S. . Dempster and M.L. Page. j||| 35. Anthony Wilding. ’ < 36. Bobby Locke. ■ , ;■ /

«Is there anything in life so disenchanting as attainment? » \ •/ ; ’