QUIZ

Cue (NZERS), Issue 31, 15 September 1945, Page 45

QUIZ

1. The world typewriting record in 1941 stood at 149, 121, 132, or 156 words a minute. Which? 2. Who invented the fountain pen—Sheaffer, Parker, Waterman, or Eversharp? 3. Are lonic, Doric and Corinthian the names of (a) Three well-known London Theatres; (b) Three orders of architecture or (c) The three chief states of Ancient Greece ? ; 4. Do you know what the following abbreviations stand for (a) C.1.D.; (b) R.S.V.P.; (c) T.N.T.; (d) f.0.b.; (e) F. 8.1.? 5. Can you name the commercial products advertised by the following slogans (a) ’’Sure to Rise”; (b) ’’Hasn’t scratched yet”; (c) ”57 different varieties”; (d) ’’Keep that schoolgirl complexion”; (e) ’’Born 1820 still going strong?” j 6. Name the authors who created these famous detectives of fiction (a) Sherlock Holmes; (b) Lord Peter Wimsey; (c) Roderick Alleyn; (e) Hercule Poirot. 7. In what year was the Victoria Cross instituted —1815, 1914, 1856, 1899, 1885? 8. ”1 wandered lonely as a cloud.” Can you give the next line? 9. Is Popocatapetl (a) a Mexican God; (b) An Aztec Ruler; (c) a volcano; (d) a very spicy fruit? 10. Which of the following towns is furthest northPekin, New York, Chicago, Madrid ? • 11. What is dry ice? 12. Who cut off his ear, presented it to a woman and then painted a picture of his disfigurement? 13. The following are dictionary definitions of certain words, (a) Fine metal open work (b) African ruminant quadruped with spotted skin and long neck and legs; (c) Egyptian peasant; (d) silly talk, twaddle ; (e) skipping on water or ground of a cannon-ball or bullet; hit made after it. What are the words? 14. With what trades, occupations or professions are the following words or phrases connected(a) chasuble (b) sine die (c) hod (d) stringer (e) flies? ' 15. Who was the architect cf St. Peters Square? 16. The Unfinished Symphony was written by — Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Handel, Wagner?

(Answers on Back Cover)

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