Answers to “General Knowledge Test"

Cue (NZERS), Issue 33, 15 October 1945, Page 42

Answers to “General Knowledge Test"

1. Forty. 2 The Palace of Soviets will be the tallest when completed—l,36s feet high including a 328 foot statue of Lenin. The Empire State Building is at present the tallest. It is 1,248 feet high. 3. L 7,500. 4. Isle of Wight, Greenwich Mean Time, Weather Permitting. 5. The 'Leaning Tower of Pisa, Statue of Liberty, Stonehenge and the Sphinx are NOT included. 6. Chinese is spoken by 260 million people, English by 200 million, and Russian by 120 million. 7. Rupee, krone, peseta, gulden, franc, dinar. 8. Pythias. 9. Dante. 10. Alcohol. 11. It will be no higher as the tree grows from the top. 12. Sculptor. 13. Jack Johnson. 14. Captain William Kidd was an American shipmaster commissioned by the British Government to capture pirates but he a 1 so seized English ships and East India men. He was hanged'for piracy in 1701 in London. 15. East. . ,

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