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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1950Vol. XX, No. 11

PIM Crossquiz No. 6

p. 49 · Read in the full issue

(Solution on page 59.)

Across

1,—Which colonel was assassinated , at the same time as Bernadotte? 4. —“And on her withered

. . . pour the ale.”

7. —who has made a for tune from the collection of queer facts and oddities? 8.. —What beetle was sacred to the ancient

Egyptians?

10, —Who wrote Cinderella.

Puss in Boots, Bluebeard and many other fairy tales? 12.—What is the differ ence in the value of metallic and paper money? 15.—What is the popular term for the Construction Battalions of the US Navy? 17. —What part of the universe is hidden in the heart? 18. —What were Crosby and Hope hypnotised into fighting in Road to Rio? 19. —Who wove a shroud by day and unravelled it at night? 21. —Who wrote “Mourn ing Becomes Electra”? 22. —Which Australian cricketer was criticised dur ing the last Test for his bowling of bumpers? 23. —Mix up mix 1,011 times?

24. —What is the term for the framework of a car?

Down

1. —Which angels rank highest? 2. —Which Australian river could remind one of a cowboy? 3. What Greek letter is usually taken as the unknown angle in trigonometry? 5. To eat out with acids? 6. —What is warlike music played on the bag pipes?

9.—What is the group term for diamonds? 11.—Who has been called the Shakespeare of Prance? 13. —what are outstanding features of the masonry of the Cathedral of Notre Dame? 14. —what people were tried and punished by the Inquisition? 16. —What describes that period when day and night are equal throughout the world? 20. —Of what is Mr. Costello Prime Minister?