Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 April 1951Vol. XXI, No. 9

PIM Crossquiz No. 16

pp. 58-83 · Read in the full issue

Page 5858Page 5959Page 6060Page 6161

(Soluton on Page 81.)

Across

I. Who was born on the second day of the week and buried on the first one? 6.—What kind of letter is addressed by the Pope to all his bishops when condemning current er rors? 8. —What is the act of quibbling to evade the truth? 9. —What is the official record of the proceedings on board-ship? 11. —Of what province of India is Shillong the chief town? 13. —What is the name of a counting frame consisting of sliding wooden balls on wire ? 14. —Which Kipling char acter was brought up by a half-caste woman? 16. —What is the scientific name of antimony? 17. —What detective was created by Agatha Christie? 18. —What kind of noun is derived from the name of a country?

Down

—What nautical knot is used for temporarily shortening a rope? 2.—Who, of the three Fates, turned the spindle which decided the actions and events of life? 3- What falls in September? 4.- What rope or raw hide is used in America for catching animals?

s,—who, with Robespierre and Marat, formed the famous triumvirate? 7.—What glutinous substance is prepared from the air-bladders of the sturgeon? 10.—Which specialist is skilled in the diseases of the eye? 12.—What morbid condition of the body is caused by external injury? 15.—1 n the Greek church, what is the name of a painting representing Christ or a saint?

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