Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 May 1951Vol. XXI, No. 10

FIM Crossquiz -No. 17

pp. 60-63 · Read in the full issue

Page 6060Page 6161Page 6262Page 6363

(Solution on Page 60.)

Across

I. What was the name given to the English two shilling piece, issued in 1849, from which the words “Dei gratia” were omitted? 7. To what assembly, held by the King, are men only received? 8. —What is an anagram of a car and a boat? 10.—How much is 100,000 rupees in Indian money? 11. What name was given to the English king who led the Third Crusade? 12.- In which Italian city, situated on the river Po. were made the best violins in the world? 14. -Which bird has a long straight flexible bill? 19. -What did Swift call the land of the giants? 20. —What is the name of the Great and Little Lakes in the Suez Canal? 21. —What could be a person or a vegetable?

Down

I.—Who ate three lots of porridge?

2. - What is the sailors’ familiar term for the malignant spirit of the sea? 3. —What was the first garden? 4. —Among the Greek city-states where was the best training given in endurance? 5. —What is a rope for picketing horses? 6. —What is a filbert? 9.—What is a warrior’s belt or shoulder sash?

13. in London what has been associated with Cleopatra? 15. —What is the unit of work? 16. .Which is the inner bone of the forearm? 17. —who invented the revolver? 18. What is a crystalline form of vapour? 19. —what bell-ringing term could also be a man’s name?

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