Pim Crossquiz No. 51

Solution on Page 83.

Across

I.—Who is the ruler of Tonga? 7. —What is the term for the delivering up by one government to another of fugitives from Justice? 9. —What did William Farrer help to combat in wheat? 10. —What is the fictitious land of historical romance in South East Europe created by Anthony Hope? 13. —What saint’s day is celebrated in the Roman Church on April 21? 14. —Who slew the minotaur? 16. —Who played the male lead in the film "Gone With The Wind”? 17. —Prom which imaginary line is the latitude of places north and south reckoned?

19. —What type of animal did the Pied Piper lure out of Hamelin? 20. —What port do both Italy and Yugoslavia claim sovereingty over? 22. —Who was the eldest of the “Little Women”? 24. —From which grand opera by Massenet does the aria “The Dream” come? 25. —ln geometry what line touches a curve but does not cut it when pro duced?

Down

1. —What is the imaginary residence of people in financial and other diffi culties? 2. —Which Muse presided over music? 3. —What name is applied to a member of the fourth and lowest of the Hindu castes? 4. —Of what country is Riga the capital?

5. —Who is the God of Thunder in Scandinavian mythology? 6. —ln what Shakespearian play was Prospero the main character? 8. —In what German town did the trial of Nazi war criminals take place? 11. —Which English river joins the Ouse to form the estuary of the Humber? 12. —What is the term for a word formed by rearranging the letters of another word? 15.—Who is the present conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra? 18. —What was the term given to the legislative incorporation of England, Ireland and Scotland in 1801? 21.—What is every star in the sky? 23. —Betty MacDonald wrote the famous book, “The . . . and I”.