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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 December 1955Vol. XXVI, No.5

Pim Crossquiz No. 70

pp. 80-91 · Read in the full issue

Across

I.—Who composed the music for the opera "Carmen"? 7.—What ground is the headquarters of the Lancashire Cricket Club?

9. —What long-haired ox is used as a beast of burden in Tibet? 10. —The wood of what ever green tree was used in former days in England for bow making? 11. —What is the term for a group of atoms containing a positive or negative electric charge? 12. —Who was the greatest military commander of Rome after Julius Caesar? 14. —What term is applied to the syncopated dance music of Afro-American negro origin introduced into Europe shortly before the first World War? 16. —What game played on horseback originated in Persia thousands of years ago? 19. —What common food sub stance is obtained from a tropical plant called the manioc or cassava plant? 20. —What is a young ox called? 21. —What is the broad knife called that is used for spread ing plaster? 22. —What is the largest city in Japan after Tokyo?

Down

1. —Who discovered the process of vulcanising rubber? 2. —who was the renowned and daring leader of the Chindit forces engaged behind the Japanese lines in Burma during World War II? 3. is the surname of the Australian poet who wrote "Bush Ballads and Galloping Rhymes"?

4. —What name was applied to the wco 1 who in the early part of the century agith for the right to vote? 5. —What are the lines drawn on cH: linking together points of equal baromrr pressure?

6. —What is the surname of the womami founded the Christian Science movement?? 8. —In which American State is Tulsaa 13. —what is the term for the spoken duction to a play designed to give the auot information necessary for following the 15. —What was the ancient name for S 3 17. —What is the term applied to as foot turned out? 18. —What is the capital of Norway? 9