Pim Crossquiz No. 86

Solution on Page 75.

Across

1. —Who was referred to as the Queen "of a thousand days"? 7. —How do the Scots say "have"? 8. —What single-shot, short-barrelled pistol was carried by gamblers in early days? 9. —The life of what English settler was saved by the American Indian

princess Pocahontas? 10. —Joan of Arc was also known as the "Maid of "? 11. —What race of pygmy natives in South Africa is fast dying out? 13. —What common commodity is made from a compound of fat and potash? 15. —Which chess piece only moves along the diagonal squares? 17. —What instrument that measures angles between distant objects is used in navigation? 18. —What is an alloy of copper and tin? 19. —What is the main item in the Chinese diet? 20. —What is the term for sailing a boat close to the wind? 21. —On what playing fields was the Battle of Waterloo won?

Down

I.—What is the capital city of Abyssinia?

2 In mythology, what name was given to the water nymphs who attended Ne o<uuu 3. —Who was one of the most important figures in the foundation of Mormonism in Americ 3? 4. What straw used in hatmaking has the same name as a domestic fowl?

against Australia in England in 1948? 6. —Which American who died in 1951 built up the largest newspaper empire in the world? 7. —Of what Chinese province is Kaifeng the capital? 12.—1 n what organ of the body is the retina? 13.'—What was the practice in India of

widows burning themselves on their husbands' funeral pyres? 14.—Who was Premier of France at the signing of the Armistice with Germany? 16.—What is the name for one of the short crosslines of Roman type? 17.—What was the name given to a slave formerly existing in Russia?