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By Knowing The Answers
|RETT Y girls in beautiful frocks; a wee Scots lassie in swirling kilts; talented artists; and iungsters and adults who knew all e answers, contributed towards e success of Caroline’s sth Annual ishion Parade and Monster Quiz low which was held at the RSL üb, Lae, NG, on September 13 aid the Scouts’ Building Fund.
Mr. Arthur Strachan and his wife, led by a handful of Scouts, ganised and conducted the Quiz iow and parade which netted arly £l7O.
Cver 36 frocks from leading ithern manufacturers were dis lyed in professional manner by :al girls, Priscilla Howes, Ann ockden, Judy Sara, Joan Pitt ay, Barbara Davies and Sheila brecht. rhe Quiz Show, with £lOO in izes for general knowledge and filing, revealed some knowledge le Territorians. rhe spelling questions were tough, t schoolteacher, Mr. Maurie lite, who obtained lusty support im the junior cheer-leaders, Iked in an easy winner for the I prize. Dr. Tony Tonakie won
the second prize of £lO.
Such questions as “What is a Bunting?” and “Who beat Lewis Hoad in the Davis Cup Challenge Round of 1954?” stumped the general knowledge teams, but they came up with the answers to such questions as “Which of Shake speare’s plays was the character ‘Malvolio’ in?”
The quiz was won by Mr, Frank Gibson and Mr. John Adler.
The junior part of the general knowledge quiz put the youngsters on their mettle, and a few questions got past them. One boy, John Colwell, answering with machine like precision the three part question “What is P-NG Day commemorated for?”
“What is an Isthmus?”, and “Who is the Prime Minister of India?” were answered without hesitation by winner of the quiz, master Graham Vinning.
More than 400 people attended the parade, and were entertained in the interval between the parade and the quiz show with clever Scottish dancing by little Suzanne Clark; and vocal items by Father Gregory, Win Cowell, Dennis Kearney, Norm Collis and Jean Graham.
Messrs. Martin Munro and Paul Hyman, who tied for second place in the quiz contest, and Dr. Tonaki who received second prize in the spelling, redonated their prizes.