Im Crossquiz No. 93

(Solution on page 91)

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I. —Which group of islands is the most slated in the world? 7. —What name has been given to the ttooed and painted early peoples of Scot nd? 8. —Which ballet dancer died in 1931 at e height of her career? 9. —What birds build no nests and have eir eggs hatched by other birds? 10. What fluid is used to operate hydraulic akes? 11. —From whence did Lily hail in the mous negro song? 12. —What is argon?

15. —Which part of the British West Indies has the highest density of population in Central and South America? 17. —Which child, in a book by Kipling, was brought up by wolves? 18. —What relative of the giraffe was un known until 1900? 19. —what type of roof is similar to a mansard? 20. —What could you have a gaggle of? 21. —What noun is common to both the Insect and radio world?

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1. —What name was given to an ancient race-course for horses and chariots?

2. —Which famous war-time leader produced a book of his favourite poems entitled "Other Men's Flowers"? 3. —What period in world history lasted from about 1000 B.C. to the beginning of the Christian era? 4. —Which serpent has no fangs but crushes its prey in its coils? 5. —what is the term for an accident brought about by un forseeable and unavoidable natural force? 6. —What is the River Thames called where it flows near Oxford? 7. —what is equal to a quarter of a bushel? 13. —What is the private chapel of the pope? 14. —what is Eisenhower's Christian name? 15. —what took its popular name from Sir Benjamin Hall. 15. —What is the Australian aboriginal term for the native companion?