MORE CURIOUS SOUNDS FROM THE ZB STATIONS
HE 1942 CBS Apple Query has got off to a flying start, nearly 2000 entries being received for the opening contest. The National Patriotic Fund is likely to receive & worthwhile cheque week by week from the proceeds, especially as many competitors send considerably more than the required sixpence per entry. The first prize of £25 was shared by nine people, who got nine answers correct: Mrs. L. Hay (Auckland), Mrs. T. Parsons (Wellington), Mrs. R. Wales (Whenuapai), Mrs. L. Leaman (Wgtn.), Mrs. D. N. Waghorn (Canterbury), R. J. Lane (Auck.), Jennie C. Pratley (Wetn.), J. Walton (Auck.), Miss J. Scott (Balclutha). All entries must bear a Monday’s postmark, and the wide interest in the Query is shown by the fact that on Thursday and Friday letters are still received in Wellington from backblocks districts. Competitors have apparently found no difficulty in understanding and adhering to the conditions, though one, a small boy, rifled his stamp collection and sent a used British five-shilling stamp instead of a New Zealand sixpenny. But it was not worth even sixpence, and the entry was disqualified. For the second "Apple Query," questions were, if anything, trickier than for the first. Here are some of them. A sound effect of a slow burst of machine-gun fire was played, and listeners had to estimate how many rounds were exploded. Recordings of a violin, a viola, and ’cello were played; which was the violin? Three people, aged 20, 30 and 40 years of age spoke into the microphone; which was aged 40? Three different types of dog barked; which was the Alsatian? Recordings of three
popular baritones were played; which was Bing Crosby? A lion roared, a mechanical imitation of a lion’s roar was given, and a man imitated a lion; which was the human imitation?
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 144, 27 March 1942, Page 12
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305MORE CURIOUS SOUNDS FROM THE ZB STATIONS New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 144, 27 March 1942, Page 12
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