INTELLIGENCE TEST MATCH

New Zealand Listener, Volume 18, Issue 458, 2 April 1948, Page 7

INTELLIGENCE TEST MATCH

N.Z. ec. Australia in International Radio Quis

EAMS representing Australia, New Zealand, South Africa and Great Britain are now engaged, by radio telephone, in an Empire Quiz, as part of a campaign by the» Australian Government to raise its fifth security loan. The New Zealand team will go through its paces in 2YA’s studio and ' its opponents in a studio in Sydney, with the New Zealand quiz-master questioning both teams. Questions and answers in the AustraMa wersus New Zealand contest will be broadcast by 1YA, 2YA, 3YA, 4YA, 2YH, 3ZR, and 4YZ on Tuesday, April 6 at 6.45 p.m., and from 1ZB, 2ZB, 3ZB, 4ZB, and 2ZA on Sunday, April 11, at 7.30 p.m. —

Each team consists of four competitors, chosen from entrants who ufiderwent preliminary tests in each of the four main centres, and both the New Zealand and Australian teams will be called on to answer questions prepared by the NZBS. These questions have been, in turn, examined by the judges to satisfy themselves that both questions and answers are accurately stated and that no answers except those officially specified are possible. In this type of quiz, trick questions, queries requiring a multiple answer and tongue-twisters are not regarded as being in the interest of any of the teams. During the contests the judges will sit as a panel, taking no part in the proceedings unless appealed to by the quiz-master. There are. 24 questions-

in six rounds of four questions eachwith eight emergency questions for use singly to each country in turn in the event of a tie. The questions embrace. history (four), geography (four), literature, art, music, etc. (eight), and general knowledge (16). International and Commonwealth quiz sessions have been conducted to support the last four loan campaigns, and while no attempt is made to keep them overdignified or stilted, care has been taken

to see that the competitors maintain a proper attitude. But that has not ruled out occasional flashes of humour, all the more interesting for their spontaneity. Last year Australia won four out of five international contests, being beaten by one point only in the match against © South Africa. On that occasion Canada and the United States also took part. The N.Z; Team Here are the names of the four New Zealand contestants, with some short biographical details: S. Edgar Craig, of Auckland, aged 48, a school-teacher, student of science, astronomy and mythology, an extensive . reader and book collector, holder of a teacher’s B certificate, but no degrees or diplomas. He

has had no former experience of a quiz session. J. B. Mora, B.A., of Christchurch, aged 41, graduate of Canterbury University in history and political science and now first assistant at the Richmond Primary School, Christchurch. His hobbies are the study of history and world affairs, the United Nations Association and the Youth Council. He has had quiz session ‘experience with Station 3ZB. D. P. Wallace, University student of Dunedin, aged 25. In 1943 he won a University of New Zealand _ senior scholarship, the Otago University, Geo. Young scholarship, the James Clark

prize in Latin, and gained his B.A. degree. In 1944 he graduated M.A. with first class honours in Latin and gained highest marks for New Zealand. In 1945-46 he was assistant in the classics department, University of Otago, and won the James Clark prize in Gréek; in 1947 he gained his medical intermediate and is now a second-year medical student. During the last four years he has had quiz experience at Station 4ZB. : E. R. Dearnley, of Wellington, aged 32, civil servant on the staff of the Cehsus and Statistics Department in Wellington. He was dux of the New Plymouth Boys’ High School in 1933 and

continued his education at Auckland University College and at Victoria College, where he graduated M.A. at the age of 22. He is secretary of the Wellington branch of the Esperanto Club. The New Zealand judges are the Australian High Commissioner, A. R. CutJer, V.C.; Professor Ian Gordon, ViceChancellor of the University of New Zealand and Professor of English at Victoria University College; and Professor F. L. W. Wood, Professor of History, Victoria University College. What listeners will hear from the main National stations on April 6 and the Commercial stations on April 11 will be a complete recording of the contest, Australia versus New Zealand.