Detect these Simple Errors and Win One Guinea Prize

Radio Record, Volume VI, Issue 22, 9 December 1932, Unnumbered Page

Detect these Simple Errors and Win

One Guinea Prize

Entry Free

? | L AST:week you were La abd reed construct and;deserjbée an accident. illustrated in eight:picturés. ’:The , ariswer and\award'to that No. 1 © contest will "be give if" riext ~ week’s issues. (.. py This weeks you are asked to;de-" tect obvious errors:in nine:sinipfe. sketches.. ‘The errors are quite sear plain, -and contravene aud: practices that are ‘under.otir gio- . tice practically every day. "Ave you able to detect them? > «= _.(1) List the numbers and specify in simple language the error or errors that you detect in each drawing. (2) A prize of £1/1/- will be awarded to that competitor whose list of errors is.. most full and accurate, as ° determined by the Cotn-: petition Editor of : the Radio Record. a (3) Entries, accompanied by \ freé entry coupon No. 2 from this page, close at 11 , am. on Wednesday, December 14, at the office of, the Radio Record, Do- .- minion Building, Wellington, or P.O. Box 1032, Wellington. The entries must be written inaink,on ; one side of the paperonly, and must bear the%¢om-. °:

pelitors name. and address :(with ‘om | de plume, if desired): at the head of:-.the entry. ; pone Intelligence Tests NO prizes are offered for the solution of. these little problems, but you may try them’ on your friends. You will find them quite good, fun. Answers will be given next week. *,

jiA Chiljese,, Fatality. . " ' After a gruesome experience during the Boxer Rebellion in China: some: years .ago,::n English , officer fell asleep in church during the sermon. Jte was dreaming that. the’ executioner was coming towari him to cut oft: his: heal, and just-as the sword "as descending on the officer's neck his wife lightiy him on ‘the’ buck of "his neck ‘with. her fan to awaken him. Vheyshock was too great, and the officer fell forward dead. Con you tell what Js wrong with this story,? > fy ‘ An. Attrition Problem. An oflicer, in explaining ‘that the force to whien he helonged’ originally® consisted’ of a thousand men, said. that. it; 108t lieavily in an engagement, and the survivors -who- sitrrendered were miurehed to a concentration camp. ?’ . During | the first. day's "march one-sixth of the — escaped 5" on the second day ‘one-eighth | of the: remainder. escaped, and. one man.died; ¢n . ‘the third day one-fourth: of ‘the remaining survivors ‘escaped, Wheu the rest of them arrived in camp

they were set work in four equal gangs. How many men had been killed in the engagement? How Much do You Know? Asking questions is: rather good fun, so-here are a few that may prove interesting.. Try then your friehds. You will be surprésed at the amount of interest created ’ by questions and answers. . 1, What horse. ran the Derby course in the shortest time? 2. About how many towns in the world have a population of over a million?- (An answer correct withit four' may be considered ; sufficiently accurate, ) 3. Whovwas the first President of ~ the! Uhited- States? — 4,. What-is-the meaning of the word ‘pyrotechny ? vos ‘5.«Where ‘is the original statue of "Venus de Milo? 6. iow, many teeth naturally fill the mouth: of an adult person? 7. Whoé-said "The evil that men do lives: after them’? 8. If you. had two tumblers of exactly the same capacity and filled ‘one with dry sawdust and the other with water, how much of -the--waler. could be poured into the glass filled with sawdust? 9. What’ coin is exactly an inch in diameter? 10, We often speak of the pyramids, using. the plural, About how many pyramids are there? 11. How does the author of "Journey’s End" spell his name? 12. What. is the name of the author of "The Forsyte Saga’? 13. What is the stage name of Mrs. Lewis Casson? |

14. As part of an ‘address, an envelope bears: the letters I.M.S. What do they stand for? y 15. Ww ho was Iscarusy Questions’ ‘for, Young People. a F Are there any blue letter-boxes? 2. Who thought that London streets were paved with gold? 8. On what island was Napoleon born and on what Gsland. did he die? 4. What did the Pied Piper of Hamelin do? (Continued. on inside back cover.)

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