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HONGKONG TELEGRAPH

Are You Sure?

The "Hongkong Telegraph" Brains Test

Answers on l'age Three

1. Imprisonment persista in England.

Yea

WEEK-END SECTION

CHESS PROBLEMS

for debt stili

15. One of these is a farge boitie

Nos. 83-84

Problem No. 83

Is that true?

of champagne: ---

Black

10 Pieces

No

Great Panjandrum

Summum Bonum

Euphonium Jeroboam

2. Mickey Mouse's dog la called:-

James

Tower

Cerberus

Catu

Pluto

Bonzo

New York

Moscow

Chicago

3. Radio City la in: -

Hollywood

Elstree

Daven171/

4. What is represented by:-

(a) The Stars

(b)

The Stripes in the American national flag.

5. Of what race of people is this

The symbol?

ffonorarium

16. Which country ns is capital

(a) Baydad

(d) Belgrade

(b) Damascus (e) Rīgā

(c) Windhoek (1) Sollsbury

17. President Roosevelt's opponent

in Inal Presidential election was

called:-

Dewey

Hoover

At Smith

Landon Hardinge

La Guardia

8. The National Fitness Council is

under the:--

Home Office Ministry of Health Ministry of Transport Hour of Education War Office

18, Which Sovereign had vourite called; —

✡

0. Name the members of Partio- ment and their parties elected for:

(a) Oxford

(b) Walsall

(e) Dartford

7. Which of These Inve

coats:-

Sea Hous

Walruses

Buta

(d) Bridgwa

ter

fur

Sea elephants Penguina Motes

f. Which of these were among the

ten plagues of Egypt:---

Floods

Smallpox

Darkness

Frous

Hail

Ants

9. The final Court of Appeal for

(a) Scottish and (b) Indian cases is the:--

House of Lords

Court of Appeal

Pring Caucil Court of

Arches inser House of the Court of Sex- sion

10. The country referred to as the Sick Man of Europe is or wast-

Poland

Austria-

Hungary

Russia

Turkey Czechia-

Slovakin

Spain

11. "A Tale of Two Cities" dents

with!-

Buda and Pest

Paris and Vienna

London and New York

London and Paris

Burgus and Madrid

12. in which country is the na-

tional hymn called:-

a) Horst Wessel

(b) Soldier's Song

(c) La Brabanconne

(d) Land of My Fathers

(e) The Internationale

(f) Maple Leaf for Ever 13. Are Hungarians Aryans;--

Yea

.No

14. We date our chronology from the Birth of Christ. From what event is the year dated in the ca- dendars of the:--

(a) Japanese

(b) Chinese*

(c) Arabs

(d) Jetra

fa) Nell Gwpus

(b) Piers Gaveston

(e) The Eart of-Esscz ..

(d) George Villiers

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White

12 Pieces White to play and mate in three.

Problem No. 81

1 fa-

Black

10 Pieces

20. Which of these nations governs

(a) Guiana, (b) New Guinea:-

France

New Zealand Holland

Great Britain

Portugal

Australia

21. The Ampersand is at Persian ruter Surgient Long slik pown Wind in the

Symbol for

desert

"and"

instrument

White sand

found on the Dorset coast

22. The Gorgon stain by Persrus was called:-

Atropux

Cerberus

Plagner

Bucephalus Medusa

Charybdis

23. The Arst king of England and Scotland was James I. of England. Which James of Sentland was he?

IN U

3 HAQ Q

White

7 Picces White to play and mate in two.

Solution to Problems 81-82 Key B-B7. If 1. B-Q8, 2 K‡

24. Which of these are or were-R3; if 1. B-Q8. 2. Kt-

men:-

Flap Jack:

Jack Ketch

Jack Block

Yellow Jack Jack Snipe

B3; if 1. P-B4, 2. Kt-R7; if 1 P x P, 2. Kt x P; if 1. R x B, 2. Kt x. R. (if 1, P. x Kt, 2 KE- Kt7 short mate); if 1. Other, 2. Kt Kt7 ch, the d. Devonshire threat. Triple after 1. B-Q6 RG by 2. Kt Kt7 ch.

25. What is the family name of the Duke of:-

a. Montrose

b. Argua

c. Nurfulic

e. Gloucester

f. Northam-Kt-B3 or Kt-R3. Dual after berland 1. Kt-K2 by 2. Kt-K? eh or

26. Which of there men used the Rx Kt ch. words "Government of the people, by the people, for the people":---- Simon de Montfort Oliver Cromwell | 2. Earl Baldwin Abraham Lincoln George

Rousseau

Washington

Shorthand Family Seek Ancestors

Q-K3.

Key R-K4. If 1.

RxQ; if 1, Q x Kt ch, 2. Q Q ch; if 1. Q-B4, 2. Q x Q; if 1. Qx P, Q-Kt4 or R4, 2. Kt- Kt8 ch; if 1. B-B4, 2. R-K6;· if 1 P-K13, -2. B'x B (if 1. IP-K4 or Kt x R. short mate follows); if 1, Q-Kt2 or R6, P-B7, Kt other. B any except B4 or K4, 2. RB4 ch, the THE family of Sir Isaac Pit-threat. Quintuple after 1. Q- man, "father" of modern B6, Kt6, 7 or 8 by 2 R-B4 ch. shorthand, are trying to trace Kt Kt8 ch, Kt Ko ch, Q-BG or R-K6. Quadruple after 1. Q-Kt1 by 2. Q x Q, Kt-Kt8 They know his great-grand-parents, cb, Kt--K5 ch, or Q-B5. John and Hannah Pitman, were clothworkers at Taunton. Beyond that they have not been able to go.

the ancestors of Sir Isane.

Mr. C. R. Everett, of Salisbury, who is conducting the investigation, hopes there may be descendants of | John and Hannah Pilman living now who can explain who their ancestors

were.

Hatless In Danbury?

Danbury, Conn. Danbury is one of the largest hat- making cities in the world, and girl students at high school are pretty proud of the fuct. Consequently, when their boy-friends succumbed to

Sir Isaac, who was knighted in the halless fad, they cancelled all m07, began work as a clerk

dates unül tlicir callers appeared with eloth factory.

henditear.

ARE YOU

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1939.

AFRAID?

1. Do you tend to "dither" If a car appears unexpectedly when you are half-way across the road?

2. Do you enjoy swimming-real swimming, not just splash.ng

about in the shallows?

3. If you became lost on the moors would you

(a) Work out a rough estimate of direction by the position of the sun?

(b) Scramble round aimlessly looking for # rond?

(c) Sit down and cry?...

4. How many times have you (a) Asked your boss for a rise? (b) Refused your girl or boy friend something they asked but which you were really unable to afford?

(c) Told nn cosy lie rather than an unpleasant truth? 5. If you have your choice would you pick a job that is

(a) "Safe" as long as you behave yourself and do your work adequately?

tiver.

0.

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(b) Dependent entirely

on your own efforts and initia-

If you were offered on neroplane trip would you (n) Co because you really wanted to? (b) Go because you were ashamed to refuse?

7. Would you (a) Walk through a field of cows?

(b) Walk round 1!?.......

-These-nineteen queations have been, compiled by a famous psychologist. Answer them honestly-tot up your score and see what courage you havel

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AAAAAAA: HOW TO SCORE

1. If you have answered "Yes," deduct 3 marks from your [Total. If "No," score nothing.

2. Top score 3.

3. (a) score 5; (b) score 0; (c) deduct 10.

4. (a) I once or more, 10; it never, 0; (b) it more than Conce, score 5; if nover, deduct 5; (e) it more than once, deditel) 13; it never, added 10. 3. (a) score 0; (b) score 1.

6. (n) score 10; (b) score 6; (c) deduct 10.

(a) score 3; (b) deduct 3. 8. (a) score 3; (b) deduct

5.

(c) Re-

8. Would you rather (a) Undergo a fairly serious operation?

(b) Put up with some slight physical disabilly for the rest

of your ille? ...........

9. In asking a favour do you

(a) Delay till the Inst possible moment?

(b) Take the first opportunity and ask straight out?

10. When visiting a fair ground do you

(a) Enjoy swing-boats, chair-o-planes and switchbacks? (b) Confine yourselves to such side-shows na coconut shies, skeeball and rifle ranges? ......

11. Do you like driving or being driven in a very fust cur?.. 12. If someone you love was in a burning building would you

(a) Rush in and try to rescue him (or her)?

(b) Say that the firemen knew more about it than you? 13. If, in company which you dkl not know well, the conver- sation turned on what you considered questionable topics, would you

(a) Get up and walk out?

(b) Join in and pretend to be, amused?

(c) Tell the others what you really thought of them?

D. (0) deduct 3; (b) score 3. 10. (a) score 5; (b) deduct)

11. Top score 5. 12, (a) senre 20; (b) deduct 10.

(a) score 5: (b) deduel 5; (c) score. 10.

13.

14. "Yes," score 10; "No," deduci 5. 15., (a) score 5; (b)) deduct 3.

10,- (a) score 10; (b) deduct 6; (e) score 0. 17, "Yes," dc-: duct 5: "No," score 0.

18. "Yes," deduct 5; "No," score 0. 10. "Yes," deduct 5;1 "No," score 3.

Maximum score is 114. If your score is 80 or over you are really courageous; it over 60 you have average courage; it under 50 courage is definitely not your strong point.

14. In the company of well-connected people would you an-

nounce that your father was a labouring man?

15. When you feel unwelt and don't know why, do you (a) See a doctor immediately?

(b) Put it off as long as possible? .....

10. During important interviews do you appenr

(a) At your best?.... (b) At your worst?

quite at your best?

(c) Never

17. Would you rather marry someone you did not really love than remain single?

18. Do you often think about dying?

19. Do you pity people over fifty years of age?

NEWS ABOUT MUSIC

GRADUALLY concert-life in London and

the chief musical centres all over Britain is waking from the sleep which overtakes it each winter, from the time when the Christ- mas music ends until the New Year has got into its stride.

By now the big orchestras are beginning their regular public concerts again, and the recital lists are once more getting jammed with concerts three-deep every night. But although concerts have had a fortnight's rest music-making has been going as strong as

ever.

I mean the kind of music-making that is really the most interesting of all if one can manage it, the kind one does oneself.

That sort of private playing and singing (performance is the wrong word) never gets talked about in the way the public activities of the great musicians do. But really it's in every way as important. In fact, I'd go further and say it's the most important thing of all, because it's only when we can do some form of music ourselves (use, for instance, the one instrument we always carry about with us, our voice) that we get anything like as much enjoyment as we might out of listen- ing to great performers, or, what is more valuable still, hearing great music.

*

Sir Adrian Boult, B.B.C. Director of Music, onid recently that the best listenera are those who know how to make music for themselves, and went on to suggest that his vast audience should begin the New Year "with a resolution to make a bit more music yourself by joining some club or society that will give you this pleasure."

If the head of what is probably the big- gest concert organisation in the world im- plies (as he seems to me to do) that passive listening isn't all the fun to be got from mu- sic, the matter is beyond doubt. It only remains to write to Frank Eames, General Secretary of the Federation of Music So cieties, 19, Berners Street, London, W.1, and

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due to NIGHT STARVATION

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WONDER IS THE

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AT. THE DOCTORS:

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HORLICKS, REGULARLY AT NIGHT GAVE DOUGLAS NEW STRENGTH AND VITALITY.

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Fifteen years ago Robert and Dorothy Mayer started their scheme of Children's Concerts. These were to take place on Saturday mornings, and the only adults allowed in were those brought by children.

Robert Mayer's knighthood was in the New Year's Honours List and the organisa- tion has grown more than even his en- thusiasm bargained for. Recently in the Central Hall, Westminster, the usual concert was given, conducted by Malcolm Sergent, with the L.P.O. and a contingent of the Royal Choral Society in excerpts from Handel's "Samson." Instead of descriptive pro- gramme which this young audience would almost certainly never read (they being much too busy keeping their elders in order to attend to anything else) each conductor explains the various items as the concert goes through.

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Bruno Walter is conducting Brahms's "Song of Destiny" and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Queen's Hall. Once he was at Munich, where his performance were what people came from the ends of the earth to hear. It is said to have been anti-Semitic feeling that caused him to be relieved of that post. He went to Vienna, and last year he moved from there too. Now his nationality is French. It is remarkable that the appalling restlessness of this sort of existence has never affected the grace and restraint of his inter- pretations of the classica.

*

Recently Adolph Hallis gave another of his extraordinarily interesting concerts. The programme included a cantata, "Jeau, spes mea," by Szarzynski, a Polish composer said to be one of the greatest in that country during the seventeenth and eighteenth cen turies.

BRIDGE PROBLEM

This Week's Problem

No. 96

NII

J 8 2

AQDB2

10

0 3 4

++ K J

10 7 3

3

9 J 7654

Diamonds are trumps, South leads and North-South have to win seven of the nine tricks.

Solutions by first post Wed- nesday to "Bridge Problem," Hongkong Telegraph.

HQ

H 2

H 6

H 4

C 10

C 6

H 7

H 8

SOLUTION OF PROBLEM 95 SOUTH WEST NORTH EAST

H 3 Hb (a) HAH 9 C 3 C 9 H 10 HK

(b)

(a) East will not take with the King because it sets up two entrica into North through a finesse of hearts.

even

A Lay Sermon

By Hugh Redwood

WE

E are here given a standard

by which, if we rightly apply It. we can lest every thought, word and deed of our lives.

are

Joined to the Lord, we are one with Him in spirit. It, then, we

made aware

that our ex- perience

comes short of

that unity, there is no getting away from it; we are not perfectly Joined.

But we must be careful in mak- ing our spiritual One spirit. tesis, It is one 1 CORINTHIAND, thing (and an vi., 17. excellent thing) to pause before making a decision and ask if would be Christ's decison: it is quite another matter (and de- finitely harmful) to form a habit of Introspection and be for ever prodding and probing to see how our souls are growing.

Union with Christ is at once Immediate and gradual. It is as Immediate as the operption of grafting, and as gradual as the growth of the scions inio perfect oneness with the stock. The gardener grafts with infinite care but he then covers the graft, and, keeps it covered until it gives signs that the joint is complete. If we are firmly embedded in Christ, we can leave the rest to God's husbandry.

establishes that suit. A diamond

Puzzle Corner

Cryptogram

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A Charade It calls for an 8-letter word: With trembling lips and tear-

wet eyes

She softly made her ONE. All would be well, her heart

was TWO.

Before the setting sun. And lo, how right her faith

had been

What happened next made

clear,

Her eyes with TOTAL shone

to sco

The fruit of conquered fear.

Letter Changing Change TRACK to RACES in 11 moves.

What Was the Cost? Last year a man said that he used 12 tons of coal in 5 months. What was the average cost per month if the coal cost him $6 a ton?

Fun With Synonyms More words and their synony ms, to-day:

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polite

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rebut

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(Answers Appear on Page 3)

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Permanent Waves

lead will give South an entry We use the finest Cluster Curl off into North through the Queen und again the clubs can be established,

(b) A club lead would West with the good trump establish South's clubs, which can use it at various times but

if

West trumps will whatever he does with it his result in West having to lead consequunt lead will either either diamonds or spados. A establish clubs or give South an spade lead will give South an entry into North, through the entry into dummy, through the diamonds, and thus establish King and then a finesse of clubs himself,

of Lavender, non-ammonia solution.

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