Monday’s questions were:
1. What is a contradictanym?
2. What do nota, hauta, rawhiti and rato mean?
3. Apples and pears, battle cruiser, Gregory Peck and Rosie Lea are Cockney rhyming slang for what?
4. Who is the current New Zealand Poet Laureatte?
5. What does percuss mean?
Andrei got three right and earned a bonus for being the only one who could name our Poet Laureatte.
Gravedodger got 2 3/4 (though I suppose Gregory Peck could be neck).
David got four and a bonus for extra information which makes him the winner and earns him an electronic bunch of flowers.
PDM got one for deduction.
Richard gets a bonus for reminding me what a gem Shott’s Original Miscellany is.
UPDATE: Samo, whose comment got lost in the Spam file – got 2 3/4.
Tuesday’s answers follow the break:
1. Words which have opposing meanings depending on context eg to bolt a door and to bolt for the door.
2. North, south, east and west.
3. Stairs, boozer, cheque and tea.
4. Cilla McQueen.
5. Tap gently with finger of instrument for purposes of diagnosis.
