
# File: index71.txt 
# Issue: 78, 1971-09-18, p.30
# Period: 41-78

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# A

Adams, Will, English admiral in Japanese navy, 69
Adhesive, types, 63
Advertising, history, 66
Aeroplane, why it flies, 71
Aircraft, atomic-powered idea, 76
Aircraft, development, 44
Air-race, England-Australia, 52
Airships, revival, 59
Alamo Men, series, 59-63
Alcazar of Segovia, 51
Alchemy, science of metals, 71
Alhambra palace, 58
Alloys, give metal strength, 64
Aluminium, uses, 58
Amsterdam palace, 67
Ancient Greece, series, 44-50
Anderson, Elizabeth, first woman doctor, 6
Angel Falls, Venezuela, 42
Animal Wonderland:$
  Antelopes, 55
  Attack and defence, 47
  Baboons, 49
  Bears, 52
  Birds of prey, 54
  Camouflage, 56
  Crab, 53
  Fur Bearers, 42
  Gazelles, 55
  Homes, 58
  Hunters 48
  Lobster, 53
  Secretary Bird, 44
  Snake-killers, 43
  Speeds, 60
  Turtles, 41
  Underworld, 74
  Vultures, 50
  Weaver Birds, 54
Arizona, petrified forest, 43
Arms Through The Ages, series, 41-43
Asteroids, bodies in Space, 68
Athens, Olympic Games revival, 60
Atlantic Air Race, 58
Atlantis, lost island, 44
Atom, construction, 69
Atom, industrial uses, 73
Atomic Power, 74
Atomic Power problems in aircraft, 76
Atomic Power Station, 58

# ---------------------------------------
# B

Balloons, great race, 56
Bangkok, grand palace, 59
Bannister, Roger, 78
Baobab, African tree, 68
Barrymore family, 74
Bartley, James, swallowed by  whale, 58
Basques, Pyrenean race, 72
Bates, Daisy, friend of Aborigines, 42
Bathing, history series, 61-65
Battles Of Destiny:$
  Flying Fortress Raids, 70
  Mobile Bay, 69
  Race For Paris, 75
  Rocroi, 73
  Rossbach, 71
  Tannenberg, 74
  Tsushima, 72
Baychimo, Arctic ghost ship, 47
Baylis, Captain, Garwhal Rifles ghost, 54
Beethoven, composer of Eroica, 47
Beeton, Mrs, cookery expert, 63
Belfast, city at war, 72
Bergamoletto, avalanche, 60
Berlin, air-lift city, 46
Berlioz, Hector, composer of Fantastic Symphony, 70
Bigfoot, fast-running Indian Chief, 66
Birds, how they fly, 76-77
Bismarck, Otto von, Prussian empire builder, 57
Bizet, Georges, composer of Carmen, 59
Blind Jack of Knaresborough, 67
Body, useless organs, 57
Body, why growth stops, 61
Bombardier Beetle, 72
Bonaparte family, 71
Bones, broken, 59
Bones, calcium in human, 58
Bones, human structure, 42
Bonnie Prince Charlie, 71
Booth family, 75
Booth, William, Salvation Army founder, 56
Borgia family, 73
Borgia, Cesare, soldier-duke, 62
Bowie, Jim, Alamo man, 60
Braille, language of the blind, 64
Brain, senses, 46, 47
Breath, how we breathe, 5 1
Bridges, series, 54-60
Bridgman, Laura, blind girl scholar, 61
Brueghel family, 69
Brunelleschi, Filippo, Florence Cathedral dome, 65
Bryce Canyon, Utah, 53
Buckingham Palace, 57
Budapest, anti-Russian uprising, 61
Buildings, prefabricated, 44
Buoys, sea's signposts, 43

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# C

Caisson, underwater chamber, 45
Calcium, in bone structure, 58
Camera, Polaroid type, 46
Cape Town, trek from city, 54
Carthage, city destroyed by Romans, 70
Castel del Monte, Italy, 5 4
Castles Of The World:$
  Alcazar of Segovia, 51
  Castel del Monte, 45
  Chillon, 49
  Durnstein, 53
  Gaillard, 52
  Krak des Chevaliers, 46
  Kronborg, 47
  Neuschwanstein, 54
  Tower of London, 44
  Windsor, 48
Catherine the Great, 78
Cave, exploration, 45
Cave formation, 66
Cellini, Benvenuto, goldsmith-adventurer, 41
Chancellor, Richard, English explorer, 68
Charles Stuart, the Young Pretender, 71
Cheiro, Irish palmist, 52
Chichester, Sir Francis, 75
Children's Crusade, 69
Chillon, Swiss castle, 49
China Clippers, tea race, 48
Ching, Mrs, pirate queen, 75
Circus, history, 52-55
Cloud, formations, 57
Coco-de-mer, coconut of the Seychelles, 67
Codes and Ciphers, 60
Columbus, Christopher, 56
Communications, history series, 77-78
Containerisation, packing method, 48
Cossacks, snow-climbing race, 51
Cousteau, Jacques, in forbidden mountain, 5
Cowboys, in helicopters and jeeps, 75
Crockett, Davy, Alamo man, 59
Cromwell, Oliver, 69
Crusades, series, 64-70
Crystal Palace, London, 61
Cyrogenics, super-cold temperatures, 66

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# D

Dallas, city of Kennedy assassination, 56
Dam, collapse at Californian mine, 46
Danube, river, 65
Deep Sea diving, 67-68
Deerfoot, Red Indian runner, 76
Deserts, making them fertile, 53
Devil's Tower, parachutist who was trapped, 77
Digestion, how system works, 54
Diving, Deep Sea, 67-68
Dodge City, Wild West town, 53
Doge's palace, Venice, 60
Dolci, Danilo, Sicilian reformer, 49
Doll's Houses, world wonders, 77
Drums, history, 41
Durnstein, Austrian castle, 53
Dvorak, Antonin, Bohemian composer, 62

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# E

Earhart, Amelia, American airwoman, 57
Earth, planet, 66
Earthquake, prevention hopes, 62
Egg, did it come before chicken? 68
Eglinton, Lord, Victorian who revived jousting, 75
Electric Bulb, how it works, 55
Electric shaver, 51
Elements:$
  Atomic Detectives At Work, 70
  Atomic Power On Tap, 74
  Atoms With Sea Legs, 75
  Atoms With Wings, 76
  Building Blocks of the Universe, 68
  Chemical Cookbook, 72
  Inside the Whirling World, 69
  Putting Atoms To Work, 73
  Turning Lead Into Gold, 71
Empire State Building, 55
English Channel, swimming race, 63
Esperanto, international language, 52
Eugenie, French empress, 74

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# F

Falconry, revival, 56
Famous Families:$
  Barrymore, 74
  Bonaparte, 71
  Booth, 75
  Borgia, 73
  Brueghel, 69
  Krupp, 77
  Medici, 70
  Menuhin, 78
  Redgrave, 76
  Rothschild, 72
Farming, modern methods, 73
Fashion, history, 41
Father Ohan's Doves, legend, 41
Florence, Cathedral dome, 65
Florence, city floods, 43
Flying Fortresses, raids on German-held cities, 70
Flying Saucers, 61
Forestry work, 63
For He's a Jolly Good Fellow, song's origin, 77
Foster, Stephen, composer of Old Black Joe, 73
Fountains, history, 64
Froebel, Friedrich, nursery schools ideas, 54
Frost, damage caused, 41
Futurescope:$
  Living a Life of Leisure, 77
  Television in 3D, 78

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# G

Gaillard, French castle, 52
Galapagos Islands, 60
Galileo, Earth moves round Sun theory, 67
Gershwin, George, composer of Rhapsody In Blue, 66
G-force, aircraft speed, 46
Giant's Causeway, 70
Glands, body cleansers, 55
Gluck, Christoph, German composer, 42
Gordon, General, Khartoum hero, 45
Grenfell, Wilfred, Labrador missionary, 53
Grieg, Edvard, composer of Peer Gynt, 49
Grizel's ride, to save father, 48
Growth, why do we stop growing, 61
Gypsies, history, 75

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# H

Hair, growth, 45
Handel, Water Music story, 44
Harrer, Heinrich, escape to Lhasa, 58
Hats, history series, 68-75
Hats of many lands, 66
Haydn, Josef, composer of The Creation, 50
Headdresses, of many lands, 66
Headline Cities:$
  Athens, 60
  Belfast, 72
  Berlin, 46
  Budapest, 61
  Cape Town, 54
  Carthage, 70
  Dallas, 56
  Dodge City, 53
  Florence, 43
  Hollywood, 50
  Jerusalem, 62
  Khartoum, 45
  Le Mans, 48
  Madrid, 47
  Monaco, 65
  Moscow, 49
  Peking, 51
  Port Royal, 55
  Quebec, 78
  Quetta, 41
  Salt Lake City, 63
  San Francisco, 52
  Sarajevo, 42
  Troy, 57
  Venice, 76
Heart, human, 50
Heat-resistant plastic, 47
Helicopter, kinds and uses, 57
Heyerdahl, Thor, raft voyage to Peru, 62
Highjacking, aircraft danger, 63
Hill, Sir Rowland, founder of Post Office, 68
Hindu King With a Baby on His Back, legend, 50
Hitler, Adolf, bunker bomb attack, 71
Holland, land reclamation, 43
Hollywood, film city, 50
Honey, perfect food, 76
Hooch, Pieter de, Dutch painter, 51
Horse, race with locomotive, 64
Hot water system, 42
Houston, Sam, Alamo man, 61
Hussars, history, 44
Hydraulics, power of water, 41
Hydraulics research station, 46
Hydro-electric power station, 69
Hydrofoil, water craft, 63

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# I

Icebergs, how formed, 42
Inclined plane, principles, 50
Inglis, Elsie, doctor in First World War, 55
Insect, wing beats, 46
Internal-combustion engine, 65
Invisible ink, how to make, 58
Iodine, chance discovery, 71
Ireland, Samuel, Shakespeare plays forged, 70
Isotopes, radio-active elements, 70
Istanbul, history, 67-73
Ivan the Terrible, 50

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# J

Jar, The, story by Pirandello, 61
Jerusalem, troubled city, 62
John, king who lost crown jewels, 74
Jones, Casey, engine-driver hero, 77
Jumping Bean, 59
Jupiter, planet, 69

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# K

Karakush, legend of the Emir, 45
Kearton, Cherry, British naturalist, 47
Krak des Chevaliers, Syrian castle, 46
Kronborg castle, Denmark, 47
Krupp family, 77

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# L

Land reclamation, 43
Lapland, people and reindeer, 50
La Salle, Rene, explorer of Mississippi, 59
Legends From Many Lands, series, 41-50
Le Mans, car-race city, 48
Leonardo da Vinci, 55
Les Miserables, story, 44-52
Lever, it powers, 49
Levitation, floating people mystery, 51
Lhasa, Potala palace, 68
Lifeboat, for submarine rescue, 76
Light, speed, 43
Lightning, cause, 60
Lilli Marlene, song of Second World War, 58
Lind, Jenny, Swedish singer, 58
Locust, insect pest, 41
London, Tower of, 44
Louis IX, French king's crusade, 70
Loviot, Fanny, girl captive of pirates, 59
Lumsden, Lt., bloodless victory over Indian tribesmen, 65

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# M

Madrid, civil war city, 47
Maid of Sydenham, legend, 42
Malacanan Palace, in Philippines, 62
Man, appearance changes in future, 64
Manatee, sea creature origin of mermaid, 49
Map-making, development, 54
Markets, vendors of many lands, 58
Mars, planet, 67
Martin, Major, fake officer, 42
Masada, rock-fortress in Israel, 77
Matterhorn, Whymper's expedition, 45
Mazzini, Giuseppe, Italian patriot, 73
Measles, children's disease, 41
Medici family, 70
Melba, Dame Nellie, singer, 51
Memory, human powers, 62
Menuhin family, 78
Mercury, planet, 64
Mermaid, mythical sea creature, 49
Metcalf, Jack, blind roadmaker, 67
Mille Miglia, Italian toad race, 55
Mobile Bay, American civil war battle, 69
Monaco, Grand Prix city, 65
Moon, time on it, 78
Mormons, settlement in Salt Lake City, 63
Moscow, Napoleon's march on, 49
Motor car, models of the future, 56
Motor car, speeds, 51
Motor car, steam powered, 78
Motor race, England to Australia, 68
Mountains, moving equipment, 72
Mozart, Wolfgang, composer of Requiem, 45
Mummery, Alfred, Matterhorn climber, 66
Mummy, Egyptian art ot preserving dead, 61
Murphy, Bridey, life story retold, 41
Murray, river, 67
Muscles, in human body, 43
Mussolini, rescue mission, 50

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# N

Nanchang, ship captured by Chinese, 56
Nelson, Horatio, 44-45
Neptune, planet, 71
Nervous System, 49
Neuschwanstein, Bavarian castle, 54
Nightingale, Florence, 68
Nile, river, 61
North Sea Gas, history, 78
Nostradamus, wonderful prophecies, 66
Nursery, history series, 74-76

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# O

Oakley, Annie, Wild West girl, 43
Ocean currents, effect on weather, 61
O'Connell, Daniel, Irish stew legend, 46
O'Keefe, David, "King" of Yap, 49
Okefinokee, swamp in Georgia, 69
Olympic Games, revival, 60
Owens, Jesse, Negro athlete, 65

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# P

Pain, body's system of warning, 60
Paintings, high value, 54
Palaces Of The World:$
  Alhambra, 58
  Amsterdam, 67
  Bangkok, 59
  Buckingham, 57
  Crystal, 61
  Doge's of Venice, 60
  Malacanan, 62
  Potala, 68
  Seraglio, 65
  Vanderbilt, 64
  Versailles, 56
Pape, Richard, Arctic-Cape Town car race, 72
Peking, Boxer Rebellion siege, 51
Peter the Hermit, crusade, 64
Petrified forest, Arizona, 43
Petroleum jelly, 72
Pets, race between various, 78
Phillips, John "Portugee", Indian scout, 52
Piano, how it works, 66
Pig, trial by court, 69
Pitcairn Island, 67
Pitch lake, Trinidad, 49
Plants, giant kinds, 75
Plastic, heat-resistant, 47
Playing-Cards, history, 59
Playtime, history of toys, 56-61
Pluto, planet, 72
Police Dogs, 59
Policeman, of many lands, 56
Port Royal, pirate city, 55
Potala palace, 68
Powerboats, sea racing craft, 68
Power station, atomic, 58
Power station, hydro-electric, 69
Prehistoric Zoo, 68-72
Pulleys, how they operate, 48

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# Q

Queen Elizabeth 2, liner, 57
Quetta, earthquake city, 41

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# R

Radial tyre, 62
Rain, causes, 56
Raspe, Rudolf, writer of Baron Munchausen tales, 72
Rat, intelligence, 51
Redgrave family, 76
Reindeer, Lapland's domestic animal, 50
Reis, Alves, Portuguese forger, 53
Reuter, Paul, 77
Rhine river, 63
Richard I, castle at Gaillard, 52
Third Crusade, 67
Right hand, why most people use, 65
Rimsky-Korsakov, composer, 41
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's old capital, 46
Rivers Of The World:$
  Danube, 65
  Murray, 67
  Nile, 61
  Rhine, 63
  Volga, 62
  Yangtse, 64
  Yukon, 66
Robinson Crusoe, story's origin, 61
Robinson, Heath, odd machines, 74
Rockets, history, 77
Rock pool creatures, 73-74
Roderick's Vision of Doom, legend, 49
Rose, flower's history, 44
Rossbach, battle, 71
Rothschild family, 72
Rouget de Lisle, composer of Marseillaise, 46
Rupert, Prince, Civil War leader, 42
Rupert of Hentzau, story, 78

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# S

Saens, Saint, composer of Dance Macabre, 51
Salt Lake City, Mormons' home, 63
Salt Lake Desert, Utah, 47
Sand, its precious minerals, 77
Sand, George, French writer, 48
San Francisco, earthquake, 52
Santa Mana, Columbus' ship, 78
Sarajevo, assassination that led to First World War, 42
Saturn, planet, 70
Savannah, nuclear-powered ship, 75
Schneider Trophy, seaplane contest, 62
Schubert, Franz, composer of The Erl King, 48
Scone, coronation stone, 73
Screw, development, 52
Scribble, problems of bad writing, 66
Sea Laboratory, 74
Secrets, codes and ciphers, 60
Selkirk, Alexander teal "Robinson Crusoe", 61
Senses, five human, 47
Seraghio, palace of the Sultans, 65
Sergeant Joska's Man, Made Miracle, legend, 47
Seton, Alexander, Scotsman trickster, 76
Shaftesbury, Lord, social reformer, 41
Shakespeare, William, authorship challenged, 45
Ships, nuclear-powered, 75
Shortnose Guillaume, legend, 48
Sirius, Atlantic race, 44
Skin, its qualities, 44
Skorzeny, Otto, Mussolini rescue, 50
Smoke, pollution dangers, 59
Snow, formation, 58
Sound, speed and volume, 42
Space Journey, series, 63-74
Speke, John, African explorer, 71
Stanley, H, M., African explorer, 61
Stars, worlds in space, 73
Stauffenberg, Colonel, bomb attack on Hitler, 71
Steamboat race, New York, 49
Steam Car, revival, 78
Stories:$
  Adventures of Baron Munchausen, 72-77
  Around the World in Eighty Days, 63-69
  Cormorant, fish-catcher, 67
  Corrie the Red Deer, 73
  Descent Into the Maelstrom, 62
  Jar, The, 61
  Kunu the Wolf, 62
  Les Miserables, 44-52
  Mij the Otter, 78
  Moritz the Orang-Utan, 70
  Octopus, Beast With Eight Arms, 76
  Raccoon Called Rascal, 65
  Rufus the Poodle, 73
  Rupert of Hentzau, 78
  Swiss Family Robinson, 53-56
  Trapped By Grizzlies, 77
  Uncle Tom's Cabin, 57-60
  Youth, 70-71
Stradivari, violin-maker, 55
Submarine Lifeboat, 76
Submarine, nuclear-powered, 75
Sun, hub of Solar System, 63
Sun, weather effects, 55
Superstition, history, 76
Surveying, land measurement, 47
Swiss Family Robinson, 53-56

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# T

Taglioni, Marie, ballerina, 54
Tank, Leopard type, 42
Tannenberg, battle, 74
Taste, human, 48
Taxes, history, 64
Tea, drinking customs, 53
Tea, history, 52
Tea Race, by China Clippers, 48
Teeth, development and decay, 53
Telescope, use in astronomy, 74
Television, 3-D, 78
Temperatures, great heats, 7
Thermometers, 74
Tides, operation, 54
Titicaca Lake, 50
Toulouse-Lautrec, Henri, 53
Town-planning, for future, 67
Tower of London, 44
Twenty-Fingered Arualan, legend, 43
Toys, history series, 55-61
Tractor, world's biggest, 45
Train Robbers, in American Civil War, 46
Travis, William, Alamo man, 62
Trees, miniature, 45
Trinidad pitch lake, 49
Tristan da Cunha, 76
Troy, wooden horse story, 57
Tschaikovsky, composer of The Nutcracker, 53
Tsushima, battle, 72

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# U

Ulanova, Galina, ballerina, 64
Umbrella, history, 42-43
Uncle Tom's Cabin, 57-60
Union Pacific Railroad, race to build, 47
Uranus, planet, 71

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# V

Valadon, Suzanne, Circus-girl painter, 52
Vanderbilt, Mrs, New England palace, 64
Velasquez, Loreta, American Civil War spy, 67
Vendors, of many lands, 58
Venice, Doge's palace, 60
Venice, sinking city, 76
Venus, planet, 65
Versailles palace, 56
Vidocgq, Francois, criminal and detective, 46
Vigée-Lebrun, Louise, French painter, 52
Villa, Pancho, Mexican leader, 48
Villon, Francois, poet-ruffian, 43
Voice, how sounds are made, 42, 52
Volga river, 62

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# W

Wallpaper, history, 51
Water, supply sources, 71
Waterfall, world's highest, 42
Water hyacinth, flower that chokes waterways, 76
Weather series 55-61
Wedge, its powers, 51
Werra, Franz von, German who escaped from PoW camp, 55
Whale that swallowed a man, 58
Wheels, various kinds, 53
Whymper, Edward, Matterhorn climber, 45
Wildlife, extinction dangers, 57
Willow Plate story, 57
Wind, effect on weather, 59
Windjammers, Australia-England race, 61
Windsor Castle, 48
Writing, scribble problems, 66

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# Y

Yangtse river, 64
Yawning, reason for it, 63
Yap Island, O'Keefe the King, 49
Yogi, legend of Mullah Nasruddin, 44
Yukon river, 66

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# Z

Zatopek, Emil, Czech runner, 54
Zola, Emile, French lawyer, 76

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#

Mr Answers:$
  Alligator, how distinguished from crocodile, 44
  Baby, animal walks before a human baby, 46
  Ball, reason for bouncing, 49
  Balloon, world flight, 53
  Banana, seedless, 56
  Bats, sleep upside down, 44
  Bird, highest flying, 65
  no electric shock from wires, 52
  Book, oldest, 50
  Bump, why it appears, 1
  Cat, age compared with that of human, 57
  Cat, number of species, 64
  Caterpillar, number of legs, 65
  Clock, tick-tock sound, 44
  Cock, why it crows, 54
  Cocoa, pods valueless, 61
  Combine Harvester, invention, 61
  Continent, largest, 53
  Crab, sideways movement, 48
  Crocodile, how distinguished from alligator, 44
  Cuckoo, number of eggs, 50
  Dodo, did bird exist? 59
  Dollar, sign origin, 62
  Dreams, seeing ourselves in, 49
  Earth, coldest place, 56
  Earth, not round, 52
  Earth, population since first Man, 63
  Earth, speed around Sun, 57
  Earth, why we do not fall off, 48
  Echo, how caused, 52
  Eggs, why boiling makes them hard, 1
  Fish, age, 59
  Fish, how it drinks, 45
  Fish, smallest, 54
  Fish, teeth, 55
  Flies, walking on ceiling, 47
  Flowers, in world before Man, 47
  Flowers, reason for scent, 57
  Freckles, reason for them, 54
  Future, foretelling, 46
  Giddiness, cause, 62
  Giraffe, not dumb, 45
  Glass, non-conductor of electricity, 47
  Golf ball, why it is crinkled, 63
  Grape-fruit, origin of name, 60
  Halley's Comet, 45
  Joker, playing-card, 52
  Lawn Tennis, origin, 58
  Lighthouse, why so many lenses, 44
  Man, tallest, 54
  Meteor, what it is, 65
  Monkey-puzzle tree, origin of name, 62
  Moon, halo, 45
  Nature, why things are round, 47
  Nobel Prize, what it is, 60
  Op, in music, 45
  Parrots, why they talk, 44
  Platypus, origin and home, 56
  Playing-Cards, origin of joker, 52
  Poodle, origin of name, 61
  Potatoes, made soft by boiling, 51
  Pulse, why doctor feels, 49
  Pyramid, number of stones in, 60
  Rainbow, colours, 50
  Rainbow, no people see same one, 44
  Red Indians, number, 55
  Red morning, sign of rain, 56
  Rice field, why called paddy field, 59
  River, middle runs faster, 54
  Seal and Sea-lion, how they differ, 49
  Ship, numbers on bow, 44
  Show Jumping, how faults are counted, 51
  Snail, trail left, 51
  Snow, on mountain tops, 48
  Spider, never without web, 49
  Spider, number of species, 58
  Stars, number we can see, 58
  Stars, twinkling reason, 51
  Sun, never still, 53
  Table Tennis, origin, 57
  Teddy Bear, invention, 62
  Temperature, why doctor feels pulse, 49
  Thunder, why it follows lightning, 56
  Tides, why they operate, 48
  Tomato, fruit and vegetable, 55
  Train, longest journey, $3
  Train, why it stays on track, 50
  Typewriter, inventor, 63
  Uncle Sam, origin of USS, figure, 64
  Venice, why built on sea, 55
  Water, salt water buoyancy, 59
  Water, splashing reason, 48
  Weatherwave, wind direction, 60
  Zebra, number of stripes, 53
