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What Do You
Save ?
A QUIZ FOR EVERYONE.
Here is a clever quiz
by
Judith
Chase.
""Wireless
Weekly" writer,
whose slogan is "lie
who
Relaxes
Aids the Axis."
Judith says that if you are saving
i the materials listed in this quiz, you
: aiv driving 1 a production nail into the
i Axis coffin. If you are not. you are
• delaying victory.
| This quiz will tell you whether you
; are helping and just how much.
j Here's how to do it:—
!
Each question you answer "Yes" to
; counts one point.
Add
up
your
, points and see whether you're doing 1
. your share in
the
battle
against
waste.
Ketais
]—Toothpaste
tubes the average
. family throws away each year could
be made into enough metal to solder
the points of two tank radios.
Do
, yt.-i tknnv yours away ?
j
2—A. copper kettle or pan contains !
eivaiv/'n nettle to wire five
walkie-j
Talkie radios. Have you one in your \
kitchen which you never
use
and j
haven't contributed ?
j
.'!—Have you an aluminium
pan i
you're not using and haven't donated j
for defence ? |
4—Do you continue, the same as ,
if we weren't at war. to throw away: '
Tin cans ?
j
Brass chains ?
!
Discarded tools ?
Xnts and bolts ?
|
Old buckles ?
|
Old litrht fixtures ?
(
Tin foil ?
• r '.—Have you any of those stowed
away i,-, your attic, which you could
turn in. but haven't:
:
Co:".; and wood stoves ?
Anilirons ?
j
Grates'?
j
Pokers ?
i
Doorknobs ?
Hinuvs ?
j
Fire screen? ?
Your Cs>
j—Da you run your car at high
sooed. failing to check radiator or
c'i levels, shorieniny its life 25 per
-•I'M. by overheating?
:."—:.••;.v.ng your ear <>ii!«ii!e in the
w;'; Mart rt:sl and hasten the
di'ii-d•-•-.• •<< yiur top, your springs,
your viii'.niing. Do you do this?
e—Air (aided and abetted by hot
^ti) dries up and cracks your tyres.
a;:es your paint. Do you leave your
s:ir needlessly outside?
•i—Dust sounds harmless enough in
i lie day of modern closed cars, but if
it ^eis through your carburettor and
into your cylinders it soon wears out
your engine. Do you fail to check
| your air-cleaner every 3.000 miles?
o—Friction, ever present whenever
your car moves, inevitably brings its
life to an end. Do you neglect to
have regular greasing and inspection?
0—Do you leave your engine running
when your car is not in motion?
7—Do you cut 500 miles oil' your
engine's life by racing 1 it when first
arting on a cold morning?
S—Running your car with the
choke full out can waste a full cupful
of petrol in three minutes. Do
you ?
Paper—
1—Do you burn :
Old Magazines?
Cardboard boxes?
Newspapers?
Paper bags from the market?
Wrappings from packages?
2—Do you use more than the
amount of paper necessary to :
Wrap packages?
Light an open fire?
3—There are every day paperwasters.
Are you guilty of any of
them?
Do you:
Waste notepaper by writing,
then re-writing letters?
Write only on one side of. the
paper, never on both?
Throw away sheets of paper with
only a few words scribbled
over them?
Heedlessly drop old letters, bills,
envelopes, and ads. into the
waste-basket to go to the incinerator?
|
The poorest score you can make in
this quiz is 16—which would mean
you are guilty of doing every one of
the wasteful things listed. Passing
is 8. Above this you should note down
where you have failed and what you
must talce pains to conserve. 5 is
good, three is excellent, and 0 is perfect!
Extravagance now is a crime
against your Country. Save and
buy Bonds.
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