General Knowledge Competition THE prize of one guinea which the
Editor offers weekly for the best thirteen General Knowledge Questions (with answers) is awarded to Mr. W. H. A. Cowell for the following :- Old Testament Questions
1. Whose wishes were these : (a) "Oh that . . . mine adversary
had written a book"; " Oh that one would give me drink of the water of the well of Bethlehem " 1
2. In what thanksgiving does the phrase occur, " A Syrian ready to perish was my father " ?
3. Who met with a death like that of Pyrrhus, King of Epirus ?
4. Of whom was said, (a) " A choice young man," (b) "he was not, for God took him" ?
5. On what two occasions was the exclamation used, " The chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof " ?
6. Who said, (a) "Here am I; send me" ; (b) "Here am I, for thou didst call me" ?
7. What is the Greek form of the name " Joshua," and the Hebrew form of " Christ " ?
8. What are the last words of the Old Testament ?
9. Who cut his hair once a year ? 10. What great city became " a place for the spreading of nets " ? Who brought it about ?
11. Who found no rest for the sole of her foot ?
12. Who refuseth to hear the voice of the charmer ?
13. What is " the chief of the ways of God" ?
Answers will be found on page 295.
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