General Knowledge Questions
Oun weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Lady Erskine-Crum, Fyfield Manor, Abingdon, Berks.
Questions on the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
I. Where and when was the first Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race rowed ?
2. Who described whom as " four feet across the shoulders and as many through-the chest " ?
3. In what " uniform " did Oxford and Cambridge first row ? 4. When, and why, did Cambridge adopt light blue ?
5. Who was secretly doctored and cured by " the junior footman " —ex-barber before the race; and how ? 6. Who, on the hottest day of a hot summer, took off his hat and gave it to a fainting fellow-oar during the race ? 7. Who described the race as " a bitter, cold, and miserable row . . against a head wind, strong tide and floating. ice " ? 8. Who insisted on a clean jersey for rowing in every day, two glasses of port after dinner, and a basin of gruel or cup of hot chocolate before bedtime for his men ?
9. How often have seven oars only been used ?
10. In what year were there two Oxford and Cambridge Boat Races ?
11. Who was the last waterman to act as judge, and what yip, his verdict ? 12. On what occasion did the umpire carry two complete sets of substitute oars on his launch, and why ?
13. In which year did either, or both boats, sink ?
Answers will be found on page 484.
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