General Knowledge Questions
Ova weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to the Rev. E. F. P. Scholes, F.R.G.S., 6 St. Mark's Crescent, Jersey, for the following :- Questions on China 1. Who built the Great Wall of China, at what time and of what length ?
2. Who was the first European to write about China and what was the date of his death ?
3. What are the three great religions of China and by whom were they introduced ? 4. Who was the leader of the Taiping Rebellion and from whom did he get his religious notions ?
5. Which are the five original Treaty Ports ?
6. Who founded the Imperial Maritime Customs of China and who did most to perfect them ? 7. What English lady did most to put an end to foot-bindin3 8. Which part of China is largely Mohammedan 9. What are the " Three Principles " of Sun Yat-sea ? 10. When was the present new capital, Nanking, the capital before / 11. What is Won-li 12. What is Pai-hua
13. What is the population of Shanghai and how much of it is foreign - Answers wilt be found on page- x.
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