24 SEPTEMBER 1927, Page 20

General Knowledge Questions

Tim Editor awards the prize of one. guinea offered weekly for the best thirteen general knowledge questions and answers to Mrs. H. B. Foote for the following:— Questions on Laughter

I. Who laughs on canvas ?

2. When is the price of a laugh too great ? - 3. Where was laughter threatened with excommunication 4. What did the loud laugh speak ? Al. Who laugh like parrots at a bagpiper ? 6. Who was the laughing philosopher ? 7. Who was the laughing executioner 8. Who laughs best ?

9. Who went behind the pantry door to hide her joy ? 10. What contortion are you invited to practise when you laugh at unseemly times ?

11. Who was reproved for a laugh ? 12. Who laughs at locksmiths ?

13. Who describes the laughter of Shakespeare's characters as like sunshine-on the deep sea."- ?- - -

AnsweiS will be 'found on page 479: