General Knowledge Questions
ou, weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mr. N. Locoek, Eton College, Windsor, for the following :— . Questions on Modern Historical Quotations
1. Where do " large armies starve and small ones get beaten "
2. Who said, " I never was bate and I never shall be bate'.'' ?
3. Which was the peace of which " no one was proud, but every- one glad " ? 4. Who said, " We shall win Canada on the banks of the Elbe " ?
5. Who said, " The only use of colonies is to provide sinecures " ? 6. Who said, and when, " Pour encourager les autres " ? 7. Who said, and when, " How much the greatest thing that has ever happened " Y . 8. Who said, and on what occasion, " It is now or never " ?
9. Who said, and what did he mean, ", We have on our hands a sick man " ?
10. Who said, and when, " I will sit down now, but one day you will hear me " ?
11. Who said, and tahen, " C'est niagmlque, Ends ce n'est pan la guerre " ? 12. Who said, and when, " I am -like poor Lear, but thank. God
have no Regan, no Goneril, but- only three Cordeliae" ? - 13. Who said, and when, " TheyliaVe changed their idol, but preserved their idolatry " Y •
Answers will be found on page '178.
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