General Knowledge Questions
OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mrs. G. d'Arey, The Vicarage, Barton Stacey, Sutton Scotney, Hants, for the following :—
Questions on " Crowns "
• I. Who rode on a horse on the head of which a crown royal was set 2. Who was the king who was crowned with his mother's bracelet ?
3. What crown was saved during a siege by being carried on a woman's back in a sack of flax ?
4. When and where was a crown of wool placed over the door of a house ?
5. What kings wore a double crown ? 6. Who was the rebel who was crowned with a circle of red-hot iron ?
7. What kind of crown was presented to a Roman soldier who had saved the life of a Roman citizen in battle ?
8. What emperor crowned himself ? 9. What became of the crown of Edward the Confessor ?
10. What words were engraved on the crown of the Jewish High Priest ? 11. Why is the Iron Crown of Lombardy so called ?
12. What was the chief jewel in Queen Victoria's Imperial Crown ?
13. Who refused to wear a crown of gold in Jerusalem ?
Answers will be found on `page x. '
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