General Knowledge Competition

THE prize of one guinea which the Editor offers weekly for the best thirteen General Knowledge Questions (with answers) is awarded to Miss Vaughan for the following :—

Historical Questions

1. What British Queen had four attendants of the same name as herself ?

2. Which side did John Milton take during the Civil War ?

3. What Queen was executed with a sword instead of an axe, and why ?

4. What relation was James VI. of Scotland to James 1. of England ?

5. Who'spoke or wrote the following :—(a) " To live and not to live, is worse than to die " ; (b) " Great men are meteors that consume themselves to light the earth ; this is my burnt-out. hour " ;

(c) " Yours as the Lord knowothe, as a frende, Jane Dtuldeley " ;

(d) " What matter which way the head lie, so the heart be right ? " ; (e) " Here lies our sovereign lord the king Whose word no man relied on, Who never said a foolish thing And never did a wise one."

6. To whom were the following names given :-7(a) Le Balafit5 • (b) The Virgin Queen ' • (e) Steenie ; (d) Our Smiling Prince ; (e) Le Grand Monarque ; (.1) The Young Chevalier.

7. Who was Gundulf of Bee, and what stronghold did he build which is still standing ?

8. Of what famous man was Vandyke a pupil 7

9. Who tried to steal the Crown Jewels, and in what reign ?

10. Who painted " The Triumphs of Julius Caesar," and where do they now hang ?

11. Who is supposed to have written the British National Anthem?

12. What is the date of the Massacre of St. Bartholomew T 13. Which King built the Traitor's Cate at the Tower of London ? Answers Will be found on page 197.