General Knowledge Questions
Ova weekly prize of one guinea for the best twelve Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mr. John E. Furness, Brookside House, Brookside, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, for the following 1. Give two cases in the Bible where man attempts to flee from God.
2. After whom is the Sweet William called ?
3. Who wrote the following quotation, and in what poem is it found : " Oh what a tangled web we weave, When first we practise to deceive"?
4. What Empire was once sold by auction-by whom and to whom ?
5. What famous scientist was guillotined in the French Revo- lution because the revolutionists said that the Republic had no
need of men of science ? • 6. Where was the Locarno Treaty signed ? 7. What is the name given to a young hare ?
8. Who wrote a piece of music for black notes only ?
9. What country produces the most cocoa in the world ? 10. Which cricketer is the only man to have scored 2,000 runs and to have taken 200 wickets in one season ?
11. Who said and on what occasion : " I cannot wear a crown of gold where the Saviour of the world was crowned with thorns " ?
12. What do the words " Not Negotiable " imply on a cheque ?
Answers will be found on page 698.
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