7 SEPTEMBER 1929, Page 23

General Knowledge Questions

OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mr. N. L. Emm'rson, New Buildings, Eton College, Windsor.

Questions on Historical Nicknames

Who were the following ? :— 1. The Dinner Bell.-2. The Bear-Leader.-3. David Simple of Noodle Hall.-4. The Illinois Baboon.-5. Bobbing John.

—6. The Anvil. 7. The Batavian Buffoon.-8. The Hubble- Bubble Man.-9. The Anatomist .of Humanity.-10. The Adullamites.-11. The Run-away Spartan 12. The Weather- cock.-13. Colonel Sestition.

Answers will be found on page v.