General Knowledge Questions
°un weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to the Rev. W. K. Fleming, 18 Vicarage Road, Eastbourne, for the following :-
Questions on Napoleon
1. What was the maiden name of Napoleon's mother, and her title during the Empire ? . . . . 2: Give the names of Napoleon's brothers. Which of them became Kings ? 3. Which of Napoleon's Marshals was elected to a Crown, still worn by his descendants ?
4. What great civil benefit was bestowed on France by Napoleon ? 5. Which battle did Napoleon think his finest victory ? 6: What generals in the Napoleonic Wars became known as "The Spoilt Child of Victory," " Le Beau Sabreur," -" The Bravest of the .Brave," "The Anvil,"- "The Iron Duke," "Marshal Vorwiirts " ?
7. Who were Napoleon's three successive Foreign Ministers ? 8. Which of the Marshals did Wellington rate as the best general, saying, "He was shows *here I least wished to find him " ? 9. On whose Empire did Napoleon model his own ?.
10. When did Napoleon transgress his own maxim • "Never make war on a desert." * 11. By what device, other than war, did Napoleon plan to subdue
England ? • - 12. Give the names of Napoleon's two wives, and the titles of the sons of each. 13. What Wag the " ulcer " which Napoleon said ruined him ?
Answers will be found on page 428.
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