18 APRIL 1931, Page 42

General Knowledge Questions

Ora weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Mrs. G. Gardener, 84 Tor- rington Park, N. 12, for the following :— Questions on Fabrics

1. What fabric made in Avignon in the fifteenth czntury was named as a compliment to the Pope ? 2. What is the meaning of Khaki ? 3. What fabric is called after the Cod of the Winds ?

4. What cotton fabric is probably named after a French linen weaver ?

5. What is the derivation of Corduroy ? 6. Whose " bodie was clad full richoly in Samette with birdes wrought " ?

7. What is the derivation of Calico ?

8. What silk gets its name from the Persian " To twist " ? 9. From what does Bunting probably take its name ? 10. The name of what fabric is the same as the French word for a certain grub ?

11. What cotton fabric Is named after a town in Franco owing to first having been made there ?

12. How does Canvas get its name ? 13. Why is Fustian so called ?

Answers will be found on page 850.