29 SEPTEMBER 1928, Page 25

General Knowledge Questions

Oua weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss J. E. Lowe, 158 Portsdown Road, W. 9, for the following :-

Classical Questions

1. Who was the first Athenian Archon ?

2. In what battle did Aeschylus fight ?

3. What was Caligula's real name ?

4. After what battle did Julius Caesar send the dispatch Vela, vidi, oici ?

5. What Athenian was called " the Just " ?

6. Who introduced Horace to Maecenas ?

7. Who is the Greek counterpart of the Vicar of Bray ?

8. What title was accorded to Cicero for crushing the Catiline conspiracy ?

9. How did Demosthenes die ?

10. What connexion was there between Marius and Julius Caesar ?

11. Who founded the Peripatetic School of philosophy ?

12. By how many jurymen was Socrates tried ? 13. Which is the only extant statue which we know by direct evidence to be the original work of a Greek master ?

Answers will be found on page 418.