General Knowledge Questions
Oun weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss G. Pitt, 8-ti, 1Vymillain Crescent, N. 19, for the following :— Questions on Perfumes 1. what is ambergris 7
2. Why is " Chcyjire " so called 7 3. Who was accompanied by " An amber scent of odorous perfume " ?
4. When was it said- " A strange invisible perfume hits the sense Of the adjacent wharfs .... " ?
5. When was Eau de Cologne first mule ?
6. Where do we read of a "sweet-scented manuscript " ?
7. Who was advised to " Study perfumes and their manufael ... seeking to elaborate a real psychology of perfumes " ? S. Who described verbena as a scent to " hold you three hours after " ?
9. Where does-
" .... a rose-carnation feed With summer spice the humming air ?
10. Who objected to " a tine puss-gentleman that's all perfume "
11. Of whom was it said- " You'd think a box of essences Was broken in the air" ?
12. Whose toilette was assisted by "a bottle of lavender water, two wax candles, and a paper of mixed pins " ?
13. When was it said-
" All Arabia breathes from yonder box " 2
Answers will be found on page v.
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