General Knowledge Questions
The prim of £1 Is. which the Editor offers each week for General Knowledge Questions is awarded to Lord Meath this week for the following :— •
I. Who wrote " Dear, droll, distracting town, ,farewell ! " and of what town did he write ?
2. Give the name of the country and date of Grinling Gibbons's birth ? 3. " Here lies our Sovereign Lord the King, Whose word no man relies on ; He never says a foolish thing, -- Nor over does a wise one."
Who wrote the above and who was the King ?
4. How many cities did Solomon give Hiram, where were they, and was Hiram pleased with them ?
5. Who was John Wycliff ?
0. What do you understand by the term Arian or Aryan (in Sanskrit noble or warlike) ?
7. What is the origin of the name of the Palace and Park of St. James 8. Who were the Chouans and when did they live ?
9. Who furnished Solomon with cedar trees, fix trees and gold, with whiCh to build the Temple and his house ? 10. What do you understand by the term Hamper, or Hanaper Office ?
11. What do you know about, Bishop Berkeley, and -what did Byron say of him ? 12. " Oh ! for a single hour of that Dundee Who on that day the word of onset gave I "
Who wrote the above, and explain the allusion. - - • • 13. What -do you know of the ancient history • of, the Record Office, Chancery Lane
Answers will be found on page 172.
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