General Knowledge Questions
One weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this• week to Miss Vaughan, The Vicarage, Northop, Flintshire, for the following :—
Questions on The Tower of London and its Occupants
1. Of what calling was Gundolf of Bee, the architect of the White Tower ?
2. In which Tower are the Crown Jewels displayed ? 3. In whose reign did the Tower fall from its position as Royal Palace to that of State Prison ?
. 4. What was the Yeoman Porter's perquisite from each con- demned prisoner' 5. What princess asked to be beheaded with a sword as her Mother was ?
6. "All cattle falling off London Bridge," " All carts falling into the Tower Ditch," "All swans floating below London Bridge." To whom were these forfeit' 7. What prisoner wrote :—
" Oh Death ! rock me to sleep
Bring on my quiet rest, Let pass my very guiltless ghost Out of my careful breast."
S. How often does the "Ceremony of the Keys " take place ? 9. Give name and age of the girl who entered the tower as a Queen, only to leave it on the scaffold.
10. "In truth there is no sadder spot on earth Of what place.was this.written and by whom! .
11. How many people have been beheaded on Tower Green ?
12. Whom did Sir G. Kneller paint after he was executed ?
13. What happens to the gate at the Byword Tower when the garrison are at Sunday morning.service Answers will be found on page 824.
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