7 JUNE 1930, Page 26

General Knowledge Questions

Oun weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to R. B. D. Powell, Newick House, Burgess Hill, Sussex, for the following :-

Questions on . The Kings and - Queens of England (since the Conquest)

1. Who was the only adult King of England who did not marry.? 2. Who was called the "Little Captain "1 _ 3. Who was the founder Of King's College, Cambridge ?

4. What was Queen Victoria's first request on her accession ?

5. Who was called the " Lion of Justice " ? - '

6. Who said" that Presbytery was not a religion for gentlemen " ?

7. -" His face is white, his wart is red." Of whom was this said ?

8. Who was the last sovereign to touch for the " King's Evil " ?

9. Who was said to be "The wisest fool in Christendom " ?

10. What were " cracowys and pykys," and what queen intro- duced them ?

11. What sovereign was married by proxy ?

12. Who wore "a gown of blue satin full of oilet holes, at every hole the needle hanging by a silk thread"?

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13. What sovereign was called "A Lemon " ?

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