Christmas Questions

By six Fellows of St. John's College. Cambridge 1. What was originally meant by: a. Rival b. Protagonist.

c. Tragedy

d. Symposium.

e. Pagan.

f. Barbarian.

g. Proctor 2 Between what towns or cities did the following trains run in the summer of 1950: a. The Inter-City.

b The Pines Express.

c. The Rheingold Express.

d. El Capitan e The Taurus Express.

f The Daylight Limited g. The Red Dragon.

h. The Olympian Hiawatha.

i. The Union Express j. The Master Cutler.

k. The Welsh Dragon 1. The Frontier Mail 3 Who were the authors of the following scientific treatises: a. Philosophiae Naturals.

b De Magnete. •

c. De Re Metallica.

d. Principia.

e. The Scypttcal Chymist.

f. Principia Mathernatica.

g °pricks

h. De Revolution/bus Orbiurn.

i. Coetestium j. Almagest.

k De Fabrica Corporis Hurnant 1. Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et San guinis.

4 What operas take place in:

a. Classical Mycerl'ae.

b. Mid-nineteenth-century California.

c A Cotswold town, early nineteenth-century. d Richmond. in the reign of Queen Anne. -

e Gaul, circa 30 B.C. f. Strakonitz and Hell.

g. Tiberias, A.D. 30.

h. Gaza, 1150 u.c.

i. Ancient Pekin.

. 5 What is the ielation between the numbers in each of the following sets: a. 100, 80, 212, 0, 0, 32.

b. 13, 29, 61, 107, 113.

c. 24, 60, 80, 160, 252. d 2.54, 30.48, 91.44, 160,936.40.

6 Who were the directors of: a. The Magnificent Arnbersons.

b. 49th Parallel.

Ninotchka.

La Femme du Boulanger.

Rein brand!.

The Testament of Dr. Mabuse.

The Italian Straw flat.

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town.

La Kermesse Herdique.

Battleship Potemkin.

The Lady Vanishes.

Man of Aran.

m.Un Carnet de Bal.

7. By1 what titles are the following works more commonly known:

a. "A Pure Woman." b. "The Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle Life."

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1. for c. "A Metabiological Pentateuch."

d. "Astronomical Ephemeris ' e. The Last of the -English.'

f. Vittoria Corombona " g. "What You Will."

8. Identify the following philosophers: a Stumpy.

b. The Dog The Dark One.

The Gadfly.

The Master of Those Who Know.

The Sage of KOnigsberg The Field Marshal The Lens Maker.

The Belted EA..

The Bishop.

9. How: a Many miles to Babylon ?

b Did Polycrates the Theban leave no stone unturned ?

c Many ears to a newspaper ? d Does claret differ from clairette and from clary wine.?

10. For what articles of food are the following towns celebrated.?

a. Melton Mowbray.

b. Dundee Bath Doncaster. Bakewell. Bradenham. Aylesbury. Caerphilly. Carlsbad. Carlsberg Bury.

Elvas 11. Who are the patron saints of: a Travellers.

b Children.

c. People who have lost things.

d. Those who have sore throats.

e. Bookhinders. f Printers g. Sufferers from toothache 12. If you were offered the following wines at dinner of which would you be suspicious:

a. Pouilly fuissé fum6.-

b. Domaine de Chevalier.

C Château Belgrave.

d. Niersteiner Schimmlpiltz.

e Cha:eau &agate: 13 What are the modern names for the following places or regions: a. Regio cinnamonifera.

b. Wineland.

c. Uriconium.

d Taprobane e. Kinsai.

f. Van Diemen's Land.

g. Snowland.

h Cyrnus.

i. Staten Land.

j. New Amsterdam_ 14. What British flowering plants are known as: a. Cock's Head.

b. Ox Eye.

c. Weaselsnout d. Hare's Ear.

e. Crab's Claw.

f. Bear's Foot.

g. Dog's Toe

15. Who wrote:

a. Murder Must Advertise.

b. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd.

c. Murder Considered as One of the Fine A rts.

d. The Simple Art of Murder.

e. The Murderer's Bible.

f. The Murder of Marie Roget.

g. Murder by Burial. , h. A Slight Case of Murder.

16. From whom are the following words derived : a. Boycott.

b. Bowdlerise.

c. Gerrymander. 41. Spoonerism.

e. Martinet.

f. Grog.

g. Sandwich. b. Brougham.

17. Who were, or are, the husbands of:.

a. George Eliot.

b. Miss Jenny Lee, M.P. . c. Queen Anne.

d. Victoria Sackville-West.

e. Xanthippe.

f. Daphne Du Maurier.

g. Constance of Castille.

18. Who collaborated with the following: a. John Fletcher.

b. Lorenzo da Ponte.

c. Robert Scott. 41. I. D. Sankey.

e. F. C. Burnand.

f. Basil Radford.

g. Hugo von Hoffmanstall.

19. Name the novels of which the following are the last lines: a. " So that I cannot leave her in such an interesting situation which I hope will produce something to crown my felicity."

• b. "Between whom and his• master exists a steady and reciprocal attachment which nothing but death will terminate."

c. "Also a pot of stout—but, mind, blow the froth off the top, for it's bad for the kidneys." d. "This was a base libel on Badger who, though he cared little about Society, was rather fond of children ; but it never failed to have its full effect."

• 20. What have the following in common: Archdeacon ; bishop ; cardinal ; lawn sleeves ; pope ; hot tiger ; mermaid ? . .

21. Who were the architects of the following buildings: a. The Queen's House, Greenwich."

b. Blenheim Palace.

c. Chiswick House d. Fonthill.

e. The Foreign Office. 1. Liverpool Cathedral.

Answers will be published in next week's Spectator.