25 AUGUST 1928, Page 22

General Knowledge Questions

Questions on Thomas Hardy

OUR weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Questions submitted is awarded this week to Miss Constance Dart, The Orchard, Crediton, for the following :—

1. Who liked " a good hearty funeral as well as anything " ? 2. What was a " God-forgive-me " and why was it so called ?

3. Who " lie in Mellstock churchyard now " ?

4. Where is the Isle of Stingers and what novel centres round it ?

5. Who played a game of dice by the light of glow-worms ?

6. In whose family had " blushes been-for generations " ?

7. Who " chewed liver and lights " to the tune of a band ?

8. What fateful meeting took place at Maumbury Ring ?

9. On what occasion was an Admiral broached ?

10. Where did Tess first meet Angel Clare ? 11. In what novel is Tintagel described ?

12. Who had " hundreds of ancestors in coats of mail and jewels in great lead coffins ?

13. Which of the novels was Hardy's favourite 2

Answers will be found on page vi.