General Knowledge Questions
Oua weekly prize of one guinea for the best thirteen Question; submitted is awarded this week to Miss Ethel M. Kennedy, Heeneholme, Rowlands Road, Worthing, for the following :-
Questions on Meals in Fiction 1. Who "dispensed the pudding in mute resignation " ?
2. What hostess replied : "It's a pity to cut the pie if you're not hungry " ? 3. Who, when invited to a dinner, "felt the number of delicacies to be oppressive " ? 4. Who said : "I never eat such a turkey in all my life " ? 5. When was a great ham ",again offered for martyrdom"?
6. What carrier, after eating a cake offered "as a mark of attention," decided on marriage ?
7. Who was ordered not to let on 'at the scones is no our sin bakin' " ?
8. Who, when his Aancie had fainted from starvation, fed her with a great mince pie? 9. What boy was treated by his uncle to porridge for breakfast, dinner, and supper ?
10. What little girl "was cordially invited to eat the circlet of delicate pastry" by her nurse ? 11. Who accepted a turnip after dinner with the remark " One might, dine worse " ?
12. Who was rebuked for "his languid appetite," and by whom ! 13. What landlady, on behalf of an invalid child, " composed batter pudding as she only knew how " ?
• Answers will be found on page .330.- -
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