A Christmas Quiz
I am off to Salcombe for a few days, so this is my last post for a bit. All of these questions came from old newspapers my parents have.In the castle's history, who is the only Monarch to never have slept at Windsor?
Whom or what did the Daily Express take to task for giving 'too somber a tone' over the death of King George V? And whom or what did the Catholic Bishop of Leeds say 'wrapped the nation in organised gloom' over the death of King George VI?
How many people worked in the boot trade in Leicester in 1911 out of a total population of about 200,000? And what was their annual average wage?
"Liberal Opinion", printed to promote Liberal candidates in 1911, noted that "If you have ever seen common Italian bread, you don't want to see anymore. No British working man would permit it within ___________ feet of his mouth". Fill in the blank.
The same journal also noted that Lord Nelson, the famous Admiral's brother's, nephew's, son, had received how much a year as a pension for the past 67 years?
A 1935 advert noted that "A healthy child should look like this [with picture of healthy child] yet thousands of children are 'nervy and ________ all though the lack of Quaker Oats. Fill in the blank.
What was Victor Raikes, Tory MP for Garston's, 1952 claim about why British Miners objected to Italian workers, causing the Mines president to criticise his 'moral decadence of the intellectual'?
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posted by Matthew @ 12/22/2005 01:35:00 PM
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