Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1902 — SCHOOLBOY "FACTS.” [ARTICLE]

SCHOOLBOY "FACTS.”

▲ Few Simple Answers from Engliah Examination Papers. An English publication gives the following answers taken from school examination papers: “Of whom was It said: ‘He never smiled again’?” “William Rufus did this after he was shot by the arrow.’* “Henry VIII. was a very good king. He liked plenty of money, he had plenty of wives and died of ulcers in the legs.” “Edward 111. would have been King of France if, his mother had been a man.” “Alexander the Great was born in the absence of his parents.” “What is a watershed?” “A shed for keeping water “A watershed is a house between >two rivers so that a drop of water falling on one side of the roof runs into one river and a drop on the other side Into the other river.” “•

“The battle of Waterloo was fought off Cape Trafalgar. Nelson led up one squadron and Collingwood the other. When it was over Wellington rode over the field by moonlight and met Blucher, the French general, and they shook hands and were friends ever after."

“The principal products of Kent are archbishops at Canterbury.” “The chief clause in magna charts was that no free man should be put to death or imprisoned without his own consent" - ■ . •' . '

“Where were the Kings of England crowned?” “On their heads.”

“What do you know of Dryden and Buckingham?” “Dryden and Buckingham were at first friends, but soon became contemporaries.” “What is Mlltqn’s chief work?” “Milton wrote a sensible poem called “The Canterbury Tails.’ ” “The gamut is a musical scale. The name Is derived from gamut, or catgut the matorial from which the strings of musical instruments used to “be made.”

“A palimpsest is a disease among cattle in South Africa.”