Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-03-09
THE QUIZ CLUB.

OF queer questions ana rIuO!es tnaI Some peo'
pie tind time 10 PROFOUND. Among the lat
est of such is the list of historical conun-
drums which follows. Can any of our read
ers furnish complete list of answers:
/. My first il gentIman very unique,
Unparalleled, A No. l. so TO speak.
.. Two men engaged in a fendish plot.
The good was hanged, the bad was not.
8. Shrewd and miserIy. witty an wise,
He drew down fame by string from the
skies.
4. A ripe. red apple zsve him the clue,
His dog candle overthrow.
5. In England aud France three cardinals
great,
Who ruled the people, the king and the
state.
6. He threw an inkstand at Satan and bade
him bs quiet.
A Diet of Worms was his principal diet.
T. The greatest writer known to fame,
But no one knows how to spell his name.
8. A knave On the woolsack good with the
pen,
The greatest, the wisest, the meauest of
men.
9. An old man hanged one Bible day.
But his soul goes marching on for aye.
10. Crossing rivulet made him great,
He smoothod down his mantle and met
his fate.
II. A very remarkable pioneer,
Mixed up somehow with an egg. hear.
l2. Amid many a nation and peril he stayed,
Saved once by compass and once by
maid.
13. queen who was wise, witty, learned
and bold.
Once cruel, once loving, . terrible scold.
IA. Amid battle and blood ncr white path
way led,
From q st eepy ard, through fame, to
fiery bed.
i. He lived and died and left no trace.
Is famed-though no one saw his face.
16 Wise, good and brave he nobly resigned,
His hostess once of him complained.
II. He won a certain mighty game,
His opponent bore his Christian name.
1S. He freed the land that holds back the
By little spaniel saved was he.
10. Sprung from cabin, our chosen guide.
Shot by a man in barn that died.
90 The king OF the world at thrty.two.
Died since he could not himself subdue.
81. A blind old man that of mighty song,
Who did his three daughters a pitiful
wrong.
%. He hid in the cellar powerful thing.
That would ruin bis rulers and ruin his
king.
%. The most glorious modern murderer he,
Died on an isle in lonely sea.
"a. A twinkle. a tesrdrop, broad hearty
grin,
That wrote of cricket, a raven, an inn.
25. Gold, armor and retnue, all could not
His mighty discovery was changed to q
grave.
26. Oh, tickle their fortune to ruler that
cling,
He died for failure to give up ring.
27. He went to the heart of continent
black,
Was found by friend, and would not
come back.
2s. He was slain by one Of royal line,
Whose king was beaten over q shrine.
%. He made what would separate fiber from
His mighty machine caused the nation
to bleed.
30. He canned up words, he gave speech
wings.
A glorious arch from his arches swings.
81. he wrote the words is a fiery hour
That freed the nation from foreign
power.
80. From curious blunder arose his fame.
To the biggest thing ever found he gave
name.
80. He planted the acorn from which sprung
the tree
That bore the fruit that now you see.
81. lie dug ditch between two seas,
Where largest ships could sail with
35. His pathway through the desert led,
From salt sea bed to mountain bed,
SO. A coward, prattler, an obstinate fool,
A pedant. king, an obedient tool.
81. He read a great poem before a great
fight,
He climbed up cliff and died on the
height.
3S. The greatest mocker that ever was born,
Religion his railing, and virtue his scorn.
80. He was, from historical records appear.
The greatest of men who lived In his
years.