Each year King Williams College on the Isle of Man quizzes it’s pupils with possibly the hardest quiz ever devised by man. This Christmas the school has asked its pupils a number of questions about BEARDS! Clearly the future leaders of the country are being prepared for a life where a facial companion is a friend that will bring power and influence.
The World of Beards is frankly struggling to answer any of the questions on the quiz, let alone any on its specialist subject. Can you help? Those beard brain bamboozlers are: 14.
1 – who imposed a levy on beards?
2 – who described a multinidal growth?
5 – which bearded and bright-eyed old tar delayed a wedding
guest?
6 – who suffered his beard to grow until it was about a quarter
of a yard long?
9 – who had a beard of burnt-up black?
The full quiz is available here
December 22, 2006 at 11:21 am
Found an answer!
14.1 Was Peter the Great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_I_of_Russia
December 26, 2006 at 3:31 pm
No, Henry V111.
January 2, 2007 at 3:09 pm
14.1 Peter the Great
14. 5 The Ancient Mariner (Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner, Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
14.9 Svengali
14.10 She plucked Gloucester’s beard (King Lear, William Shakespeare)
January 4, 2007 at 11:03 pm
14.7 Comes from the Bible, Book of Samuel. The suspected spies had half their beards cut off (and half of their clothes)
February 10, 2008 at 1:42 am
17.2 Whoa, obscure – Stephen Maturin
June 19, 2008 at 12:04 am
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Miffy.
September 9, 2009 at 12:33 am
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