SCHOOLBOY ANSWERS

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 7, 14 February 1907, Page 38

SCHOOLBOY ANSWERS

The • University 'Correspondent ' of December 15 contains some rather good schoolboy answers. Here are one or two :— ' Tqlstoy was the leader of the Passive Resisters"; he had his goods' sold rather than be vaccinated.' ' Charon was a man who fried soles over the sticks.' ' The Duke of Marlboraugh was a great gentleman, who always fought with a fixed de-* termination to win or lose.' • The Tories objected to the passing of the Reform Bill because. they thought that the House of Commons would soon be filled with Republicans and sinners.' ' The Transvaal is situated on a plateau four thousand miles high, and produces large crops of serials.' " The heart is over the ribs in the midst of the borax./ , ' A thermometer is an instrument for measuring temperance.' •To keep milk from turning sour you should keep -it in a cow.' Finally, here is the description of a penny—' One side is the King's head, and on the other a woman riding a bicycle, and they call her Ruby Tanner.