FREE COMPETITIONS, WORD QUIZ QUESTIONS

1. Who was referred to by his contemporary Robert Whittington as a man for all seasons?
   Sir Thomas More
   
   
2. Who was Robinson Crusoe's island servant and companion?
   Man Friday
   
   
3. Born west of the Medway is Kentishman. And east of the Medway?
   Man of Kent
   
   
4. A wooden fighting ship of the line?
   Man-of-war
   
   
5. In legal parlance "the reasonable person" is sometimes referred to as the man on what form of public transport? (be specific)
   The Man on the Clapham omnibus
   
   
6. According to a proverb found in Latin, Greek, Hebrew and other tongues as well as English, man proposes but God does what?
   Disposes
   
   
7. In 1886 Joseph Hobson Jagger won over 2 million francs in 8 days at roulette. He was later celebrated in song as what?
   The man who broke the bank at Monte Carlo. Said to have died of boredom.
   
   
8. Joseph Carey Merrick is popularly known by what name?
   The Elephant Man
   
   
9. In the title of the film then the book, how is Graham Greene's character Harry Lime described?
   The Third Man
   
   
10. Proverbially who is king in the country of the blind?
    The one-eyed man
    
    
11. In the reign of Louis XIV of France, the state held a prisoner whose name was never revealed and who became the subject of a novel by Alexandre Dumas père. What is this prisoner known as?
    The Man in the Iron Mask (actually black velvet: worn when travelling between prisons)