On the weekend try this 31 question Quiz for Ladies written in 1943 by Princess Alexandra Kropotkin.

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63253892

Here are the answers:
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/63253883

Let me know your score!

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QUIZ FOR LADIES - Gippsland Times (Vic. : 1861 - 1954) - 22 Feb 1943

1—How is the gauge of silk stockings determined? 2—What rhyme lists four [?] that every brae should wear at her ...

Trove

Princess Alexandra Kropotkin was a magazine columnist, translated War and Peace, wrote a Russian cookbook and she wrote a LADIES QUIZ in 1943, which I found in #Trove.

Our guest, Vaya Pashos is one of Australia's top TV quiz writers so it was very interesting to hear her stories & what she made of the Princess's questions.

The episode is available wherever you get your podcasts or directly here: https://inthosedays.transistor.fm/episodes/princess-of-quiz

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Penny and Christina use digitized newspapers to research their guest's family or personal history. The newspapers are hosted in Trove, the National Library of Australia's online research portal.

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