In this game of guess the contestants are told that each question can be replied to with the name of a celebrity who has lived in, or whose life has extended into, the nineteenth century. Each guest is given a little tablet with his name written on every one of the pages. Two minutes are allowed to each question. The questioner sits with a big bowl before her, into which, when she calls time, each player drops a slip upon which he has written his answer. This is the list that the questioner reads, omitting, of course, the answers:

• Why did England so often lose her way in South Africa? (Mr. Rhodes)
• What did the Emperor of China do when the Empress usurped the throne? (Custer)
• What did Isaac watch while his father was forging a chain? (Abraham Lincoln)
• What is Li Hung Chang credited with being? (Schley)
• The lane that has no turning is a what? (Longstreet)
• What does a Chinese lover say when he proposes? (Dewey)
• What does Aguinaldo keep between himself and the Americans? (Miles)
• What happens when the wind blows in spiders' houses? (Webster)
• What did Buller unfortunately do? (Bragg)
• What do the waves do to a vessel wrecked near shore? (Beecher)
• What does a ship do to a seasick man? (Rockefeller)
• What did Uncle Sam do when he wanted to know whether England would let him mediate? (Astor)
• What is the chair-boy likely to do to the old lady he has to push on a hot day? (Wheeler)
• What is a novel military name for a cook? (Kitchener)
• What do you do when you drive a slow horse? (Polk)
• When do you get up to see a sunrise? (Early)
• When Max O'Rell gets on a platform what does he do? (Speaker Reed)
• What does a waiter do after he has filled half of the glasses at a table? (Fillmore)
• In the settlement of disputes, do the European nations quarrel? (General Lee)
• The towns taken by the British generally lacked the what? (Garrison)
• What did the Jews say when the mother of Samuel passed? (Mark Hanna)
• In Cairo purchases are made at a what? (Booth)