local quiz

[bionic woman]

'How many times did the superstitious Charles Dickens touch everything for luck.?'
I have scoured different biographies of the writer but no mention of his being superstitious n any of them. Could the ? possibly refer to some other felllow?

[shaneystar2]

English author, Charles Dickens, always used to touch things three times for luck.
Have a look here
http://www.morticom.com/artsbooks.htm

[bionic woman]

I'm indebted to you shaney star yet again, but how do you find out where all these other websites are? As an 'over octogenarian' my computer knowlege and skill are very limited!
may I ask you another tricky one? (also in local quiz) What nationality was St. george of England. I know that his father was Cappadocian (Roman?) but George served as a roman soldier and his mother was from Lyddia.

[shaneystar2]

Sorry I didn't get back to you sooner .
Looking up stuff often depends on what words you put into the search engine .I just try different combinations and sometimes strike lucky !
As for St George I think this is a bone of contention and very wishy washy because there are really no historical sources for him ....if I were doing this quiz I would go for Turkish because Cappadocia was in what is now Turkey .
I really do think quiz compilers should have hard facts that can be properly verified before setting quizzes !
But whatever you decide ..good luck !